Tourism governance towards sustainability: A review and a metagovernance model
Author Identifier
S. Mostafa Rasoolimanesh: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7138-0280
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Title
The Elgar Companion to Tourism and the Sustainable Development Goals
First Page
260
Last Page
283
Publisher
Edward Elgar Publishing
School
School of Business and Law
RAS ID
70415
Abstract
Many tourism destinations are now facing enormous social, economic, and environmental pressures. Much contemporary tourism governance literature stresses the importance of governance to the achievement of sustainable tourism. The inadequacy or failure of implementing sustainable tourism in practice is largely due to the lack of good governance. Although Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) have been prevalent in tourism for many years, it remains a significant challenge to effectively manage the relationship between the public and private sectors to achieve the SDGs. PPPs have been critically questioned because of their narrow stakeholder and institutional base. To scheme a good governance arrangement for sustainable tourism, it is essential to recognise the enabling factors of good governance, as well as the strengths and weaknesses of various governance arrangements. Through a literature review, this chapter reviews and discusses the definitions and theoretical underpinnings of tourism governance, and identifies ten enabling factors of good tourism governance. Additionally, inspired by the thought of metagovernance, this chapter puts forward a metagovernance model towards sustainable tourism by comparing the strengths and weaknesses of different governance arrangements. This review is of great theoretical contribution to the tourism governance literature and practical significance to the practice of sustainable tourism governance.
DOI
10.4337/9781802203219.00027
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Rasoolimanesh, S. M., Wang, M., Ragavan, N. A., & Poulain, J. (2024). "Chapter 16: Tourism governance towards sustainability: A review and a metagovernance model". In The Elgar Companion to Tourism and the Sustainable Development Goals. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781802203219.00027