Couto G., Castanho R.A., Santos C., Pimentel P., Sousa A., Faria S., Garça Batista M. da. (2021). Guidelines for tourism sustainability in ultra-peripheral territories: a research based on the Azores regions touristic companies analysis. Sustainability, 01/04/2021, vol. 13, n. 7, p. 1-15.
https://doi.org/10.3390/su13073895
https://doi.org/10.3390/su13073895
Titre : | Guidelines for tourism sustainability in ultra-peripheral territories: a research based on the Azores regions touristic companies analysis (2021) |
Auteurs : | G. Couto ; R.A. Castanho ; C. Santos ; P. Pimentel ; A. Sousa ; S. Faria ; M. da Garça Batista |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | Sustainability (vol. 13, n. 7, April 2021) |
Article en page(s) : | p. 1-15 |
Langues : | Anglais |
Langues du résumé : | Anglais |
Catégories : |
Catégories principales 04 - DEVELOPPEMENT LOCAL ET REGIONAL ; 4.4 - TourismeThésaurus IAMM TOURISME ; TERRITOIRE ; ECOTOURISME ; AMENAGEMENT DU TERRITOIRE ; PLANIFICATION REGIONALE ; PROTECTION DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT ; TOURISME EN MILIEU RURAL ; DEVELOPPEMENT DURABLE ; DEVELOPPEMENT REGIONAL ; PORTUGAL ; AZORES |
Résumé : | Tourism is an important activity to achieve territorial sustainability. In fact, a properly planned long-term tourism activity is critical for the regional planning to reach the desired living conditions capable of attracting new residents in the future. Thereby, the present research aims to assess the perceptions of the managers of tourist companies in the Azores on sustainability actors about the sustainability of tourism activity in the archipelago. Contextually, throughout an exploratory methodology, it was possible to assess the Azores Touristic Companies managers perceptions. Hence, this paper shows that the sustainable practices most frequently adopted by the surveyed companies are the following: prioritize the purchase of regional goods and services (94.7%); selective waste separation (94.5%); minimize the use of hazardous substances or replace them with less hazardous products (92.3%); ensure the proper final destination of wastewater (public sanitation, septic tank) (88.8%); and adopt purchasing criteria that take into account environmentally friendly products or services (88.6%). This research also recognizes that 67% of the respondents consider that the respective participating companies have their goals aligned with environmental conservation principles, 66.7% aligned with environmental conservation principles, 36.9% aligned with social conservation principles and 26.4% aligned with cultural conservation principle. |
Cote : | En ligne |
URL / DOI : | https://doi.org/10.3390/su13073895 |