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Tourism and Climate Change: Risks and opportunities Susanne Becken and John E. Hay Clevedon: Channel View Publications, 2007 329pp, 15.5x23cm Pb: £24.95 ISBN 978-1-84541-066-7
This timely publication explores one of the hottest contemporary topics, tourism and climate change. Its subheading of 'risks and opportunities' indicates a critical yet balanced insight into the relationship between the tourism industry, tourists, the environment and climate change. Tourism utilises climate as a resource while depending on favourable weather conditions to enhance tourism operations and the visitor experience. Flows of tourists are unlikely to abate while the industry is faced with a challenge of limiting negative...