Discussions about sustainable tourism development generally focus on policy making. Many studies on sustainable tourism development address issues such as area tourism planning and development, management, and the formulation of tourism development guidelines and regulations. However, in this study, rather than focusing on policy making, I will focus on small-scale tourism entrepreneurs who are...

This paper analyzes the developments in Croatian tourism sector during the last decade. Croatian tourism indicators are compared to the indicators of other Mediterranean countries with strong tourism activity and a dominance of the “sun and sea” tourism product. The results of the analysis suggest that tourism in Croatia exhibits favorable results in terms of strong growth in tourism revenues, ...

This paper introduces the processing technology of high resolution remote sensing image, the specific making process of tourism map and different remote sensing data in the key application of tourism planning and so on. Remote sensing extracts agricultural tourism planning information, improving the scientificalness and operability of agricultural tourism planning. Therefore remote sensing imag...

All-for-One Tourism is a new planning concept proposed by Chinese tourism management practitioners. Based on the present situation of tourism industry development, the new planning concept is to guide the transformation and upgrading of tourist destinations. The development level of all-for-one tourism represents the maturity of regional tourism industry. China has been actively promoting the a...

E-business has become a new growth point of current economic development in the world. The natural adaptability between tourism and E-business gives birth to tourism E-business. The tourism resources in Shanxi are unique, yet its tourism development level and the abundant resources are not harmonious. To transform its resource advantage into economic advantage, developing tourism E-business is ...

Sustainable tourism has achieved the status of being the superior goal in Norwegian government tourism policy, and is attaining much attention in the international scientific and political discourse on tourism. However, have policies on sustainable tourism and related concepts actually managed to make tourism more sustainable? This article seeks to address this question by first presenting the ...

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Tourism Organization (WTO) define sustainable tourism as a “„Tourism that takes full account of its current and future economic, social and environmental impacts, addressing the needs of visitors, the industry, the environment and host communities”. It requires informed participation of relevant stakeholders and strong political lead...

Understanding residents’ attitudes is critical for successfully developing cultural tourism in aboriginal protected areas. This study developed an integration model combining two theories to identify the key determinants of indigenous residents’ attitudes toward cultural tourism development. Social exchange theory stresses the impact of the benefits derived from tourism on indigenous residents’...

Despite the significance and growth of tourism in the Caribbean, ontologies and epistemologies of sustainable tourism in island societies remain fragmented, fragile, fleeting and fatalistic. In a review of, and reflecting on the classical canons of tourism, sustainable tourism, and islands, within contemporary Caribbean island societies, this paper contends that our current scientific modes, mo...