Assessing the adoption of sustainability practices in tourism industry

Abstract

Purpose The purpose of this study is to assess the key determinants of sustainability practices and policy adoption in small- and medium-sized tourism accommodation firms and its possible impact on the firm’s competitive advantages. Design/methodology/approach A combined model has been developed and tested with a set of relevant hypotheses based on primary data collected from tourism firm’s owners and personnel. Structural equation modeling has been used to test and validate the hypotheses. Findings The key results indicate that collaboration and innovation of tourism firms, employee culture, technological infrastructure, tourism intermediary’s sustainability practices and top management support have a significant impact on sustainability practices adoption, whereas government sustainable tourism policy and local’s attitude toward sustainability have an insignificant impact. Practical implications The findings assist managers and owners of tourism accommodation firms to re-address their policy and operational processes toward sustainability. This study is an endeavor to bridge the knowledge gap of current literature on sustainable practice adoption and tourism accommodation firm. This would be ensured through encouraging the economic aspect of sustainability practices and also facilitate social well-being, which is a real contribution that ought to practice to other countries where the tourist area is environmentally adverse tremendous. Social implications Considering sustainability is a social commitment, this study positively changes tourists’ behavioral approach reducing the undesirable use of social resources and maximizing the enduring socio-economic and environmental development for social well-being. Originality/value The novelty of this empirical study is that sustainability practices and policies adoption is entirely a new phenomenon. However, the mediating impact of the construct on the competitive advantage of small and medium tourism accommodation firms enhances the effectiveness of emerging tourism economy.

Sustainable Tourism Policy, Destination Management and Sustainable Tourism Development: A Moderated-Mediation Model

“…Hence, SET evaluates effective policy and management regarding tourism development influenced by exchange interaction. Accordingly, the extant literature is abundant in studies reliant on SET and its link to other concepts, such as communal support of tourism [57], communal participation, and empowerment [52,58], community involvement [11], tourism policy, residents' attitude, and environmental sustainability [59], sustainability practices and policy adoption [60], environmentally responsible behavior [19], and host-tourist interaction [61].…”

“…Further, these researchers suggest a mechanism based on sustainable policies and management to encourage STD. Islam et al [60] suggest that tourism organizations should reconsider their policy and operational practices for sustainable development by ensuring economic aspects and by facilitating social well-being, especially, in countries where crowded tourist destinations are environmentally adverse.…”

Tourism towards Sustainability and Innovation: A Systematic Literature Review

“…Through the assessment of the key determinants of sustainability practices and policy adoption in small-and medium-sized tourism accommodation firms, results attest that the collaboration of tourism firms, employee culture, technological infrastructure, tourism intermediary's sustainability practices, and top management support have a significant impact on sustainable practice adoption, whereas government sustainable tourism policy and the locals' attitude toward sustainability have an insignificant impact [39] (p. 94).…”

“…Hence, the adoption of this innovation ensures the offering to customers of an innovative mixture of tradition and modernity strongly contributing to the sustainability of micro and small tourism firms. From another perspective, the innovation of tourism firms has a significant impact on sustainability practice adoption in small-and medium-sized tourism accommodation firms [39]. Warren, Becken, and Coghlan [55] (p. 1) argue that SOI in tourist accommodation providers requires "an innovative transition from "unsustainable" tourism and innovative research methods to develop theory and concepts for a sustainable tourism".…”

Transformational leadership and work engagement among managers of casual dining restaurants in Batangas Province

“…The concept of the instrument was kept; however, sentences were carefully rephrased to make it easier for the respondents to comprehend. The adapted questionnaire from (Hasan et al, 2019) helped the researcher to discover the assessment level of sustainability practices adoption of TASMEs as well as other information needed to complete this study. The researcher distributed these questionnaires to respondents formatted in the google form.…”