| Abstract [eng] |
DYGLIENĖ, Raimonda. (2007) Sustainable Aspect in the Development of Tourism. MBA Graduation Paper. Kaunas: Kaunas Faculty of Humanities, Vilnius University. 95 p. SUMMARY KEYWORDS: [sustainable, sustainable development, sustainable tourism, ecotourism, rural tourism] When promoting ideas of sustainability in Lithuanian society it is very important to develop branches of the ecological tourism such as ecotourism and rural tourism that currently are less developed in Lithuania however posses a great potential. The object of research is sustainable in rural tourism and ecotourism. Purpose of the research was to analyze possibilities for tourism development in the context of sustainable development. This scholarly paper for master’s degree consists of three major parts. The first part reveals the essence, concept and the main aspects of sustainable development theory, assesses impacts of sustainable development on the environment, economy, culture, and distinguishes the key features of rural tourism and ecotourism. The second part presents evolution of rural tourism and ecotourism on the global and Lithuanian scale with the aim to deny or confirm one of the stated hypotheses. In the third part findings of the research are presented and assessed and conclusions are made with the aim to deny or confirm one of the stated hypotheses. Hypothesis that “Rural tourism is rapidly growing in Lithuania while in the other branch of sustainable tourism decline is experienced” should be considered as partly correct. As the branch of rural tourism is growing in Lithuania, popularity of the ecotourism branch is increasing too. Hypothesis “Owners of rural tourism places are increasingly adapting to needs of tourists while overtaking flows of tourists from ecotourism”. Ecotourism gives way for rural tourism by comfortability of tourism service which constitutes the most important criterion for selection of holidays by tourists. Therefore findings suggest that these branches of sustainable tourism are competing between themselves and it seems that rural tourism is winning this competitive battle. The volume of work is 112 pages. 14 tables and 39 pictures are submitted in this work. The list of the literature makes 77 sources. At the end of this work 2 appendices are submitted. |
