Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part. 1: Why responsible tourism? What is responsible tourism? -- The business of responsible tourism -- Responsible tourism in destinations -- Part. 2. Responsible tourism in practice. Social responsibility -- Economic responsibility -- Environmental responsibility -- What is to be done?.

Responsible tourism: using tourism for sustainable development. 2nd edition is about the globally vital necessity of realising sustainable tourism. It is a hugely important challenge to those who organise and sell travel and tourism, and those who consume it. Now on its second edition, it has been fully revised and updated and includes new material to explore the following key issues: resilience, voluntourism, child protection, the challenge of disintermediation, tourism and the UN Sustainable Development Goals, slum tourism, shared value and animal welfare