Transition management: a tool for implementing sustainable tourism scenarios?

Gößling, Stefan; Hall, C. Michael; Ekström, Frida; Engeset, Agnes Brudvik; Aall, Carlo

doi:10.1080/09669582.2012.699062

Cited by 102 publications

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“…Sustainability in tourism has been adopted on the abstract strategic level, but is poorly implemented and operationalized [31]. As Ruhanen [32] notes, top-down directives from the state and federal levels imply that local governments should assume responsibility for dealing with sustainable tourism.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Implementation of Sustainable Tourism in the German Alps: A Case Study

Paunović

Jovanović

2017

Sustainability

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Abstract:What are the processes behind efforts for more sustainable mountain destinations in the German Alps and what are the views of different tourism stakeholders on these processes? The research deals both with threats pushing the agenda of sustainable development (such as climate change and depletion of resources), indicators of sustainable tourism (to measure the scope of change), as well as cross-border cooperation and stakeholder engagement in the German Alps. The data was collected through 30 interviews with individuals dealing with tourism development and sustainable tourism development in the German Alps. The findings suggest that a holistic approach and collection and dissemination of data and knowledge on sustainability are the basis for developing sustainable mountain tourism. Implementation and monitoring should focus on specific flagship sustainable tourism products, as well as on a destination in a broader sense and the sustainable tourism market. Three themes emerged as important for implementation of sustainable tourism in the German Alps: indicators of sustainable tourism, cross-border cooperation and stakeholder engagement.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Implementation of Sustainable Tourism in the German Alps: A Case Study

Paunović

Jovanović

2017

Sustainability

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“…Through these three projects, the program wanted to engage a broad spectrum of public and private tourism actors. Gössling et al [38] points out that this breadth of commitment is unique for Norway, and that this can have positive consequences for raising awareness and desire for change within the industry sector.…”

Section: Sustainable Tourism In Norwaymentioning

confidence: 99%

Sustainable Tourism in Practice: Promoting or Perverting the Quest for a Sustainable Development?

Aall

2014

Sustainability

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Sustainable tourism has achieved the status of being the superior goal in Norwegian government tourism policy, and is attaining much attention in the international scientific and political discourse on tourism. However, have policies on sustainable tourism and related concepts actually managed to make tourism more sustainable? This article seeks to address this question by first presenting the history of sustainable tourism and related concepts, and specifically analyzing how the triple bottom line approach has influenced the prevailing understanding of the concept of sustainable tourism. The article concludes by claiming that prevailing EU as well as Norwegian national policies aiming to make tourism more sustainable most likely will result in "sustaining tourism" more than actually making tourism more sustainable. The article uses Norway-the "home of the Brundtland report"-as an illustrative case for the discussion.

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“…He also highlights how tourism industry decisions about sustainability are constrained by the need for financial returns from previous investments, such as from tourist accommodation and airports. Other recent papers in this Journal suggest that creating pathways to more sustainable tourism is likely to involve careful "transition management" (G€ ossling, Hall, Ekstr€ om, Engeset, & Aall, 2012;Luzecka, 2016;Scuttari, Volgger, & Pechlaner, 2016).…”

Section: Evolving Views About Sustainable Tourismmentioning

confidence: 99%