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RESOURCES: PAPERS & PRESENTATIONS
| Author : | Wolfgang Strasdas |
|---|---|
| School/Work Place : | University of Applied Science Germany |
| Contact : | wolfgang.strasdas@hnee.de |
| Year : | 2016 |
Certification
schemes for sustainable tourism can be seen as a key voluntary instrument to
measure, verify and communicate the CSR management and performance of tourism
businesses. Today a large number of such schemes can be found around the world.
However, to what degree these systems are effective in actually promoting
sustainability in tourism is highly controversial. While most experts believe
that independent certification is indispensable for measuring sustainability
and providing guidance to stakeholders, others criticize that in spite of the
proliferation of certification systems the number of certified tourism
businesses has stayed insignificant and that most consumers do not know about
them.
