By Ruta|2011-11-25T17:01:50+00:00November 25th, 2011|International Tourism Context, literature review, Master in Tourism Destination Management, sustainable tourism|1 Comment
This literature review is written by Ruta Dambyte as part of her NHTV Master in Tourism Destination Management.
The implementation of sustainable practices in tourism related companies is an object of discussions by many academics. There are various researches made about incentives and obstacles while switching towards sustainable business model (Le & Hollenhorst, 2005; La Lopa & Day, 2011). The scholars question if sustainability is a trend, a way to gain more profit (Higgins-Desbiolles, 2009) or moral duty (Jarvis, Simcock, Weeden, 2010). Moreover, the doubts are being expressed towards the existence of sustainability in tourism while being a very complex industry (Vukonovic, n.d.). Therefore, this literature review reefers to the main reasons limiting tourism related companies to implement sustainability, as well as the incentives to switch towards different business approach.
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