Towards Sustainable Tourism Development in Urban Areas: Case Study on Bucharest as Tourist Destination

Zamfir, Andreea; Corboş, Răzvan-Andrei

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“…Another example of building a composite indicator to measure sustainability of destination is proposed by Perez et al (2013) [9]; this index was used to evaluate Cuban nature-based destinations. However, measuring the sustainability level of a tourist destination is seen by Zamfir and Corbos (2015) [10] as being one of the main barriers to achieve sustainable tourism. Having the city of Bucharest as a main case study, the authors argue that "there is no panacea for sustainable urban tourism development (p. 12720).…”

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Difficulties and Challenges in Applying the European Tourism Indicators System (ETIS) for Sustainable Tourist Destinations: The Case of Braşov County in the Romanian Carpathians

Tudorache¹,

Simon²,

Frent³

et al. 2017

Sustainability

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Tourist destinations are increasingly coming across multiple social, economic, cultural, and environmental challenges corroborated with a great urgency for sustainable development. In this context, the European Commission has launched in 2013 a unitary system of indicators for sustainable management of tourism destinations, called The European Tourism Indicators System (ETIS). More specifically, ETIS was configured initially with a total of 27 core indicators and 40 additional (optional) indicators. The purpose of this paper is to present the difficulties and challenges encountered in the application of ETIS, having as a case study, the county of Braşov, located almost entirely in the Romanian Carpathians. In this regard, a testing technique has been designed through an innovative Group Decision Support System (GDSS) that is applied to our destination. The results show that the selection of ETIS indicators is a flexible process that must be adequate with the particularities of each destination taking into account both the needs of the stakeholders, the information that is useful to them, and the existence and periodicity of the data available. Also, in some cases, when the available indicators are insufficient, additional indicators have to be introduced, and they must be subsequently adapted to the needs and specifics of the destination.

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Difficulties and Challenges in Applying the European Tourism Indicators System (ETIS) for Sustainable Tourist Destinations: The Case of Braşov County in the Romanian Carpathians

Tudorache¹,

Simon²,

Frent³

et al. 2017

Sustainability

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“…At the same time, some have pointed at the explosion of debate on sustainable development among politicians, academics, pressure groups and in the media, and that much of this debate has focused on the city. With growth in the tourism industry, urban sustainable development issues linked to tourism developments has also become a major priority area for policy makers [43,46].…”

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The Discourse on Sustainable Urban Tourism: The Need for Discussing More Than Overtourism

Aall

Koens

2019

Sustainability

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The journal Sustainability has previously published special issues on sustainable tourism and on sustainable cities (both in 2014). This special issue presents recent insights from combining the two research topics. There is some convergence with respect to core challenges that sustainable urban tourism is facing. Firstly, relating to social sustainable development, there is the tension between the quality of life for residents in different ways and the development of cities to benefit the tourism industry. Secondly, relating to environmental sustainable development, there is the tension between residents and their desire for good local environmental standards and visiting tourists that create a number of over-tourism related local environmental problems. Thirdly, there are the challenges that so far have received less attention, but obviously are expected to become crucial in the years to come: The double climate change provides risks to cities from a changing climate and from more ambitious climate policies to come.Sustainability 2019, 11, 4228 2 of 12 what sustainable urban tourism can entail. In doing so, a broad approach to sustainability has been applied by including both the environmental, social and economic aspects of sustainable development.The journal Sustainability has previously published two special issues of relevance in this context-on sustainable tourism [10] and on sustainable cities [11]. This special issue tries to develop insights from these two previous special issues further and combines the perspectives already touched upon in the two previous special issues. Urbanisation and Urban Tourism are IncreasingAccording to EU statistics, urban areas accounted for almost two thirds of the total number of tourist nights spent in EU member states in 2014. Tourism statistics show an increase in urban tourism and higher occupancy rates in urban areas compared to suburban and rural areas [12]. This can be explained by at least three driving factors. Firstly, by a general global increase in mobility; i.e., a combination of an increase in mobility demand from both the private and public consumers, and an increase in mobility supply by means of an increased mobility capacity of all means of transportation, in particular aviation [13]. Secondly, an increasing share of the world's population live in urban settlements, and these figures are expected to increase further. The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) presents on a regular basis estimates on urbanisation prospects, with the latest being published in 2018. According to DESA, 55 % of the world's population are residing in urban areas in 2018, which can be compared with a corresponding figure of 30 % in 1950 and an expectancy of 68 % in 2050. According to DESA, this development is mainly driven by population increases and by the upward shift in the percentage living in urban areas [14]. Thirdly, business trips, which are included in the above cited statistics, usually take place in urban areas [15]. This segment of tourism ha...

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“…Sustainable tourism development aims at preserving the environment through the optimal utilization of natural attractions without waste and preserving for future generations. In other words, sustainability means balancing the needs of present with the hopes of future in various environmental, cultural, social and economic aspects (Zamfir and Corbos, 2015). Sustainable tourism can be achieved through prevention of environmentally harmful tourism activities, modification of customer behavior towards the environment, use of environmentally friendly energy sources, promotion of environmental tourism awareness through various means of advertising, implementation of green marketing policies for tourist destinations, go to green hotels, preserving biological diversity through protection of plants, animals and birds, preserving the cultural heritage in its various forms of customs and traditions, reducing the percentage of pollution in its various forms (Luo, 2018).…”

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“…Therefore, the success of tourist destinations, especially remote ones, depends on the following factors: 1) Development; 2) Sustainability; 3) Competitiveness; 4) Management (Ortigueira and Selemeneva, 2011;Haugland et al, 2011;Zamfir and Corbos, 2015).…”

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Challenges Facing Hotels and Travel Agencies in Marsa Alam Destination: An Exploratory Study

Salma

Qawi

2018

Journal of Association of Arab Universities for Tourism and Hos

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This research aims to identify the challenges facing hotels and travel agencies in Marsa Alam as a remote destination. The field study was conducted using a qualitative in-depth face to face interview method with a random sample of different hotel departments' managers and travel agents. The study is based on the descriptive approach in literature review, the analytical approach in the field study and the explanatory approach in interpreting and analyzing preliminary data. The results showed that hotel sector in Marsa Alam suffers from many challenges with a total of 13 challenges and travel agencies also suffer from 5 challenges due to low interest in tourism development, sustainability, competitiveness and management of this remote destination. The study recommends to facilitate and promote tourist investment in Marsa Alam to establish recreational projects; to construct another airport and seaport; renew roads; establish an effective management board for Marsa Alam destination; encourage cooperation between public and private sectors to establish infrastructure and superstructure and implement the principles of competitiveness and sustainability.

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Towards Sustainable Tourism Development in Urban Areas: Case Study on Bucharest as Tourist Destination

Cited by 59 publications

References 5 publications

Difficulties and Challenges in Applying the European Tourism Indicators System (ETIS) for Sustainable Tourist Destinations: The Case of Braşov County in the Romanian Carpathians

Difficulties and Challenges in Applying the European Tourism Indicators System (ETIS) for Sustainable Tourist Destinations: The Case of Braşov County in the Romanian Carpathians

The Discourse on Sustainable Urban Tourism: The Need for Discussing More Than Overtourism

Challenges Facing Hotels and Travel Agencies in Marsa Alam Destination: An Exploratory Study

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