Environmental management performance in tourism accommodation

Environmental performance of tourism accommodations in the protected areas: Case of Goreme Historical National Park

“…The hypothesis was based on the following rationale: criteria for star ratings (Carmona-Moreno et al, 2004;Khanna, 2001;Rivera, 2004) and the related literature (Alvarez-Gil and Cespedes-Lorente, 2001;Leslie, 2007;Mensah, 2006) suggest that accommodation will differ in their environmental performances. The majority of previous studies (e.g., Alvarez-Gil and Cespedes-Lorente, 2001;Buckley and Araujo, 1997;Dewhurts and Thomas, 2003;Mensah, 2006) support the idea that the quality establishments demonstrate a higher EP. Differences are attributed to numerous factors like the managerial knowledge/ education and interest (Erdogan and Baris, 2007), managerial attitudes/behavior (Dewhurts and Thomas, 2003), environmental design and policy, nature of the maintenance, guest relations, and nature of the energy and resource use.…”

“…The majority of previous studies (e.g., Buckley and Araujo, 1997;Alvarez-Gil and Cespedes-Lorente, 2001;Dewhurts and Thomas, 2003;Bohdanowicz, 2005;Erdogan and Baris, 2007) indicate a general trend that the quality establishments demonstrate a higher EP. Our findings provide limited support for these studies.…”

“…They were selected among the indicators that put forward and discussed by the World Bank (2008), Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy and Center for International Earth Science Information Network (YCELP and CIESIN, 2008), and the related literature cited in this study (Buckley and Araujo, 1997;Erdogan and Baris, 2007;Leslie, 2007;Masau and Prideaux, 2003;Mensah, 2006;The Travel Foundation, 2008;Wenjun, 2004). The indicators were grouped under eight categories (Table 2).…”

Community-Based Ecotourism to Meet the New Tourist's Expectations: An Exploratory Study

“…Tourist activity negatively impacts the environment and its population (Buckley & Araujo, 1997;Holleran, 2008). As realization of the environmental and social damage caused by tourism swells, tourists will increasingly prefer to involve themselves in more sustainable and more responsible forms of tourism (Dimanche & Smith, 1996).…”

Measuring the sustainability performance of the tourism sector

“…However, the concentration of tourists in a set geographical area may result in the risk of damage and in the irregular consumption of natural resources (Aall, 2011;Buckley & Araujo, 1997;Hall & Lew, 1998;Hidinger, 1996;Mowforth & Munt, 1998;Murphy, 1985;Smerecnik & Andersen, 2011). It is necessary to move towards a progressive balance that must simultaneously satisfy the needs for economic growth and the consumption of the area's natural resources, for the benefit of quality of life and sustainable development (Cater, 1993;Clarke, 1997;Coccossis & Nijkamp, 1995;Hall & McArthur, 1998;McKercher, 1994;Place, 1995;Richard & Hall, 2000).…”