<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The first part of this paper describes the flow of tourism on a national and international scale, emphasizing the role that entertainment tourism and theme parks play globally. Following these preliminary remarks, the second part of the paper presents the positive and negative economic effects of leisure tourism opportunities at the European and regional level. The third part of the paper analyses the environmental aspects of tourism and entertainment tourism. It shows that sustainable tourism development can be an essential condition for the protection of natural and cultural resources. Finally, the fourth part summarizes some of the most important social issues arising from tourism activities, among them the conflict between residents and tourists on the exploitation of resources and the demonstration effect deriving from the consumption of resources. To avoid this spoliation and destruction of the destination (land and local community), the paper suggests a new Humanism based on Catholicism as a way to realize a sustainability utopia.</p></abstract>

The first part of this paper describes the flow of tourism on a national and international scale, emphasizing the role that entertainment tourism and theme parks play globally. Following these preliminary remarks, the second part of the paper presents the positive and negative economic effects of leisure tourism opportunities at the European and regional level. The third part of the paper analyses the environmental aspects of tourism and entertainment tourism. It shows that sustainable tourism development can be an essential condition for the protection of natural and cultural resources. Finally, the fourth part summarizes some of the most important social issues arising from tourism activities, among them the conflict between residents and tourists on the exploitation of resources and the demonstration effect deriving from the consumption of resources. To avoid this spoliation and destruction of the destination (land and local community), the paper suggests a new Humanism based on Catholicism as a way to realize a sustainability utopia.

<bold>Opportunities and costs</bold> of tourism for a new Humanism

Miscellanea Geographica

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The first part of this paper describes the flow of tourism on a national and international scale, emphasizing the role that entertainment tourism and theme...

Opportunities and costs of tourism for a new Humanism

Published Online: Jun 16, 2016

Page range: 13 - 18

Received: Sep 08, 2015

Accepted: Jan 11, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mgrsd-2016-0004

Keywords
Entertainment tourism, geographic dynamics of tourism, sustainability of cultural tourism, environmental and economic impacts of tourism, new moral value in tourism

© 2016 Carmen Bizzarri, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Opportunities and costs of tourism for a new Humanism

Published Online: Jun 16, 2016

Page range: 13 - 18

Received: Sep 08, 2015

Accepted: Jan 11, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mgrsd-2016-0004

KeywordsEntertainment tourism, geographic dynamics of tourism, sustainability of cultural tourism, environmental and economic impacts of tourism, new moral value in tourism

© 2016 Carmen Bizzarri, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Entertainment tourism, geographic dynamics of tourism, sustainability of cultural tourism, environmental and economic impacts of tourism, new moral value in tourism