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Greening Tourism and Hospitality Industry

Tourism and hospitality industry becomes aware of the great importance of sustainable development, especially ecological dimension of the sustainability. Due to the multidisciplinary character of tourism, a multidisciplinary approach is required, too. Sustainable tourism development must coordinate economic, sociological, cultural and political aspects with the aspects of environmental protection, the social and cultural identity and the quality of life of local residents. The paper analyses the problem of sustainable tourism development and different issues connected with environmental problems in tourism and hospitality industry, from economic point of view. The hypothesis of the paper is that to be for a long-term economically sustainable, tourism destination must implement the different methods of eco-management. Eco-efficiency in sustainable economic development is based on the application of preventive environmental strategies with respect to processes, products and services of hotels, local tourism industry and other local authorities on the level of tourism destination. In the paper are analyzed the characteristics of tourist destinations which can be considered as eco-friendly destinations and eco-management in hospitality industry.

sustainable tourism development; eco-management; EMS-Environmental Management System; public-private partnership

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