Description: Mountain tourism has grown, attracting adventure tourists, vacationers, and nature enthusiasts. However, this rise in popularity comes with complex challenges, including cultural heritage preservation, environmental integrity of mountain regions, and tourism accommodations. Balancing these three elements requires a delicate approach that considers the long-term sustainability of the region. While tourism brings economic benefits and promotes cultural exchange, unchecked growth can lead to environmental degradation, overcrowding, and the erosion of local traditions. This balance requires thoughtful planning, collaboration, and the implementation of sustainable practices. Balancing Mountain Tourism, Cultural Heritage, and Environmental Stability explores the convergence of mountain tourism and environmental stability. It examines how mountain destinations can thrive without sacrificing the qualities that make them unique and valuable. This book covers topics such as ecology, ecotourism, and sustainability, and is a useful resource for tourism professionals, business owners, ecologists, academicians, researchers, and environmental scientists.
Brief description: Marco Valeri is Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior, Faculty of Economics, Niccolò Cusano University, Italy. He is Lecture in Applied Organizational Behaviour, Xenophon College, UK. He is Visiting Professor at University of Information Science and Technology (UIST) "St. Paul The Apostle", Macedonia. He is Adjunct Professor at Faculty of Social Sciences and Leisure Management, School of Hospitality, Tourism and Events, Taylor's University, Malaysia. He is Adjunct Professor at Faculty of Economics, Lovely Professional University (LPU), Phagwara, India. He is Associate Researcher in Strategy, Magellan Research Center, School of Management, Iaelyon Business School, Jean Monet University, France. He is Honorary Associate Professor, University of Pannonia, Hungary. He's teaching and consultancy fields include strategic management, leadership development, cross-cultural management, international hospitality management. He is member of several Editorial Boards of international tourism journals, reviewer and editor of several handbooks on entrepreneurship, tourism and hospitality management.