Sustainable Tourism and Policy Implementation: Lessons from the Case of Calviá, Spain

Implementing sustainable tourism: A multi-stakeholder involvement management framework

“…Although the minutia of stakeholder composition varies across different tourism contexts, stakeholders undoubtedly impact on tourism development initiatives (Bramwell & Sharman, 2000;Getz & Timur, 2005;Hall, 2007). Therefore, it is imperative to recognise stakeholders when managing tourism more sustainably and to take account of their different perspectives on the issues (Bramwell, Henry, Jackson & Van der Straaten, 1996;Dodds, 2007;Hardy & Beeton, 2001). Stakeholders should not only be recipients of ST plans but active participants in the planning process (Byrd, 2003;Southgate & Sharpley, 2002).…”

“…Collaboration is complicated due to the existence of multiple and diverse stakeholders that often hold disparate viewpoints (Ladkin & Bertramini, 2002;Markwick 2000). Yet, to date, empirical research on issues involving stakeholders in the context of tourism is sparingly documented (Dodds, 2007;Hall, 2007). Although ST encompasses the economic, social and environmental dimensions of tourism development, most research has concentrated on the environment and economic development while largely disregarding the social aspects and stakeholder processes (Hardy, Beeton & Pearson, 2002;Ryan, 2002).…”

“…Notably, the lack of stakeholder involvement or buy-in, lack of government support, lack of leadership, lack of awareness and lack of coordination (e.g. Dodds, 2007;. As a result, low levels of awareness, problems with coordination and bureaucracy, feelings of disempowerment, fragility of common interests, the failure to clarify goals and an unwillingness to make significant changes to current behaviour have been rife among stakeholders (e.g.…”

“…To date, a number of studies have called for stakeholder involvement in the sustainable development of tourism (e.g. Dodds, 2007;Getz & Timur, 2005;Hall, 2007;Ryan, 2002). However, the multiplicity and heterogeneity of tourism stakeholders renders the process complicated.…”

Innovation for sustainable urban tourism: some thoughts on best practice

“…SUT is tourism that is both sustainable and occurs in urban areas. The concept of sustainable tourism is fraught with difficulties in definition (Hardy, Beeton, and Pearson, 2002;Ruhanen, 2008) and practical implementation (Dodds, 2007). To avoid this debate, we consider that absolute sustainability is an ideal and that we should seek to improve the sustainability of tourism.…”