Tourism and Sustainability Book

Increasingly it is argued that the growth of tourism offers a means for Third World countries to escape the confines of "underdevelopment", and that new forms of tourism allow this transition to be achieved equitably. Building on this fundamental notion, Tourism and Sustainability challenges the idea that new forms of tourism offer a sustainable alternative to much-criticized mass tourism. Documenting the rise of new tourism through contemporary social, cultural, economic and political changes, Martin Mowforth and Ian Munt offer a broader understanding of sustainability, setting it within the framework of unequal power. Using examples particularly in Central America and the Caribbean, the authors assess the key players in tourism--the industry, governments, new tourists and Third World Communities--to show why tourism is rife with unequal and uneven development.Read More