Tour Operators and Destinations—Introduction

Although the tourism sector continues to rapidly grow, tour operators follow sustainable practices in order to protect these tour sites. This section discusses some of the tour operators that are setting new standards for this industry by applying both new processes and performance-based measurement systems in order to track their progress along a path toward sustainability.

In order to prevent erosion, and damage to communities around the world that are dependent on tourism, tour operators have a duty to start incorporating sustainable policies into their business models. Although sustainable tourism has been gaining popularity and attention since the 1990s, tour operators have often resisted getting ...

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