Evaluating a standard for sustainable tourism through the lenses of local industry

A Gkoumas - Heliyon, 2019 - cell.com
This paper investigates the reasons for the failure of the Mediterranean Standard for
Sustainable Tourism (MESST), a European Union initiative to create sustainable certification …

Covid-19 and tourism vulnerability

JA Duro, A Perez-Laborda, J Turrion-Prats… - Tourism Management …, 2021 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically impacted tourism and leisure activities
worldwide, especially in the hospitality sector. This paper has a conceptual and empirical …

Indicators for sustainable touristic destinations: A critical review

S Marinello, MA Butturi, R Gamberini… - Journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Globally, tourism is currently one of the fastest-growing industries, with strong impacts on
territories, from an environmental, economic and social point of view. The increase in the …

Assessing progress of tourism sustainability: Developing and validating sustainability indicators

AG Asmelash, S Kumar - Tourism Management, 2019 - Elsevier
This study aims at developing and testing comprehensive set of indicators that would help to
conduct meaningful assessment of a progress towards sustainable tourism development …

Measuring the progress of smart destinations: The use of indicators as a management tool

JA Ivars-Baidal, MA Celdrán-Bernabeu… - Journal of Destination …, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper aims at developing and applying an indicators system for smart tourism
destinations in order to better understand the current situation of a set of destinations which …

Importance-performance analysis (IPA) of sustainable tourism initiatives: The resident perspective

BB Boley, NG McGehee, ALT Hammett - Tourism Management, 2017 - Elsevier
While importance-performance analysis (IPA) is one of the most ubiquitous methodological
tools utilized in tourism research, its supply-side application to residents has been lacking …

[HTML][HTML] Sustainability of smart rural mobility and tourism: A key performance indicators-based approach

S Hussain, V Ahonen, T Karasu, P Leviäkangas - Technology in Society, 2023 - Elsevier
The concept of smart mobility and tourism has evolved from a technology-driven approach to
one that focuses on sustainable solutions to address economic, social, and environmental …

Does tourism growth influence economic development?

PJ Cárdenas-García… - Journal of travel …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Having recognized the importance of tourism to economic growth, most international
organizations have begun to argue that tourism growth can influence, as well, the economic …

The role of mobile technology in tourism: Patents, articles, news, and mobile tour app reviews

D Kim, S Kim - Sustainability, 2017 - mdpi.com
The purpose of this research is to identify the status and role of mobile technology in
achieving sustainable and smart tourism, and to suggest future research and strategy …

Sustainability, value, and satisfaction: Model testing and cross-validation in tourist destinations

MA Iniesta-Bonillo, R Sánchez-Fernández… - Journal of Business …, 2016 - Elsevier
This study explores the relationships between visitors' perceived sustainability of a tourist
destination and their perceived value of and satisfaction with the trip. Perceived …