Abstract
This chapter is composed of two parts. Part A outlines the development of the DIT-ACHIEV Model for the Sustainable Management of Tourism and part B presents a discussion on its implementation, with particular emphasis on how community actors have been involved in its testing and implementation. This model of sustainable tourism indicators has been developed by the School of Hospitality Management and Tourism, Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) and is endorsed by the Irish Environmental Protection Agency and Fáilte Ireland (the National Tourism Development Authority of the Republic of Ireland).
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Butler, R. (2006) One Day Indicator Refining Workshop with Professor Butler [unpublished], cited in Flanagan, S., Griffin, K., O’Halloran, E., Phelan, J., Roe, P., Kennedy-Burke, E., Tottle, A. & Kelly, R. (2007) Sustainable Tourism Development: Towards the Mitigation of Tourism Destination Impacts, Environmental Protection Agency, Wexford Ireland.
Coccossis, H., & Mexa, A. (2004). The challenge of tourism carrying capacity assessment: Theory and practice. Aldershot: Ashgate.
DCMS Department for Culture, Media and Sport. (2001). National sustainable tourism indicators: Getting it right: Monitoring progress towards sustainable tourism in England. London: Crown copyright.
Denman, P. (2006). Tourism and Sustainability: Objectives, policies and tools for sustainable tourism, Paper Presented to UNWTO seminar on tourism sustainability and local agenda 21 in tourism destinations, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 18 and 19 February 2006.
Environmental Protection Agency (2000). Ireland’s environment: A millennium report. Wexford: EPA.
Environmental Protection Agency. (2004). Ireland’s environment 2004. Wexford: EPA.
Environmental Protection Agency. (2008a). Ireland’s environment 2008. Wexford: EPA.
Environmental Protection Agency. (2008b). The environmental protection agency who we are – What we do. Wexford: EPA.
European Commission. (1999). Evaluating socio-economic programmes – Vol. 2, Selection and use of indicators for monitoring and evaluation (part 2 of 6 volume collection). Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities.
European Commission. (2006). Review of the EU sustainable development strategy (EU SDS) − Renewed strategy. Brussels: Council of the European Union.
Fáilte Ireland. (2007). Tourism and the environment: Fáilte Ireland’s environmental action plan 2007–2009. Dublin: Fáilte Ireland.
Fáilte Ireland. (2009). Tourism facts 2008. Dublin: Fáilte Ireland.
Flanagan, S., Griffin, K., O’Halloran, E., Phelan, J., Roe, P., Kennedy-Burke, E., et al. (2007). Sustainable tourism development: Towards the mitigation of tourism destination impacts. Wexford: Environmental Protection Agency.
Glasson, J., Godfrey, K., & Goodey, B. (1995). Towards visitor impact management: Visitor impacts, carrying capacity and management responses in Europe’s historic towns and cities. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing Ltd.
Government of Ireland. (1997). Sustainable development: A strategy for Ireland. Dublin: Stationery Office.
Government of Ireland. (2007). National development plan 2007–2013. Dublin: Stationery Office.
ITIC (Irish Tourism Industry Confederation). (1986). Tourism and the environment. Dublin: ITIC.
Kelly, R., Sirr, L., & Ratcliffe, J. (2004). The future of sustainable development: A European perspective. In Didsbury, H. (Ed.), Thinking creatively in turbulent times. Maryland: World Future Society.
Morrissey, J., O’Regan, B., & Moles, R. (2006), Development of indicators and indices for the evaluation of the sustainability of Irish settlements and regional settlement patterns, In: Proceedings of ENVIRON 2006, University College Dublin, January 2006.
OECD. (1993). OECD core set of indicators for environmental performance reviews (OECD Environment Monographs No. 83). Paris: OECD.
Putnam, D. (2002) ISO 14031: Environmental Performance Evaluation Draft Paper submitted to Confederation of Indian Industry for publication in their Journal. September 2002.
Smeets, E., & Weterings, R. (1999). Environmental indicators: Typology and overview. Technical report No 25. Copenhagen: European Environment Agency.
TMI (Tourism Management Institute). (2003). Destination management handbook. London: TMI & European Travel Commission.
TSG (Tourism Sustainability Group). (2007) Action for More Sustainable European Tourism, European Commission.
Tourism Policy Review Group. (2003). New Horizons for Irish Tourism: An agenda for action, Report to the Minister for Arts, Sports and Tourism, Dublin.
Tourism Renewal Group. (2009). Report of the tourism renewal group: Survival, recovery and growth – A strategy for renewing Irish tourism, 2009–2013. Dublin: Tourism Renewal Group.
UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme). (2003). Tourism and Local Agenda 21. The Role of Local Authorities in Sustainable Tourism.
United Nations Environment Programme/United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNEP/UNWTO). (2005). Making tourism more sustainable: A guide for policy makers. Madrid: UNEP Division of Technology, Industry and Economics.
Van der Heijden, K. (1996). Scenarios: The art of strategic conversations. Chichester: Wiley.
WTO/UNWTO (United Nations World Tourism Organisation). (2004). Indicators of sustainable development for tourism destinations: A guidebook. Madrid: WTO.
Williams, P., & Gill, A. (1993). Tourism carrying capacity management issues. In Theobold, W. (Ed.), Global tourism: The next decade. Oxford: Butterworth–Heinemann.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2011 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Griffin, K., Morrissey, M., Flanagan, S. (2011). The Trials and Tribulations of Implementing Indicator Models for Sustainable Tourism Management: Lessons from Ireland. In: Budruk, M., Phillips, R. (eds) Quality-of-Life Community Indicators for Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management. Social Indicators Research Series, vol 43. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9861-0_11
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9861-0_11
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Dordrecht
Print ISBN: 978-90-481-9860-3
Online ISBN: 978-90-481-9861-0
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and LawSocial Sciences (R0)