Policies to Practice in Greening Accommodation at World Heritage
Abstract
The accommodations sector has embarked on ‘greening’ as this eco-friendly tendency transforms into a significance for survival and success in a highly competitive market. Despite the increased number of people who travel with green requirements and pressures from national and international regulations, the sector still lacks an understanding of the expectations of lodging managers. The article reports the findings of in-depth interviews conducted with hoteliers, homestay hosts and from reports of local tourism Departments to support a direction for green tourism the Hoi An world heritage site, the perspectives in influences of policies on the green approach are identified. Accommodation owners respond actively and also demonstrate their own initiative in response to the sustainable practice patterns after the Covid 19-pandemic crisis. This study contributes to the hospitality literature as it sought to uncover contemporary challenges in green tourism policies to practice for which obstacles can be addressed in order to achieve the sustainability at a World Heritage Site.
Article Details
- Journal
- Journal On Tourism & Sustainability
- Issue
- Volume 7, Issue 1 and 2, 2024
- Section
- Articles
- Pages
- DOI
- 10.5281/zenodo.12599293
- Zenodo Record
- https://zenodo.org/records/12599293
- Published
- 30 June 2024
- Canonical URL
- https://otsjournal.org/article/policies-to-practice-in-greening-accommodation-at-world-heritage
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