%D 2021
%T Stakeholder Participation in Sustainable Tourism Development in Amsterdam
%X The tourism industry is experiencing a low due to the COVID-19 virus. Before this pandemic however, there are various cities all around the world that were coping, and will probably have to cope again with a surge of mass tourism in the future. Amsterdam is such a city where a lot of media attention goes to the negative side of mass tourism, with examples of tourists taking over the city. To prevent this from happening local municipalities develop sustainable tourism policies which very often do not work as they would have hoped for. One of the reasons for this is that in sustainable development a lot of stakeholders are involved. Stakeholder participation is argued to be one of the most (if not the most) important elements contributing to sustainable tourism development. This research focusses on the current experiences of the residents, tourism industry and municipality of the current level of stakeholder participation. In addition, a set of pivotal factors in successful stakeholder participation have been distinguished, which will help the stakeholders to participate in the development. The key findings of this research are the stakeholders in Amsterdam are mostly at a level of nonparticipation which needs to change in order to achieve more successful sustainable tourism development. Furthermore, clear communication, early involvement and a high degree of influence has been established as the factors that could help the stakeholder to participate more and therewith generate more successful sustainable tourism development.
%L theses_frw3640
%A Viktor Lambert van Straaten