Sustainable tourism development in Greater Poland based on the European Tourism Indicators System (toolkit for Sustainable Destinations)  Cover Image

Zrównoważony rozwój turystyki w Wielkopolsce na podstawie European Tourism Indicator System
Sustainable tourism development in Greater Poland based on the European Tourism Indicators System (toolkit for Sustainable Destinations)

Author(s): Anna Królikowska-Tomczak
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
Keywords: sustainable development; sustainable tourism; sustainability indicators

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the idea of sustainable tourism management in a region (tourism destination) by introducing the European Tourism Indicator System for Sustainable Destinations proposed by the European Commission. The structure of ETIS (European Tourism Indicator System for Sustainable Destinations) as well as the idea of its introducing suggested by the European Commission is presented in the article, together with some ideas from the regions that participated the pilot study of the project. The aim of the article is pinpointing the necessity of managing tourist destination due to the theory of sustainable development and introducing the possibility of implementing ETIS based on a theoretical example of Greater Poland. It is also aimed to promote the idea of sustainable tourism management in the region and interdisciplinary cooperation for sustainable development.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 379
  • Page Range: 45-56
  • Page Count: 12