A modernism‐based interpretation of sustainable tourism

Abstract

To promote knowledge creation and transfer, this study adopts a modernism‐based interpretation to reduce the conceptual vagueness and the terminological confusion of sustainable tourism. On the basis of the intensional definition techniques, namely, etymology and genus‐and‐differentia, the precising and theoretical definition of sustainable tourism was constructed. Specifically, sustainable tourism was identified as a resource‐concerned tourism development ethic with human needs for growth, ideology for continuity, and global context as main constructs. This conceptual framework levels up sustainable tourism as a tourism development concern rather than a specific tourism form, thereby contributing to consistent communication in both academia and practices.

Sustainable tourist behaviour: Developing a second order scale based on three destinations

“…Hence building a base for the scale based on existing seminal works seemed justified. The study focussed on environmentally responsible behaviour (Chiu et al, 2014; He et al, 2018; Lee et al, 2013; Su & Swanson, 2017; Zhang et al, 2019), ecotourism (Lee & Jan, 2018a, 2018b), pro‐environmental behaviour (Kim & Koo, 2020; Budovska et al, 2020; Esfandiar et al, 2020; Sharma & Gupta, 2020; Ichsan et al, 2019; Zientara & Zamojska, 2018; Ramkissoon et al, 2013), tourist behaviour (Budeanu, 2007; Juvan & Dolnicar, 2017; Klöckner, 2013; Wang & Zhang, 2020), destination social responsibility (Hassan & Soliman, 2021; Luo et al, 2020; Mihalic, 2016; Su et al, 2018; Su & Swanson, 2017), sustainable tourism (Choi & Sirakaya, 2005; Hsu et al, 2020; Paiano et al, 2020; Zhang & Chan, 2020).…”

“…The UNWTO defines sustainable tourism as one that takes complete responsibility of economic, environmental and social impacts of current and future, while catering to the requirements of tourists, industry, environment and host communities (UNWTO, 2020). Zhang and Chan (2020) offers a more resource based definition: ‘sustainable tourism has been described as a resource‐driven philosophy of tourism creation with a human need for growth, an ideology of sustainability and a global context as key building blocks’ (p. 3).…”

Sustainability of Underground Heritage; The Example of the Military Galleries of the Petrovaradin Fortress in Novi Sad, Serbia

“…A great opportunity is recognized in the trend for alternative forms of tourist movements [87,88]. The chance for someone to decide to visit the underground is in the uniqueness of the offer in relation to those in the surroundings.…”

Wildlife Tourism: A Synthesis of Past, Present, and Future Research Agenda

“…The research contributes to the literature on WT and also to comprehensive efforts of specialists in tourism, geography, environmental science, conservation science, wildlife biology, planning studies, leisure studies, outdoor recreation studies, and recreation ecology. Xiao & Smith (2006) and Zhang & Chan (2020), acknowledged that tourism research is a maturing field with a close association with parent disciplines. Belhassen & Caton (2009), described that tourism is an infantile area of study that is highly influenced by other disciplines and research traditions.…”