The hidden power of sustainable tourism indicator schemes
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Resumo: | Evaluating whether sustainability indicator schemes contribute to better sustainable destination management has proven challenging. We adopt a systems thinking approach to shed light on the elusive impacts of sustainable tourism indicator schemes. We conduct online participatory workshops with 19 experts in sustainable tourism monitoring, to produce a causal loop diagram that illustrates how destination systems behave when indicator schemes are implemented. The results show that until now, these schemes have been expected to follow utopian, evidence-based, policy pathways to change, but we now understand that this linear-thinking approach fails to recognize the complex interplay of factors that occur during implementation. We find that indicator schemes can spark a rich, yet unappreciated, series of conceptual, instrumental, and structural dynamics. We conclude that the hidden power of these schemes lies in their ability to foster dialog, stimulate learning, incentivize network development, challenge takeholder worldviews, and steer systems change toward sustainable destination management. |
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The hidden power of sustainable tourism indicator schemesHave we been measuring their effectiveness all wrong?SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic GrowthSDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and ProductionEvaluating whether sustainability indicator schemes contribute to better sustainable destination management has proven challenging. We adopt a systems thinking approach to shed light on the elusive impacts of sustainable tourism indicator schemes. We conduct online participatory workshops with 19 experts in sustainable tourism monitoring, to produce a causal loop diagram that illustrates how destination systems behave when indicator schemes are implemented. The results show that until now, these schemes have been expected to follow utopian, evidence-based, policy pathways to change, but we now understand that this linear-thinking approach fails to recognize the complex interplay of factors that occur during implementation. We find that indicator schemes can spark a rich, yet unappreciated, series of conceptual, instrumental, and structural dynamics. We conclude that the hidden power of these schemes lies in their ability to foster dialog, stimulate learning, incentivize network development, challenge takeholder worldviews, and steer systems change toward sustainable destination management.NOVA School of Business and Economics (NOVA SBE)RUNCrabolu, GloriaFont, XavierMiller, Graham2023-10-23T22:19:45Z20232023-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/159216eng0047-2875PURE: 71421454https://doi.org/10.1177/00472875231195736info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-03-11T05:41:39Zoai:run.unl.pt:10362/159216Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T03:57:26.772991Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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The hidden power of sustainable tourism indicator schemes Have we been measuring their effectiveness all wrong? |
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The hidden power of sustainable tourism indicator schemes |
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The hidden power of sustainable tourism indicator schemes Crabolu, Gloria SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production |
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The hidden power of sustainable tourism indicator schemes |
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The hidden power of sustainable tourism indicator schemes |
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The hidden power of sustainable tourism indicator schemes |
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The hidden power of sustainable tourism indicator schemes |
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The hidden power of sustainable tourism indicator schemes |
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Crabolu, Gloria |
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Crabolu, Gloria Font, Xavier Miller, Graham |
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Font, Xavier Miller, Graham |
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NOVA School of Business and Economics (NOVA SBE) RUN |
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Crabolu, Gloria Font, Xavier Miller, Graham |
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SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production |
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SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production |
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Evaluating whether sustainability indicator schemes contribute to better sustainable destination management has proven challenging. We adopt a systems thinking approach to shed light on the elusive impacts of sustainable tourism indicator schemes. We conduct online participatory workshops with 19 experts in sustainable tourism monitoring, to produce a causal loop diagram that illustrates how destination systems behave when indicator schemes are implemented. The results show that until now, these schemes have been expected to follow utopian, evidence-based, policy pathways to change, but we now understand that this linear-thinking approach fails to recognize the complex interplay of factors that occur during implementation. We find that indicator schemes can spark a rich, yet unappreciated, series of conceptual, instrumental, and structural dynamics. We conclude that the hidden power of these schemes lies in their ability to foster dialog, stimulate learning, incentivize network development, challenge takeholder worldviews, and steer systems change toward sustainable destination management. |
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