Sustainable Tourism Development in India

This book examines the impact of tourism on economy, environment, and socio-cultural aspects of Kerala and explores how Kerala incorporated sustainable tourism development as the core mission to achieve economic, environmental, and socio-cultural development of tourist destinations. This book reveals that tourism development in Kerala is economically, socially and environmentally sustainable. It provides a rare insight on the factors, which lead to sustainability of tourist destinations in Kerala. The resource exploitation, resource management, economic sustainability, social sustainability, heritage management, destination management, tourism governance, and waste management are the important factors, which affects the sustainability of tourist destinations in Kerala. As this book offers comprehensive and scientific evidences about the environmental, economic and socio-cultural impacts of tourism development in Kerala, the suggestions and recommendation can guide the government agencies, tourism operators, hotels and restaurants, and NGOs while formulating and implementing tourism policies.