Sustainable Tourism Marketing
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2020Author
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Cristóbal Fransi, Eduard;
Daries Ramón, Natalia;
Ferrer Rosell, Berta;
Mariné Roig, Estela;
Martín Fuentes, Eva;
.
Sustainable Tourism Marketing.
MDPI.
https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-03928-683-6.
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Research on tourism marketing tends to place a greater focus on consumer behavior and its
impact on destinations, as well as on the use of tourism services or products, than on sustainability.
However, this field has a long tradition of research in aspects related to promoting tourism products
and services that, from the perspective of both supply and demand, respect the environment and
local communities. Sustainable tourism is a concept that demands more concreteness and action. It
takes into account the economic, social, and environmental impacts of satisfying the current needs of
visitors, the industry, the environment, and host communities without compromising the ability to
meet the needs of future generations. Raising consciousness, on the part of society in general and the
tourist in particular, about respectful consumption in regard to the environment is affecting the tourist
industry. This situation is triggering changes in tourism activity programs that, in turn, imply changes
in the ways both companies and tourist destinations are managed. Moreover, it has generated
marketing management committed to themes of sustainability and consumer behavior, marketing
of sustainable products, product design and green brands, labeling, and advertising. The objective of
this book is to analyze the main contributions made as a result of research related to sustainable
tourism–marketing management and current trends in this field. Therefore, the book collects
contributions about the marketing of destinations and the marketing management of companies
and tourism organizations from a sustainable tourism perspective. The studies highlighted analyze
the marketing strategies adopted by tourism companies and institutions or tourist destinations
in order to manage visitors in a sustainable manner, promote the destination in marginal areas,
promote territorial balance, or analyze the effect of tourism on the consumption of local products
and the economic development of host communities. We consider this book to contribute to better
management and the dissemination of sustainable tourism, thus helping destinations and the tourism
industry commercialize products or services that respect the environment.
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