This paper assesses implementation of a triple business sustainability model within the hotel industry which refers to economic, environmental and social business line. First, study develops a sustainable efficiency business model and its indicators for each of business lines. Second, paper applies the model to the Slovenian tourism sector and shows whether hotel managers monitor all three sets of indicators and, if so, how much. In the Slovenian hotel sector managers are much more committed to the economic business line and neglect the non-economic business lines which they also view as being less important.
COBISS.SI-ID: 20496102
Achieving competitive advantage for any destination in times of rapid global change requires tourism stakeholders to have a clear understanding of tpurism trends. The challenges are particularly acute for emerging destinations such as Slovenia. The paper discusses tools for measuring destination performance with particular focus on Importance-Performance Analysis (IPA). The findings reveal that there are a number of areas in which the Slovene tourism industry considers itself to be under performing in the implementation of strategies to eliminate drift. Relevatnt policy implications can be derived from the findings.
COBISS.SI-ID: 20062950
Paper analyses the competitiveness of built and inherited tourism resources: natural and socio-cultural. The applied study on Slovenian tourism sector confrimed the gap between the potential and real valorisation of natural and culutal tourism attractiveness. Tourism policy need to promote inovative ways of ''sellin'' natural and culutal attractions through tourism products in order to increase added value in Slovenian tourism.
COBISS.SI-ID: 20191462