Considering that the idea of Circular Economy and its principles is still new and not well-known in the tourism industry, we would like to introduce you to read the report, entitled “Destination: A circular tourism economy. A Handbook for transitioning toward a circular economy within the tourism and hospitality sectors in the South Baltic Region”. The Handbook presents a comprehensive view on Circular Economy. It provides a background and becomes a starting point for further work on circular services’ design, being developed during workshops and individual consulting in our CIRTOINNO project. It is also a source of inspiration and valuable knowledge for tourism business in South Baltic Region. The project results are to be implemented by project partners in the participating South Baltic regions: Pomerania (Poland), Klaipeda (Lithuania), Blekinge and Kalmar (Sweden) and Bornholm (Denmark).
An introduction to the Circular Economy
(Chaper 2) You find the concept of the Circular Economy (CE), gives a brief presentation of schools of thoughts that has been sources of inspiration for the CE, and discusses how the circular economy is distinct from the current linear economic regime.
The Context of CE: Tourism and the South Baltic Region
(Chapter 3) You can familiarize with a conceptual discussion of tourism, in order to help identify possible relative strengths and opportunities related to the characteristics of tourism, as well as to identify likely barriers related to the specificity of the sector. We define tourism and explore some fundamental challenges in relation to environmental sustainability.
The tourism and hospitality sectors in the circular economy
(chapter 4) Please find, the circular economy concepts that we have introduced in the previous chapters which applied to the three fields of focus in the tourism and hospitality sector as agreed by CIRTOINNO partners. These are:
• Accomodation
• Hotel restaurant
• The spa sector
• Jesper Manniche (PhD in Culture and Global Studies)
• Karin Topsø Larsen (PhD in Educational Planning)
• Rikke Brandt Broegaard (PhD in International Development Studies)
• Emil Holland (PhD in Geography)
Pomerania Development Agency, Poland:
• Anna Dziadkiewicz – (PhD in Economics),
Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
• Patryk Chaja (PhD, Eng.), Marta Kierek (M.Sc., Eng.)
Energikontor Sydost AB, Sweden
Andre Benaim (MSc) in strategic leadership towards sustainability, Lic. Engineering, Katrine Svensson (Msc in biology), Roger Gunnarsson
• Strategic Self-Management Institute, Lithuania
Stasys Paulauskas, (PhD in philosophy (applied sociology), Prof. of Virtualics, Innovations, Strategic Self-Management, Maritime and Smart energy)
Aleksandras Paulauskas, (MSc in Electric engineering & Management and International Maritime Law)
• Linnaeus University, Sweden
Lina Lindell (PhD in Environmental Sciences), Setayesh Sattari (PhD in Industrial Marketing), Arash Kordestani (PhD in Industrial Marketing), Hans Allmér (Lecturer in Marketing)
1.1 The purpose, target group and background of the report
1.2 The Circular Economy – a new development paradigm
1.3 Toward a circular economy within tourism in the Baltic Sea Region
1.4 The aims and methodology of the handbook
1.5 The structure of the handbook
2.1 The history of the Circular Economy concept
2.2 Distinction between linear and circular economy
2.3 CE principles as basis for (business) action
2.4 Circular business models
2.4.1 Waste as a resource business model
2.4.2 Eco-design
2.4.3 Other examples of circular business models
2.5 Consumers in the circular economy
2.5.1 Collaborative consumption
2.6 The Circular Economy understood as a regime transition
2.6.1 Innovations – socially and contextually embedded processes
2.6.2 Socio-technological transition processes
2.6.3 Enabling and constraining factors for circular business models
2.7 Analytical framework for the CIRTOINNO Handbook
3.1 Characteristics of tourism as human activity
3.1.1 Tourism – by definition unsustainable?
3.1.2 Blue and green tourism
3.1.3 Real travels vs. virtual travels
3.1.4 Tourism consumption
3.1.5 The interpersonal host-guest relationship in tourism
3.2 The tourism sector in the partner regions
3.2.1 The socio-economic background
3.2.2 Statistics on the regional tourism sectors
3.2.3 Tourism development strategies and plans
3.2.4 Institutional and governance conditions for innovation in tourism
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Accommodation
4.2.1 Introduction
4.2.2 Building and construction
4.2.3 Refurbishing and decorating
4.2.4 Circular hotel operations
4.2.5 Circular practices: management, staff and guest interaction
4.2.6 Opportunities for implementing CE elements in accommodation
4.3. Food services in hotel restaurants
4.3.1 Introduction
4.3.2 Material flows in hotel restaurants in a circular economic view
4.3.3 Food waste – biological material flows related to food and beverages
4.3.4 Other material flows in the hotel restaurant sector
4.3.5 Opportunities for implementing CE elements in hotel restaurants
4.4. The spa & wellness industry
4.4.1 Introduction
4.4.2 Sustainability issues in the spa & wellness industry
4.4.3. Opportunities for implementing CE elements within the spa industry
Preliminary recommendations to CIRTOINNO partners
Bibliography
The contents of this publication: ”Destination: A circular tourism economy” are the sole responsibility of the authors and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the European Union, the Managing Authority or the Joint Secretariat of the Interreg South Baltic Programme 2014-2020.
