Sustainable tourism development: how do destination stakeholders perceive sustainable urban tourism?

Timur, Seldjan; Getz, Donald

doi:10.1002/sd.384

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“…Unlike rural or non-urban destinations, tourism products in urban destinations are rapidly consumed as tourists are more likely to spend less time in these destinations (Ashworth and Page 2011). Conversely, tourism in urban destinations in particular represents several challenges, such as those arising from the heavy spatial concentration of tourists in historical and cultural sites, and the excessive use of public facilities such as mass transportation (Timur and Getz 2009). Therefore, achieving sustainability can often be far more challenging in urban destinations than in other types of destinations (Miller et al 2010).…”

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Willingness to Pay for Tourist Tax in Destinations: Empirical Evidence from Istanbul

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Abstract:Revenue generated from tourism taxes constitutes an important financial resource for local governments and tourism authorities to both ensure tourism sustainability and enhance the quality of tourist experiences. In order for tourism policy makers to create an efficient and fair tax system in tourism destinations, it is crucial to understand travelers' perceptions concerning willingness to pay (WTP), tax rates, and their optimal allocation. The objectives of this paper, therefore, are to evaluate tourism taxes as a compensation tool to cover the costs of tourism and to measure tourists' WTP. The paper also suggests a fair allocation of tax revenues based on tourists' perceptions. A qualitative approach was used and data were collected through semi-structured in-depth interviews with international travelers to Istanbul, Turkey. The findings suggest that tourists are more likely to pay an additional amount of tax when this is earmarked for improvements in their experiences, but they are reluctant to take on liability concerning matters relating to destination sustainability. Based on the travelers' perceptions, the paper also identified areas that need investment to improve tourist experiences. An interesting highlight of this paper is that the majority of surveyed respondents reported that their travel decisions would not be negatively affected even if the total cost of their vacation increased by one third. The findings are expected to offer fresh and much-needed insights into tourist taxation for tourism policy makers and stakeholders.

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Willingness to Pay for Tourist Tax in Destinations: Empirical Evidence from Istanbul

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“…Many commentators were increasingly referring to the notion of sustainable tourism development (Cooper et al, 2008;Erkus-Ozturk & Eraydin, 2010). The negative impacts of tourism on the host environments and societies have resulted in alternative forms of tourism development (Timur & Getz, 2009). Generally, there was a reorientation away from "mass" tourism to "responsible" tourism (see Frey and George, 2010;Goodwin, 2011).…”

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Advancing the Sustainable Tourism Agenda Through Strategic CSR Perspectives

Camilleri

2013

Tourism Planning & Development

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This paper links the corporate social responsibility (CSR) paradigms to the sustainability agenda. The objective is to sharpen the strategic base of responsible behaviour in tourism enterprises. The design follows a comprehensive literature review about sustainable tourism from a hospitality industry perspective. Theoretical underpinnings suggest that the tourism and hospitality industries are continuously witnessing changing attitudes on the part of both the consumers and the enterprises. This contribution provides some details about the sustainability agenda as it explains how it emerged following Brundtland's report. Afterwards, it identifies key contributors who raised the issue of sustainable tourism as well as CSR policies, including intergovernmental committees and non-governmental organisations. It is believed that synergistic and shared value approaches are relatively straightforward and uncomplicated. Therefore, such notions are more easily taken up by academics or by tourism and hospitality stakeholders. There is continuous discourse in many international fora, conferences, seminars and colloquia about sustainable tourism, responsible behaviour and the related subjects. However, the discussions are usually characterised by presentation of theories which define the concepts, rather than being practical workshops which identify the business case and how to trigger active participation in the tourism industry. Relevant literature indicates that value-driven approaches focus on improving tourism and hospitality business performance through effective and efficient practices in their workplace environments. This contribution suggests that long-term sustainability can be reached if industry practitioners successfully address their societal and community deficits.

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“…Thus, in this context, there is a major need to integrate ideas and methods to mitigate the problems encountered in the development of urban tourism destinations. Moreover, from the aspect of ecological dimension, sustainable tourism is concerned with ensuring development that is compatible with maintenance of essential ecological processes [86]. However, ecological process of landscapes along with their ecosystem services value is always a factor that is less considered in traditional urban or tourism destination planning.…”

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“…Moreover, Zhang and Wang [71] stated that landscape metrics can facilitate the construction of ecological networks of greenways. It has been widely applied in landscape planning projects as it provides the basic quantitative information of landscape composition and configuration [9,86].…”

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Landscape Optimization in a Highly Urbanized Tourism Destination: An Integrated Approach in Nanjing, China

2017

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Planning and developing urban tourism destinations must encompass landscape optimization to achieve healthy urban ecosystems, as well as for evolution sustainability. This study explored sustainable landscape planning by examining the optimization of landscape spatial distribution in an urban tourism destination-Nanjing, China-using an integrated approach that included remote sensing (RS), geographic information system (GIS), and landscape metrics in the context of an urban tourism destination evolution model. Least-cost modeling in GIS was also used to optimize decision-making from an ecological perspective. The results indicated that landscapes were more homogenous, fragmented, and less connected. Except for the eastern area, the landscape evolution showed characteristics of both degeneration and growth. A complete greenway network including sources, greenways, and nodes were constructed, and an increase in natural landscapes was strongly recommended. The findings provide geographic insights for sustainable urban tourism planning and development via comprehensive methodological applications.

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Sustainable tourism development: how do destination stakeholders perceive sustainable urban tourism?

Cited by 196 publications

References 24 publications

Willingness to Pay for Tourist Tax in Destinations: Empirical Evidence from Istanbul

Willingness to Pay for Tourist Tax in Destinations: Empirical Evidence from Istanbul

Advancing the Sustainable Tourism Agenda Through Strategic CSR Perspectives

Landscape Optimization in a Highly Urbanized Tourism Destination: An Integrated Approach in Nanjing, China

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