Sustainability Analysis of Tourism in India: Data Envelopment Analysis Approach

International journal of virtual communities and social networking Pub Date : 2018-01-01 DOI:10.4018/IJVCSN.2018010103

Surender Kumar

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Intherecentpast,understandingandpracticeofsustainabilityintourismarebecomingincreasingly important tobothacademiciansand tourismplanners. In the last twodecades, theattainmentof sustainabledevelopmentandtheprotectionoftouristicassetshavebeenattheforefrontofcentral policyissuesinglobaltourismdevelopment.Inadditiontosocialandeconomicimpactoftourism, overuseofnaturalresourcesandclimatechangeareleadingtotheimportanceofdriveforsustainable tourism development. Consequently, there is a growing research interest in investigating the performanceofcountries,especiallyintermsofenvironmentalefficiency.Inthisarticle,theauthors haveempiricallyexploredsocio-economicefficiencyofthetoptenperformingcountriesandIndia. Theirbasiccontentissummarised,alongwiththemajorfindings.Inthisway,bothmeasurementof countries’performanceandthenonparametricapproachofDEAhavebeengivendeservedattention. Tourismbenchmarkingandtheassessmentoftourismmanagementperformancesareacrucialand challengingtaskinthedirectionofevaluatingtourismsustainabilityandreshapingtourismactivities. Theproposedefficiencyassessmentprocedureisbasedondataenvelopmentanalysis(DEA).DEAis amethodologyforevaluatingtherelativeefficiencywhenfacingmultipleinputandoutput.Although themethodologyisextremelyversatile,forthesakeofexemplification,inthisarticleitisappliedto theevaluationandcomparisonofsustainabletourismmanagementofIndia. KEywoRDS Data Envelopment Analysis, Economic, Efficiency, Environment, Social, Sustainable Tourism

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Intherecentpast，understandingandpracticeofsustainabilityintourismarebecomingincreasingly重要的tobothacademiciansand tourismplanners。>在>最后> twodecades， > theattainmentof sustainabledevelopmentandtheprotectionoftouristicassetshavebeenattheforefrontofcentral policyissuesinglobaltourismdevelopment。Inadditiontosocialandeconomicimpactoftourism, overuseofnaturalresourcesandclimatechangeareleadingtotheimportanceofdriveforsustainable旅游发展。因此，对这一问题的研究越来越有兴趣performanceofcountries，especiallyintermsofenvironmentalefficiency。Inthisarticle，theauthors haveempiricallyexploredsocio-economicefficiencyofthetoptenperformingcountriesandIndia。Theirbasiccontentissummarised，alongwiththemajorfindings。Inthisway，bothmeasurementof国家的performanceandthenonparametricapproachofDEAhavebeengivendeservedattention。Tourismbenchmarkingandtheassessmentoftourismmanagementperformancesareacrucialand challengingtaskinthedirectionofevaluatingtourismsustainabilityandreshapingtourismactivities。Theproposedefficiencyassessmentprocedureisbasedondataenvelopmentanalysis(DEA)。DEAis amethodologyforevaluatingtherelativeefficiencywhenfacingmultipleinputandoutput。Although themethodologyisextremelyversatile，forthesakeofexemplification，inthisarticleitisappliedto theevaluationandcomparisonofsustainabletourismmanagementofIndia。关键词:数据包络分析经济效率环境社会可持续旅游

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