Abstract
This paper addresses the wicked problem of waste management in tourism in the Global South. Despite the abundance of green labels and sustainability pledges, tourism and hospitality operators accumulate huge volumes of waste, while tourists themselves are generally oblivious to challenges related to food and plastic waste or excessive resource (water, energy) consumption. Current research presents hotel operators in the Global South as weak or opportunistic agents, who merely reproduce greenwashing claims and exploit tumultuous local institutional /policy contexts instead of adopting truly sustainable practices. Based on an extensive fieldwork, survey data and qualitative interviews among operations managers on the island of Zanzibar, this article offers a more refined analysis of fickle sustainability performance and reports high variance among individual and organizational practices. By adapting institutional logic (Hoffman, A., 2001; Silva & Figueiredo, 2017) and Adner’s (2016) notion of ecosystems as an analytical framework, this study maps co-existent waste accumulation, waste handling and waste valorization constellations of independently operated and franchise hotels. The paper is concluded by offering a typology of managerial responsibilization strategies to effectively navigate turbulent regulatory and social environments around waste management.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | The 32nd Nordic Symposium on Tourism and Hospitalty Research 2024 |
Editors | Ángel Tello Moya, Trude Furunes, Live K. Kvalsvik |
Number of pages | 1 |
Place of Publication | Stavanger |
Publisher | University of Stavanger |
Publication date | 2024 |
Pages | 51 |
Publication status | Published - 2024 |
Event | The 32nd Nordic Symposium on Tourism and Hospitality Research - Clarion Hotel Energy, Stavanger, Norway Duration: 18 Sept 2024 → 24 Sept 2024 Conference number: 32 https://www.uis.no/en/about-uis/the-32nd-nordic-symposium-on-tourism-and-hospitality-research |
Conference
Conference | The 32nd Nordic Symposium on Tourism and Hospitality Research |
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Number | 32 |
Location | Clarion Hotel Energy |
Country/Territory | Norway |
City | Stavanger |
Period | 18/09/2024 → 24/09/2024 |
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