Climate-Friendly Urban Tourism, The Case of Hungary

Kisiangani Isaac Rodgers (2020) Climate-Friendly Urban Tourism, The Case of Hungary. Kereskedelmi, Vendéglátóipari és Idegenforgalmi Kar.

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Absztrakt (kivonat)

Tourists move from their home or residence through transit regions to destination regions. With the current level of urbanization in the developed and developing economies, it is not surprising that most of the destinations are urban areas. This steady urbanization, according to the United Nations is attributed to human population growth and immigration. Tourism on addition to population growth and immigration is increasing pressure on city natural and manmade resources. The origin and the transit may or may not be affected, but the destination environment will always be affected. In the city, the environment comprises of human, social-cultural, economic, technological, legal, nature and climate. All these dimensions of city environment are affected by tourism. These impacts can be summarized into three categories; social-cultural effects which can be loss or preservation of culture, economic effects which are mostly perceived as positive, such as the source of revenue as well as employment and environmental impacts which include and not limited to carrying capacity of the city, water & air quality and contribution to greenhouse gas emission. Environmental-friendly urban tourism tends to mitigate these effects in the city. This study adopted a descriptive research design by using the content analysis technique to evaluate urban tourism sustainability so as to shed light on environmental integrity for tourism in urban areas. The selected cities are Budapest, Győr, Debrecen, Pécs and Szeged. Analysis of the city and tourism-related development strategies reveal, increasing cities’ green belt, intelligent mobility and tourism product diversity. A climate-friendly urban tourism ranking tool was developed based on these factors. In-depth interviews were conducted which confirm the tourism environmental assessment of tourism strategies and projects, as well as restructuring and redefining tour packages. It is a challenge to develop, live and visit cities under the changing climate conditions, they need both adaptation and mitigation strategies. The objective of this study is to help this procedure. The evaluation process can be adapted in other urban destinations, as well.

Intézmény

Budapesti Gazdasági Egyetem

Kar

Kereskedelmi, Vendéglátóipari és Idegenforgalmi Kar

Tanszék

Turizmus Tanszék

Tudományterület/tudományág

NEM RÉSZLETEZETT

Szak

Turizmus-menedzsment

Mű típusa:	diplomadolgozat (NEM RÉSZLETEZETT)
Kulcsszavak:	Adaptation, Mitigation, environment, strategy, urban tourism
SWORD Depositor:	Archive User
Felhasználói azonosító szám (ID):	Brakszatoriszné Jankó Tímea
Rekord készítés dátuma:	2020. Szep. 02. 12:47
Utolsó módosítás:	2020. Szep. 22. 12:17

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