Sustainable Tourism Indicators For Built Heritage Sites

Tourism has long been recognised as a growth industry and current expectations of an annual increase of about 4% in international tourist arrivals and spending suggests that, by 2020, international tourism will be generating up to US$2 trillion a year. because of this rezones most of country are effort to develop their tourism industry. Sustainable tourism is a recent concept used to reflect the need for a comprehensive analysis and management of tourism both as business and experience. However, this should not be the only consideration. Tourism is actually one part of the effort to achieve overall sustainable development. Already developed resorts are facing saturation problems and the challenge of reevaluating their developmental goals and patterns. One way for measuring sustainability patterns in tourism is through the use of indicators. Indicators for sustainable tourism are tools for assessing tourism development and estimate the economic, natural and socio-cultural environmental implications. In defining the various indicators the focus is placed on already developed built heritage sites baseline WTO indicators.