Abstract
Abstract In studies on tourism and hospitality, the sustainable aspect has been continuously treated. A current approach that expands the concept of sustainability is the circular economy, considered a closed economic model that aims to maintain the most significant utility and value of products, components, and materials at all times. This issue has been addressed not only in the productive sphere but also in the area of services. In this sense, the objective of this research was to understand how the circular economy is being treated in the tourism and hospitality sectors. A review of published articles accessed across four databases—Spell, CAPES Portal, SciELO, and Web of Science—was carried out. The main results indicate that studies in this area are still incipient, with a greater number of publications starting in 2019; European studies prevail; the publications are still theoretical, with little empirical research; and address the benefits of the circular economy, and the economic, social, and environmental aspects.
Highlights
Tourism is a social, cultural, and economic phenomenon that involves people’s movement to countries or places outside their usual environment for personal, professional, or commercial reasons
A new approach to concern with aspects related to society and the environment is the circular economy, which is an economic model based on sharing, rental, reuse, repair, reform, and recycling, in a closed cycle, which aims to maintain the most significant utility and value of products, components, and materials at all times (Bourguignon, 2017; Bartl, 2018; Sehnem et al, 2019)
18 scientific articles were analyzed, highlighting: the location of the studies carried out; the school of thought of circular economy; practices connected to the principles and types of gradations of the circular economy; the type of benefit obtained; the type of methodology used in the research; the journals used for publication; and, the main results of the research carried out concerning the circular economy and its relationship with tourism and hospitality
Summary
Cultural, and economic phenomenon that involves people’s movement to countries or places outside their usual environment for personal, professional, or commercial reasons These people are Nowadays, more and more tourist destinations and hotel developments are concerned with social, environmental, and economic aspects, mainly from the second half of the twentieth century, as in this period, tourist activity started to increase (Almeida & Abranja, 2009), and the need to develop sustainable tourism arose. A new approach to concern with aspects related to society and the environment is the circular economy, which is an economic model based on sharing, rental, reuse, repair, reform, and recycling, in a (almost) closed cycle, which aims to maintain the most significant utility and value of products, components, and materials at all times (Bourguignon, 2017; Bartl, 2018; Sehnem et al, 2019) From this context, this research aims to understand how the circular economy is being treated in the tourism and hospitality sectors. 18 scientific articles were analyzed, highlighting: the location of the studies carried out; the school of thought of circular economy; practices connected to the principles and types of gradations of the circular economy; the type of benefit (economic, social, or environmental) obtained; the type of methodology used in the research; the journals used for publication; and, the main results of the research carried out concerning the circular economy and its relationship with tourism and hospitality
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