What Is the Impact of Tourism?

Does ecotourism help or harm the environment? Does it threaten indigenous cultures? Can volunteer tourism have a long lasting and positive impact? Questions such as these are tackled in this informative edition. Readers will learn about all aspects of tourism, from its impact to the benefits, from a diverse collection of voices on the topic. Includes features from Foreign Policy Magazine and the United Nations Environment Programme.

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Review: What Is the Impact of Tourism?Each well-chosen selection raises fascinating questions about the legal and ethical aspects of each issue, inviting teens' empathy with personal histories as well as facts. With up-to-date, relevant resource lists and expertly edited selections, these volumes, like others in the venerable series, are natural choices to support high-school debates and classroom discussion.Booklist, March 2011
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Grades
10-12+
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Grades
9-12+
Details:
Product type: Paperback Book
ISBN: 978-0-7377-4121-6
Author: Roman Espejo
Copyright: 2009
Reading Level: Grades 10-12+
Interest Level: Grades 9-12+
Dimensions: 6" x 9"