Key points are not available for this paper at this time.
This study focuses on the barriers to sustainability in the tourist accommodation industry, with particular emphasis on a case study of Sanya, Hainan, China. On a worldwide basis, negative environmental and social impacts associated with the accommodation industry have spurred the formation of many nonregulatory initiatives aimed at improving the sustainability of accommodations and their related activities. As China is a country that is relatively new to tourism and is affected by burgeoning growth, it is imperative to determine how to increase the level of sustainability in the industry. In order to understand how to move the sustainability agenda forward, a study was conducted in Sanya, China to identify the factors that impede the level of sustainability in the tourist accommodation industry. These factors were assessed using qualitative data collection and analysis in an attempt to provide insight into the gap between attitude and action and how this information can be utilized to motivate sustainability.
Sonya Graci (Fri,) studied this question.