Identificador: TDX:3081
Autors: Kamran, Muhammad
Resum:
In the tourism industry, sustainability has emerged as a force in the last two decades. It offers new directions and values for public policy, and induces the creation of the concept of sustainable tourism. Often tourism activities create negative impacts not only on the environment but also on society, culture, and mostly on the economy. Tourism is one of the fastest growing industries around the globe. Along with its massive economic offering, lies the complication of human footprint inflicting the mother-nature. World leaders are devising eco-friendly policies to counter this concern. The study has been carried out in the northern region of Pakistan. In this research, we have exhibited the policy instruments addressing economic, social & ecological impacts related to all stake holders of Tourism Industry. A cross-sectional descriptive research analysis was done using responses of 304 participants. Majority of the participants depicted positive response towards eco-friendly policies and practices. Nevertheless, a strong reliance of sociodemographic background of the participants for example gender, age, education level, mode of livelihood has been observed.<br>This study could be extended to more similar institutions and universities in many other countries also as there is a need to improve the way developing sustainable tourism practices. Also, further research could be conducted to inspect the impact of the sustainable tourism development model other variables such as tourist™s satisfaction, local residents' standard of living, hoteliers' and tourist operators' profit. Especially, studying the satisfaction of visitors in contributing to sustainable tourism practices and cost oriented aspects would be more interesting.<br> In the end, all suggestions and recommendations could act as a possibility for academia, government, policy makers and other stakeholders to carry out future research and develop other sustainable roles of tourism.
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