Over the last decades, widespread discussions about the impacts of mass tourism and a need for new tourism experiences have led to a development of alternative tourism concepts. Alternative tourism describes all small-scale tourism concepts that minimize the negative effects of tourism, contribute to economic growth of local communities, and preserve host cultures (Neil [...]
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In order to develop and manage a destination in responsible, professional and efficient manner it is crucial to exchange information between stakeholders who must be aware of all the interrelated tourism dimensions and activities within the destination. For that purpose an information exchange systems are being created. Not all of the destinations follow the [...] The definition of sex tourist is a tourist who travels for the purpose of having legal sexual relationship with another adult who get money or presents back. It is always assumed that sex tourists will be male. Although, women sex tourists are still outnumbered by the men who travel to Thailand and the Philippines [...] The hotel industry experiences a continually growth since years. Important factors and boosters for this development are the high substantial economic growth with an average GDP of 8 percent and within the last years the hosting of the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008 and the World Exposition in Shanghai in 2010 (Zhang, Cai, [...] Ecotourism -as opposed to mass tourism- along with wildlife conservation are seen as increasingly important, given the sustainability issues of our time. Ironically, these very practices are causing displacement of indigenous peoples in some parts of the world, threatening their livelihoods. [...] |
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