ANALYSIS OF SUSTAINABILITY OF TOURISM

Abstract

The word sustainable tourism originated in the late 1980s and has been clearly established both in tourism policies and in tourism analysis and strategies. It is important to recognize the state of policy and testing in responsible development, after more than 25 years of focus. The papers shed light on topics of interest in sustainable tourism, thus inspiring scholars from other fields and contexts to investigate the interrelationships around social sustainability including tourism more generally. The authors of this Article also tried to do something different from most previous articles, which was to introduce these concerns to readers concerned specifically with biodiversity rather than just tourism. Until addressing briefly the commitments that make up the paper, this review offers a dialogue between tourism including conservation, a recognition of the ongoing challenges inherent in tackling sustainability and tourism, and a brief overview of tourism's capacity to contribute to the structural changes needed to push towards truly sustainable societies. The presentation ends with an ambitious look to the future of tourism-driven sustainability research.