Business Sustainability: How Does Tourism Compare?

Char-lee Moyle, Brent Moyle, Lisa Ruhanen, Alexandra Bec and Betty Weiler
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Char-lee Moyle: Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane 4000, Australia
Brent Moyle: USC Business School, Faculty of Arts, Business and Law, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs 4556, Australia
Lisa Ruhanen: UQ Business School, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
Alexandra Bec: USC Business School, Faculty of Arts, Business and Law, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs 4556, Australia
Betty Weiler: School of Business and Tourism, Southern Cross University, Coolangatta 4225, Australia

Sustainability, 2018, vol. 10, issue 4, 1-15

Abstract: This study aims to empirically compare the adoption of business sustainability amongst 291 randomly-selected tourism and non-tourism businesses in New South Wales, Australia. Tourism businesses were found to be more committed to environmentally-sustainable practices than other types of businesses with there being a clear correlation with their ability to learn and adapt. This contradicts criticisms in the literature that tourism businesses are slow adopters of sustainability. This study highlights the need for further research into why tourism businesses in New South Wales, Australia, are reporting higher levels of performance in terms of adopting environmental values than other businesses in contradiction to the general perception of tourism businesses in the literature.

Keywords: sustainability; tourism businesses; indicators; learning; adaptability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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