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Tourism is a powerful driver of economic growth, providing significant revenues, employment opportunities, and investments to destination communities worldwide. However, the presence of tourists also brings profound social, cultural, environmental, and psychological impacts on local communities. The book explores these multifaceted effects and introduces methods, measurement tools, and management practices necessary for sustainable tourism development. The book emphasizes the importance of understanding and addressing the social and psychological impacts of tourism to ensure its long-term sustainability. It provides a comprehensive evaluation of tourism's economic, political, social, and environmental dimensions, offering new metrics and strategies for creating balanced and sustainable tourism practices. This essential resource is aimed at students, tourism practitioners, destination managers, and government authorities, providing insights and recommendations to improve the quality of life, health, and well-being of residents in tourist destinations worldwide.
About the author
Dr. Maksim Godovykh leads international research projects on exploring the impacts of tourism development on the quality of life, health, and well-being of local communities. He also works on developing new methods to measure tourists' and residents’ experience, combining psychophysiological techniques, self-reported surveys, online testing tools, social media analytics, etc. His research has been published in leading international journals, including Tourism Management, International Journal of Hospitality Management, Current Issues in Tourism, Tourism Economics, Tourism Review, Tourism Management Perspectives, Journal of Destination Marketing and Management, Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Tourism and Hospitality Research, etc., as well as disseminated in books, encyclopedias, industry magazines, and news media.
