TOURISM OPPORTUNITIES IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

In the late 1980s, the term sustainable tourism emerged and it has been clearly defined both in tourism planning and in the study and strategies of tourism. It is important to remember, after more than 25 years of emphasis, the state of policy and testing in sustainable management. With precisely that reason in mind, this unique volume has been developed and this presentation seeks to set the stage for this essential study and reflection on sustainable tourism. Another purpose of this presentation was to briefly outline the collection of selected submissions for this article. The authors of this article also sought to do something different from earlier posts, which was to bring readers directly concerned with biodiversity rather than just tourism to these issues. This review provides a dialogue between tourism, particularly conservation, awareness of the ongoing challenges in sustainable development and tourism, and a brief overview of the capacity of tourism to contribute to the systemic changes required to drive for genuinely sustainable societies, before the commitments that make up the paper are briefly discussed. The presentation concludes with an exciting look at the future of sustainability research powered by tourism.