Abstract:
The article considers the studies and researches in the best examples of tourism
environmental management at the tourism destinations and the important issues that have
emerged. This work is found on an integrative literature review on tourism, sustainability
policy and involvement of local communities at decision-making processes which connected
with the tourism environmental management. Furthermore, major 50 research themes have been
categorized and research frameworks have been developed based on literature gaps.
Previous studies have investigated the different reasons for adopting sustainability experience
and practices, such as the local communities’ influence on environmental management, personal
advantages, and knowledge of environmental problems. The findings of the article are reviewing
best environmental management case studies, including Australia, Malaysia, Ecuador, South
Africa etc. and using them for the future research in different countries. The originality of the
research lies in giving the compressed overview on the tourism environmental management for
20-year publications. The impact of this study might provide guidance in this area and help
develop the future research.
