Sustainable tourism and its evolution in Spain

Abstract

[eng] Sustainable tourism is one of the concepts that has become very fashionable in recent years. In this paper, we will explain how this concept arose and the two types of sustainability that exist. Also, we will talk about one of the most important documents, the 2030 Agenda of Sustainable Development Goals and explain one of the most important ecological system, the circular economy. Once we are clear about what sustainable development is, we will analyze the evolution of Spain regarding sustainability, and how many sustainable establishments does each community have. Then we will see how many of these hotels are included in two sustainable reservation websites (Origorooms and Ecotur) and how these websites justify the portfolio of sustainable hotels that they have relying on in the document Agenda 2030. Therefore, as we move forward, we will see that Spain has 225 sustainable hotels which have an eco-label. We will also observe that of these accommodations, 26 are included in the Origorooms reservation webpage and 107 in Ecotur and the reasons why are not included all the 225 hotels in these webpages’ portfolios.