Sustainability and Shifting Paradigms in Tourism

Authors

  • Eduardo Fayos-Solá Ulysses Foundation - Universidad de Valencia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25145/j.pasos.2015.13.090

Keywords:

Sustainability, Paradigm, Theory

Abstract

Something important changed the world 50 years ago. It was in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s when the realization of fast approaching limits to growth came down like a hammer, striking a strong blow on business-as-usual world political and socio-economic paradigms. Of course, classical economists like Malthus had already sounded a warning 150 years before. Then, scientific and technological advances postponed the inevitable. Finally, the Club of Rome thinkers and two oil crises dispelled the illusion of limitless growth in a small planet, with the controversy being retaken afresh in the 21st century.

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Author Biography

Eduardo Fayos-Solá, Ulysses Foundation - Universidad de Valencia

Extensive experience in Tourism Policy and Governance, with over 25 years of service at the United Nations World Tourism Organization --as Director for Europe and Executive Secretary for the UNWTO Knowledge Network-- and at the Government of Spain --as Director-General for Tourism Policy and Spanish Representative for Tourism at the European Government in Brussels. He is a UNWTO Ulysses Laureate, a Fellow of the International Academy for the Study of Tourism, and has been Professor of Economic Policy at the University of Valencia since 1988. He has led research and policy implementation missions in over 100 countries worldwide. He is the Founding President of the UNWTO Themis Foundation and the architect of the TedQual Certification. His professional interests include destination management and public-private policies, focusing on tourism for development, policy and governance, and science, technology and innovation

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Published

2015-12-09

How to Cite

Fayos-Solá, E. (2015). Sustainability and Shifting Paradigms in Tourism. PASOS Revista De Turismo Y Patrimonio Cultural, 13(6), 1297–1299. https://doi.org/10.25145/j.pasos.2015.13.090

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Vol. 13 No. 6 (2015)

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