Tourism and the sustainable development goals: Stakeholders' perspectives from Nepal

By B. Kc, A. Dhungana, Tek B. Dangi. Tourism Management Perspectives, 2021

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Abstract The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aim to end poverty, protect the planet, and achieve prosperity for all by bringing together policymakers, academia, practitioners, and all other relevant tourism stakeholders and providing policy and strategic engagement guidelines. As tourism is the fastest-growing sector of the global economy, examining the connections between tourism and the SDGs is relevant to both developing and developed countries. This study explores the Nepalese tourism industry's role in addressing the SDGs from the perspective of various tourism stakeholders (academia, the government, the private tourism industry, and public–private organizations). To present a comprehensive picture, this study employed a case study approach. In-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted with tourism industry stakeholders. The findings suggest that, to varying degrees, the SDGs are applicable as well as achievable for Nepal. However, several issues may impede the full implementation of these goals. The implications of these findings are discussed in the paper.

Subfields: Demography, Sociology and Political Science, Transportation

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• COVID-19: from temporary de-globalisation to a re-discovery of tourism? (2020, background): “…on Environment and Development (WCED) in the 1980s (WCED, 1987), fostered a pursuit of more sustainable forms of tourism and sparked a vast number of ambitious initiatives and strategies (see e.g., UNWTO, 2003), the progress on the ground made on this front to date has been far from sufficient.”
• Can tourism help to “end poverty in all its forms everywhere”? The challenge of tourism addressing SDG1 (2019, background): “As one of the sectors with the highest share of women employed and entrepreneurs, tourism can be a tool for women to unlock their potential, helping them to become fully engaged and lead in every aspect of society (UNWTO, 2015, p. 3).”