Sustainable Tourism in Protected Areas

Guidelines for Planning and Management

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Tourism is good business, as it produces 4.4% of the world’s GDP, and employs around 200 million people globally. It can also help the sustainable management of protected areas, as a market-based alternative catering to the growing number of discriminating travelers trying to find, understand and enjoy a natural environment. At the same time, our global heritage of living species is threatened as never before, as the protected areas that harbour so much of our biodiversity are exposed to the pressures of unsustainable development. Visitor impact management is ever more important as the number of tourists increases, and their distribution is often concentrated in major tourism destinations in ecologically vulnerable areas. This publication is designed to assist protected area managers and other stakeholders in the planning and management of protected areas, visitor recreation and the tourism industry, so that tourism can develop in a sustainable fashion, while respecting local conditions and local communities.
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Agency/Department
United Nations Environment Programme
Print ISBN
9782831706481
Print Publication Date
Page Count
200
Print Sales Number
02.III.D.59

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