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Key words: small accommodation, sustainable tourism, business models
The tourism sector is vital for the development of small island developing states. However, climate change can negatively impact on tourism demand and affect these economies both on the economic and social level. The purpose of this study is...
Author: Sheereen Fauzel, Boopen Seetanah, Robin Sannassee & Robin Nunkoo
Year: 2017
The research is funded by the Centre for the Development of Enterprise and with the guidance of the International Trade Centre of UNCTAD. The authors would like to thank Pablo LoMoro at the International Trade Centre for his considerable sup...
Author: Andrew Rylance & Anna Spenceley
OPA: 2017 Outstanding Paper Award Winner
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Author: Kerstin Heuwinkel
Year: 2016
Key words: story-telling, landscapes, interpretation, sustainable tourism experiences
Author: Gianna Moscardo & Karen Hughes
Year: 2018
This study addresses the threat of climate change impacts on the sustainability of the economic benefits for, and environmental assets of, tourism destinations. It discusses the challenges for both the demand and supply side of tourism to fo...
Author: Nancy Scanlon
Year: 2005
Tourism is a major activity for some Mediterranean economies. While the growth of tourism over the last few decades has had many positive effects, it has also harmed the environment when this growth has not been planned in a sustainable way...
Author: Arayeh Afsordegan, Mar Vila, NúriaAgell, Mónica Sánchez
Key words: Sustainable Tourism Products, Sustainable tourism certification schemes, Certification
Author: Martin Balas & Wolfgang Strasdas
Loyalty of customers is recognized as a key ingredient for the success of organisations. A 5% increase in customer retention has been linked to 85% increase in profits (Reichfield and Sasser, 1990). As noted by Assael (1984), long term organ...
Author: Boopendra Seetanah & Viraiyan Teeroovengadum & Kesseven Padachi
This paper examines visual design language used in the New Zealand wine industry to communicate values of sustainability. The contribution critically discusses how industry values are physically manifested in and communicated through imager...
Author: Tobias Danielmeier
Firms are nowadays facing growing pressure from governments and environmental institutions to reduce their ecological footprint. While a growing number of empirical studies have examined the impact of green management policies on firms’ fina...
Author: Christelle Cortese & Mondher Sahli
Year: 2015
In the arena of resort development, there is a long history of destinations emulating (and seeking to surpass) one another in efforts to maintain competitiveness. In recent years, the use of “best case” examples are common tools employed to ...
Author: Alison M. Gill & Peter W. Williams
Year: 2012
In the tourism industry, whilst some companies have taken active steps towards Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), others are yet to adopt a responsible approaching to business. According to Betz (2010), CSR is a relatively new concept i...
Author: Susanne Reimann & Sandro Carnicelli
Key words: protected areas, resilience thinking, sustainability, marketing, tool
Author: Claire Louisa Fordred & Kevin Mearns
Author: Niki Glen & Kevin Mearns
Key words: tourism; climate change; adaptation; coast; Sihanoukville; Cambodia Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-...
Author: Tinat Nhep, Mondher Sahli and Christian Schott
Year: 2019
There is an increasing concern for environmental and social issues among international travelers. As a consequence, many tourist corporations have been exploring the implementation of Social Responsibility (SR) policies as a tool to gain co...
Author: Jorge E. Araña, Gianluca Goffi & Carmelo J. León
Over the last decades, social enterprises have increasingly gained importance in the travel and tourism industry and they are revolutionizing the way business is done. Instead of maximizing profits for external shareholders, a social enterpr...
Author: Sebastian Ferrari & Dagmar Lund-Durlacher
As a niche market, adventure tourism has been developing rapidly in many regions and territories, evidenced by increasing number of participants and intensive growth of adventure tourism products (Adventure Travel Trade Association, 2013; T...
Author: Mingming Chen, Deborah Edward, Simon Darcy
This paper narrates processes associated with the development of microtourism enterprises as one part of a broader organically determined sustainable development agenda in a north eastern coastal village in Bali. The paper’s narrative is co...
Author: Gayle Jennings
Year: 2010
Triple Bottom Line is defined and explained within the context of a broad philosophical approach to business and a more narrow perspective of reporting performance. The impact of the broader notion of sustainable development, with its macro ...
Author: Jeffrey Faux
Year: 2004
