This paper sets up a two-sector, two-period trade model of a developing country which is abundant in a non-renewable natural resource but scarce in industrial goods. It shows that lower future travel costs, rising demand for tourism and higher preferences for the environment slow down today’s optimal depletion of the natural resource that can be used for consumption or for exporting tourism ser...

This research aims to measure the awareness and the implementation of tour operators (TOs) regarding to sustainable tourism supply chain management (STSM) and to explore the internal factors of TOs affecting their STSM implementation. The qualitative data obtained from interviewing with stakeholders and quantitative data collected from the survey of 130 tour operators in Chiangmai and Phuket pr...

This theoretical paper combines the academic discourse regarding a specific part of dark tourism. Based on the literature analysis, distinction of natural disasters in thanatourism was investigated, which is connected with dynamic geographical conditions. Natural disasters used to play an important role in social life by their appearance in myths and religions. Nowadays, tourists pursuing natur...

Karel Charvat [email protected] Rural tourism starts to play important role in the whole agribusiness and rural development. In many remote areas, it starts to be the main economic activity. The development of such kind of activities is now supported as an opportunity for sustainable development of rural areas. Rural tourism is a chance, how to give farmers a new opportunity for profit from the tour...

Nowadays traveling has become the significant and profitable industry which creates huge revenue to all countries around the world. Each country has its own characteristics and outstanding features to attract visitors. One of the most important factors that keep the visitors visiting the destination is the security of the place. Security is one of the keys to sustainable tourism as well. To ach...

In many countries, especially one such as Malaysia, tourism has become a key factor in economic development, and the industry heavily relies on feedback from local residents. It is essential to observe and examine the perceptions of residents towards tourists and tourism development for better planning in realizing successful and sustainable tourism development. Therefore, this research measure...

This paper advances understanding of tourism mobility trajectories and outcomes by discussing if the trajectory of tourism mobility is path dependent or path creating and, therefore, whether tourism is locked into existing sub optimal pathways, or is there scope for creating significantly more sustainable future pathways. Tourism mobilities are understood in the context of overall shifts in cor...

Turizm sektörünün hem iyi de birçok olumsuz etkileri bulunmaktadır. Sektör, bir destinasyonun ekonomik kalkınma ve tanıtılması kapsamında oldukça büyük katkılar sağlarken, turistlerin geride bıraktığı tahribatlarla beraber sonuçlarda doğurabilmektedir. Bu tahribatların minimum düzeyde tutulabilmesi sürdürülebilir turizmin dinamik yapısının korunabilmesi için sorumlu turizm olukça önemli kavram ...

Sustainable tourism and ecotourism have now been researched in depth for some years. This paper highlights that researchers still have only a limited understanding of what tourist behaviour can be considered as sustainable, and little consensus about who environment-friendly tourists (EFTs) actually are. This study reviews theoretical and empirical studies by tourism researchers, and explores w...