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Sustainable island tourism : competitiveness, and quality-of-life / edited by Patrizia Modica, Department of Economics and Business, University of Cagliari, Italy and Muzaffer Uysal, Department of Hospitality & Tourism Management, University of Massachusetts, USA.

Contributor(s): Modica, Patrizia [editor.] | Uysal, Muzaffer [editor.].
Series: CABI series in tourism management research.Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ; Boston, MA, USA : CAB International, [©2017]Description: xvi, 196 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.Content type: text. ISBN: 9781780645421 (hbk : alk. paper).Subject(s): Sustainable tourism | Islands -- Environmental aspectsAdditional physical formats: Online version:: Sustainable island tourismDDC classification: 910.684/Su82 Other classification: CBA
Contents:
Sustainability and Tourism Development in Island Territories / Patrizia Modica and Muzaffer Uysal -- Ecotourism and Environmental Management : A Case Study of a Partnership for Conservation in Fiji / Kelly S. Bricker and Deborah L. Kerstetter -- Rhetoric versus the Realities of Sustainable Tourism : The Case of Cyprus / Anna Farmaki, Levent Altinay and Muhammet Yasarata -- The Various Faces of Competitiveness in Tourism : A Survey of the extant literature / Robertico Croes and Marketa Kubickova -- Island Tourism Competitiveness and Sustainability in the Maldives / Jack Carlsen and Mariyam Zulfa -- Quality of Life, the TALC, and Sustainability : A Case of CUBA / Meghan Beardsley -- Place Satisfaction, Place Attachment and Quality of Life : Development of a Conceptual Framework for Island Destinations / Haywantee Ramkissoon -- Developing a Sustainable Caribbean Tourism Product / Allan Wright -- Dive Tourism and the Entrepreneurial Process in the Perhentian Islands, Malaysia / Julia Jeyacheya and Mark P. Hampton -- Stakeholders' Perceived Impact of Wind Farms at a Tourism Destination : A Case Study of Jeju Island, South Korea / Seungwoo Lee -- Island Tourism : Challenges and Future Research Directions / Muzaffer Uysal and Patrizia Modica.
Summary: As the tourism industry develops, it is vitally important issues such as sustainability, competitiveness, and stakeholder quality of life are fully understood. Focusing on the unique perspective of island destinations, this book outlines impacts on, and potential strategies for protecting, the natural environment, local economy, and local culture.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sustainability and Tourism Development in Island Territories / Patrizia Modica and Muzaffer Uysal -- Ecotourism and Environmental Management : A Case Study of a Partnership for Conservation in Fiji / Kelly S. Bricker and Deborah L. Kerstetter -- Rhetoric versus the Realities of Sustainable Tourism : The Case of Cyprus / Anna Farmaki, Levent Altinay and Muhammet Yasarata -- The Various Faces of Competitiveness in Tourism : A Survey of the extant literature / Robertico Croes and Marketa Kubickova -- Island Tourism Competitiveness and Sustainability in the Maldives / Jack Carlsen and Mariyam Zulfa -- Quality of Life, the TALC, and Sustainability : A Case of CUBA / Meghan Beardsley -- Place Satisfaction, Place Attachment and Quality of Life : Development of a Conceptual Framework for Island Destinations / Haywantee Ramkissoon -- Developing a Sustainable Caribbean Tourism Product / Allan Wright -- Dive Tourism and the Entrepreneurial Process in the Perhentian Islands, Malaysia / Julia Jeyacheya and Mark P. Hampton -- Stakeholders' Perceived Impact of Wind Farms at a Tourism Destination : A Case Study of Jeju Island, South Korea / Seungwoo Lee -- Island Tourism : Challenges and Future Research Directions / Muzaffer Uysal and Patrizia Modica.

As the tourism industry develops, it is vitally important issues such as sustainability, competitiveness, and stakeholder quality of life are fully understood. Focusing on the unique perspective of island destinations, this book outlines impacts on, and potential strategies for protecting, the natural environment, local economy, and local culture.

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