Towards sustainable sports tourism: Case of the Atlas and Valleys tourist territory

Abstract

in which they live. Thus, in order to meet the complex challenge of simultaneously combating poverty and degradation of nature, it is essential to find the appropriate institutional arrangements to make the use of resources more sustainable.

Under the impetus of institutions, entrepreneurs and civil societies, many developing countries embrace the new sustainable development paradigm and, in this context, sport tourism, considered as solidary and responsible, but at the same time one of the components of the tourism sector, the world's largest growing sector, and seen as a new way of sustainable use of ecosystems.

For the Atlas and Valleys destination, it is legitimate to consider the existence of an optimum to reconcile the tree key metaphors of sustainable sports tourism: valorization of environmental conservation, equitable contribution to Economic development and taking into account and responding to the needs of host communities.

This work is looking to Implement the various of sustainable tourism optimum indicators: environmental, human and economic, specific to the Atlas and Valleys destination, and propose calculation methods to operationalize these indicators through an empirical study of this destination. That will make sustainable sport tourism research strongly permeated by the knowledge economy and highly useful for sustainable development, which will undoubtedly facilitate the task of decision makers and guide their actions in the right direction.

Keywords: Sport tourism, Optimum, Sustainable development, Shared wealth.

JEL classification: L83, Z20

 Item Type: Empirical research