Summary: | This paper aims to propose a conceptual model of impacts of stakeholders to destination management of which destination management is seen as a mediator for sustainable tourism development. Various databases including Google Scholar, Scopus, Science Direct, etc. for peer reviewed journals, books, and other relevant publications are searched and collected on the subject. As the result, the conceptual model is built up with the purpose to provide directions for researchers exanimating relationships of variables of internal stakeholders, external stakeholders, and destination management leading to sustainable tourism development. Besides, testing of this model provides deep understanding of the factors, their impacting levels and their importance. The study is done with an empirical case of Vietnam of which can use to demonstrate some concept for business behavior in other areas. Therefore, proposed model of further research or analysis is perfect opportunity to discuss paper in connection of business/company/public sector impact on destination/sustainable tourism and useful to literature of sustainable tourism development and stakeholder theory.
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