{"id":1914,"date":"2015-03-17T14:00:42","date_gmt":"2015-03-17T13:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/?p=1914"},"modified":"2022-08-23T12:59:25","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T11:59:25","slug":"study-results-on-sustainable-tourism-in-german-destinations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2015\/03\/study-results-on-sustainable-tourism-in-german-destinations\/","title":{"rendered":"Study results on sustainable tourism in German destinations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(<strong>mascontour<\/strong>) A nationwide, exclusive online survey conducted by mascontour GmbH in cooperation with ITB Berlin\u00a0analysed sustainable tourism in German tourism destinations for the first time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The results show: as far as tourism in Germany is concerned, sustainability is a subject that can no\u00a0longer be ignored! 86% of questioned tourism destinations are convinced that sustainable tourism\u00a0will gain significant importance in the next five years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tourism destination development worldwide is increasingly guided by the principle of sustainable\u00a0development. In the past, policymakers, destinations and companies have taken a variety of steps to\u00a0make tourism development in Germany more sustainable.<br \/>\nSo what exactly can we say about the current state of sustainable tourism in Germany? What is\u00a0understood by sustainability and which importance is given to the topic at the moment and in the\u00a0future? Where do positive approaches exist and which barriers need to be overcome?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/mascontour_figure_sustainable_tourism.jpg\"><\/span><br \/>\nIn a nationwide, exclusive online survey conducted by mascontour GmbH in cooperation with ITB Berlin\u00a0sustainable tourism in German tourism destinations was analysed for the first time. Destination\u00a0management organisations of all federal states of Germany, tourism regions and local tourism\u00a0associations and cities with a population of over 100,000 were included in the survey. In total 430\u00a0German tourism destinations were contacted, 134 participated in the study. This represents a response\u00a0rate of 31.2%. Both the sample size and its repartition according to different destination types (federal\u00a0states, tourism regions and cities) make it a representative survey.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The German tourism destinations have a clear and comprehensive understanding of what sustainable\u00a0tourism means. Sustainability does not yet play a major role for German tourism destinations, but in\u00a0their own view, this is going to change significantly in the next few years. It is believed that\u00a0policymakers should bear most of the responsibility for sustainable tourism development in Germany,\u00a0and that consumers\/ guests should play only a minor role. According to the destinations, tourism\u00a0associations and marketing companies show the highest level of commitment to the implementation of\u00a0sustainable tourism, while tour operators contribute very little to it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The steps German destinations have taken in the area of sustainable tourism are focused primarily on\u00a0the conservation and promotion of traditions, customs and cultural identities and on the responsible\u00a0use of cultural heritage and attractions. On the whole, there is believed to be urgent need to act with\u00a0regard to the implementation of sustainable tourism. There have been some achievements, but there is\u00a0still a lot to do. The introduction of binding environmental and social standards in tourism is considered\u00a0to be more important than voluntary commitment to such standards. Certification is considered to be\u00a0important but not a top priority. While education and training, as well as funding, are regarded as\u00a0essential areas of focus for the future, climate protection, adaptation to climate change, awareness\u00a0raising and monitoring are also considered to be key areas for the implementation of sustainable\u00a0tourism. The destinations are united in rejecting the introduction of taxes and fees for\u00a0consumers\/guests to provide funding for sustainable tourism. Sustainable tourism is considered to be\u00a0of little importance to consumers\/guests at this point.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The full study results as well as a summary can be found (as from 6 March 2015)\u00a0<span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"http:\/\/mascontour.info\/befragung\/\">here<\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(mascontour) A nationwide, exclusive online survey conducted by mascontour GmbH in cooperation with ITB Berlin\u00a0analysed sustainable tourism in German tourism destinations for the first time. The results show: as far as tourism in Germany is concerned, sustainability is a subject that can no\u00a0longer be ignored! 86% of questioned tourism destinations are convinced that sustainable tourism\u00a0will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[53,65,146],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Study results on sustainable tourism in German destinations<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"(mascontour) A nationwide, exclusive online survey conducted by mascontour GmbH in cooperation with ITB Berlin\u00a0analysed sustainable tourism in German\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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