Destination Assessment and Certification: Challenges and Opportunities
| Autor: | Stephan Grapentin, Maureen Ayikoru |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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destination assessment
Tourism destinations lcsh:TJ807-830 Geography Planning and Development lcsh:Renewable energy sources Certification Management Monitoring Policy and Law ecolabels Key issues 0502 economics and business sustainable tourism Marketing lcsh:Environmental sciences Sustainable tourism lcsh:GE1-350 tourist attitudes and awareness Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment lcsh:Environmental effects of industries and plants 05 social sciences destination certification lcsh:TD194-195 Incentive Key informants Business 050203 business & management 050212 sport leisure & tourism Strengths and weaknesses Tourism |
| Zdroj: | Sustainability, Vol 11, Iss 13, p 3691 (2019) Sustainability Volume 11 Issue 13 |
| ISSN: | 2071-1050 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/su11133691 |
| Popis: | This study examines recent developments in destination assessment and certification as a basis for identifying challenges and benefits they engender, from tourist and tourism organizations&rsquo perspectives. It uses online surveys and semi-structured interviews to collect primary data from prospective tourists and key informants on destination assessment and certification. The findings highlight the strengths and weaknesses of schemes currently in use, including various factors that might influence their future development. Specifically, the study finds that destination assessment and certification are affected by four key issues, namely, practicability, reliability, visibility, and (un)availability of incentives. It concludes that the manifestation of these issues and their ensuing complexity affect the way in which tourists and tourism destinations engage with destination assessment and certification. This, therefore, delimits the inherent opportunities and constraints within such schemes. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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