Sustainable Tourism Actions from the National to the Local Level

Éva Erdélyi – Budapest Business University, More Innovation Talent Orientation Research Group, Markó utca 29-31, H-1055 Budapest, Hungary

Abstract: Areas rich in natural resources make up most of their tourism at­tractiveness for visitors. The environmental aspect of Sustainability is essen­tial when it comes to natural tourism attractions. Sustainability theory is comprised of a very broad framework that includes economic, environmen­tal, and socio-cultural issues. following the “think globally – act locally” stra­tegic argument. Real actions and change begin with each country and each community adapting their practices and setting up appropriate policies to regulate touristic activity. The present study sets out to describe the Tourism Development Policy of Hungary on the national, and local governance level, analyze its sustainability, and apply a case study method of qualitative and interpretative nature. A high impact of the local-level management of tour­ism attractions is observed in a given example of the World Heritage Site Hor­tobágy National Park, representing the final sustainability outcomes of the selected area.

7th International Scientific Conference – EMAN 2023 – Economics and Management: How to Cope With Disrupted Times, Ljubljana, Slovenia, March 23, 2023, CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS, published by: Association of Economists and Managers of the Balkans, Belgrade, Serbia; ISBN 978-86-80194-69-1, ISSN 2683-4510, DOI: https://doi.org/10.31410/EMAN.2023

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