Knowledge management in tourism: policy and governance applications - volume 4 (First edition.)

This book is an outcome of the 2011 UNWTO Ulysses Forum and shares the state of the art in issues of development, climate change, and governance vis-Ó-vis tourism.

It fosters a multidisciplinary reflection on scientific, technological, and procedural approaches to tourism policy, establishing principles and guidelines for governance agendas concerning tourism.

The book facilitates a framework for tourism research, codes and voluntary standards as essential instruments for tourism theory and practice, concerning both the public and private sectors, as well as the host communitiesùthe ultimate beneficiaries of tourism.

The book assists in developing a roadmap for knowledge formation and its transfer, hence the theme of bridging theory and practice of the book.