This book discusses the complexity of understanding how tourism impacts the world and how the world impacts tourism - from the global scale to the local and individual scale. "In providing a coherent framework for managing tourism impacts as part of a holistic planning approach, it serves as a valuable resource not only for teaching students of tourism management but also for the development of professionals already engaged in the tourism industry." -Dr Angela Kalisch, University of Gloucestershire, UK "This book is animportant addition to the field and to the resources of tourism educators and policymakers. Itsexamination of the complexities of tourism's impacts, the broader contexts and the elements involved result in a key text at the forefront of the study of tourism impacts."- Dr Mark Ewen, University of Hertfordshire, UK