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Towards Visitor Impact Management. Visitor Impacts, Carrying Capacity and Management Responses in Europe's Historic Towns and Cities
J. Glasson, K. Godfrey and B. Goodey (with H. Absalom and J. Van der Borg) Aldershot, Avebury, Urban and Regional Planning and Development Series, 1995, XII + 189 pp., L35.00 hb, ISBN 1 85972 054 4
The growth of tourism in social and economic life and the shift from sand, sun and sea to more heritage and cultural destinations justify the attention and appeal for more research on this subject. while most European historic towns and cities are enthusiastic competitors for more visitors, it is good to have a reference guide that can bring tourism managers back with their feet on the ground. "Tourism can destroy tourism", but also "tourism has the potential of being a renewable industry". A warned manager counts for two. This book is a very valuable text for tourism managers, for practitioners...