Circular Tourism
The operations of the tourism industry are based on the use of large amounts of materials. The industry consumes a lot of energy and water and produces waste. These negative impacts highlight the need to shift towards circular economy in tourism. In general, circular economy is an economic model that aims at an indepth transformation of the way resources are used; resources are reused and kept in a loop of production and usage. Therefore, circularity is an important tool for tourism companies to achieve sustainable development. It brings positive environmental impacts by increasing resource-efficiency of their operations.
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The basics of Circular Tourism
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Videos
- SusRur project. Circular economy models for sustainable tourism. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNCAdUQ5t7Q
- Ellen MacArthur Foundation. Explaining the Circular Economy and How Society Can Re-think Progress. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCRKvDyyHmI
- Financial Times. Circularity beyond sustainability: circular business models drive resilient growth. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_orIAVtY-CQ
- Ellen MacArthur Foundation. Living within planetary boundaries: the circular economy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNNxKMPw6Do
Other material
- Einarsson S. & Sorin, F. (2020) Circular Economy in travel and tourism: A conceptual framework for a sustainable, resilient and future proof industry transition. CE360 Alliance. circulareconomy.europa.eu/platform/sites/default/files/circular-economy-in-travel-and-tourism.pdf
- Manniche et al., (2017). Destination: A circular tourism economy. Cirtoinno project. cirtoinno-handbook_eng-rev.-4.pdf
- Incircle project. Circular tourism self assessment. https://www.incircle-kp.eu/self-assessment/
- BeCULTOUR project. Circular cultural tourism handbook. https://becultour.eu/sites/default/files/2024-01/BeCULTOUR-guidebook-final.pdf
- CEnTOUR project. Circular economy best practices in the tourism industry. https://circulartourism.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Centour_bestpractices_handbook18032021.pdf