Using international case studies to contextualise, Tourism Ethics and Responsible Community Development focusses on the responsible side of ethical tourism looking at effects on the environment, local cultures and social frameworks.

Heritage in general, and in particular urban heritage in Asia, is at the focus of a perfect storm with populations growing rapidly in cities as the rate of urbanization continues to grow at an alarming rate. Together with populations increasing rapidly in cities as urbanization grows, there are ever larger numbers of tourists placing significant pressure on urban heritage resources.