How to Carry out the Transition towards a More Circular Tourist Activity in the Hotel Sector. The Role of Innovation

Carmen Florido, Marta Jacob and Margarita Payeras
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Carmen Florido: Department of Applied Economic Analysis, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 35017 Las Palmas, Spain
Marta Jacob: Department of Applied Economics, University of the Balearic Islands, E-07122 Palma, Spain
Margarita Payeras: Department of Applied Economics, University of the Balearic Islands, E-07122 Palma, Spain

Administrative Sciences, 2019, vol. 9, issue 2, 1-16

Abstract: Tourism causes important environmental impacts and can generate great pressure on local resources, such as land, water, energy and food, generating large amounts of waste, as well as problems of congestion, noise and air pollution. The circular economy is presented as an alternative model to the linear model, which recognizes the fundamental role of the environment, its functions and the interaction between the environment and the economic system. The hotel sector and the tourism sector in general, have been criticized for not adequately addressing environmental problems and global warming. In order to carry out the transition to a circular economy (CE), it is essential to innovate in business models, designing a circular business model. The objective of this work is to design guidelines on possible actions and opportunities that allow us to carry out a successful transition towards a circular model in hotel companies, as well as to design a model for this transition in a tourism destination, analyzing the roles of the different agents in this transition. Findings identified the main opportunities and benefits of this transition in the hotel sector and describes a three-axis model to carry out this transition in a tourism destination, identifying the roles of public administrations and DMOs, resident population and the tourism sector. Future research implications are also discussed.

Keywords: sustainable tourism; circular economy; innovation; hotel sector’s competitiveness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L M M0 M1 M10 M11 M12 M14 M15 M16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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