Developing countries and tourism ecolabels

Sasidharan, Vinod; Sirakaya, Ercan; Kerstetter, Deborah L.

doi:10.1016/s0261-5177(01)00047-4

Cited by 111 publications

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“…2 Second, it satisfies signal cost, which involves the fact that some seaside destinations are in a better position than others to absorb the associated costs. Requesting the Blue Flag award and meeting all the mandatory requirements is time consuming and costly (Sasidharan, Sirakaya & Kerstetter, 2002;Blackman et al, 2014;Fraboni, 2015). Through a questionnaire intended for the local tourism officials of all Italian municipalities which received the Blue Flag in 2012, Fraboni (2015) finds that most municipalities spent at least 3 months preparing all the compulsory documentation 3 and had an average monetary expenditure of over €5,000, despite the absence of fees.…”

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confidence: 99%

The signalling effect of eco-labels in modern coastal tourism

Cerqua

2016

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

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Abstract:As the demand for environmentally sustainable tourism grows, ecolabels are becoming increasingly popular as a signal of environmental quality. However, the existence of a causal link between awarding a seaside eco-label and the increase in tourism flows is still under discussion in the literature. In this article, we gauge the signalling impact of a specific eco-label, the Blue Flag award, using detailed data on tourism flows to seaside Italian destinations during the period 2008-2012. We adopt a recent econometric modelling strategy -the synthetic control method -in shaping estimation results and testing the sensitivity and robustness of our results. We find that being awarded the Blue Flag increases the flow of domestic tourists for up to three seasons after assignment. However, we find no effect for the flow of international tourists. Investigating the mechanisms driving the results, we find that the award of a Blue Flag only positively affects the flow of domestic tourists when it is used as a driver of organisation, coordination and integrated management of the tourism supply.

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Section: Theoretical Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

The signalling effect of eco-labels in modern coastal tourism

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2016

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

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“…On the other hand, researchers in the field of hospitality have shifted their attention to other types of tools such as ecolabels [58,59]. Ecolabels provide some benefits for the tourist industry, and more generally for society, in terms of image, competitiveness, and quality [60] in order to mitigate the negative effects of tourism [59].…”

Section: Environmental Management Tools In the Hospitality Industrymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Ecolabels provide some benefits for the tourist industry, and more generally for society, in terms of image, competitiveness, and quality [60] in order to mitigate the negative effects of tourism [59]. Within the past 20 years, however, there was a proliferation of these kind of tools [58] and, according to Font [61], by the late 1990s, there were already more than 100 ecolabels for tourism, hospitality, and ecotourism.…”

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confidence: 99%

Environmental Management and Sustainable Labels in the Ski Industry: A Critical Review

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Beltramo

2016

Sustainability

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Sustainability is increasing in importance in relation to the competitiveness of winter tourism, particularly when considering mountain destinations. Exploring in more detail winter tourism related to ski resorts, operators are especially concerned about environmental issues caused by climate change. Therefore, they have gradually become aware of the importance of finding adequate solutions to cope with such issues as well as being able to sensitize tourists. The main goal of this paper is to analyze the different sustainable tools that can be adopted by the ski industry. In this field there appear to be two main approaches. The first line is that of sustainable labels being applied to local ski resorts; whereas the second consists in operators-such as the managers of cable cars-making use of specific labels or management systems that are environmentally oriented.

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“…Autori Sasidharan, Sirakaya i Kerstetter [14] su sproveli analizu mogućnosti usvajanja šeme eko označavanja za sertifikaciju turističkih preduzeća u razvijenim zemljama. Autor Buckley [15] je analizirao nivo do koga eko oznaka u turizmu utiče na odluku o kupovini i korporativnu performansu živo-tne sredine.…”

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