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Quality-of-Life Community Indicators for Parks, Recreation and Tourism ManagementStakeholder Involvement in Destination Level Sustainable Tourism Indicator Development: The Case of a Southwestern U.S. Mining Town

Quality-of-Life Community Indicators for Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management: Stakeholder... [SustainabilitySustainability interweaves social, cultural, economic, and environmental realms in order to maintain a place, system, or development over time World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987. With tourism being among the world’s largest industries World Travel & Tourism Council, 2004, scholars and practitioners rely on the concept of sustainable tourismsustainable tourism to maximize the positive and minimize the negative impacts to the destination’s environmental, economic, social, and cultural resources. Accordingly, sustainable tourism development ensures that the economic viability, ecological integrity, and cultural authenticity of a destination are preserved, thus meeting the needs of present tourists and host regions while protecting and enhancing future opportunities World Tourism Organization, 1993.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Quality-of-Life Community Indicators for Parks, Recreation and Tourism ManagementStakeholder Involvement in Destination Level Sustainable Tourism Indicator Development: The Case of a Southwestern U.S. Mining Town

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Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Copyright
© Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011
ISBN
978-90-481-9860-3
Pages
185 –199
DOI
10.1007/978-90-481-9861-0_10
Publisher site
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Abstract

[SustainabilitySustainability interweaves social, cultural, economic, and environmental realms in order to maintain a place, system, or development over time World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987. With tourism being among the world’s largest industries World Travel & Tourism Council, 2004, scholars and practitioners rely on the concept of sustainable tourismsustainable tourism to maximize the positive and minimize the negative impacts to the destination’s environmental, economic, social, and cultural resources. Accordingly, sustainable tourism development ensures that the economic viability, ecological integrity, and cultural authenticity of a destination are preserved, thus meeting the needs of present tourists and host regions while protecting and enhancing future opportunities World Tourism Organization, 1993.]

Published: Nov 20, 2010

Keywords: Stakeholder Theory; Business Owner; Tourism Development; Stakeholder Involvement; Sustainable Tourism

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