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Sustainable tourism: Developing local capacity frameworks - the colead (cooperating for leadership in tourism) initiative
conference contribution
posted on 2022-02-25, 15:54 authored by Andrew Jones, Sheena Carlisle, Giusy Cardia, Silvia BarboneThis study analyses the importance of sustainability in tourism and how it can be implemented in the management of tourism projects and destinations through a clear and structured methodology utilising the PM4SD (Project Management for Sustainable Development) approach to project implementation. The methods applied to this paper focus on a review and evaluation of the CoLead project and its effectiveness in transferring sustainable tourism projects from theory into practice. This study is based upon two case studies, in Bulgaria and Wales and have adopted a broad qualitative approach based upon in depth interviews with key protagonists and participants associated with the project. The paper's findings raise questions regarding broader applicability, sustained support, stakeholder participation and long term management and funding for the continuation for such projects. In this respect the paper concludes with broader lessons that can perhaps be learnt from projects such as CoLead
History
Published in
CAUTHE 2017: Time For Big Ideas? Re-thinking The Field For TomorrowPublisher
Department of Tourism, University of OtagoPublication Year
2017Version
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Citation
Jones, Andrew; Carlisle, Sheena; Cardia, Giusy and Barbone, Silvia. (2017) 'Sustainable tourism: Developing local capacity frameworks - the colead (cooperating for leadership in tourism) initiative', In: Lee, C., Filep, S., Albrecht, J. & Coetzee, W JL (Eds). CAUTHE 2017: Time For Big Ideas? Re-thinking The Field For Tomorrow. Dunedin, New Zealand: Department of Tourism, University of Otago, 2017, pp. 515-518ISBN
9780473388195Cardiff Met Affiliation
- Cardiff School of Management
Cardiff Met Authors
Sheena CarlisleCardiff Met Research Centre/Group
- WCTR (Welsh Centre for Tourism Research)
Copyright Holder
- © The Publisher
Language
- en