Has implementing an ecolabel increased sustainable tourism in Barcelona?

The aim of this study is to find out if by implementing an ecolabel in destinations, applying an SDM model, tourism sustainability increases. In order to this, three measures have been put into practice in Barcelona: (1) a focus group interview to key stakeholders (DMOs) see their implication with t...

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Authors: Arenado Rodríguez, Rocío, García López, Ana María, Jiménez Caballero, José Luis
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2017
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repository:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/94815
https://doi.org/10.6018/turismo.40.309631
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Sustainable tourism
Sustainable indicators
Barcelona
Ecolabel
Strategic plan
Local population
Tourism stakeholders
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spelling Has implementing an ecolabel increased sustainable tourism in Barcelona? ¿Puede una eco etiqueta incrementar la sostenibilidad turística en Barcelona? Arenado Rodríguez, Rocío García López, Ana María Jiménez Caballero, José Luis Sustainable tourism Sustainable indicators Barcelona Ecolabel Strategic plan Local population Tourism stakeholders The aim of this study is to find out if by implementing an ecolabel in destinations, applying an SDM model, tourism sustainability increases. In order to this, three measures have been put into practice in Barcelona: (1) a focus group interview to key stakeholders (DMOs) see their implication with the certification project; (2) the implementations of two different actions relevant for the study: (a) to confront and pair up the certification body´s set of criteria with the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) ones, (b) check if the certification adapts to Font´s study about ecolabels; and finally, (3) a discussion to find out if the media and local citizens felt in a city touristic ally sustainable. The findings show that Barcelona tourism board and other stakeholders were concerned about tourism sustainability. Besides, ecolabel can be believed to be trustworthy and reliable by adapting it to Font´s study (2001) and by confronting it with GSTC destination criteria. However, local population seems not to be satisfied at all with how the city is getting so many tourism. They seems not to understand labels, but they understand the negative impacts from tourism in their way of life. The limitation to this study is that just the Barcelona case is analyzed. The contribution is that it is actually putting into practice well known concepts that have usually been studied in theoretical ways. Universidad de Murcia. Servicio de Publicaciones https://hdl.handle.net/11441/94815 https://doi.org/10.6018/turismo.40.309631
title Has implementing an ecolabel increased sustainable tourism in Barcelona?
spellingShingle Has implementing an ecolabel increased sustainable tourism in Barcelona?
Arenado Rodríguez, Rocío
Sustainable tourism
Sustainable indicators
Barcelona
Ecolabel
Strategic plan
Local population
Tourism stakeholders
title_short Has implementing an ecolabel increased sustainable tourism in Barcelona?
title_full Has implementing an ecolabel increased sustainable tourism in Barcelona?
title_fullStr Has implementing an ecolabel increased sustainable tourism in Barcelona?
title_full_unstemmed Has implementing an ecolabel increased sustainable tourism in Barcelona?
title_sort Has implementing an ecolabel increased sustainable tourism in Barcelona?
author Arenado Rodríguez, Rocío
author_facet Arenado Rodríguez, Rocío
García López, Ana María
Jiménez Caballero, José Luis
author_role author
author2 García López, Ana María
Jiménez Caballero, José Luis
author2_role author
author
topic Sustainable tourism
Sustainable indicators
Barcelona
Ecolabel
Strategic plan
Local population
Tourism stakeholders
topic_facet Sustainable tourism
Sustainable indicators
Barcelona
Ecolabel
Strategic plan
Local population
Tourism stakeholders
description The aim of this study is to find out if by implementing an ecolabel in destinations, applying an SDM model, tourism sustainability increases. In order to this, three measures have been put into practice in Barcelona: (1) a focus group interview to key stakeholders (DMOs) see their implication with the certification project; (2) the implementations of two different actions relevant for the study: (a) to confront and pair up the certification body´s set of criteria with the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) ones, (b) check if the certification adapts to Font´s study about ecolabels; and finally, (3) a discussion to find out if the media and local citizens felt in a city touristic ally sustainable. The findings show that Barcelona tourism board and other stakeholders were concerned about tourism sustainability. Besides, ecolabel can be believed to be trustworthy and reliable by adapting it to Font´s study (2001) and by confronting it with GSTC destination criteria. However, local population seems not to be satisfied at all with how the city is getting so many tourism. They seems not to understand labels, but they understand the negative impacts from tourism in their way of life. The limitation to this study is that just the Barcelona case is analyzed. The contribution is that it is actually putting into practice well known concepts that have usually been studied in theoretical ways.
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