In 1987 the concept of Sustainable Development acquired international relevance with the publication of the Brundtland Report, also known as Our Common Future, where sustainable development was defined as development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs . Since then, the concept of sustainability has been extended to different areas, including tourism. At first, some considered the concept of sustainable tourism as a type of innovative tourism. Nowadays, sustainable is no longer considered a type of tourism, but something inherent in any tourist practice and that consumers are increasingly valued. There are many definitions of sustainable tourism, one of the most popular and broadly accepted definition of sustainable tourism is that given by Carbone, in the book Making Tourism More Sustainable: Sustainable Tourism is Tourism that takes full account of its current and future economic, social and environmental impacts, addressing the needs of visitors, the industry, the environment and host communities . This definition is complemented by the twelve aims that address economic, social, and environmental impacts in a sustainable tourism plan. These aims are: Economic viability, local prosperity, employment quality, social equity, visitor fulfilment, local control, community well-being, cultural richness, physical integrity, biological diversity, resource efficiency, and environmental purity
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Sustainability in Tourism After COVID-19: A Systematic Review
Noelia Araújo-Vila (University of Vigo, Spain), Almudena Otegui Carles (University of Vigo, Spain), and Jose Antonio Fraiz-Brea (University of Vigo, Spain)
Copyright: © 2022
|Pages: 26
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-9285-4.ch007
Abstract
The experts consider sustainability as one of the most noticeable trends during and after the pandemic. For that reason, this chapter seeks to deepen the weight that sustainability has acquired in the tourism sector from the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. To achieve this goal, a systematic bibliometric review on sustainability in tourism will be carried out. To carry out this analysis, the authors will search the words “sustainability + tourism + covid” in titles, keywords, and abstracts on Scopus from 2020 until June of 2021. Analysed manuscripts emphasize the role of sustainability in a sector hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic that has led in changes in people touristic behaviour patterns. This chapter shows that a more sustainable awareness emerges from new touristic consumption trends and that companies that have adapted to these new trends are those that could be better positioned in the new context.