The Circular Economy Strategy in Hospitality: A Multicase Approach

Antón, José Miguel Rodrí­guez; Alonso‐Almeida, María del Mar

doi:10.3390/su11205665

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“…Rodríguez et al [40] recently found out through an extensive literature review for the search period between 2009 and January 2020 that there are still only 55 articles and books published on the field of CE and tourism. Hence, many authors argue that state of the art in this field is in its infancy, with a reduced amount of literature available and a lack of shared understanding about CE and tourism [38,39,[41][42][43].…”

Section: Circular Tourismmentioning

confidence: 99%

The 10 Most Crucial Circular Economy Challenge Patterns in Tourism and the Effects of COVID-19

Martínez-Cabrera

López‐del‐Pino

2021

Sustainability

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This paper makes a new contribution to the understanding of challenges for the transition toward the circular economy (CE) by identifying the main CE challenge patterns (CECPs) and analyzing their relevance for the tourism sector. Our work is based on a previous systematic literature review of 42 articles on CE through open coding following grounded theory. This allowed us to identify 68 CECPs and classify them into three levels of abstraction: microenvironmental, macroenvironmental, and organizational. To make this general research relevant to the tourism industry we conducted semi-structured interviews with 33 experts in CE and tourism, ensuring that theoretical saturation was reached. The data was analyzed in two coding phases, identifying which general CECPs are applicable to the tourism industry and which of them need further specification. The result shows that 34 of the 68 CECPs are applicable to tourism, of which 41% need to be specified to be relevant to the sector. Especially at the microenvironmental level, 53% of the general CECPs needed to be specified for the case of tourism. The analysis allowed to identify the 10 most crucial CECPs for the tourism industry and which of them have been most affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

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Section: Circular Tourismmentioning

confidence: 99%

The 10 Most Crucial Circular Economy Challenge Patterns in Tourism and the Effects of COVID-19

Martínez-Cabrera

López‐del‐Pino

2021

Sustainability

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“…Girard and Nocca (2017, p. 68) pointed out circular tourism as "a model able to create a virtuous circle producing goals and services without wasting the limited resources of the planet that are raw materials, water and energy". However, the literature on CE in the tourism industry is still in its early infancy (Rodríguez-Antón & Alonso-Almeida, 2019). It is understood that by applying the principles of CE, tourism SMEs can contribute to sustainable tourism.…”

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Adoption of Circular Economy and Environmental Certifications: Perceptions of Tourism SMEs

Khan¹,

Marrucci²,

Daddi³

et al. 2021

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Tourism is one of the most important industries in the world. On the one hand, tourism activities provide a significant boost to many national economies but on the other hand, they severely impact the environment. Tourism SMEs are therefore needed to transform their activities from a linear economy to a circular economy (CE). However, the tourism industry has not yet shown a clear and decisive transition towards CE. There is no or very little academic discussion on why the tourism industry has not yet adopted CE and how tourism SMEs can adopt CE. In this context, we analyzed a sample of 256 tourism SMEs (hotels and accommodations, travel agencies, tour operators, and reservation service activities) based in Cyprus, France, Italy, and Spain. Our survey reveals a ruthless situation regarding the adoption of environmental certifications. There is a very low demand to adopt an environmental certification in the tourism industry. Moreover, the adoption of CE among tourism SMEs is not so high. The main factors that hinder the adoption of green or CE practices are lack of funds, lack of information about potential partners, and lack of skilled personnel. Nonetheless, many tourism SMEs perceive that CE adoption leads to various positive outcomes. Our study provides some suggestions to facilitate the transition towards CE in the tourism industry.

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“…The characteristics of Chinese tourists in 2019, according to COTRI [43], were urban and upper-middle class, although those who came to Europe were of the highest class; of an intermediate age (25)(26)(27)(28)(29)(30)(31)(32)(33)(34)(35)(36)(37)(38)(39)(40)(41)(42)(43)(44); carried out 90% of their travel in Asia; mainly engaged in tourism activities involving cultural activities, shopping, and urban activities, and traveled on a different tourist calendar from the European one.…”

Section: Contextual Analysis: Spain's Position In Chinese Outbound Tourismmentioning

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“…As previous research pointed out [9,44], destination sustainability could be improved by means of flow control to avoid overtourism. Thus, the analysis of media data together with other strategic administrative measures could contribute to ensuring sustainability in a destination with a balance among economic, social, and environmental issues.…”

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Sentiment Analysis to Measure Quality and Build Sustainability in Tourism Destinations

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The models used for analyzing and measuring quality in tourist destinations are changing with the incorporation of new techniques derived from data science and artificial intelligence. Recent studies show how social media and e-word of mouth (e-WoM) are playing key roles in the perception and image diffusion of tourist destinations. Thus, it is necessary to look for new methods for analyzing the tourist management and attractiveness of tourist spots. This includes conducting a sentiment analysis of tourists that modifies former research methods based on previously proposed model, supported by a survey, which obtained predefined and incomplete results. This study analyzed the quality of tourism in Spain, a major tourist destination that is considered to be the country with the greatest tourist competitiveness according to the World Economic Forum, and in China, the country with the greatest level of development and potential. A sentiment analysis was carried out to measure the quality of tourist destinations in Spain, and this involved three challenges: (1) the analysis of the sentiments of Chinese tourists obtained from e-WoM; (2) the use of new models to measure the quality of a destination based on information from Chinese social networks, and (3) the use of the latest artificial intelligence analytical technologies. Our findings demonstrate how sentiment analysis can be a determining factor in measuring WoM and identifying areas of development in tourist destinations in order to build a more sustainable destination. The results includes the following aspects: (1) the use of real images with more empirical evidence, (2) the use of impressive and disappointing sentiments, (3) a “no comment status”, (4) elimination of stereotypes, and (5) the identification of new opportunities and segments.

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The Circular Economy Strategy in Hospitality: A Multicase Approach

Cited by 45 publications

References 17 publications

The 10 Most Crucial Circular Economy Challenge Patterns in Tourism and the Effects of COVID-19

The 10 Most Crucial Circular Economy Challenge Patterns in Tourism and the Effects of COVID-19

Adoption of Circular Economy and Environmental Certifications: Perceptions of Tourism SMEs

Sentiment Analysis to Measure Quality and Build Sustainability in Tourism Destinations

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