Russian visitors’ perceptions of sustainability issues in tourism. Year-round resort Tahko.
Golovinskaia, Elena (2020)
Golovinskaia, Elena
2020
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2020121528505
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2020121528505
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The aim of this thesis was to help Tahko resort to develop in the responsible tourism context. The study is based on Lakeland 2, a development project targeting to promote the international tourism in the Northern Savo region. The objectives of this thesis were is to find out how well Russians visiting Tahko resort are aware of sustainable tourism and to define the main characteristics of people, who travel to the region.
As the central focus of this study was to analyze the awareness, perceptions and attitudes of Russian tourists re- garding the sustainable tourism in the year-round resort of Tahko, material from literature concerning sustainable development of tourism and the current economic situation in Russia was summarized. Quantitative research methods were chosen to investigate the importance of economic, ecological and sociocultural aspects of sustain- able development of tourism in Tahko.
The results showed relatively high level of awareness of and satisfaction with sustainability of tourism among Russian tourists visiting Tahko. The findings indicate that public authorities are active in promoting the sustaina- ble development of the resort. Nevertheless the Russian tourists consider that sustainable development should be promoted further. The results of this research improve the understanding of sustainable development of tourism in Tahko.
As the central focus of this study was to analyze the awareness, perceptions and attitudes of Russian tourists re- garding the sustainable tourism in the year-round resort of Tahko, material from literature concerning sustainable development of tourism and the current economic situation in Russia was summarized. Quantitative research methods were chosen to investigate the importance of economic, ecological and sociocultural aspects of sustain- able development of tourism in Tahko.
The results showed relatively high level of awareness of and satisfaction with sustainability of tourism among Russian tourists visiting Tahko. The findings indicate that public authorities are active in promoting the sustaina- ble development of the resort. Nevertheless the Russian tourists consider that sustainable development should be promoted further. The results of this research improve the understanding of sustainable development of tourism in Tahko.