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What is the impact of tourism? / Roman Espejo, book editor.

Contributor(s): Series: At issue. Social issues.Publication details: Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2009.Description: 111 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780737741216 (pbk.) :
  • 073774121X (pbk.) :
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • G155.1 .W47 2009
Contents:
The tourism industry is responsive to the negative impacts of tourism / Dan Luzadder -- The tourism industry is not responsive to the negative impacts of tourism / Richard Hammond -- Tourism contributes to economic growth / Stephan Gross and Jurgen Ringbeck -- Tourism can have negative economic consequences / United Nations Environment Programme -- Tourism helps preserve indigenous cultures / Alex Kerr -- Tourism threatens indigenous cultures / Alison Johnston -- Tourism contributes to the exploitation of women and children / Janice Shaw Crouse and Anne Stover -- Tourists should not be deterred by terrorism / Tony Abbott -- Tourism will be affected by climate change / Elisabeth Rosenthal -- Tourism threatens world landmarks / Mac Margolis -- Ecotourism helps protect the environment / Eviana Hartman with Christina Caveliere -- Ecotourism can harm the environment / Eric Jaffe -- Volunteer tourism has a positive impact / Thomas P. Farley -- Volunteer tourism may not have a lasting positive impact / Foreign Policy Magazine.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 102-104) and index.

The tourism industry is responsive to the negative impacts of tourism / Dan Luzadder -- The tourism industry is not responsive to the negative impacts of tourism / Richard Hammond -- Tourism contributes to economic growth / Stephan Gross and Jurgen Ringbeck -- Tourism can have negative economic consequences / United Nations Environment Programme -- Tourism helps preserve indigenous cultures / Alex Kerr -- Tourism threatens indigenous cultures / Alison Johnston -- Tourism contributes to the exploitation of women and children / Janice Shaw Crouse and Anne Stover -- Tourists should not be deterred by terrorism / Tony Abbott -- Tourism will be affected by climate change / Elisabeth Rosenthal -- Tourism threatens world landmarks / Mac Margolis -- Ecotourism helps protect the environment / Eviana Hartman with Christina Caveliere -- Ecotourism can harm the environment / Eric Jaffe -- Volunteer tourism has a positive impact / Thomas P. Farley -- Volunteer tourism may not have a lasting positive impact / Foreign Policy Magazine.

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