This CTO manual provides a series of case studies to illustrate the varied approaches used to meet the challenge of heritage tourism development across the Caribbean, and the benefits that it can bring. These are formed into a strategic business management model that provides a guideline to enhance the quality, viability, and preservation of their heritage tourism offer.
The Digital Transformation Initiative (DTI) is a project launched by the World Economic Forum in 2015 and is an ongoing initiative that serves as the focal point at the Forum for new opportunities and themes arising from latest developments in the digitalization of business and society. It supports the Forum’s broader activity around the theme of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
This report presents critical insights regarding biological diversity on partnerships and concessions for tourism in protected areas.
This CTO compendium includes tourism disaster and crisis management resources for the Caribbean and Pacific Ocean regions.
This IFC report evaluates ecolodges to determine whether the environmental impacts and financial performance are sufficiently positive to justify IFC’s investing in them as part of its sustainable development mission. The report also provides potential ecolodge business models.
The Economic Impact of U.S. Indigenous Tourism Businesses Report describes the American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiians (AIANNH) owned businesses in the United States’ tourism and hospitality sector.
This book evaluates the concept of green standards in tourism and presents global case studies of current green standards being implemented in various destinations including Central America, Australia, Europe, South Africa, and Fiji.
This CABI book uses case studies and regional overviews to understand the impact of ecotourism on communities and ecosystems in the United States and Latin America through the perspective of scholars, practitioners, tour operators, and policy makers.
The Ecotourism Australia Ecotourism Standards certifies tourism products (tours, accommodations, attractions) with a primary focus on nature through a well managed commitment to sustainable practices that provides high quality nature-based tourism experiences.
This Nature Conservancy manual provides a set of criteria to ecotourism planners and managers at conservation NGOs to facilitate decisions with respect to eco-tourism management and development.
