Definition
The Baltic Sea Region
There are different approaches to the definition of the Baltic region. They depend on the objectives of the study. We will consider the Baltic region as the territory of countries with access to the Baltic Sea.
Sustainable Tourism
There are different approaches toward the definition of the term “sustainable tourism.” The most commonly used is close to the general definition of the sustainable development but applying not to all the population, but just to visitors who must respect and preserve the environment in the destination for future travelers. However, 1 day each of us becomes “a visitor.” Another approach defining it stresses the triangular essence of the term, based on economic, social, and environmental impacts, arising during travel “addressing the needs of visitors, the industry, the environment and host communities” (Making Tourism More Sustainable: A Guide for Policy...
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Kropinova, E.G. (2021). Transborder Cooperation for Sustainable Tourism in the Baltic Sea Region. In: Leal Filho, W., Marisa Azul, A., Brandli, L., Lange Salvia, A., Wall, T. (eds) Partnerships for the Goals. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95963-4_86
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