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Author : Yoram Krozer & Else Redzepovic
School/Work Place : University Twente, Netherlands
Contact : krozer@xs4all.nl, else@midena.dk
Year : 2005

How to manage risks that endanger development of tourism but that are caused by tourism itself? An industry-based model is presented as an analytic tool and adapted to the situation in tourism. It is argued that development of tourism lacks incentives for sustainability management. The agenda for sustainability management is discussed based on the situation on the island Ameland in the Netherlands, which is among the most intensively used tourist areas in Europe. The stakeholders on the island, although generally satisfied with local cultural and natural qualities, address various sustainability issues. The issues cover information, accommodation, mobility and land use. The cases of water management in a hotel and destination management by the tourist information agency are addressed. Water consumption in the hotel is high by international standards. Lower consumption of water saves resources and money. Much progress is needed and it is possible in cost-effective way. The destination management aims at guiding people to and into tourist resorts. Tourists support the idea of better guidance, particularly foreigners, whereas tourist agencies assume sufficient amount and quality of information. The implementation is hindered by various market imperfections. A sustainability management is urgently needed to fulfil two tasks: creating awareness about issues and possible solutions and assisting policy makers with directing sustainable tourism development and companies with implementation of cost-effective solutions.


List of Articles
No. Subject Views Datesort
5 Think Tank IV Impediments to Sustainable Service Quality in Luxury H... file 15896 Oct 13, 2013

In order for tourism to be sustainable in the long term, there must be continued viability of tourism related entities (Tesone 2004), that is business operations must be sustainable. Hotels are major tourism entities and play an important ro...

Author: Rayka Presbury 

Year: 2004 

4 Think Tank IV After the Sydney Olympic Games: Sustainable Infrastruc... file 3217 Oct 13, 2013

Olympic Games epitomize the definition of a mega event, due to the size and scope that these events have in terms of participation, worldwide viewing and infrastructure development. However with the commercialization of these events over the...

Author: Sacha Reid 

Year: 2004 

3 Think Tank IV Sustainability and Mass Destinations: Challenges and P... file 4468 Oct 13, 2013

In year 2001, the Government of the Balearic Islands decided to establish a tourism tax, named "ecotax", as an important measure to achieve a more sustainable tourism model for the islands. This paper analyses the background of the ecotax, t...

Author: Antoni Serra Cantallops 

Year: 2004 

2 Think Tank IV Sustainability in a Mature Mass-Tourism Destination: T... file 4697 Oct 13, 2013

Most destinations are struggling to achieve sustainability for their economies, their environments, their cultures and their tourism industries. This laudatory, idealistic and complex process involves many sectors of the industry, the commun...

Author: Pauline Sheldon, John Knox & Kem Lowry 

Year: 2004 

1 Think Tank IV The Benefits of Visitor and Non-Visitor Research in th... file 4212 Oct 13, 2013

Our premise in this paper is that if sustainable tourism development and management is to meet the needs of both the present and the future then it is equally important to prioritise research on those who visit tourism destinations (and incl...

Author: Pat Sterry & Debra Leighton 

Year: 2004 

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