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Author : Tanja Mihalič, Tina Šegota, Ljubica Knežević Cvelbar, Kir Kuščer
School/Work Place : University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Contact : tina.segota@ef.uni-lj.si
Year : 2014

Therefore, being of a different nature than sustainability pillars, political sustainability (Mihalic et al., 2012) is a requirement for sustainable tourism development (Edgell, DelMastro Allen, Smith & Swanson, 2008; UNWTO, 2004). This requirement refers to the informed participation and collaboration of all relevant stakeholders, critical mass, consensus and leadership (Mihalic et al., 2012, Edgell et al., 2008) that enable the implementation of sustainable tourism development. Furthermore, we argue that sustainable tourism development meet the needs and desires of local residents; the more the development is sustainable, the higher the positive and/or lower the negative actual and perceived impacts on economic, socio-cultural and natural environment and, consequently, the residents’ satisfaction with tourism development. According to Andriotis (2005), attitudes can dictate the extent to which residents accept tourism; in most studies, it is assumed that positive attitudes mean positive support for tourism development (Andereck & Vogt, 2000; Nunkoo, Gursoy & Juwaheer, 2010).

In fact, the purpose of this research is to test the connections between how residents perceive tourism’s impact on the sustainability pillars, the political environment and residents’ support for tourism development. Stakeholders’ collaboration ''... improves the coordination of policies and related actions, and promotes consideration of the economic, environmental, and social impacts of tourism” (Bramwell & Sharman, 1999: 392). Therefore, the outcome is potentially more efficient for sustainable tourism development (Lane, 1994).

We have developed and tested a theoretical model that assumes that political sustainability (focusing only on the stakeholder relationship between residents and local government) has an impact on resident’s satisfaction and support for efficient and sustainable tourism development. The studied destination is Bled, an Alpine tourism destination in the north-western Slovenia. Bled has 8,200 inhabitants and more than 600,000 overnight stays per year. Its main attractions are glacial Lake Bled with a small island, millennium Bled castle and green environment.


List of Articles
No. Subject Views Datesort
274 Think Tank XIV Development of a Certification System for Sustainable ... file 6010 Jun 27, 2014

Tourism destinations are complex entities that can be defined as geographical areas of different sizes that are being visited by tourists. Most definitions then differentiate between the perspectives of those living in and managing a destina...

Author: Wolfgang Strasdas 

Year: 2014 

273 Think Tank XIV Assessing Samui Island's Sustainable Tourism Policies ... file 13038 Jun 26, 2014

Since 2009, the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) promoted sustainable tourism practices through its – 7 Greens Concept, which is similar to the main global trends towards sustainable tourism. The 7 Greens Concept includes Green Heart, Gre...

Author: Attama Nilnoppakun, Krissada Pornprapa, Nattapong Boonlue & Kreagrit Ampawat 

Year: 2014 

272 Think Tank XIV Tropical Communities as Resources for Tourism or Touri... file 48788 Jun 26, 2014

The purpose of this paper is to review the barriers to sustainable tourism development faced by rural and developing regions and to explore the notion of tourism and its potential contribution to community well-being, with a focus on Flora’s...

Author: Laurie Murphy, Gianna Moscardo & Anna Blackman 

Year: 2014 

271 Think Tank XIV Tourism Development as Greek Tragedy: Implications for... file 25430 Jun 26, 2014

Although tourism has been used as a development strategy in many parts of the world for several decades, there is little evidence that it is an effective tool for improving the wellbeing of destination communities. It is not uncommon to find...

Author: Gianna Moscardo, Anna Blackman & Laurie Murphy 

Year: 2014 

270 Think Tank XIV The Roles of the Public, Private and Voluntary Sector ... file 6510 Jun 26, 2014

Social tourism refers to initiatives that aim to include groups into tourism that would otherwise be excluded from it. The earliest definition of social tourism by Hunzicker (1951) described social tourism as ‘‘the relationships and phenomen...

Author: Lynn Minnaert 

Year: 2014 

» Think Tank XIV Residents' Support for Tourism from the Standpoint of ... file 4016 Jun 26, 2014

Therefore, being of a different nature than sustainability pillars, political sustainability (Mihalic et al., 2012) is a requirement for sustainable tourism development (Edgell, DelMastro Allen, Smith & Swanson, 2008; UNWTO, 2004). This ...

Author: Tanja Mihalič, Tina Šegota, Ljubica Knežević Cvelbar, Kir Kuščer 

Year: 2014 

268 Think Tank XIV Values in Tourism Higher Education: the Case of Europe... file 9530 Jun 26, 2014

The primary rationale for embedding values-based learning in tourism higher education is to engage students’ learning-to-learn and learning-to-be, rather than simply learning about a topic, such as tourism management or sustainability (Libur...

Author: Tanja Mihalič, Janne J. Liburd & Jaume Guia 

Year: 2014 

267 Think Tank XIV Implementation and Governance of Hotel Chain's CSR pol... file 34118 Jun 26, 2014

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has gained increasing importance in the tourism industry over the past two decades, making it a central aspect of many business strategies. Many international hotel corporations have integrated CSR polic...

Author: Dagmar Lund-Durlacher & Carolin Brewi 

Year: 2014 

266 Think Tank XIV Sustainable Tourism Mobility: Recommended Strategies f... file 4482 Jun 26, 2014

Transport is a vital and integral component of the tourism system yet it contributes the most emissions in tourism (Dubois, Peeters, Ceron, & Gössling, 2011; Peeters & Dubois, 2010). In line with the global concerns for sustainabilit...

Author: Diem-Trinh Le-Klähn 

Year: 2014 

265 Think Tank XIV Influence of Assets and Capital Structure on the Perfo... file 3774 Jun 26, 2014

The global economic and financial crisis could be seen as old news according to the UNWTO’s data on international tourist arrivals. Europe recorded a solid 5% growth in 2013, and Mediterranean countries performed even better with 6% growth i...

Author: Kir Kuščer & Domen Trobec 

Year: 2014 

264 Think Tank XIV Heritage Trails through Dolenjska and Bela krajina in ... file 4897 Jun 26, 2014

One of the beneficial methodologies for growing and developing a level of tourism which is sustainable and enhances the totality of local and regional environments is a multi-stakeholder approach to tourism development. In this paper, we pre...

Author: Marko Koscak 

Year: 2014 

263 Think Tank XIV Leadership at the Nexus: Exploring the Connection betw... file 4378 Jun 26, 2014

The development of sustainable and competitive tourism destinations is contingent upon many factors including the creation of inclusive policy (Pforr, 2006), the development and implementation of strategic plans (Jordan, Vogt, Kruger, and Gr...

Author: Whitney Knollenberg & Nancy Gard McGehee 

Year: 2014 

262 Think Tank XIV Welcoming Chinese Visitors and the Easternization of t... file 2911 Jun 26, 2014

Tourism academics, practitioners, governments and agencies around the world are in general agreement about the future of tourism in what commentators have tagged The Asian Century. Assuming demographic and economic conditions persist, the in...

Author: Patricia C. Johnson 

Year: 2014 

261 Think Tank XIV The Development of a National Tourism Research Agenda ... file 6817 Jun 26, 2014

A national research agenda identifies the research priorities that need to be addressed to “inform future policy and service delivery” by government and “for use by academics and practitioners to stimulate research, partnerships and collabor...

Author: Leo Jago & Margaret Deery 

Year: 2014 

260 Think Tank XIV Hospitality of Sustainable Tourism Encounters: Experie... file 3832 Jun 26, 2014

Global tourism is, at least to some extent, based upon to the vast inequalities between wealthy and impoverished (Cole & Morgan 2010, xv). Neglecting, or actively forgetting, the legacy of colonialism and the modern forms of economic and...

Author: Emily Höckert 

Year: 2014 

259 Think Tank XIV Exploring the Relationship between General Environment... file 4515 Jun 26, 2014

These challenges raise the questions of how to determine who is environmentally friendly, i.e. who is potentially part of this group acknowledging the range and diversity in environmental behaviours and their uptake. An alternative approach ...

Author: Anja Hergesell 

Year: 2014 

258 Think Tank XIV Sustainability and the Politics of Place in Resort Des... file 3345 Jun 26, 2014

The nature of a resort will reflect the varying coalitions, partnerships and discourses that emerge from the relative power of actors within the dominant political regime (Gill 2007). In this paper we examine the evolving discourse around th...

Author: Alison M. Gill & Peter W. Williams 

Year: 2014 

257 Think Tank XIV A Multi-Stakeholder Perspective on Sustainable Tourism... file 7727 Jun 26, 2014

In this study, I take up the task to work towards a theoretical and methodological framework that allows using sustainability as a threshold concept for critically evaluating the assumptions embedded in both tourism management theory and pra...

Author: José-Carlos García-Rosell 

Year: 2014 

256 Think Tank XIV A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Study of Sustainab... file 7436 Jun 26, 2014

Emerging tourist destinations can challenge ecological, economic, social, and quality of life barriers. These issues draw attention towards the consequences of increasing complexity that are often found as a tourist marketing system grows an...

Author: Sarah Duffy & Larry Dwyer 

Year: 2014 

OPA: 2014 Outstanding Paper Award Winner 

255 OPA award A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Study of Sustainab... file 10275 Jun 26, 2014

Emerging tourist destinations can challenge ecological, economic, social, and quality of life barriers. These issues draw attention towards the consequences of increasing complexity that are often found as a tourist marketing system grows an...

Author: Sarah Duffy & Larry Dwyer 

Year: 2014 

OPA: 2014 Outstanding Paper Award Winner 

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