Despite several decades of academic and practical debate on tourism sustainability, its application in practice remains difficult. The dominant discourse sustainability (theory, seen as a concept) responsibility (practice, understood appropriate action) calls for solid understanding the process how responsible destination actually implements agenda, which this paper aims to provide. In context, we explore theoretical perspectives from political economics behavioural offer well-reasoned...

This paper conceptualises a new tourism phenomenon: overtourism. Conceptualisation is based on relevant knowledge sustainability and related responsibility. The proposed model, presented in concise pictorial form, brings together the capacities of 'sustainability pillars' as well novel 'socio-psychological' 'socio-political' capacities. Ultimately, model may assist monitoring, diagnosing influencing risks any unsustainable situation. add to growing academic call revisit contemporary...

Increasing worldwide evidence on disruptive unsustainable impacts, caused by growing overtourism, is shaking tourism research agendas and destination management styles. Monitoring the risks of overtourism becoming a relevant issue for every destination. This paper combines existing sustainability–responsibility framework from academic with current industry in order to propose sustainable impact stakeholder cooperation based risk monitoring model. Data-based social science statistical...

Abstract This research explores and develops a hotel sustainability business model (HSBM) to study the orientation of Slovenian industry. Based on comparative analysis existing triple bottom line models, usual content three-line HSBM (economic, environmental sociocultural) was extended include customer satisfaction, education power implement changes. Financial, marketing tourism experts investigated best practices in measurements gathered appropriate indicators; expert opinion Delphi method...

Debates about competitiveness and productivity are practically unexplored with respect to tourism. This article posits a productivity-related measure—total tourism contribution GDP per employee in tourism—in order examine destination competiveness. Comprehensive results based on model obtained by analyzing tourism-specific wider economy-based factors. These represented six factors measured 55 indicators for 139 destinations over the period 2007–2011. Study findings demonstrate that factors,...

As a relatively new and under-researched tourism destination, Serbia provides an interesting context to assess destination competitiveness in conditions of global environmental changes the additional challenges transition from socialist economy market-based economy. This article uses importance–performance analysis (IPA) importance different activities underpin development Serbia, as well industry's perceived performance respect these activities. There are number areas which Serbian industry...

Purpose This paper aims to present a model survey if effective destination management can manage (unsustainable) overtourism from the perspective of residents’ quality life (QOL). Design/methodology/approach A constructivist approach, based on factors taken conceptual (Mihalic, 2020), was used propose an QOL model. Relationships among were analysed with path analyses two second-order latent factors. The tested in real setting, city Ljubljana. Findings proposed theoretical is comprised five...

Sustainable tourism as a concept, and responsible its successful implementation, represent two major challenges for researchers in different academic fields stakeholders destinations sustainable planning, policies, actions, outcomes. This paper provides bibliometric inventory of research published the field (SRT). The results identify publications on SRT; author cooperation between countries their nodes; disciplinary areas SRT influential works, journals, authors; clusters. aim study was to...

Purpose This paper aims to address the novel phenomenon of tourism in metaverse and analyse possible scenarios that could influence resilience a sustainable paradigm response this new phenomenon. Design/methodology/approach Based on Kuhn’s paradigmatic framework, offers an innovative perspective for integration theories practise-relevant phenomena. It emphasises relevance commensurability different dimensions outlines metaversal sustainability. Findings The 21st century poses challenge...

This paper studies the information and communication technology (ICT) in a small hotel sector at point time when transition towards full market economy is coming to end competitiveness ICT implementation gaining on importance. Its main purpose study business potential of this new competitive advantage resource its productivity paradox. A factor model (CAF model) has been proposed structural modelling (SEM) performed case transitional Slovenian sector. The contributes knowledge competiveness...

Despite the apparent importance of destinations' environmental resources, there appears to be little theoretical and applied research explicitly focusing on destination supply. This attempts address this gap in literature. First, it reviews evaluates body tourism resources proposes a conceptual model test their performance. The combines supply-demand view with importance-performance gaps was used survey Slovenia. results show that studied uses its too extensively Slovenian experience does...

This paper contributes to the comparative tourism sustainability debate in context of mountain destinations. It is based on a published three-dimensional Mountain Destination Innovation Model (MDIM) which claims that development depends destination's innovation levels, and subject different conditions variety important destination environments (using term its broadest sense), including sociocultural, natural, political, legal technological. The authors comparatively analyzed Austrian,...

Empirical research focusing on the relationship between destination branding and competitiveness has so far been lacking. Even though brand is partially incorporated into two most prominent theoretical models of competitiveness, there still a need for understanding role that plays in achieving competitiveness. For this reason, study proposes theory-based instrument joins process implementation index measured by customer satisfaction. The proposed tested context Croatian coastal destinations....

This paper reviews resident tourism attitude research through the lens of individual- and community-level perceived impacts responses to tourism. It explores how development have been conceptualised measured in existing attitudes models published between 1990 2020. Three categories variables were identified used: antecedent variables, impact dependent variables. The latter three are used discuss topic from lenses improvements measurement instruments. Finally, suggests rethinking overall...

Destination competitiveness has attracted much attention from researchers over the past two decades. The Integrated Competitiveness Model been used to explore destination in many contexts including Australia, Korea, Slovenia, and Serbia. Given its popularity with tourism application studies world-wide, it is appropriate undertake a rigorous test of attributes identified this model, their validity indicator accessibility practitioners. Testing 83 major model can inform about appropriateness...

In the context of sustainable tourism development, there are many studies about exchange process between residents and tourism, yet this issue is practically unexplored with respect to political environment tourism. Therefore, paper introduces posits that a necessary enabler for implementing The authors extend established three-pillar sustainability concept by adding in dimension. Then they surveyed how residents' positive negative perceptions impacts determine their satisfaction life...

In recent decades, sustainable tourism has emerged as a central paradigm, attracting growing scholarly interest. External factors, such the SDGs, climate change agendas, smart and digitalized tourism, cyber astronaut travel, pandemics, shifting trends in economic competitiveness, mass overtourism, are shaping 21st-century paradigmatic landscape, challenging both theoretical “what” practical “how” of paradigm. Using Kuhn’s framework Web Science bibliometric database from 1991 to 2022, this...