Sustainable tourism in sensitive environments : a wolf in sheep's clothing?

Butler, Richard (2018) Sustainable tourism in sensitive environments : a wolf in sheep's clothing? Sustainability, 10 (6). 1789. ISSN 2071-1050

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    Abstract

    Sustainable tourism has become a widely adopted term that has allowed many tourism developments to take place under its rubric that are less than sustainable and have been located in sensitive areas that have not all been suitable for such development. The paper reviews the origin and shortcomings of the concept and some of the implications of the resulting problems. It argues for a more critical review of so-called sustainable forms of tourism and for a focus to shift towards increasing the resilience of destinations, particularly those in sensitive areas, in order to shield them from the effects of inappropriate or excessive tourism development.

    Author(s):Butler, Richard
    Item type:Article
    ID code:64442
    Keywords:resilience, sensitive environments, sustainable tourism, tourism effects, Social Sciences, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management
    Subjects:Social Sciences
    Department:Strathclyde Business School > Hospitality and Tourism Management
    Strathclyde Business School
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:14 Jun 2018 08:29
    Last modified:18 Oct 2019 01:23
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/64442
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