Sustainable mountain tourism in word and deed: A comparative analysis in the macro regions of the Alps and the Dinarides

Ivan Paunović; Verka Jovanović

doi:10.3986/AGS.4630

Authors

Ivan Paunović Singidunum University
Verka Jovanović Singidunum University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3986/AGS.4630

Keywords:

Sustainability, tourism geography, governance, mountain tourism, social representations of tourism, Alps, Dinarides

Abstract

This article examines similarities and differences in the attitudes and social representations of destination managers towards implementing sustainable tourism between the mountain regions of the Alps and the Dinarides. Bearing in mind the transnational impacts (i.e., environmental, economic and social) of the tourism industry the research methodology adopted an international perspective by sending a questionnaire to tourism organizations in fourteen different countries in the Alps and the Dinarides. The research is interdisciplinary in nature, because it integrates knowledge from sustainability and management science with tourism geography and social psychology. The findings confirm that social representations of sustainable tourism differ significantly in the two mountain regions.

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Author Biographies

Ivan Paunović, Singidunum University

PhD student, Singidunum University (Danijelova 32, Belgrade, Serbia)

Research Fellow, Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Chair for Tourism and Center for Entrepreneurship (Pater-Phil.-Jeningen-Platz 2, Eichstätt)

Verka Jovanović, Singidunum University

Professor Verka Jovanovic graduated from the University of Belgrade school of Natural Sciences & Mathematics, Department for Geography, 1979. From the same University she received Ms. and PhD degree in 1984 and 1996. She is a Professor (full professor) at the Singidunum University. Her research fields include Geographical Information Systems, Tourism and GIS, Tourism and Space, Engineering and environmental protection, Sustainable tourism. She is the author and co-author of 6 books, 1 chapter in international monograph, as well as over 80 scientific bibliographic units.

She participated in the realization of several national and international scientific research projects and as partner and project manager at five Tempus projects. She is an Assistant director of the Department of Foreign Studies at the Singidunum University.

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