About the Book

This book ‘Fundamentals of Environment and Tourism’ reflects changes in the relationship between tourism, society and the natural environment in the first decade of the new century. Alongside the updating of all statistics, environmental policy initiatives, examples and case studies new material has been added. Tourism is also analyzed as an interconnected system, linking the environments of where tourists come from, with the ones they go to. There is a complex relationship between the environment and the development of tourism, which this book discusses in a thorough and informative manner. Taking a holistic view of the tourism system and how it interacts with the natural environment, this volume illustrates the positive and negative effects of this relationship, and importantly how tourism can be planned and managed to encourage natural resource conservation and aid human development. It is an invaluable tool for all those studying human geography, tourism and environment studies.