Per una definizione di turismo responsabile bilanciata tra motivazioni di viaggio e aspettative della comunità locale: l'analisi dell'intermediazione offerta da taluni operatori siciliani

Abstract

Recently in the tourism sector there is the tendency of some practitioners and local actors, sensitive to issues of social responsibility, environmental sustainability, economic equity and solidarity, to organize forms of tourism for travellers equally sensitive to the impact of their presence on the territory of destination. This phenomenon is often called «responsible tourism», emphasizing the “responsibility” that characterizes the action of all actors involved in the journey. This paper aims to study the setting process of the business offer and the underlying strategy of specific forms of responsible tourism. Employing the multiple case studies method, it analyses three different associations belonging to the third sector in order to identify possible similarities that may be useful for a generalization and/or for a replicability of the theoretical model of development.