Sustainability Focus in Destination Management. The Case of Russia

Elena Aleksandrovna DEDUSENKO; Urs WAGENSEIL

doi:10.14505//jemt.v11.3(43).04

Elena Aleksandrovna DEDUSENKO Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Russian Federation
Urs WAGENSEIL Institute of Tourism Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts - Business, Switzerland

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14505//jemt.v11.3(43).04

Abstract

This paper analyzes the tourism management regarding sustainability of eight Russian regions and discusses the possibility of implementing the principles of sustainable tourism development in a particular region using the performance criteria of the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC).

The goals of this paper are to focus on sustainable tourism development as a function of destination management and discuss the problems of the integrated efforts of Destination Management Organizations (DMOs) in the field of tourism and destination sustainability.

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