Acta turistica, Vol. 30 No. 1, 2018.
Preliminary communication
https://doi.org/10.22598/at/2018.30.1.43
ASSUMPTIONS FOR A SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CONCEPT OF SUSTAINABLE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT: EXAMPLE OF URBAN DESTINATIONS OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA
Tomislav Klarin
orcid.org/0000-0001-8988-7514
; University of Zadar, Department of Tourism and Communication Studies, Croatia
Abstract
Urban tourism development has been leading increasingly to negative ecological, socio-cultural and economic effects over the recent years. Croatia’s cities in are facing the same problems, and hence they have to plan their tourism development according to the principles of the concept of sustainable development aiming to reduce the negative effects of tourism. The objective of this paper is to identify the assumptions of successful implementation of the concept of sustainable tourism development in Croatian urban destinations. For this purpose, a qualitative survey was carried out in eight urban destinations in Croatia. The research results show that the implementation of the concept depends on various factors, such as strategic development planning, developed system for measuring and monitoring development, developed participatory stakeholder relationship in destination management, stimulating institutional environment and proactive local governance, engagement of local population, and education of stakeholders on management and the principles of sustainable development.
Keywords
sustainable development of tourism; urban destinations; Republic of Croatia
Hrčak ID:
203649
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Publication date:
15.6.2018.
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