Cultural Sustainable Tourism

More and more regions and countries have begun developing their tourism to reduce its impacts on natural resources, consumption patterns, pollution and social systems. The development of the tourism industry is one step towards becoming more sustainable. The need for sustainable planning and management is imperative for the industry to survive its features and resources in cultural, heritage, and landscape aspects as a whole. This book is to find many alternative solution regarding to the Cultural Sustainable Tourism, which discuses the tourism issue from multiple points of view that define a city's ingredients, properties, and characteristics of these cities to become tourism destinations. Cultural property is one of the most important features that make cities more desirable and likely to be visited. It is a great recourse that could be sustained and developed into cities' economical development plan. This book is useful for different interested authors, decision makers, and planners as it presents a collection of case studies from different cultures and aspects, which are applicable in further developments. This book includes research papers submitted to and presented during the first international conference on Cultural Sustainable Tourism (CST) that was held in Thessaloniki, Greece in November of 2017. Discussing complex relations between Culture, tourism, and the role of planners and architects in their maintenance, this conference was jointly organized by IEREK -International Experts for Research Enrichment and Knowledge Exchange- and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. The conference was an attempt to shed a light on the significance of Culture and Heritage as two important factors attracting tourists and promoting economic growth and convey civilizations through tourism. Themes covered in this book give an overview on current research and topics of discussion that focus on Cultural sustainable tourism through several sections. The first section, titled "Art, Architecture and Culture", discusses urban regeneration as a road to the preservation of cultural and tourist destinations and the importance of understanding and benefitting from our heritage to allow for modern day improvements. "Heritage Tourism", the section 2 of the book, is more focused on offering nontraditional solutions and management plans to sustain cultural tourism and improve quality of life around historically significant areas. The third section on the "City and Rural Tourism" follows by providing sustainable strategies to attract tourists and promoting the use of existing resources. The last and final section with the title of "Sustainable Tourism, Development and Environmental Management" maneuvers around the different yet common environmental issues existing today and proposes new and innovative solutions for their elimination. Presenting a wide range of topics in chapters, this book provides the scientific community with a collection of unique and enlightening literature.