SUSTAINABLE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT AND ITS INDICATORS. THE CASE STUDY OF NORTH ALBANIA

• 발행기관: 세계문화관광학회
• 저자명: Liljana Elmazi Evelina Bazini
• 간행물 정보: 『Conference Proceedings』7th International Joint World Cultural Tourism Conference 2006, 155~166쪽, 전체 12쪽
• 주제분류: 사회과학 > 관광학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2006.11.30

영문 초록

The issue of sustainability and tourism has become a more widely studied topic in the past few years. However, little of this research investigates the relationship between the two concepts: sustainability and sustainable tourism and how sustainability should be measured. This paper provides a tourism industry perspective on what items could be sustained and what indicators should be used to monitor for sustainability policies. The meanings of sustainability can be articulated through the indicators that organizations and governments develop to monitor its achievement. Indicators are the quantitative variables measured periodically that reflect the condition of socially important issues. They also suggest the efficacy of particular actions designed to achieve attainment of specific goals. Such indicators reflect definitions of what it is that should be sustained. The primary objective of this study was to elicit from the tourism industry an answer to the question, What should the tourism and recreation industry sustain? Agreement on what should be sustained is a prerequisite to developing policies leading to sustainability. A secondary objective of the study was to identify indicators that can be monitored to determine if current policies are leading to sustainability. Finally, we want to briefly present the political and scientific context within which the search for indicators is situated. From the results in the North Albania, the question of how sustainable tourism should move forward remains problematic because of differences between what should be sustained and appropriate indicators.

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[ABSTRACT]

INTRODUCTION

SUSTAINABILITY, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, AND SUSTAINABLE TOURISM

SUSTAINABLE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT

METHOD OF RESEARCH

CONCLUSIONS AND DISCUSSION

THE FINDINGS ABOVE SUGGEST SEVERAL IMPLICATIONS FOR TOURISM DEVELOPMENT.

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