Definition of Sustainable Tourism
Qian, J., Shen, H., & Law, R. (2018). Research in sustainable tourism: A longitudinal study of articles between 2008 and 2017. Sustainability, 10(3), 590. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10030590
As per the article, sustainable tourism can be described as the development of the overall tourism industry by satisfying the requirement of both the tourists and the host societies as well as preserving and improvising the scope for future development. And this is the reason behind the popularity of the concept of sustainable tourism in Australia. From the study, it has been found that sustainable tourism is gaining more attention in current years. Certain findings can be attained through this article’s analysis of sustainable tourism. The hotel industry is also becoming an important aspect of the growth of sustainable tourism. There is another good impact of sustainable tourism is that it is regarded as one of the important ways to eliminate poverty in society. The government of Australia has taken several initiatives in terms of sustainable tourism to improve the natural resources of the society. From the Australian perspective, sustainable tourism is not exactly limited to the perception of the environmental aspects but also has a connection to the social, economic, and cultural sustainability aspects. The study has also found that indigenous tourism needs to develop the sustainability aspects.
Guo, Y., Jiang, J., & Li, S. (2019). A sustainable tourism policy research review. Sustainability, 11(11), 3187. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11113187
This article has represented the concept of sustainability in the sustainable tourism policy and also reveals that sustainable tourism has become a concerning topic for research in the current scenario. The policy of sustainability is a complex process as it has an inevitable connection with other policies from political, economic, social, and psychological aspects. This article has also highlighted the factor of sustainable tourism policies for the stakeholder’s participation. The development of the tourism concept largely depends on certain resources such as the socio-cultural, material, and environmental resources of the tourist destination. It is thus clear that to attain sustainability in the tourism aspects, the stakeholders as the tourist and host communities need to take part in the development of tourism policies and also in its implementation process for achieving the long-term strategic goal. According to this article, tourism in Australia is playing a key role in the climate change process and there is a mutual connection between sustainable tourism and the climate change process. However, the article represents that the sustainable tourism policy is actually economic growth-oriented and thus there is a theoretical difference with the sustainable development.
Rasoolimanesh, S. M., Ramakrishna, S., Hall, C. M., Esfandiar, K., & Seyfi, S. (2020). A systematic scoping review of sustainable tourism indicators in relation to the sustainable development goals. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1080/09669582.2020.1775621
As per the study of the mentioned article, sustainable tourism indicators (STIs) are considered an integral part of tourism management. The data of the international tourists presented in the article has steady growth and has reached 1.5 billion in 2019 (Data represented through United Nations World Tourism Organization [UNWTO]. And this current ratio is expected to cover 1.8 billion tourists by 2030. It has been presented in the research paper that sustainable development growth is known as the core element or agenda of the UN 2030. This agenda of the SDGs of tourism encourage development by protecting and controlling the usage of natural resources to improve the local communities, as well as encouraging employment opportunities for local people and the marine resource preservation, providing the economic benefits for little islands and indigenous people. This article on sustainable tourism indicators has clearly articulated the responsibilities of the governance in sustainable tourism. Sustainable tourism needs effective governance comprising of decision-making regulations and policy remodification and protecting the practices to fulfill and cover the economic environmental dimension of sustainable tourism.
Impact of Sustainable Tourism on Australia
Lasso, A., & Dahles, H. (2018). Are tourism livelihoods sustainable? Tourism development and economic transformation on Komodo Island, Indonesia. Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research, 23(5), 473-485. https://doi.org/10.1080/10941665.2018.1467939
The concept of the development of tourism has been considered an effective strategy for eliminating poverty and maintaining a sustainable livelihood. The concept of sustainable tourism has been regarded as the underpinning strategic framework for contributing to the development of society. As per the detailed study conducted in the article, in many coastal places of Australia, sustainable tourism has brought various improvements to the livelihood of the local community and lessened the pressure from natural resources. The study has revealed that the growth of sustainable tourism has enhanced and encouraged the local communities to upgrade their skills so that they can be able to attain opportunities created by tourism. The initial stage of the introduction of sustainable tourism has created diversification for the local fishing sector and later it has created a scope for the local people and it helps them to reduce their dependencies on a single source of income.
Morrison, A., & Coca-Stefaniak, J. A. (2021). Sustainable tourism in urban destinations. International Journal of Tourism Cities, 7(4), 881-886. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJTC-12-2021-290
According to the article, the concept of sustainable tourism has numerous sets of activities and they are more productive. Energy conservation can be considered one of the key activities of sustainable tourism. Another key activity of sustainable tourism can be defined as the redundancies of plastic usage. According to the study, it can be stated that sustainable tourism can be considered as a tapestry of the project that contributes to the sustainable aspects. The study has also described the implementation of sustainable tourism practices and it is evident that most urban cities are facing severe challenges in achieving sustainability in terms of tourism. Due to the impact of the increment of urbanization, the cities are holding a larger spectrum and becoming more complex. The study has also revealed the fact that the stakeholder is playing a pivotal role in the facet of sustainable tourism. Profit tourism has adopted several CSR and environmental activities that eventually contribute to the sustainability of tourism. This research article has extensively studied the impact of sustainable tourism on urbanization in Australia.
Chang, C. L., McAleer, M., & Ramos, V. (2020). A charter for sustainable tourism after COVID-19. Sustainability, 12(9), 3671. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12093671
The study has shown how the covid-19 has impacted the tourism industry and it gets shaped by the effect of the infectious diseases. Covid-19 has badly hit almost all the sectors and it adversely affected the tourism industry due to the worldwide lockdown imposed by the government. The tourism and hospitality industry consists of most employment especially creating opportunities locally. Sustainable tourism comprises preserving and restoring the natural resources and also assisting in preserving Australia’s natural resources and culture so that it can be perished by the current and future generations. This article has clearly distinguished the four aspects of sustainable tourism and the four aspects are ecotourism, geotourism, cultural tourism, and responsible tourism. Sustainable tourism has taken certain initiatives to recover the losses caused by Covid-19 as tourism in Australia is playing a major role in the economy. The Australian government has taken steps to implement sustainable tourism by taking travel and entry restrictions and this should be applied in domestic and international destinations.
Stakeholder Participation in Sustainable Tourism Policies
Hardy, A., & Pearson, L. J. (2018). Examining stakeholder group specificity: An innovative sustainable tourism approach. Journal of Destination Marketing & Management, 8, 247-258. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdmm.2017.05.001
This article has clearly stated that the stakeholder plays a pivotal role in sustainable tourism and the stakeholders essentially comprise the tourists, the local communities, and the tourist operators. This article has explained the concept of stakeholder theory as it defines the approach for managing and preserving the business model and regional development to ensure the growth of the sustainable tourism concept. This article has clearly articulated the requirement of sustainable tourism and it essentially needs the proper management of cultural issues, economic growth, and environmental preservation lastly focuses on the society’s wellbeing. The research paper aims to highlight that this is not necessary for individual stakeholders’ behaviors need to be aligned within the traditional stakeholder group but while considering the sustainable tourism development it is required to identify the adequate involvement of the stakeholders.
Yoopetch, C., & Nimsai, S. (2019). Science mapping the knowledge base on sustainable tourism development, 1990–2018. Sustainability, 11(13), 3631. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11133631
The tourism industry can be considered the world’s biggest sector that runs the economic growth of the country is accountable for ensuring certain preventive steps for the efficient modification of energy usage and is implementing renewable technologies at a random pace. This article has specifically mentioned that sustainable tourism improvement has become an emerging trend both from the economic and environmental perspectives. This sustainable tourism perspective is playing a pivotal role in creating new opportunities, and reduced the poverty line, and preventing the environment. The concept of sustainable tourism development has become ever more crucial due to the impact of dual trends for climate change issues and also its ramifications for the tourism industry from a global perspective. This article has used the science mapping techniques to examine 1596 Scopus-indexed documents published on sustainable tourism development. The concept of sustainable tourism was propounded in the 1990s [24–34]. Previously published literature on sustainable tourism was primarily associated with the larger spectrum of the development of tourism. Previously published literature has primarily focused on the sustainability issues of the economy and also the development of tourism.
All the above article has dealt with the details of sustainable tourism. The concept of sustainable tourism has evolved in the year 1990 and it stands for maintaining the sustainable balance between the economic, socio-cultural, and environmental aspects of tourism according to the principle of sustainable tourism, there has to be an established balance between all the aspects. The four components of sustainable tourism have been discussed in all the above-mentioned articles. The above discussion has presented the importance of covid-19 and how it disrupted the balance and hit the growth of the industry drastically. The sustainable tourism of Australia has been described in the above-mentioned article review.
References
Chang, C. L., McAleer, M., & Ramos, V. (2020). A charter for sustainable tourism after COVID-19. Sustainability, 12(9), 3671. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12093671
Guo, Y., Jiang, J., & Li, S. (2019). A sustainable tourism policy research review. Sustainability, 11(11), 3187. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11113187
Hardy, A., & Pearson, L. J. (2018). Examining stakeholder group specificity: An innovative sustainable tourism approach. Journal of Destination Marketing & Management, 8, 247-258. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdmm.2017.05.001
Lasso, A., & Dahles, H. (2018). Are tourism livelihoods sustainable? Tourism development and economic transformation on Komodo Island, Indonesia. Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research, 23(5), 473-485. https://doi.org/10.1080/10941665.2018.1467939
Morrison, A., & Coca-Stefaniak, J. A. (2021). Sustainable tourism in urban destinations. International Journal of Tourism Cities, 7(4), 881-886. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJTC-12-2021-290
Qian, J., Shen, H., & Law, R. (2018). Research in sustainable tourism: A longitudinal study of articles between 2008 and 2017. Sustainability, 10(3), 590. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10030590
Rasoolimanesh, S. M., Ramakrishna, S., Hall, C. M., Esfandiar, K., & Seyfi, S. (2020). A systematic scoping review of sustainable tourism indicators in relation to the sustainable development goals. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1080/09669582.2020.1775621
Yoopetch, C., & Nimsai, S. (2019). Science mapping the knowledge base on sustainable tourism development, 1990–2018. Sustainability, 11(13), 3631. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11133631