The early days of tourism development had a naïve vision of tourism’s impacts on society in terms of economic, social …, and environmental benefits. Time has passed, and we have learnt lessons regarding the success and failure of tourism … development. Mass tourism development has pros and cons and is not necessarily the optimal development model. Alternative …

sustainable tourism uses natural and cultural heritage to increase the profit and the number of visitors in order to preserve it … the tour operators as well as the hoteliers. Sustainable tourism involves policies, practices and programmes which take … field of sustainable entrepreneurship, marketing and attraction development with the applicability on tourism …

Recently, the role of tourism sustainability has increased, especially for mature and mass tourism destinations. While … the literature has largely focused on residents' evaluations of tourism sustainability, little attention has been devoted … tourism sustainability in mature destinations, investigating tourists' perceptions of sustainability experienced during their …

presented needs, aims to use the concept of business models and sustainability business models in the context of a tourism …We invite you to read the Special Issue on business models in tourism, in the context of considering the principles of … sustainable development. It is a collection of 14 articles published in a Special Issue of Sustainability MDPI in 2019–2021. The …