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Nautical tourism, carrying capacity and environmental externality in the Lagoon of Marano and Grado
Silvestri, Francesco; Ghinoi, Stefano; Barone, Vincenzo - 2013 - Draft, June 2013
Tourism and environmental preservation are often conflicting activities, mainly in areas such as coastal lagoons, where seaside mass-tourism comes into contact with a very sensitive ecological system. In this paper we deal with a classical problem of both environmental and tourism economics, the...
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Analytical evaluation of the prospects for sustainable development of environmentally oriented tourism business
Lesik, Iryna; Lesik, Maksym; Tishechkina, Kateryna; … - In: Verslas : teorija ir praktika : Vilniaus Gedimino … 22 (2021) 2, pp. 318-329
model of sustainable development of ecotourism. The bibliographic method made it possible to study the basic concepts … ecotourism were identified. Cluster analysis, carried out using IBM SPSS software, determined the Euclidean distance and grouped …'s vision of the essence of ecotourism, the logic of applying the methodology of cluster analysis was substantiated. The …
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Types of organizational culture and sustainability in ecotourism businesses in southern Mexico
Medina-Álvarez, Efraín; Sánchez-Medina, Patricia S. - In: Journal of economics, finance & administrative science 28 (2023) 56, pp. 386-403
(economic, environmental and social) in ecotourism businesses in Oaxaca and Chiapas, Mexico. Design/methodology/approach In this … research 80 questionnaires were administered in the form of face-to-face interviews to ecotourism business owners'. Through a … identified, and their influence was analysed through a regression analysis. Findings The results show that ecotourism businesses …
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Can nature promote development? : The role of sustainable tourism for economic growth
Freytag, Andreas; Vietze, Christoph - 2010
We analyze whether biodiversity is enhancing the development process in developing countries (DCs) via increasing tourism receipts in a trade based endogenous growth framework. The underlying assumption is that a rich biodiversity - only if used sustainably - provides a comparative advantage in...
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Sustainable Finance of Protected Areas : Tourism Based User Fees Conservation Finance Guide, Conservation Finance Alliance
Brenes Vega, Esteban - 2015
Worldwide, tourism is the largest industry, with ecotourism being an important segment of the market. Every year … economic benefits derived from ecotourism. A number of relatively simple, market-based mechanisms – known collectively as …
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Assessing a Voluntary Environmental Initiative in the Developing World : The Costa Rican Certification for Sustainable Tourism
Rivera, Jorge E. - 2013
The public policy literature has paid little attention to evaluating the ability of voluntary environmental programs to generate economic benefits for firms. Yet, given their voluntary nature, provision of economic benefits to firms is a necessary condition for these programs to become effective...
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The impact of tourism in economic sustainability of protected areas
Gjorgievski, Mijalce; Milenkovski, Ace; Nakovski, Dejan - In: UTMS journal of economics / University of Tourism and … 8 (2017) 3, pp. 209-217
The national park Mavrovo has rich and diverse natural resources which are an important and valuable part of the area. In addition to the territory there are numerous attractive tourist landscapes and ambiental values which together with the cultural and historical heritage enrich the tourist...
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Benchmarking in Tourism Destination, Keeping in Mind the Sustainable Paradigm
Bosetti, Valentina; Cassinelli, Mariaester; Lanza, … - 2014
Tourism destination benchmarking and the assessment of tourism management performances are a crucial and challenging task in the direction of evaluating tourism sustainability and reshaping tourism activities. However, assessing tourism management efficiency per se may not provide enough...
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Enhancing the sustainability of the aviation industry : airlines' commitment to "green" practices
Amicarelli, Vera; Lagioia, Giovanni; Patruno, Antonio; … - In: Amfiteatru economic : an economic and business research … 23 (2021) 15, pp. 934-947
The aviation industry represents an important polluter, being responsible for increasing environmental impacts on global scale. Aiming to approach the adoption of suitable policies in the aviation industry towards the achievement of the national and international sustainability goals, the...
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Views on Sustainable Tourism in Romania, Through Competitiveness and Sustainability
Balan, Ana Maria - 2013
Currently, an essential element that distinguishes one country against another in terms of economic is the competitiveness, both at the firm or sector level, at city, region or nation.One of the factors that ensure the competitiveness is the sustainable development, development that meets the...
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