Abstract
The interest in sustainable urban development and sustainable tourism development is growing. Yet, according to our knowledge, only a limited number of studies combining those two areas exist, and the holistic model for sustainable urban tourism development has not been introduced. Our study aims to integrate sustainable urban development scientific area with sustainable tourism development scientific area and to integrate and advance the existing models for sustainable urban tourism development. As a method for analyzing the results of 322 interviews, we used content analysis. Based on the analyzed data, the conceptual sustainable urban tourism model is proposed and applied to the case of Ljubljana. The results show that Ljubljana needs more emphasis on sustainable urban tourism development by considering different dimensions of sustainability, stakeholders, as well as types of tourism. Specifically, respondents took into consideration social, environmental, as well as economic sustainability. The most often mentioned stakeholders were local communities and companies; meanwhile, according to their opinion, Ljubljana has the greatest potential in cultural, green, and sports tourism. Finally, the study integrates sustainable urban development and sustainable tourism development scientific areas by providing a conceptual model and taking into consideration the need for proper management, ranging from planning to education and policy-making.
Highlights
Global warming, climate change, pollution, emissions, food shortages, depletion of natural resources, desertification, and other threats [1] are some of the key challenges of contemporary societies
Our study aims to integrate sustainable urban development scientific area with sustainable tourism development scientific area and to integrate and advance the existing models for sustainable urban tourism development
Some other global cities are already facing the negative effects of massive tourism (e.g., Venice, Dubrovnik, Barcelona, etc.), and cities need to develop in line with the sustainable development goals (SDG)
Summary
Climate change, pollution, emissions, food shortages, depletion of natural resources, desertification, and other threats [1] are some of the key challenges of contemporary societies. Some other global cities are already facing the negative effects of massive tourism (e.g., Venice, Dubrovnik, Barcelona, etc.), and cities need to develop in line with the sustainable development goals (SDG). The 11th SDG deals with a specific urban goal of making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable, while strengthening protection of the world’s cultural and natural heritage [5]. Sustainability is a vital topic in the framework of urban tourism, as more and more of the global population can afford to travel and city governors need to design practical management of SUTD, which is supported on evidence-based managerial tools and smart city solutions. City governors need to design practical management of SUTD, supported on evidence-based managerial tools and sustainable smart city solutions
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