Discourse(s) of growth and sustainability in national tourism policy documents

Torkington, Kate; Stanford, Davina; Guiver, Jo W

doi:10.1080/09669582.2020.1720695

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“…This issue is returned to later but the important point here, however, is that progress towards the achievement of sustainable tourism development can only be considered at the global level. It is this context that a number of fundamental trends in international tourism since 2000 contradict the pervasive reference to sustainability in many tourism development policy documents (Hall, 2013;Torkington, Stanford & Guiver, 2020). For instance:…”

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Tourism, sustainable development and the theoretical divide: 20 years on

Sharpley

2020

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

290

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A conceptual paper published twenty years ago (Sharpley, 2000) concluded that sustainable tourism development is an unviable objective. Specifically, it argued that environmentally sound tourism development (sustainable tourism) is essential; sustainable development through tourism, however, is unachievable. Despite continuing alignment between tourism and sustainable development in both academic and policy circles, not only have the intervening two decades proved this argument in practice to be correct, but also there is little evidence of a more sustainable tourism sector. This paper, therefore, returns to the theoretical relationship between tourism and sustainable development, considering more recent transformations in understandings of the concept of development as well as contemporary approaches to sustainable development. Highlighting the controversy surrounding the continuing adherence to economic growth in development policy in general and tourism development in particular, it discusses sustainable de-growth as an alternative approach to development and, in the context of increasing concerns over climate change, the specific implications for tourism.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Tourism, sustainable development and the theoretical divide: 20 years on

Sharpley

2020

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

290

139

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“…However, the negative consequences or externalities of the overexploitation of this activity are no less real, presenting disadvantages related to environmental, economic, and socio-cultural aspects [29,30]. There are attempts to address these stated drawbacks in the implementation of so-called sustainable tourism, consequently minimizing the negative consequences [31][32][33] and trying to reflect the finite limits of the ecological, economic, and social sustainability of this productive activity [34][35][36][37]. Sustainable development and environmental protection, from a global perspective, have been treated with a special interest in the case of the Central and Eastern EU [38].…”

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Tourism and the SDGs: An Analysis of Economic Growth, Decent Employment, and Gender Equality in the European Union (2009–2018)

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In 2015, the United Nations (UN) approved the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development to improve the lives of countries and societies. The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) incorporated the agenda into the tourism industry. This study has as its primary objective an exploratory analysis of tourism activity in the EU-28 countries over the decade 2009–2018 and its adaptation to the Sustainable Development Goals through the lens of employment. This study focuses on the goals of decent employment and economic growth (O8) and gender equality (O5). The results obtained suggest that, in general, the eastern countries of the EU-28 show better values for Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) (8) and SDG (5) with respect to both employment and the wage gap. However, these countries have lower GDP-weighted remunerations, which can become an opportunity to obtain higher shares of tourism activity within the EU. It is concluded that there is a need to reinforce the awareness of the fabric of the tourism business and for public administrations to favor stable and decent employment and a reduction in the current gender wage gap.

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“…Government policies are related to various things that the government will or will not do (57). Tourism policy is a guide for taking action on tourism governance, development, and promotion in tourism (58).…”

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Conceptual Model of Integrated Agrotourism Marketing

Roslina¹,

Nurmalina²,

Najib³

et al. 2021

Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Sustainable Management and Innovation, ICoSMI 2020, 14-16 September 2020, Bo

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Agrotourism becomes an increasingly popular concept of tourism. Research on agrotourism generally separately and unrelated. Most agrotourism research is conducted from the supply side and only a few from the demand side. This paper proposes agrotourism marketing by integrating the parties involved in agrotourism (tourists, government, farmers, accommodation companies, and travel companies). This study proposes to conceptualize tourist intentions with interrelated and complementary agrotourism development policies and strategies to effective agrotourism marketing. This paper is useful for the parties involved in agrotourism to increase the effectiveness of agrotourism marketing and for the development of agrotourism. From the demand side, this study uses motivation theory and extended TPB in the context of agrotourism. From the supply side using expert opinion from the government, farmers, accommodation companies, and transportation companies This research is expected to contribute to consumer behavior research.

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Discourse(s) of growth and sustainability in national tourism policy documents

Cited by 48 publications

References 65 publications

Tourism, sustainable development and the theoretical divide: 20 years on

Tourism, sustainable development and the theoretical divide: 20 years on

Tourism and the SDGs: An Analysis of Economic Growth, Decent Employment, and Gender Equality in the European Union (2009–2018)

Conceptual Model of Integrated Agrotourism Marketing

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