Hakimah, Hanifah Azzahra (2023) Examining the Operationalization of Degrowth Principles in the Context of Sustainable Tourism Businesses. Master thesis, Sustainable Entrepreneurship (SE).
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Abstract
The capacity of the Earth's atmosphere and biosphere to serve as a stable foundation for social and economic development is being eroded by the never-ending pursuit of growth. Tourism is strongly tied to the urgency of degrowth as it is one of the world's largest sectors and a key driver of global economic growth. As the engine of the industry, tourism businesses are increasingly forced to reinvent their business models to adhere to the degrowth paradigm. However, studies on degrowth in tourism are scarce. To fill this knowledge gap, this research adopts a qualitative research approach in a form of multiple case study to examine the operationalization of degrowth principles in tourism industry businesses by drawing on six semi-structured interviews with representatives from four sustainable tour companies in the Netherlands. This study found that the operationalization of degrowth principles in the tourism industry involves the de-commodification of tourism activity, the reduction of carbon emissions from transportation, the altered patterns of production and consumption, and the importance placed on the travel experience.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Name supervisor: | Rotulo, A. |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Sep 2023 11:00 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Sep 2023 11:00 |
| URI: | https://campus-fryslan.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/359 |
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