Encouraging Environmentally and Socially Responsible Practices Through Well-designed Certification: A Case Study of the Camping and Caravan Industry, Australia

Desailly, Michelle; Bushell, Robyn; Scott, Jennifer; Simmons, Bruce L; Sinha, Corazon; Baillie, Barry G

doi:10.1080/02508281.2004.11081456

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“…The authors defend the creation of codes of conduct, or even a transversal regulation for the entire tourism business sector, that is capable of producing this type of tourism. This idea is in line with what Joaquim (1997), Cooper and Ozdil (1992) and Desailly et al (2004) have already stated about the risk that the distinction between responsible tourism and other forms of tourism may end up being nothing more than a marketing strategy designed for a specific segment.…”

Section: Business Practices and Responsible Tourism Marketingsupporting

confidence: 75%

“…However, many have criticised these programs, criticising their use of image green-washing by big companies, mainly from more developed countries, reinforcing what it was intended to prevent. Desailly et al (2004) found this same problem in specific ecotourism certifications. The authors argue that, because of its top-down approach, the help required by small companies to be able to acquire such certifications was not considered.…”

Section: Business Practices and Responsible Tourism Marketingmentioning

confidence: 77%

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Responsible tourism: cosmetics, utopia or reality An analysis of the scientific literature

Bernardo

Pereiro

2020

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Responsible tourism is an increasingly important subject in tourism research, political discourse, and business practice. This paper reviews both the concept of responsible tourism, as well as the use of the concept of responsibility in the scientific literature of tourism from 1988 to 2018. We reflect on the social role of responsible tourism in relation to the term as concept, the practices of companies, and the communities and public administrations affected by it. The results are an exhaustive, complete and updated picture of the meanings of responsible tourism for academics; the paper also represents a debate focused on the moralisation of tourism and the critical meaning of responsible tourism as a concept, social practice of consumption, behaviour, social movement and agency for sustainable tourism change. Finally, a unified theory for responsible tourism is proposed, based on accountability, sustainability and behaviour, for a new definition of ethical tourism practice.

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Section: Business Practices and Responsible Tourism Marketingsupporting

confidence: 75%

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Responsible tourism: cosmetics, utopia or reality An analysis of the scientific literature

Bernardo

Pereiro

2020

IJTA

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“…Eco-labels can be viewed as a marketing management tool to promote good environmental performance (Font and Buckley 2001) and a recent WTO study conducted in 2001 showed that there are over 7,000 certified products worldwide (Desailly, Bushell et al 2004). Despite their growth in popularity and seeming importance in assisting consumer choice for responsible organisations, their success should be viewed with caution.…”

Section: Eco-labelsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Despite their growth in popularity and seeming importance in assisting consumer choice for responsible organisations, their success should be viewed with caution. Confidence in the labels can be influenced by the competence and independence of the institutions who award and control the label (Lubbert 2001), and consumers are wary of the overall credibility of the label (Font and Tribe 2001;Lubbert 2001;Desailly, Bushell et al 2004). Furthermore, their impact on influencing product choice and consumer behaviour is of some debate ".…”

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confidence: 99%

Responsible Tourism, Responsible Tourists: What Makes a Responsible Tourist in New Zealand?

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<p>The impacts of tourism, both good and bad, are many and diverse. Responsible tourism has been suggested as one way of maximising the positive and minimising the negative impacts of tourism. The tourist's contribution to responsible tourism is somewhat overlooked in the literature and they are often seen as part of the problem rather than as part of the solution. They are also frequently accused of taking a break from responsibility while on holiday. This thesis concentrates on the actions of the tourist, seeking to understand what influences or constrains responsible behaviour while on holiday; to compare some responsible behaviours on holiday with similar behaviours at home. It also explores effective communication to encourage responsible tourist behaviour. The influences and constraints are multiple and complex and a fluid methodology was required, to be sufficiently structured to allow for comparability, while flexible enough to allow for the unexpected. A multi-phase, multi-method iterative research design was used, based on comparable case studies of two locations within New Zealand, Kaikoura and Rotorua. Kaikoura is a fairly recent, developing destination, Rotorua is a mature, established destination. The first phase of research employed in-depth interviews with industry representatives and with tourists and document analysis. The initial stage of the method allowed five actions of responsible behaviour to be identified. These represented responsible behaviours in a range of situations: environmental, cultural, social and economic. These behaviours were then applied in a visitor survey, based on a social psychological framework using Ajzen's Theory of Planned Behaviour. The survey identified instances of responsible behaviour and the influences and constraints on this behaviour. The survey also explored effective means of communication to encourage responsible behaviour, using Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Development. Generic definitions of responsible tourism and responsible tourists were developed and five actions representing responsible behaviour were identified which operationalised the definitions from the specific context. Influences and constraints on these responsible behaviours were also identified. These were internal, emanating from the tourist and included culture; values and attitudes; ethics and motivations; and mindfulness and mindlessness, and external, emanating from the destination, which included marketing; visitor management; and information and communication. Awareness was considered an important aspect of responsible tourist behaviour yet few tourists were aware of context specific details. Information, therefore, is considered important in achieving responsible tourist behaviour. Information may be most effective if it appeals to good citizenship and provides a reasoned and positive argument. A three step model was developed to foster responsible tourist behaviour. The first and crucial step is for the destination to set its objectives, then, to market to the most appropriate tourists. The third step is to optimise the responsible behaviour of these tourists once they have arrived, through visitor management which encourages and facilitates responsible behaviour. The New Zealand context provides a good example of this approach.</p>

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Fostering Responsible Tourism Business Practices Through Collaborative Capacity-Building

Simmons

Bushell

Scott

2010

Facilitating Sustainable Innovation Through Collaboration

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Encouraging Environmentally and Socially Responsible Practices Through Well-designed Certification: A Case Study of the Camping and Caravan Industry, Australia

Cited by 7 publications

References 5 publications

Responsible tourism: cosmetics, utopia or reality An analysis of the scientific literature

Responsible tourism: cosmetics, utopia or reality An analysis of the scientific literature

Responsible Tourism, Responsible Tourists: What Makes a Responsible Tourist in New Zealand?

Fostering Responsible Tourism Business Practices Through Collaborative Capacity-Building

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