Education, training or information?

Alexandra Crina Chiriac

International Journal for Responsible Tourism, 2013, vol. 2, issue 3, 17-23

Abstract: We live in a society where each individual is the sum of the choices made during its existence, especially in terms of education. Education is the main factor influencing individual and collective behavior, whether we talk about institutionalized education or personal behavior as education. Talking about education in tourism development, there are to be considered two components: education for ones promoting or working in the tourism field and, on the other side, the ones benefiting from the tourism offer, actually the holiday consumer. Education cannot be considered a segment unilaterally, if we want to talk about responsible tourism, tourist inclusion in education is a must. As is defined in the main literature, responsible tourism is an industry that wants to have a minimal impact on the environment and local culture while contributing to the conservation of local ecosystems. Thus, understanding the culture, way of life or thinking of the locals is also a priority and a moral obligation coming from the tourists regarding the information suggested by advertising and focusing on a few tourist attractions, offering a false image of the destination. From this point of view, responsible tourism is not a specific form of tourism, but a different approach of planning and managing tourism phenomenon. Currently, tourists? preference is oriented towards programs with a high component of social and environmental responsibility with visible effects in terms of tourism resources conservation.

Keywords: education; tourist behavior; responsible tourism; tourism development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I25 M31 Q50 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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