Environmental, cultural, economic and socio-community sustainability: a framework for sustainable tourism in resort destinations

Abstract

This paper utilizes an inclusive community based sustainability framework with a focus on a resort destination in providing a potential model for more inclusive longrange destination planning and implementation. Four diverse, but interrelated areas of sustainable tourism were specified in this framework for a more comprehensive process including ecological, cultural, economic and socio-community sustainability. In addition a strategic community driven structure, which provides direction, information and practices, serves the purpose of integrating and implementing the framework. The unique tourism destination, Noosa in Australia is used as an example of embracing sustainable tourism as a community and as part of a larger focus on the four key components of sustainability. By viewing sustainable community attributes as assets, all of which are important to manage, enhance and/or conserve, it is expected that the resort community will continue to attract visitors to feel connected and committed to experiencing its lifestyle, sense-of-community and natural features while also contributing to community sustainable stewardship and a strong tourism economy.

Environmental Impacts of Community-Based Home stay Ecotourism in Nepal

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An Integrated Approach to “Sustainable Community-Based Tourism”

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Sustentabilidade e o comportamento do turista: uma discussão à luz da Psicologia Ambiental

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