How to Carry out the Transition towards a More Circular Tourist Activity in the Hotel Sector. The Role of Innovation
Tourism causes important environmental impacts and can generate great pressure on local resources, such as land, water, energy and food, generating large amounts of waste, as well as problems of congestion, noise and air pollution. The circular economy is presented as an alternative model to the lin...
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doaj-e84a9fb35aa140a3ac4e0739a932bebf2020-11-25T00:22:23ZengMDPI AGAdministrative Sciences2076-33872019-06-01924710.3390/admsci9020047admsci9020047How to Carry out the Transition towards a More Circular Tourist Activity in the Hotel Sector. The Role of InnovationCarmen Florido0Marta Jacob1Margarita Payeras2Department of Applied Economic Analysis, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 35017 Las Palmas, SpainDepartment of Applied Economics, University of the Balearic Islands, E-07122 Palma, SpainDepartment of Applied Economics, University of the Balearic Islands, E-07122 Palma, SpainTourism causes important environmental impacts and can generate great pressure on local resources, such as land, water, energy and food, generating large amounts of waste, as well as problems of congestion, noise and air pollution. The circular economy is presented as an alternative model to the linear model, which recognizes the fundamental role of the environment, its functions and the interaction between the environment and the economic system. The hotel sector and the tourism sector in general, have been criticized for not adequately addressing environmental problems and global warming. In order to carry out the transition to a circular economy (CE), it is essential to innovate in business models, designing a circular business model. The objective of this work is to design guidelines on possible actions and opportunities that allow us to carry out a successful transition towards a circular model in hotel companies, as well as to design a model for this transition in a tourism destination, analyzing the roles of the different agents in this transition. Findings identified the main opportunities and benefits of this transition in the hotel sector and describes a three-axis model to carry out this transition in a tourism destination, identifying the roles of public administrations and DMOs, resident population and the tourism sector. Future research implications are also discussed.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3387/9/2/47sustainable tourismcircular economyinnovationhotel sector’s competitiveness |
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How to Carry out the Transition towards a More Circular Tourist Activity in the Hotel Sector. The Role of Innovation |
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How to Carry out the Transition towards a More Circular Tourist Activity in the Hotel Sector. The Role of Innovation |
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How to Carry out the Transition towards a More Circular Tourist Activity in the Hotel Sector. The Role of Innovation |
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How to Carry out the Transition towards a More Circular Tourist Activity in the Hotel Sector. The Role of Innovation |
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How to Carry out the Transition towards a More Circular Tourist Activity in the Hotel Sector. The Role of Innovation |
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how to carry out the transition towards a more circular tourist activity in the hotel sector. the role of innovation |
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Tourism causes important environmental impacts and can generate great pressure on local resources, such as land, water, energy and food, generating large amounts of waste, as well as problems of congestion, noise and air pollution. The circular economy is presented as an alternative model to the linear model, which recognizes the fundamental role of the environment, its functions and the interaction between the environment and the economic system. The hotel sector and the tourism sector in general, have been criticized for not adequately addressing environmental problems and global warming. In order to carry out the transition to a circular economy (CE), it is essential to innovate in business models, designing a circular business model. The objective of this work is to design guidelines on possible actions and opportunities that allow us to carry out a successful transition towards a circular model in hotel companies, as well as to design a model for this transition in a tourism destination, analyzing the roles of the different agents in this transition. Findings identified the main opportunities and benefits of this transition in the hotel sector and describes a three-axis model to carry out this transition in a tourism destination, identifying the roles of public administrations and DMOs, resident population and the tourism sector. Future research implications are also discussed. |
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sustainable tourism circular economy innovation hotel sector’s competitiveness |
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