Sustainable tourism: Antecedent dimensions and future agenda

Abstract

This study attempts to provide basic understanding of tourism and sustainability based on the existing literature and provides research agenda for future work based on existing gaps. In the contemporary era, tourism is a fascinating aspect of our lives along with a lot of interrelated industries and complexed relationships. The literature indicates that antecedent dimensions of sustainable tourism (environmental, socio-cultural, and economic dimensions) are common and prevalent, however, this study invites to depart from the traditional dimensions and suggest to include two new dimensions of sustainability (infrastructural and technological dimensions). The study also suggests the assessment and validation criteria including structural equation modelling (SEM) in the development of sustainability indicators. These findings will be helpful to move towards developing comprehensive and exhaustive set of indicators by future researchers.