Links between the sustainable development of tourisme and regional/spatial planning - Proceedings, Palma de Majorca, May 1999 (European Regional Planning No. 64) (2002)

Tourism is both the largest economic activity in the world, and the world's largest industry. Europe is still the most popular destination for international visitors, a trend which is set to continue. Tourism uses up a very considerable amount of land, and risks to becoming unsustainable and destroying the very elements on which tourism is based. Spatial planning policies aim to integrate the development of tourism harmoniously into other aspects of the territory by establishing limits and maintaining the quality of the environment.