Slow Travel and Tourism

by Les Lumsdon and Janet Dickinson

It is widely recognized that travel and tourism can have a high environmental impact and make a major contribution to climate change. It is therefore vital that ways to reduce these impacts are developed and implemented. 'Slow travel' provides such a concept, drawing on ideas from the 'slow food' movement with a concern for locality, ecology and quality of life. The aim of this book is to define slow travel and to discuss how some underlining values...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1849711135
• ISBN13: 9781849711135
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"