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Tourism and sustainability: perspectives and implications.

24 Jun 1996-pp 1-21
About: The article was published on 1996-06-24 and is currently open access. It has received 110 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Environmental Sustainability Index & Sustainability organizations.
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TL;DR: A review of the development of sustainable tourism can be found in this paper, where the authors argue for the need to ensure that the concept includes and is applied to the human environment as well as the physical environment.
Abstract: The topic of sustainable tourism has emerged in the last decade as a result of discussions from the report Our Common Future. This paper reviews the development of the term, beginning with a discussion of the confusion arising from the imprecise and conflicting definitions of the concept, and the need to distinguish between sustainable tourism and the development of tourism on the principles of sustainable development. The paper then reviews the environmental focus of discussions of sustainable tourism and argues for the need to ensure that the concept includes and is applied to the human environment as well as the physical environment. Attention then shifts to problems of carrying capacity, control of tourism development, and the relevance of the term to mass or conventional tourism. The paper concludes with a discussion of the future direction of sustainable tourism and the likelihood of development moving in this direction.

951 citations

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30 Jul 2003
TL;DR: In this paper, tourism planning and management: concepts and issues, key players in tourism planning, and issues of sustainability and planning in tourism management are discussed. And the future of tourism planning is discussed.
Abstract: Social change and the growth of tourism Theoretical perspectives on tourism development An introduction to tourism impacts Economic impacts of tourism Socio-cultural impacts of tourism holistic perspectives on tourism impacts Tourism planning and management: concepts and issues Key players in tourism planning and management Visitor management managing the natural resources for tourism The host community The tourism industry Partnerships and collaboration in tourism planning and management Educational techniques in tourism planning and management Regulation and tourism planning and management Information technology and tourism management Issues of sustainability and planning and management Conclusions and the future of tourism planning and management

538 citations


Cites background from "Tourism and sustainability: perspec..."

  • ...However, planning for recreation and tourism is not necessarily a straightforward process (Gunn, 1988; Spink, 1994; Veal, 1994; Coccossis, 1996; Williams, 1998)....

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  • ...Coccossis (1996) concurs with this view and argued that until very recently one of the activities relating to tourism planning, environmental conservation was seen as being a threat to economic and social development....

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  • ...In the fairly recent past, the aims of environmental conservation and tourism development were viewed as incompatible (Coccossis, 1996)....

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that sustainable tourism has traditionally given more focus to aspects related to the environment and economic development, and that more focus should be given to community involvement.
Abstract: Reference to sustainable tourism is now made in most strategic tourism planning documents. Yet, despite its common use, definitional arguments exist over its meaning and subsequent operationalisation. In addition to this, literature on sustainable tourism rarely discusses its development prior to the publication of Our Common Future (World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED), 1987) and its relevance to current conceptualisations of tourism. This paper analyses the context within which sustainable tourism was developed and has recently been conceptualised. It does this by assessing the development of sustainable tourism (with an Australian focus) and proposing a model which incorporates the development of sustainable tourism into tourism. The paper argues that sustainable tourism has traditionally given more focus to aspects related to the environment and economic development and that more focus should be given to community involvement.

428 citations


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  • ...This adaptive approach has been advocated by several other authors whose definitions range from being weak (emphasising satisfaction of tourists) through to strong (whereby tourism may only be allowed to operate at a small scale) (Carlsen, 1997; Coccossis, 1996)....

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01 Jan 1999
TL;DR: This article explored the concept of sustainable tourism and in particular the nexus between maintainable tourism and sustainable tourism, and argued that the nexus involves an understanding of stakeholder perceptions, and applied this to the Daintree region of Far North Queensland, Australia to determine whether tourism in the region is operating in a sustainable or maintainable manner.
Abstract: This article explores the concept of sustainable tourism and in particular the nexus between maintainable tourism and sustainable tourism. It argues that the nexus involves an understanding of stakeholder perceptions, and applies this to the Daintree region of Far North Queensland, Australia, to determine whether tourism in the region is operating in a sustainable or maintainable manner. In order to do this, an iterative approach was taken and local people, operators, regulators and tourists were interviewed, and content analysis applied to management and strategic documents for the region. The results illustrate the importance of understanding stakeholder perceptions in facilitating sustainable tourism.

270 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present the findings of empirical research conducted with Spanish hotels that have adopted one or more of the existing environmental tools, including codes of conduct, best environmental practices, eco-labels, environmental management systems (EMSs), and environmental performance indicators.
Abstract: Since the early 1990s, tourism companies, mostly hotel facilities, have undertaken different voluntary initiatives to show their commitment to sustainable tourism. Among the voluntary tools applied by the hotel industry, the most common are codes of conduct, best environmental practices, eco-labels, environmental management systems (EMSs) and environmental performance indicators. This article presents the findings of empirical research conducted with Spanish hotels that have adopted one or more of the existing environmental tools. Based on a qualitative exploration of perceptions and experiences of hotel managers applying these instruments, the general understanding of the concept of sustainable tourism is examined, and the practical application of different voluntary environmental instruments is analysed. In an attempt to interpret the facilitators and barriers reported by hotel companies, three interpretative approaches are combined to explain the selective adoption of environmental tools: the perspective of competitive advantages, the perspective of stakeholders’ influence and the perspective of the human cognitive process. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment.

235 citations