Climate change impacts tourism, since both supply and demand of tourism services depend
on the quality and the management of a set of environmental attributes. This paper critically …

Ocean and coastal ecosystems support life on Earth and many aspects of human well-being.
Covering two-thirds of the planet, the ocean hosts vast biodiversity and modulates the global …

The ocean is a key component of the Earth system (Chapter 1) as it provides essential life
supporting services (Inniss et al. 2017). For example, it stores heat trapped in the …

Welcome to the fifth edition of Tourism: A Modern Synthesis, which has been revised to meet
the needs of the reader after extensive feedback from readers, adopters, students and …

Cam** is a nature-based tourism activity where individuals spend one or more night away
from home in an outdoor setting. Inherent in the definition are time and space, as well as …

The main aim of this paper is to analyze the development of the railway network in Sicily
(Italy), where it runs close to the sea on two of the three sides of the island, and give an …

While there is agreement among tourism role-players on tourism's potential to contribute to
socio-economic and environmental development, the industry is under severe threat from …

Sandy beaches play a significant role in the Caribbean tourism industry, which markets an
attractive sea–sand–sun product, but are potentially threatened by climate-change-induced …

The coastal zone is in a critical state worldwide, due to the loss and fragmentation of its
ecosystems. Much of this is caused by long-term anthropic local, regional, or global actions …

Sea, Sun, and Sand (3S) are relevant and determining elements for choosing a tourist
destination in Ecuador, a country with about 1200 km of coast along the Pacific Ocean. This …