Does sustainability (still) matter in tourism (geography)

Zimmermann, Friedrich M.

doi:10.1080/14616688.2018.1434814

Cited by 21 publications

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“…However, tourism’s global embeddedness within neo-liberalist capitalist systems leads to criticism in regard to its overall sustainability efforts and impacts (Hall, 2019; Sharpley, 2020) and individual business practice does not solve the overarching growth mind-set. Yet Zimmermann (2018) states that “sustainability in tourism . .…”

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Māori Indigenous values and tourism business sustainability

Ransfield

Reichenberger

2021

AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples

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This paper explores the integration and impact of Indigenous cultural values on social, environmental and economic sustainability practices in New Zealand Māori tourism businesses. Utilising a Kaupapa Māori (Māori philosophy) paradigm, 12 respondents from 8 Māori tourism businesses were interviewed. Findings highlight the conscious implementation of indigenous cultural values through consultation processes and their extensive impact on staff, stakeholders, wider community and natural environment through sustainable relationships based on hospitality, unity, belonging and self-determination, in line with the diverse economies framework. We argue that current shifts towards sustainable business practice in tourism reduces the perceived gap between indigenous and Western business approaches.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Māori Indigenous values and tourism business sustainability

Ransfield

Reichenberger

2021

AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples

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“…Koli is an example of how the concept of sustainable nature tourism as a human-nature relationship has gained the more anthropocentric features of social and economic sustainability. Zimmerman (2018) has argued that the holistic development of tourism destinations is the key to combine natural resources with local structures. In the case of Koli's tourism development, the idea of sustainability is re-though and re-owned.…”

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“…National parks and other protected areas are the most important sites for sustainable nature tourism and therefore at the center of the debate. Important topics have been tourism development in national parks and other special areas (Fredman & Tyrv€ ainen, 2011;Frost & Hall, 2009;Hall & Saarinen, 2010), including sustainable thinking as a part of tourism development in protected areas (Plummer & Fennell, 2009;Puhakka & Saarinen, 2013), and the compatibility of sustainability and tourism, in theory and in practice (Saarinen, 2018;Swarbrooke, 1999;Zimmerman, 2018). Lately, there has been growing debate over the political ecology of tourism and the effects of neoliberal thinking toward the idea of sustainability in tourism (Saarinen, 2018;Saarinen & Nepal, 2016;Wearing & Wearing, 2016).…”

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From threat to opportunity: sustainability and tourism in Koli National Park

Karhu

Lähteenmäki

Ilmolahti

et al. 2020

Tourism Geographies

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Across the globe, conservation has been increasingly in conflict with other human activities. National parks are an important concept in nature protection and probably the most recognized institution in nature tourism worldwide. The concept of sustainable nature tourism became a part of the planning and management of Finnish national parks at the beginning of the new millennium. We analyze the environmental conflict and the idea and practices of sustainable nature tourism from a historical perspective in one Finnish national park: Koli. The main research question is how has the concept of sustainability been used to resolve the conflict between tourism and nature protection? Our perspective is based on the essence of sustainable nature tourism as humanity's interaction with the environment. The main data of the study consists of interviews with park managers and planners and archival material from local newspapers. In Koli, the history of the founding of the park and tourism development were strongly affected by diverse nature relationships between different actors. In the human-nature relationship perspective, it was a matter of how the land was to be utilized, on an anthropocentric or eco-centric basis. From the park management point of view, sustainable nature tourism was a conceptual and practical tool to diffuse the conflict. Experiences in Koli show how eco-utilitarian perspectives toward nature conservation can help to resolve conflict. Today the idea of sustainability has been adapted by large-scale tourism developers and earlier failed vast plans for Koli are alive again, only reconceptualized with the idea of sustainability. This kind of economy-based sustainability in turn pushes the idea of sustainable nature tourism further from nature itself and eco-centric perspectives and provides foundations for a new conflict.

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“…So far, sustainability is taken for granted in the global tourism modus operandi (e.g., Galvani et al, 2020;Cheer, 2020). Although over the last three decades sustainable development has offered a wide range of scientifically validated models (WCED, 1987) to address the challenges of modern neoliberalism and globalization (Galvani et al, 2020;Zimmermann, 2018). However, due to the lack of sincere and effective implementation of the sustainability model by the people and culture across various regions in the world, the true concept of sustainability has largely failed to tackle the intended problems and challenges (Zimmermann, 2018).…”

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“…Although over the last three decades sustainable development has offered a wide range of scientifically validated models (WCED, 1987) to address the challenges of modern neoliberalism and globalization (Galvani et al, 2020;Zimmermann, 2018). However, due to the lack of sincere and effective implementation of the sustainability model by the people and culture across various regions in the world, the true concept of sustainability has largely failed to tackle the intended problems and challenges (Zimmermann, 2018). Ioannides and Gyimóthy (2020) and Hanscom (2020) paint out that sustainability can be achieved eventually but either by design or by the disaster.…”

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The Effect of Covid-19 on Tourism and Hospitality Industry in Malaysia, Resurgence in the Post-Pandemic Era: A Conceptual Criterion

Khan

Hashim

2020

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Purpose of the study: This study aims to provide an overview of the key issues and challenges faced by the COVID-19 pandemic in the Malaysian tourism and hospitality industry, lessons learned from its devastating effects on the industry, and to contemplate possible solutions and strategies for post-pandemic recovery from a global perspective. Methodology: This is a conceptual study. In doing so, a comprehensive review of the most recent selected literature was gathered from academic and online news portal and relevant online platforms to extract the current state of the art knowledge. Based on the conceptual analysis, this study unfolds the uncertainties about the critical outcomes of the past events to provide some significant insights focusing on the COVID-19 pandemic, which is denoted as post-crisis analysis based on current and past events. Main Findings: Based on the comprehensive review of the related literature this paper finds that both from the academic and industry perspective that the emphasis should be given to study, teach and engage with current tourism-related concepts and theories to provide a holistic pedagogy to rebuild and transform the tourism and hospitality industry rather than maintaining the current tourism and hospitality trajectory in the post-Covid 19 pandemic age. Applications of this study: The practical implications of this paper is to assist the tourism and hospitality managers by providing a glimpse of the current and forthcoming challenges in the industry and to provide critical recovery strategies in the post-pandemic phase for the related tourism and hospitality operators to plan effective business strategies, activities and policies to adopt the new normal. Novelty/Originality of this study: This study exposes the vulnerability of an already gruesome Malaysia tourism and hospitality industry in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic based on the post-crisis analysis in relation to the current and past events, and consequently suggested some critical sustainable resilience strategies for a resurgence in the post-pandemic period from a global point of view.

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Does sustainability (still) matter in tourism (geography)

Cited by 21 publications

References 5 publications

Māori Indigenous values and tourism business sustainability

Māori Indigenous values and tourism business sustainability

From threat to opportunity: sustainability and tourism in Koli National Park

The Effect of Covid-19 on Tourism and Hospitality Industry in Malaysia, Resurgence in the Post-Pandemic Era: A Conceptual Criterion

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