Ethical and Responsible Tourism Managing Sustainability in Local Tourism Destinations

1 Introduction and background

Marko Koščak and Tony O’Rourke

SECTION 1

Topics

PART A

Destination Management aspects of ethical sustainable development

2 Safety and security aspects of a sustainable destination

Barbara Pavlakovič

3 Cultural and heritage tourism – a potential for local sustainable tourism development?

Marko Koščak and Tony O’Rourke

4 Active and adventure tourism in the planning of local destination management

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5 The challenges of integrating sustainable wine-growing into wine tourism: Examples from Slovenia and abroad

Marko Koščak

PART B

Environmental and social aspects of ethical sustainable development

6 Slow adventure in remote and rural areas: Creating and narrating the tourism product

Jelena Farkić, Steve Taylor and Sara Mair Bellshaw

7 Strategies for sustainable tourism in Porto: The host community perspective

Carla Pinto Cardoso

8 Terraced landscape preservation and tourism sustainability in Cinque Terre, Liguria

Simonetta Acacia, Marta Casanova, Elena Macchioni, Federica Pompejano, Camilla Repetti and Francesca Segantin

9 Managing Sustainability in Local Tourism Destinations at the Organisation Level: Environmental Aspects of Sustainable Business Practice in Hotels

Zorica Đurić and Jasna Potočnik Topler

PART C

The business impacts of ethical sustainable development

10 The Significance and Prospects of Including Local Food in the Development of a Sustainable Rural Tourism Destination

Aleksa Panić and Marko Koščak

11 SMART Sustainable finance

Tony O’Rourke

12 Micro-financing a sustainable, ethical, local project

Andrew Donaldson

13 The economic and financial consequences for tourism

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14 An assessment of the Topics

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SECTION 2

The case studies

PART A

Destination Management aspects of ethical sustainable development

15 The ethics of sufficiency: The Edelsbach Tulip Festival as a best practice example of sustainable event culture

Daniel Binder, Harald A. Friedl and James W. Miller

16 The cycle network for ethical and sustainable tourism: Stormwater management in the mid-Adriatic region of Abruzzo

Antonio Alberto Clemente

17 Pandemic and Potential: How Ashland, Oregon Used Disturbance to Promote Sustainability

Pavlina McGrady and Vincent M. Smith

18 Evolution of a gentle mobility in an Alpine rural municipality: The case of Werfenweng

Milan Ilić 

19 Territorial collective brands according to the "Authentic from Slovenia" model: Tools for the sustainable development of rural areas and gastronomy in Slovenia

Tanja Lešnik Štuhec

20 Malta: Regaining a sustainable heritage

Tony O’Rourke

21 Japanese tourism, the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and COVID-19

Lesley Crowe-Delaney

22 Slovenian tourism since independence: From uncertainty to COVID 19

Jasna Potočnik Topler and Marko Koščak

23 Building success on the edge of Europe: The Inishbofin case study

Tony O’Rourke

PART B

Environmental and Social aspects of ethical sustainable development

24 Climate change, tourism and rural sustainability in the Margaret River wine region of Western Australia

Roy Jones, Gary Burke and Laura Stocker

25 The Sustainable Garden of Pirámides de Güímar: A living exhibition blending tourism and sustainability

David Valcárcel Ortiz

26 Inclusivity in cultural heritage sites as a means of sustainable tourism: The Istanbul Topkapi Palace Museum

Emir Çekmecelioğlu and Asli Sungur

27 Corporate Social Responsibility in times of the pandemic, a comparative study: Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, and Málaga, Spain

Sandra Luz Zepeda Hernández, Fabíola Cristina Costa De Carvalho and Germán Ortega Palomo

28 Alto tâmega: Present heritage and future prospects

Sérgio Lira

29 Managerial Practices on Operations and Tourism Supply Chain during the pandemic crisis in Brazil: A case study of Juiz de Fora (MG)

Thiago Duarte Pimentel, Sandra Luz Zepeda Hernández and Fabíola Cristina Costa De Carvalho

PART C

The business impacts of ethical sustainable development

30 Queensland-Gold Coast tourism, the Japanese era 1980–1997 and single market strategies: A case study

Lesley Crowe-Delaney

31 Charleston’s Crisis of Overtourism and its Regulatory Response: A Case Study in Destination Management

Brian Roberts Turner

32 From over-tourism to under-tourism: An opportunity for tourism transformation in the City of Dubrovnik

Izidora Marković Vukadin, Matina Gjurašić and Damir Krešić

33 Sustainable Gastronomy tourism as a Tool of Local Development: The Case of the Posavje Region

Marjetka Rangus, Vita Petek and Aleš Gačnik

34 An assessment of the case studies

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SECTION 3

Time to pause and reflect

35 Conclusions

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Biography

Marko Koščak held the position of Assistant Professor from 2014 to 2019 at the University of Maribor, Faculty of Tourism Brežice, Slovenia, and from 2019 in the same Faculty as an Associate Professor. He also provides professional consultancy services in regard to heritage, cultural, ethical and responsible tourism as well as working with public, private and EU organisations.

Tony O’Rourke retired in 2011 and since then has taught at MSc and MBA level as a part-time and visiting Professor and also conducted advisory work for a number of ethical tourism organisations, including the Green Lines Institute for Sustainable Development in Portugal. He has also engaged in personal research on micro and small scale tourism financing.

"This book is important for the field of Ethical and Responsible Tourism, but it is also important for those of us who are tourists and like to travel to learn with the world - as sustainable global travellers. Its cross disciplinary richness and diverse case studies contribute to the future-proofing of tourism."

Anne B. Reinertsen, Professor in Pedagogy, Østfold University College, Norway　

"This second edition is a significant update on its predecessor, both as a core textbook and as supplementary reading for educators, policy makers and practitioners. It provides a comprehensive theoretical overview supplemented by global case studies which illustrate the practical potential for sustainable tourism and local destination management."

Richard Clarke, Visiting Scholar, Westminster Business School, University of Westminster, UK and consultant on community engagement in landscape management to the UK National Lottery Heritage Fund.　

"With a more-than-important focus on ethical and responsible tourism linked to environmental impacts, this book guides the reader through many case studies and recent developments in sustainable tourism since the start of the pandemic. By dazzling the minds with tourism in times of the worst modern crisis, the book should be found on coffee tables of scholars, students, and practitioners for decades to come."

Tina Šegota, Senior Lecturer, Greenwich Business School, University of Greenwich, UK & Associate Professor, Faculty of Tourism, University of Maribor, Slovenia

Praise from the previous edition

"The organisation of the book is very well thought out and presented. The authors present a comprehensive sustainable tourism perspective framed by ethical and responsible decision making and a local perspective. The focus on local and community tourism is a highlight of this volume and the models included are numerous."

Robert M. O’Halloran, School of Hospitality Leadership, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA