Book Review: Ethical and Responsible Tourism: Managing Sustainability in Local Tourism Destinations

Abstract

Ethical and responsible tourism managing sustainability in local tourism destinations to explore new tourism destinations regarding situations related to responsible tourism and sustainability based on sustainability management in local destinations. The basic aim of studying this theme is to expolarize several diverse situations related to ethical and responsible tourism based on the concept of how we manage sustainability in local tourism destinations, both methodologies, and practices that can be used to maintain environmental sustainability in local communities that are still vulnerable while gaining benefits from ecological, cultural, cultural heritage and adventure tourism activities at an economic level. This has an impact on local tourism operational processes which demonstrate responsible and sustainable destination management as well as maximizing socio-economic benefits and minimizing negative impacts and maximizing benefits for the community, visitors, and cultural heritage. This review is a critique of Ethical and Responsible Tourism in Managing Sustainability in Local Tourism Destinations Second Edition by Marko Koščak and Tony O’Rourke. Koščak and O’Rourke explained that the sustainability of ethical and responsible tourism management is considered important which includes three main themes that can be measured and planned to utilize tourism destination management, starting from environmental and social aspects to creating ethical sustainable development, and the impact of business tourism. This review will evaluate ethical and responsible tourism management approaches on the sustainability of their impact on tourism development in local tourism destinations relating to the important balance between socio-economic objectives that provide benefits to local communities in the short to medium term.