TY - BOOK ID - 146292543 TI - Optimal Tourism Development PY - 2020 PB - Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute DB - UniCat KW - Economics, finance, business & management KW - corporate social responsibility KW - economic KW - environmental and social responsibility KW - Internet KW - hotel services KW - Spain KW - healthy architecture KW - construction materials KW - environment KW - radon KW - underground building KW - heritage building KW - real-estate market KW - tourist housing KW - territorial sustainability KW - sustainable tourism KW - multicriteria assessment KW - geographical information systems KW - sustainable destination KW - destination image KW - marketing strategies KW - communication KW - segmentation KW - rural development KW - National Parks KW - nature tourism KW - public use KW - inbound tourism KW - China KW - air pollution KW - PM2.5 KW - gravity model KW - spatial statistics KW - spatial clusters KW - Moran’s I KW - Getis–Ord G (d) KW - LISA KW - Extremadura KW - tourist recycling behaviour KW - environmental barriers KW - sociodemographic KW - situational KW - tourism KW - spatial analyses KW - cluster analysis KW - Ward’s method KW - EU KW - product innovation model KW - transformative tourism experience KW - development process design KW - core resource identification KW - tourism product development KW - corporate social responsibility KW - economic KW - environmental and social responsibility KW - Internet KW - hotel services KW - Spain KW - healthy architecture KW - construction materials KW - environment KW - radon KW - underground building KW - heritage building KW - real-estate market KW - tourist housing KW - territorial sustainability KW - sustainable tourism KW - multicriteria assessment KW - geographical information systems KW - sustainable destination KW - destination image KW - marketing strategies KW - communication KW - segmentation KW - rural development KW - National Parks KW - nature tourism KW - public use KW - inbound tourism KW - China KW - air pollution KW - PM2.5 KW - gravity model KW - spatial statistics KW - spatial clusters KW - Moran’s I KW - Getis–Ord G (d) KW - LISA KW - Extremadura KW - tourist recycling behaviour KW - environmental barriers KW - sociodemographic KW - situational KW - tourism KW - spatial analyses KW - cluster analysis KW - Ward’s method KW - EU KW - product innovation model KW - transformative tourism experience KW - development process design KW - core resource identification KW - tourism product development UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:146292543 AB - The early days of tourism development had a naïve vision of tourism’s impacts on society in terms of economic, social, and environmental benefits. Time has passed, and we have learnt lessons regarding the success and failure of tourism development. Mass tourism development has pros and cons and is not necessarily the optimal development model. Alternative development strategies should be contemplated. This Special Issue deals with different topics concerning optimal tourism development. Destination management requires further understanding of different issues, such as carrying capacity, income-based optimal supply size, identification and development of optimal market niches, and adaptation or environmental protection strategies. Tourism planning is concerned with the role of economies of agglomeration, i.e., the advantages of spatial clusters vs scattered development. Additionally, support for and investment in innovation, accessibility, and mobility are relevant nowadays. From the stakeholders’ perspective, it is relevant to discuss ways of cooperating and sources of conflicts among different sectors and actors, governance and incentives for sustainable tourism practices, and equity and economic distribution of benefits. Finally, the development of methodological tools for the assessment of optimal tourism development is necessary for policy making, in particular the development of methods that are capable of integrating economic, environmental, and social criteria. ER -