A green economy indicator framework for tourism destinations

Law, Alexandra; DeLacy, Terry; McGrath, G. Michael

doi:10.1080/09669582.2017.1284857

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“…According to the World Travel and Tourism Council's data, the tourism industry's significant contribution to global gross domestic product (GDP) (9.6%) and employment (>272 million jobs) attests to its high impact on the economic and social settings worldwide [39]. Under the green economy framework, tourism, including its hotel sector, is one of the key economic sectors that is expected to take a leadership role in the transformation to a green economy [40][41][42].…”

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Stakeholders’ Influence on Environmental Sustainability in the Australian Hotel Industry

Khatter

White²,

Pyke

et al. 2021

Sustainability

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Hotels are a key element of the tourism industry. Hotels are the most common form of accommodation for tourists and the hotel industry is intricately to tourism. A review of the academic literature indicates that existing research is primarily focused on sustainability in tourism, but very few studies have analysed the environmental dimension of sustainability in hotels in Australia, an important facet of the Australian tourism industry. The paper presents the findings of the influence of stakeholders on environmentally sustainable policies and practices (ESPPs) in the Australian hotel industry. One-on-one interviews were conducted with hotel managers as a representative sample of Australian hotels in Melbourne, Australia. The selected sample for the research comprised managers who manage approximately 60 hotels. The data was collected through in-depth interviews. It was then transcribed, coded, and analysed with NVIVO, a computer-aided qualitative data analysis software program. The sample size ensured representation by different segments of the hotel industry to include international chain-affiliated hotels, Australian chain-affiliated hotels and independent hotels. An analysis of the findings suggests that owners and shareholders are the biggest influencers as their investment takes primary importance. Other key stakeholders such as guests generally play a secondary role in influencing the ESPPs of hotels. ESPPs should lead to well-intentioned initiatives and practices that are undertaken by stakeholders to create drivers for change to contribute to environmental sustainability.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Stakeholders’ Influence on Environmental Sustainability in the Australian Hotel Industry

Khatter

White²,

Pyke

et al. 2021

Sustainability

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“…[16] Whilst the term "green economy" can have many interpretations, here it refers to the global strategy framework surrounding RIO + 20, as well as the policies and strategies being developed by tourism destinations as a response. [17] A model of recreational visitor behavior with an ecological model estimates the impact of the increased visitors upon the environment. [18] This provides an overview of the interrelationships between tourism and sustainability from a cross-disciplinary perspective.…”

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Green Tourism Courses Customized with Digital Maps

Yang¹,

Jian²,

Zou³

2020

Proceedings of the International Academic Conference on Frontiers in Social Sciences and Management Innovation (IAFSM 2019)

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This paper aims to introduce map knowledge management combined with personalization and standardization by taking the green tourism course as an example. The method is as follows: Firstly, the digital map knowledge management methods of the map of green tourism course are divided into several categories, namely: the first type is pure natural landscape, the second type is artificial landscape, and the third type is mixed landscape. Then, on the digital map customized by the green tourism course, these three types of landscapes are treated differently. Finally, the application of knowledge graphs and mind maps and other visualization techniques to enrich the personalized digital maps customized by the green tourism curriculum, and then find a series of events that can be standardized batch processing, and establish a smart query system. Its characteristics are: distinguish learning mode between large and small probability and very special exception. The result: not only the three types of landscapes are clearly visible in the digital map smart system customized by the green tourism course, but also the digital map knowledge management combined with personalized and standardized in the case of green tourism courses. The significance is that such a purpose, method and result not only help the teachers and students to better experience the innovative ideas of the green tourism curriculum, but more importantly, reserve enough opportunities for teachers and students to participate, for example, The selection and scoring of the three types of landscapes is a simple participation, and the effect will produce big data; for another example, not only can the standardized query be used, but also the personalized query can be conveniently established with examples in our paper.

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“…Grydehøj (2011) looked for economies of very small jurisdictions which, due to their small populations and small economies, react differently than large islands. Development on islands was described by Law et al (2016) in the case of the Bali islands. Bianchi (2004) showed tourism initiatives on the Canary Islands.…”

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Tourism economies and islands’ resilience to the global financial crisis

Podhorodecka¹

2018

ISJ

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ABSTRACT:The article is a comparative study of islands' reactions to the global financial crisis. The main aim is to identify conditions which influence how the effects of the crisis in the tourism sector differed between selected island territories. Seventeen island territories which rely on tourism were selected for analysis. Each reacted differently to the global financial crisis, especially with regard to changes in tourist movement, employment in tourism, and expenditure by foreign tourists. The factors analysed are: length of time as an independent state or dependent territory, degree of dependence on tourism, the diversity of the mix of foreign markets from which tourists arrive, level of dominance of the main foreign market, level of dependence on European and North-and South American markets, duration of flights from the main market, level of economic development, quality of life of the island area's residents, tourist expenditure, and changes in government expenditure on tourism. The statistical analysis was conducted using both the Spearman and the Kendall rank correlation coefficients.

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A green economy indicator framework for tourism destinations

Cited by 37 publications

References 23 publications

Stakeholders’ Influence on Environmental Sustainability in the Australian Hotel Industry

Stakeholders’ Influence on Environmental Sustainability in the Australian Hotel Industry

Green Tourism Courses Customized with Digital Maps

Tourism economies and islands’ resilience to the global financial crisis

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