Environmentally Sustainable Tourism in APEC Member Economies, 1996

This report explores the complex intersection of tourism with natural, cultural and historical environments. It examines the economic importance of sustainable tourism to APEC economies; the ecosystems that support tourist activities in those economies; the nature and extent of degradation to ecosystems that can occur if tourism is poorly managed; and management and financial approaches that can be used to achieve environmentally, culturally and economically sustainable tourism.

• Acknowledgments
• Executive Summary
• Introduction
• APEC Ecosystems and Tourism
• A Planning Framework to Attain Sustainable Tourism in APEC Member Economies
• Environmental Management Measures and Approaches in APEC Member Economies: Theory and Application
• Financing for Environmentally Sustainable Tourism in APEC Economies
• Appendices