Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/274004 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Publisher: 
MDPI, Basel
Abstract: 
The early days of tourism development had a näive vision of tourism's impacts on society in terms of economic, social, and environmental benefits. Time has passed, and we have learnt lessons regarding the success and failure of tourism development. Mass tourism development has pros and cons and is not necessarily the optimal development model. Alternative development strategies should be contemplated. This Special Issue deals with different topics concerning optimal tourism development. Destination management requires further understanding of different issues, such as carrying capacity, income-based optimal supply size, identification and development of optimal market niches, and adaptation or environmental protection strategies. Tourism planning is concerned with the role of economies of agglomeration, i.e., the advantages of spatial clusters vs scattered development. Additionally, support for and investment in innovation, accessibility, and mobility are relevant nowadays. From the stakeholders' perspective, it is relevant to discuss ways of cooperating and sources of conflicts among different sectors and actors, governance and incentives for sustainable tourism practices, and equity and economic distribution of benefits. Finally, the development of methodological tools for the assessment of optimal tourism development is necessary for policy making, in particular the development of methods that are capable of integrating economic, environmental, and social criteria
Subjects: 
corporate social responsibility
economic
environmental and social responsibility
Internet
hotel services
Spain
healthy architecture
construction materials
environment
radon
underground building
heritage building
real-estate market
tourist housing
territorial sustainability
sustainable tourism
multicriteria assessment
geographical information systems
sustainable destination
destination image
marketing strategies
communication
segmentation
rural development
National Parks
nature tourism
public use
inbound tourism
China
air pollution
PM2.5
gravity model
spatial statistics
spatial clusters
Moran&#x2019
s I
Getis&#x2013
Ord G (d)
LISA
Extremadura
tourist recycling behaviour
environmental barriers
sociodemographic
situational
tourism
spatial analyses
cluster analysis
Ward&#x2019
s method
EU
product innovation model
transformative tourism experience
development process design
core resource identification
tourism product development
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ISBN: 
978-3-03943-692-7
Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Book
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