Rethinking Tourism and Development

Download or read book Rethinking Tourism and Development written by Richard Sharpley and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2023-09-06 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rethinking Tourism and Development provides a critical analysis of the tourism industry's impact on development and the environment. While tourism contributes significantly to the global economy, it also generates environmental costs that can no longer be ignored. This book challenges the conventional paradigm of sustainable tourism development and proposes a radical new approach to address the negative impacts of tourism centred on degrowth.