Rural Tourism And Sustainable Business

Sustainability here refers to the environment, to the tourism industry in rural areas, and to individual businesses within the industry. The problem addressed is that rural tourism depends largely on small businesses that people have started without the background in business or the environmental and social concerns that have been infiltrating the large companies over the past few years. Contributors from various earth sciences and business fields in both tourist donor and tourist host countries, cover strategic considerations; networks, partnerships, and community support; and quality sustainable business. Distributed in the US by UTP Distribution. Annotation c2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

The editors have all worked together in the former Leisure and Tourism Management Department of the Scottish Agricultural College (SAC) which produced the ‘Auchincruive Declaration’ on tourism and rural sustainability in?1998, and which this book helps to perpetuate. They have common interests in sustainable rural development, notably Morag Mitchell in economic evaluation, Irene Kirkpatrick in equine recreation development, and Derek Hall in retirement?recreation in the countryside. Dr Mitchell is now Rural Economist with SAC Aberdeen, Ms Kirkpatrick had administrative roles with SAC Auchincruive, and Professor Hall is Visiting Professor with Hame Polytechnic, Finland and a partner?of Seabank Enterprises, Scotland.