Sustainable Tourism: its Interpretation and Operational Scope

• Main Author: Marcela Bertoni
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad Nacional de Colombia 2008-01-01
• Series: Cuadernos de Geografía: Revista Colombiana de Geografía
• Subjects: sostenibilidad; turismo sostenible; ecoturismo; política turística; tendencias turísticas.
• Online Access: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/rcg/article/view/10925

The application of sustainability principles in tourism is an essential reference for the processes of development and promotion of potential destinations and for the restructuring  of current ones. However, there is a dichotomy between the wide spread of the concept of sustainable tourism and the limitations of the reached progress. This paper intends to encourage a theoretical discussion to examine the definitions of sustainable tourism from diverse approaches, viewpoints and scopes, and to analyze the relevant aspects of its operability, related to the integration of massive and sustainable tourism and to the implications of sustainable development, politics and social participation.