Sustainable tourism certification and state capacity: keep it local, simple, and fuzzy

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to examine the state of sustainable tourism certification in developing countries and to present methodological and practical critiques and improvements.Design methodology approach - The study uses methodological refinements of fuzzy logic and comparative analy...

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Published in:Consumer Behavior in Tourism and Hospitality 2011-08, Vol.5 (3), p.269-281
Main Author: Bowman, Kirk S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Certification
Community
Comparative analysis
Compliance
Cultural tourism
Developing countries
Ecotourism
Fieldwork
Fuzzy logic
Honey
International organizations
LDCs
Logos
Political science
Politics
Studies
Sustainability
Sustainable development
Sustainable tourism
Tourism
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Summary:Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to examine the state of sustainable tourism certification in developing countries and to present methodological and practical critiques and improvements.Design methodology approach - The study uses methodological refinements of fuzzy logic and comparative analysis based on fieldwork in seven countries.Findings - Sustainable tourism programs should be locally designed with local logos, largely performance-based, and aggregation should be based on fuzzy logic concepts of necessary and jointly sufficient attributes of sustainable tourism.Originality value - The paper uses political science concepts of state capacity and methodological advances of fuzzy logic to provide keys for successful sustainable tourism certification programs in developing countries.
ISSN:1750-6182
2752-6666
1750-6190
2752-6674
DOI:10.1108/17506181111156961