THE ROLE OF TOURISM IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES

Francesc Romagosa; Gerda Priestley; Joan Carles Llurdés

doi:10.26215/tourismos.v8i2.356

Francesc Romagosa

Lecturer in both the Geography Department and the School of Tourism and Hotel Management (EUTDH) at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Spain, specialising in sustainability and environmental issues in tourism.

Gerda K. Priestley

Emeritus Professor in the Geography Department at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) and former Director of Research and International Relations at the UAB School of Tourism and Hotel Management (EUTDH).

Joan Carles Llurdés

Senior Lecturer in the Geography Department at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), and also teaches in the UAB School of Tourism and Hotel Management (EUTDH), specialising in cartography and climatic change issues in tourism.

Keywords

sustainable development, sustainable tourism, tourism planning, Catalonia

Abstract

In recent years, sustainability has become a fundamental component of all planning processes, while, on the other hand, tourism is seldom seen as a key or priority sector in overall planning. In this article, diverse approaches to sustainable planning that include tourism are examined in order to provide a conceptual framework and some points of reference to contextualize the posterior analysis of a recent planning process undertaken in Catalonia, Spain. The discourse focuses on the proposals, the difficulties encountered in establishing objectives and indicators, leading finally to an evaluation of the suitability and foreseeable effectiveness of the measures approved.

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