Could Happiness Be an Assessment Tool in Sustainable Tourism Management?

Abstract

The continuous commitment of companies from different sectors to demonstrate ethical demeanor of their business activities and bring about development of the respective economy, while maintaining the society's wellbeing, has seen enormous activism in the last years. This has been very much evident in the tourism sector where the responsibility towards the society takes many forms, ranging from initiatives to promote activities for cleaner environment to programs for supporting quality of life and fair payment for employees and their families. Given this shift in policy making and execution of tourism market players, this paper aims to critically evaluate the extant sources of literature in the field of sustainable management of tourism, happiness concept in sustainable development and tourism, and on this premise-to blueprint a conceptual model that can serve entities in the industry for effective running of their sustainability courses of action. Happiness was accepted as one of the important goals of Sustainable Development with some United Nations resolutions. In this relation, happiness became an up-to-date topic in the Sustainable Development agenda as a way for holistic measure of success on the national and international levels. So, the authors would like

Los ODS en distribución comercial

“…De hecho, llegan a destacar la importancia de la comunicación de dicha realidad para incentivar el consumo sostenible. La materia se ha convertido en un tema de interés, por lo que se han desarrollado investigaciones concretas para sectores como el de la banca (Burhanudin et al, 2019), la moda (Na y Na, 2015;Jiménez-Marín et al, 2022) o el turismo (Niyazieva y Zhechev, 2020;Madeira y Silveira, 2020;Sanagustin-Fons et al, 2020).…”

Sustainable Development and Tourism: A Review of the Literature in WoS from 2001 to 2020

“…Fortunately, in recent years, a significant number of companies in the tourism sector worldwide have embraced actions aligned with ethical economic development. These actions range from environmental stewardship to enhancing the quality of life for their employees [62,63]. This is perceived by customers as a differentiating element, demonstrating a company's commitment to the fair use of tourism resources and undoubtedly serving as an effective marketing strategy [64].…”