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Aug 19, 2024

Evolution of sustainable development goals research in tourism sector. A bibliometric review

Since the United Nations’ approval of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the tourism industry has been identified as one that causes the greatest environmental deterioration. This has led companies to devise strategies for the management of sustainable practices, which have become one of the main subjects that must be addressed in the literature, making it necessary to open lines of study. The objective of this work, is to identify the intellectual structure of the research field of the SDGs in the tourism sector, using a bibliometric analysis that allows the identification and analysis of the relationships between the topics that have had the greatest impact on the construction of the knowledge base of this discipline. This analysis started with a search on the theme of sustainable development goals and tourism on the Web of Science (WoS) platform between 2013 and 2022. The resulting data was processed with Bibliometrix, allowing for an analysis of indicators, number of articles, and also productivity by country, author and journal. In addition, the nodes (different themes) and clusters (trends) of the field of study were identified, highlighting the main research topics. In recent decades, SDGs has expanded into various sectors especially in the tourism sector, recognizing the importance of sustainable development when developing business activity, using available resources in an economically but also environmentally efficient way. In this sense, the topics stand out: framework, economic-grow, gender and ecotourism.

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Aug 16, 2024

The role of green human resource management in promoting environmentally responsibility behavior in sustainable tourism model

Research that discusses the impact of implementing Green Human Resource Management and environmentally friendly behavior, especially in sustainable tourism, is limited. It becomes crucial to understand how implementing good green human resource management practices in tourism sector organizations. To achieve the objectives of this research, a qualitative approach was used where the data and information collected were obtained through direct observation and interviews with tourism informants. The findings show the importance of environmentally friendly behavior as the implementation of green human resource management is able to improve tourism management. The uniqueness of this research is developing a model of human resource readiness in implementing environmentally friendly behavior towards sustainable tourism. This resource readiness will be reflected in the GHRM model in supporting sustainable tourism. The results of this research offer a model of sustainable Green Tourism which includes antecedents, implementation and results achieved. These antecedents come from internal and external (environmental ethics and management commitment) managers which will result in good GHRM implementation. This model will be the basis for implementing sustainable tourism in human resource management practices based on literature reviews and also tourism management practices.

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Aug 14, 2024

Investigation of the relationship between cryptocurrency acceptance points and tourism in EU regions

This study examined the role of cryptocurrencies in tourism and their acceptance across EU regions, with particular attention to the digital transformation precipitated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The analysis focuses on the relationship between cryptocurrency acceptance points and the intensity of tourism, highlighting that the acceptance of cryptocurrencies is significantly correlated with tourism services. The literature review highlighted that Web 3.0, especially blockchain technology and decentralized applications, opens new possibilities in tourism, including secure and transparent transactions, and more personalized travel experiences. The research investigated cryptocurrency acceptance points and the intensity of tourism within the EU. The study illuminates that the acceptance of cryptocurrencies significantly correlates with tourism services. The data and methodology demonstrated the analysis methods for examining the relationship between cryptocurrency acceptance points and tourism intensity, including the use of clustering neural networks and Eurostat data utilization. The results showed a positive correlation between the number of cryptocurrency acceptance points and tourism intensity in the EU, affirming the research hypothesis. According to the regression analysis results, each additional cryptocurrency acceptance point is associated with an increase in tourism intensity. The significance of the research lies in highlighting the growing role of digital payment solutions, especially cryptocurrencies, in tourism, and their potential impacts on the EU economy. The analysis supports that the intertwining of tourism and digital financial technologies opens new opportunities in the sector for both providers and tourists.

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Aug 13, 2024

Safeguarding natural environment in tourism—And the phenomenon of greenwashing

One of the important elements of corporate communication nowadays is to draw attention to the environmentally friendly and sustainable aspects of products and services. However, companies are profit-oriented, their goal is to win consumers and they are not afraid to get more passengers and more income by using green, often completely empty phrases. Despite the topicality of the subject, the need to examine the legal environment is indisputable. From a methodological point of view, this document presents a non-exhaustive list of the most relevant legislation and recommendations. This is also a novelty of the study, as the topic has not been examined from the legislative framework before. The purpose of our article is to present the phenomenon in the field of tourism, to shed light on the difficulties of the regulatory background of greenwashing. Many legal rules have been adopted to protect and safeguard the natural environment. In this article, we will look at some of the legal solutions and documents that attempt to serve this noble cause. All the international, EU and national standards that protect the environment are also relevant in the field of tourism. However, we will not go into these in this article. We will highlight a few standards which we believe may be of particular relevance in the context of tourism. Our selection is rather subjective, as there is no need for it to be exhaustive given the volume and complexity of the legislation, especially as all environmental elements are essential for tourism. As a result of the research, it can be concluded that despite the increasingly sophisticated regulation of the legal environment, there is evidence that companies are taking advantage of the opportunities offered by communication and consumer confidence, often through ignorance, to commit greenwashing.

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