Abstract:
Finding a balance between the self-development of touristic destinations and the
respect for the environment on one side, and the development of a competitive economic activity
on the other, can be particularly challenging. It's a fact since a while that economic activity can
create synergies interacting closely with both environment and society. The development of
tourist destinations and the environment are, in fact, directly related. This prerogative does the
tourism as the driving force for the guardianship and for the development of destinations, directly
by their awareness and by economic sustainability. Tourism should be competitive but
responsible, today more than ever, recognizing that, in a long term, competitively depends on
sustainability and environment protection. Today climate changes are considered an important
topic and touristic industry must contribute on the decrease of the emissions responsible for the
global warming, while destinations are invited to suit climatic changes of demand model and to
modify, as a consequence, the different kinds of touristic supply.
