Transformation for sustainability: The role of complexity in tourism students' understanding of sustainable tourism

Hales, Rob; Jennings, Gayle Ruth

doi:10.1016/j.jhlste.2017.08.001

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“…However, the context of these practices is dissimilar to home‐stay where the home plays a crucial role in owner‐managers' behavior. Meanwhile, with the understanding that sustainability has different interpretations, it is surprising that previous studies have not examined the differences in sustainability knowledge among home‐stay, even though studies among tourists (Dodds, Graci, & Holmes, 2010) and students (Camargo & Gretzel, 2017; Hales & Jennings, 2017) provide evidence of sustainability knowledge differences. Given such a dearth of research, this study employs the triple bottom line as the underlying framework for conceptualizing sustainability with recognition of the unique study site.…”

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A social‐cognitive framework of small accommodation enterprise sustainability practices

Agyeiwaah

2020

Journal of Tourism Research

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Small accommodation enterprises have a great potential to assist the tourism industry in the progress toward sustainable development goals. This study explores the inherent complexity of sustainability practices with the recognition that sustainable behavior is the outcome of a reciprocal determinism between personal, environmental, and behavioral factors. Unlike previous studies, the role of knowledge of sustainability as a major determinant of self‐efficacy is investigated to understand whether differences in knowledge have any influence on sustainability practices. A qualitative approach was employed, and 26 owner‐managers of small accommodation enterprises (i.e., home‐stay) were sampled purposively. Three different knowledge groups are identified but their sustainability practices are not significantly different from each other. Significantly, an active group that understands sustainability as a tool for socialization emerges. These findings have a policy and theoretical implications for sustainable development.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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A social‐cognitive framework of small accommodation enterprise sustainability practices

Agyeiwaah

2020

Journal of Tourism Research

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“…Data analysis has so far shown that tourists consume approximately 25% of the energy provided by ONEE, which is the mere supplier of electricity in the city. Furthermore, statistics in this study demonstrated that tourists consume approximately 52% of the goods and commodities offered in Essaouira by several companies while 23% of other services incorporate telecommunications and transportation [11,13].…”

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Assessing Sustainable Tourism: Trends and Efforts in Essaouira in Morocco as a Coastal City

Mohamed¹,

Ed-Dali²

2019

IJSMIT

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Tourism is a crucial source and an added value in many developing countries. In Morocco, the sector is of paramount significance with a national GDP of about 20% and its effects have become noticeable. The methodology which is used in this study is qualitative while the data is analyzed according to a process-based approach in two longitudinal periods, from 2001 to 2009 and from 2010 to 2014. Through a process-based longitudinal study, the effects of tourism were analyzed highlighting the three pillars of sustainability, namely the economic, environmental and socio-cultural milieu in Essaouira in the southwest of Morocco. The objective of this paper is to identify, among others, the notorious impacts of mass tourism on fragile destinations in terms of their load capacity, promotion of youth employment and respect for indigenous traditions. This study also aims to assess the influence of tourism on certain destinations that depend, to a large extent, on this activity. It also seeks to test a series of indicators germane to sustainable development in sensitive areas. Within results, it was found that tourism, as an industry, is related to the international community and the tested sustainable development indicators revealed that tourism is environmentally destructive. Job creators in this field contributed to the changes that occurred in the indigenous people's lives and the state's intervention was of paramount significance to preserve the existence of a potential vanishing culture.

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“…In order to form students' key competences, teachers need to use new teaching and learning methods that are different from traditional ones. Skills and abilities required in the present and in the future in the tourism industry cannot be learned by teaching a single discipline; more innovative and interdisciplinary approaches are required, such as learning by doing or project-based learning [61][62][63][64][65][66].…”

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The Use of Information and Communications Technology in Vocational Education and Training—Premise of Sustainability

Deaconu

Dedu²,

Igreț

et al. 2018

Sustainability

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Vocational education and training of human resources in tourism play an important role in the development of the tourism industry and hence in the national, regional and global economy. In this paper, we aimed to analyze the effective use of smart education in the teaching and learning process in tourism. The research was conducted over three academic years (2013-2014, 2014-2015, 2015-2016) in 12 high schools providing tourism specializations in Constanta County, Romania. The main method used was an experiment. Thus, we used information and communication technology (ICT) methods in the educational process (the independent variable) in order to compare students' results to those obtained in control classes, in which only traditional teaching methods were used. The results of our research confirmed our initial hypotheses, namely the fact that by using ICT methods within tourism classes, students understand and assimilate specialised knowledge faster and better, and they form and develop specific skills at a higher level than by using traditional teaching methods. This means that by using the latest technology in classes for teaching and learning disciplines in tourism, it is possible to develop, by the end of the superior cycle of high school, the future qualified human resources required for sustainable tourism.

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Transformation for sustainability: The role of complexity in tourism students' understanding of sustainable tourism

Cited by 60 publications

References 47 publications

A social‐cognitive framework of small accommodation enterprise sustainability practices

A social‐cognitive framework of small accommodation enterprise sustainability practices

Assessing Sustainable Tourism: Trends and Efforts in Essaouira in Morocco as a Coastal City

The Use of Information and Communications Technology in Vocational Education and Training—Premise of Sustainability

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