Managing change : the public-private partnership as a key factor of success Introduction Crisis and change Planning with foresight, pro-active responses Sustainable development as a political strategy for the long term Scope and limitations for the implementation of sustainability Tourism as a paradigm for the implementation of sustainability Individual freedom and state involvement The state as a co-producer Managing change The tourism sustainability model of the Tourism Summits Chamonix Mont-Blanc Principles of environment-friendly tourism development Public-private partnership Strategic questions Scope and limitations in the management of sustainable tourism development The conservation and development of resources Increase of the productivity of traditional destinations Endogenous growth in problem areas Quality of urban life and environment in resorts Poverty and prosperity Ways out of the crisis... Globalisation as an opportunity Increasing the role of the community of nations The growing importance of policies that promote tourism   Prof. Peter Keller President of the Scientific Committee of the Tourism Summits   Sources Tourism Summits Chamonix Mont-Blanc / Genève 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Tourism and sustainable development Growth and sustainable development, conceptional considerations, Chamonix Mont-Blanc, 2000 The dynamics of tourism and people's expectations, discussion points, Chamonix Mont-Blanc 2001 Tourism and culture: new paradigms for sustainable development, conceptional considerations, Chamonix Mont-Blanc 2002