Sustainable tourism certification and state capacity: keep it local, simple, and fuzzy
International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research
ISSN: 1750-6182
Article publication date: 9 August 2011
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine the state of sustainable tourism certification in developing countries and to present methodological and practical critiques and improvements.
Design/methodology/approach
The study uses methodological refinements of fuzzy logic and comparative analysis based on fieldwork in seven countries.
Findings
Sustainable tourism programs should be locally designed with local logos, largely performance‐based, and aggregation should be based on fuzzy logic concepts of necessary and jointly sufficient attributes of sustainable tourism.
Originality/value
The paper uses political science concepts of state capacity and methodological advances of fuzzy logic to provide keys for successful sustainable tourism certification programs in developing countries.
Keywords
Citation
Bowman, K.S. (2011), "Sustainable tourism certification and state capacity: keep it local, simple, and fuzzy", International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research, Vol. 5 No. 3, pp. 269-281. https://doi.org/10.1108/17506181111156961
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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