Sustainable Tourism: Ethical Alternative or Marketing Ploy?

Lansing, Paul; Vries, Paul de

doi:10.1007/s10551-006-9157-7

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“…The growing literature on the contributions of tourism to climate change [31] is a clear example of how tourism impacts extend beyond the destination. In a similar fashion it could be argued that tourism that exploits the global North-South divide by offering experiences in the global South based on the lower costs resulting from lower standards of living is also not sustainable in a global sense [7,32].…”

Section: Tourism and Sustainability: Confusion And Conflictmentioning

confidence: 99%

There Is No Such Thing as Sustainable Tourism: Re-Conceptualizing Tourism as a Tool for Sustainability

2014

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Abstract:Increased global concern about sustainability has placed pressure on businesses to justify the value of their products and services beyond personal profit and to take responsibility for the negative impacts of their activities. Tourism is particularly susceptible to this pressure, given its generally poor track record in terms of negative social, cultural and environmental impacts, and the lack of compelling evidence of benefits for either the individual tourist or destination communities. While the management of tourism impacts and the relationship between tourism and sustainability have been paid considerable attention by tourism academics, there is little evidence of any significant change in tourism practice. This paper will argue that this lack of change reflects problems in the way tourism academics have conceptualized sustainable tourism. After reviewing these problems with sustainable tourism, this paper will offer an alternative framework for sustainable tourism that focuses on the concept of quality-of-life, recognizes the complexity of tourism within local and global systems, adheres to the principles of responsible tourism, and explicitly assesses the value of tourism as one tool, amongst many, for sustainability. One potential application of the framework will be demonstrated with a case study of tourism development on Magnetic Island in Australia.

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Section: Tourism and Sustainability: Confusion And Conflictmentioning

confidence: 99%

There Is No Such Thing as Sustainable Tourism: Re-Conceptualizing Tourism as a Tool for Sustainability

2014

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“…As such, the complexity and ambiguity experienced by some farm family members who feel the need to diversify through such a tourism route due to economic pressures and the recent difficulties befalling agriculture is evident. Some feel that they have succumbed to pressures to take this diversification strategy, but are ill at ease with the new venture (Lansing & De Vries, 2006). This can lead in extreme cases to farm families describing experiences verging on a state of anomie (Orru, 1983), reflected by those who reported feelings of unhappiness, resentment or even depression in relation to the diversification route chosen.…”

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Farming and tourism enterprise: Experiential authenticity in the diversification of independent small-scale family farming

2012

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“…An application of the awareness theme and sub-themes in the marketing-ES literature generated guiding research questions for a sport marketing-ES research agenda including: (Lansing & Vries, 2007), perceptions through labeling schemes (Pedersen & Neergaard, 2006) and the desire for companies to be perceived as green (Saha & Darnton, 2005). Managing consumers' perceptions has long been an area of interest for marketers.…”

Section: Awarenessmentioning

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Marketing and Environmental Sustainability in the Sport Sector: Developing a Research Agenda for Action

Chard¹,

Mallen²,

Bradish³

2012

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Authoritative discourse within the literature indicates a realization that sport impacts the natural environment (Brooks, 2006; Cachay, 1993;Lenskyj, 1998) and that environmental sustainability (ES) in sport management is emerging as a topic of concern. The number of sport-related journal articles focusing on environmental sustainability (ES), however has been found to be insufficient (Mallen, Stevens and Adams, 2011). The purpose of this study, thus, was to complete a content analysis of management journals to reveal marketing-ES literature to underscore the development of a sport marketing-ES research agenda. The premise was that the understandings concerning the outlook, perceptions, opinions and viewpoints in the marketing-ES manuscripts will enhance the capacity of researchers in developing a research agenda in sport marketing-ES. The methods involved content analysis steps provided by Krippendorff (1980), Weber (1985, and Wolfe, Hoeber and Babiak (2002) including: establishing the sampling units, the unit of text, the coding themes and sub-themes, analytical factors and coding mode. The data analysis framework involved the use of key marketing concepts: the consumer perspective (Aaker, 1996) and the corporate perspective (Knapp, 2000), along with the concept of influencers (Davis & Dunn, 2002). In sum, the examination involved 49 journals published from 1999 to 2009. Key findings included 63 marketing-ES manuscripts and their concepts, themes and sub-themes, along with their perspectives and influencers that were applied to construct 30 questions to develop a sport marketing-ES research agenda. It is time for sport researchers to generate a robust research response to the marketing-ES questions.

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Sustainable Tourism: Ethical Alternative or Marketing Ploy?

Cited by 131 publications

References 10 publications

There Is No Such Thing as Sustainable Tourism: Re-Conceptualizing Tourism as a Tool for Sustainability

There Is No Such Thing as Sustainable Tourism: Re-Conceptualizing Tourism as a Tool for Sustainability

Farming and tourism enterprise: Experiential authenticity in the diversification of independent small-scale family farming

Marketing and Environmental Sustainability in the Sport Sector: Developing a Research Agenda for Action

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