Sustainable Tourism Development: Toward the Mitigation of Tourism Destination Impacts

Sheila Flanagan, Dublin Institute of Technology
Kevin Griffin, Dublin Institute of Technology
Elaine O'Halloran, Dublin Institute of Technology
June Phelan, Dublin Institute of Technology
Peter Roe, Dublin Institute of Technology
Elizabeth Kennedy-Burke, Dublin Institute of Technology
Anna Tottle, Dublin Institute of Technology
Ruth Kelly, Dublin Institute of Technology

This report is the synthesis report of a 3 year EPA funded project to develop indicators for the mitigation of tourism imacts and the sustainable management of tourism destinations

Abstract

This report has been prepared as part of the Environmental Research Technological Development and Innovation Programme under the Productive Sector Operational Programme 2000–2006. The programme is financed by the Irish Government under the National Development Plan (NDP) 2000–2006. It is administered on behalf of the Department of the Environment Heritage and Local Government by the Environmental Protection Agency, which has the statutory function of coordinating and promoting environmental research. The EPA research programme for the period 2007–2013 is entitled Science, Technology, Research and Innovation for the Environment (STRIVE).