Behaviour of Stakeholders in Different Destination Networks - Three Cases from the Czech Republic

Novotná, Markéta; Holešinská, Andrea

doi:10.11118/actaun201967020535

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“…One DMO even reported that it had tried to implement monitoring of stakeholder's satisfaction but had encountered reluctance from the stakeholders themselves. This finding is related to trust among stakeholders (Holešinská, 2013;Novotná & Holešinská, 2019).…”

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The aim of destination management is to deploy resources to be competitive, and to steward destination resources to be sustainable (Ritchie & Crouch, 2006). The former is about the ability to compete in the tourism market, and the latter is about the ability to maintain the quality of physical, social, cultural, and environmental resources while competing in the tourism market. Mowforth and Munt (2009) present key techniques in sustainable tourism, e.g. environmental impact assessment, carrying capacity calculations, limits of acceptable change, area protection or visitor management techniques. Concerning sustainable tourism, further technique is the elimination of negative externalities through their internationalization (Bieger, 2000). Nevertheless, the fundamental tool of destination management is the strategy of sustainable tourism development. This paper focuses on the application of the above mentioned techniques for managing sustainability in the Czech practice. The research identifies the most used techniques with respect to the impacts induced by tourism development in the destination. Moreover, the research reveals the obstacles to applying certain techniques. Purpose: The reason for running the research is to discover to what extent the Czech destination management organisations (DMOs) reflect sustainability in their destination management. Thus, the research converges to the application of techniques and tools available to sustainable tourism development in practice. Design/methodology/approach: To demonstrate the diversity of tourism impacts on environment, the sample of the research includes the Czech DMOs that are located in different types of destinations (urban, mountain, rural). Questionnaires are used for collecting data. Firstly, DMOs assess the social, economic and environmental impacts that occur in their destination. Then they identify these techniques and tools that they apply to eliminate the impacts. And furthermore, DMOs state the reason why they do not use a certain technique or tool. The gathered data are processed by statistical methods. Findings:The key finding is that the most used visitor management technique is information signing. Development strategy and monitoring of customers' satisfaction are done in partnership. A positive result is that DMOs are willing to cooperate with impacts initiators to improve the situation in the destination. The major obstacle is the lack of financial resources for applying certain techniques. DMOs also argue that there is strong unwillingness of entrepreneurs to participate in sustainable tourism development. Research limitations:The results can be influenced by the subjective perception of the DMOs representatives when assessing destination impacts and used techniques for managing sustainability in their destination. Another limitation is timing. The results demonstrate the situation before the COVID-19 pandemic. Practical implications: Regardless of the COVID-19 pandemic, DMOs can take advantage of the research to update their destination strat...

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Section: Obstacles For Applying Techniquesmentioning

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“…In the urbanized destinations and most mountain tourist resorts, the owners of key facilities or attractions are not local residents. (Novotná & Holešinská, 2019) This is also why there are numerous disputes between locals and stakeholders that are not based in the destination.…”

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Sustainability and Destination Management From Czech Perspectives

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“…On the other hand, transaction costs have a low (even compared to other types of destinations) economic impact. Experience shows (Novotná & Holešinská, 2019) that stakeholders in mountain areas form a stronger cohesive community. The opposite is true for urban and rural type of destinations.…”

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Demand for light sources increases with the increasing energetic, technologic and economic requirements of society. The lifetime hours of lamps are longer; however, such a waste still makes up a portion of waste production. The content of toxic metals is one of the factors that influences the environmental impact during their life cycle. Discharged light sources are separated, recycled or disposed. The sorted material can be reused as a secondary raw material, or the waste can be energetically recovered in an incinerator. One of the most disadvantageous options is landfill deposition. The separated fractions of such waste can be reused in terms of lowering the amount of waste and enhancing the circularity. Although compact fluorescent lamps and LEDs are energetically more convenient, their material requirements are more demanding. Purpose:The aim of the study, was to evaluate the heavy metal composition regarding environmental factors, considering the lifetime hours and luminescence.Design/methodology/approach: The content of heavy metals of fluorescent lamp, LED lamp and incandescent light bulb was studied using the XRF analyser. The illuminance of the light sources was measured by a lux meter.Findings: Based on the results, the LED light sources seem to be the most convenient. From the analysis, these light sources contain the lowest amount of copper and lead, also from the perspective of the lifetime hours and already existed collecting system.

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Behaviour of Stakeholders in Different Destination Networks - Three Cases from the Czech Republic

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