Objectives of tourism development
As a concept, the principles of sustainable destination management are becoming much better understood: it is about managing the visitor impact on a local destination’s economy, social fabric and physical environment in a way which benefits everybody, residents, businesses, landowners and visitors alike, both now and in the future. These principles can be applied to all tourism destinations and to all sectors and forms of tourism.
The idea of the triple bottom line was developed to help understand the principle of sustainable development; that of balancing the needs and demands of social, economic and environmental issues. The difference for sustainable destination tourism development is that the social element involves two groups, visitors and residents, sometimes in conflict with each other. In developing a sustainable tourism destination it is essential that the well-being and needs of the host community are considered as part of the equation. Therefore destination management needs to think in terms of a quadruple bottom line approach, creating a balance between the competing needs and demands of the visitor, industry, community and environment in order to achieve sustainability.
Each destination has its own distinct features and character and its own management structures and strategies to deliver sustainable development in the area. Destination Management groups such as VisitEngland will need to understand and work with these structures to ensure that tourism is included as part of an area's plans on the wide range of issues that sustainability covers, including:
-waste management and recycling
-sustainable transport
-energy and water use
-conservation and management of biodiversity, landscape and heritage
-sustainable business development
-consumption of local produce
-preserving and expressing an area's local distinctiveness.
However, stakeholders such as local landowners, businesses, resident communities and of, course, visitors themselves, may have conflicting interests.
The idea of the triple bottom line was developed to help understand the principle of sustainable development; that of balancing the needs and demands of social, economic and environmental issues. The difference for sustainable destination tourism development is that the social element involves two groups, visitors and residents, sometimes in conflict with each other. In developing a sustainable tourism destination it is essential that the well-being and needs of the host community are considered as part of the equation. Therefore destination management needs to think in terms of a quadruple bottom line approach, creating a balance between the competing needs and demands of the visitor, industry, community and environment in order to achieve sustainability.
Each destination has its own distinct features and character and its own management structures and strategies to deliver sustainable development in the area. Destination Management groups such as VisitEngland will need to understand and work with these structures to ensure that tourism is included as part of an area's plans on the wide range of issues that sustainability covers, including:
-waste management and recycling
-sustainable transport
-energy and water use
-conservation and management of biodiversity, landscape and heritage
-sustainable business development
-consumption of local produce
-preserving and expressing an area's local distinctiveness.
However, stakeholders such as local landowners, businesses, resident communities and of, course, visitors themselves, may have conflicting interests.