Sustainable Tourism Development: An Analysis from a Contemporay Perspective
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.55927/wakatobi.v3i2.116Keywords:
Sustainable Tourism, Environment, Social Equity, Economics, Qualitative ResearchAbstract
Sustainable tourism development is gaining more and more support as a concept crucial for integrating economic growth, environmental conservation, and social equity in the context of tourism. This research paper investigates the impact of sustainable tourism on these three dimensions by exploring the experiences and opinions of stakeholders within the travel industry. More specifically, it concerns government officials, private business owners, and non-governmental organization representatives in different countries. This paper aims to explore successful practices of sustainable tourism, define the issues that arise in its course, and evaluate the impact of community engagement and government policy on sustainability. The data was collected based on the semi-constructed interview, allowing the researcher to investigate the experience and opinion of the participants more thoroughly. As the result of the research, several findings can be listed: sustainable tourism practices such as the use of eco- technologies and community-based tourism strongly impact the environment, social aspect, and the economic dimension. A detailed analysis of successful and effective practices would, in the end, improve tourism and increase its sustainability, environment, and social equity conservation and tourist industry growth.
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