ISBN 075066438X

An undergraduate teaching text in style and structure, but with scholarly reference to recent research, David Weaver’s well-tested lecture notes on sustainable tourism are now available in paperback. Each chapter includes a list of teaching objectives, a summary, weblinks, reading suggestions, a case study, exercises relying solely on material in the book itself, and exercises requiring additional reading. The text is written in short student-friendly chunks with conspicuous headings. The volume opens with a history of sustainable tourism in theory and practice, followed by conceptual issues such as sustainability indicators. There is a small side-step into “alternative ” tourism: church groups, volunteers, educational tours, backpacking and farm tourism. Ecotourism, however, is presented separately as the conscience of the tourism industry, the endpoint of sustainable tourism. Mainstream mass tourism is introduced using aspects such as corporate ethics and green consumers. Travel agents, outbound packagers and transport, including cruise ships, are grouped as facilitating sectors; and theme parks, casinos, ski resorts and golf courses as attractions. A chapter on quality control covers codes of conduct, ecolabels and award schemes. There are three chapters on destinations. On