This book contains 35 papers from the Tourism Outlook Conference held in Lombok Indonesia in
July 2015. The book presents comprehensive discussions on sustainability in the tourism
industry. It includes research on various constituents of the tourism sector and analyses of
each of them from a sustainability standpoint. Case studies that are global in nature are
presented to show how sustainable applications can be used and how concerns can be addressed.
The book is a response to rapid change in contemporary tourism trends brought about by global
economic and social forces such as development pressures population growth major resource
extraction industrial fishing global climate change and steadily rising sea levels. Balancing
Development and Sustainability in Tourism Destinations serves as a platform for students and
educators government agency employees hospitality and tourism industry practitioners public
and private land managers community development workers and others interested in identifying
practical solutions charting new directions and creating opportunities for sustainable
tourism development.
