Sustainability and self‐regulation: Critical perspectives

Williams, Allan M.; Montanari, Armando

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“…They also affect, lead to or suggest strategies for future tourism sustainable development policies (Williams & Montanari, 1999). Victor Middleton's approach, similar in his other publications (Middleton, 1998) explicitly calls for self-regulation of the tourist sector:…”

Section: Current Issues In Tourismmentioning

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Tourism and Sustainable Development Indicators: The Gap between Theoretical Demands and Practical Achievements

Céron¹,

Dubois²

2003

Current Issues in Tourism

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Section: Current Issues In Tourismmentioning

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Tourism and Sustainable Development Indicators: The Gap between Theoretical Demands and Practical Achievements

Céron¹,

Dubois²

2003

Current Issues in Tourism

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“…The use of the concept of sustainability in a very broad range of contexts in planning, conservation, management, etc. has been, during the past few decades, and continues to be chaotic and often ineffective and inefficient [19][20][21][22][23]. It has been marred by uncritical, discursive oversimplification and the institutionalization of ways of thinking and acting, favoring established practices, interests and conceptualizations of human-environment relationships [2,3,16,20,24].…”

Section: Theoretical Background 21 Sustainability Culture and Tourismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Tourism and Cultural Sustainability: Views and Prospects from Cyclades, Greece

Terkenli

Georgoula

2021

Sustainability

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The objective of this paper is to explore cultural tourism perceptions, practices, concerns and prospects among local residents, tourists and business representatives in the Cycladic Islands, specifically three sites (Andros, Syros and Santorini). The concept and framework of cultural sustainability are employed to analyze the variable interrelationships between culture and tourism in the development of cultural tourism and in overall local sustainability, from a bottom-up/destination perspective. The methodological approach was an on-site exploratory questionnaire survey, effectuated in the context of the SPOT Horizon 2020 EU project, on cultural tourism in the Cyclades. Our findings show that the role of culture as an actual tourism attraction and the potential for further growth in cultural tourism, and consequently local development, are broadly recognized. However, the role of tourism in cultural development, management and appropriation is viewed with a certain degree of trepidation and ambivalence. Culture and tourism emerge from the results of this research study as positively interlinked in the minds of the locals, the visitors and the entrepreneurs involved in cultural tourism and tourism more generally. Despite the fact that it is mostly privately driven, the culture–tourism relationship is viewed as holding great potential for all sides involved and for local cultural and overall sustainability.

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“…A more radical perspective of self-regulation involves the complete rejection of state intervention in any form, but this approach is not widely accepted. For example, Williams and Montanari (1999) argue that while there is evidence of positive outcomes from selfregulation in tourism, by itself, it is insufficient for the sustainable management of tourism entities. At the extreme of the spectrum, Dobson (2006) argues that the notion that tourism is able to self-regulate is fundamentally flawed since, in his opinion, tourist operators view the environment purely as a consumable item.…”

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Balancing commercial and environmental needs: licensing as a means of managing whale shark tourism on Ningaloo reef

Catlin

Jones

2012

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

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This paper explores the creation, significance and progression of the licensing systems employed to regulate whale shark tourism at Ningaloo Marine Park. Since 1993 mandatory whale shark tour operator licences have been offered through an evolving competitive tender process. A content analysis of the evolution of licence requirements revealed a progression from a minimalist approach to one covering a full range of detailed and audited sustainability indicators. A tour operators' opinion survey was undertaken to understand industry issues and the impacts of the regulatory licensing system. Operators cited the need for business planning and offering a quality experience as their main challenges. Issues included cost pressures from local and global competitors. Few saw their own activities as being an environmental issue, and few saw regulation procedures as an issue. It is argued that further refinement of the licensing system is required to put its operations into a transparent, science-based context, and to offer incentives for improvements to rise above basic compliance. An explicit consideration of the balance between environmental regulation and commercial sustainability is needed to create a situation of perpetual improvement and provide best outcomes for all stakeholders, including operators, the local economy, the environment and guests.

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Sustainability and self‐regulation: Critical perspectives

Cited by 19 publications

References 5 publications

Tourism and Sustainable Development Indicators: The Gap between Theoretical Demands and Practical Achievements

Tourism and Sustainable Development Indicators: The Gap between Theoretical Demands and Practical Achievements

Tourism and Cultural Sustainability: Views and Prospects from Cyclades, Greece

Balancing commercial and environmental needs: licensing as a means of managing whale shark tourism on Ningaloo reef

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