Citation:

Evangelia Pappa, Theodore Antoniou, Pantelis Papanastasiou. "Strategic Management and Sustainable Tourism Development: A Survey of Local Stakeholders' Views" International Research Journal of Economics and Management Studies, Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 211-217, 2023.

Abstract:

According to local stakeholders' views of the popular Greek island of Crete, the study examines how strategic management contributes to sustainable tourism development. The survey instrument was developed after a thorough literature review. The findings provided a four-factor scale for measuring perceived impacts: social impact, economic impact, and quality-of-life impact. The study deepens our understanding of stakeholders' support for tourism under economic turbulence. The process of tourist strategic planning and management is also examined, along with some of its practical implications. Lastly, exposing certain limitations of the study creates avenues for future research.

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Keywords:

Strategic Management, Sustainability, Tourism Development, Tourism Impacts, Stakeholders.