Governance, corporate social responsibility and cooperation in sustainable tourist destinations: the case of the island of Fuerteventura

Abstract

This paper reflects on governance, corporate social responsibility (CSR) and public-private cooperation in sustainable tourist destinations. The empirical analysis focuses on the island of Fuerteventura (the Canary Islands), where a process of coordinated decision making has begun, as well as putting in place plans to modernize the destination. Those responsible for tourism hotel and non-hotel accommodation were surveyed to assess the importance given to CSR in their companies. In particular, CSR’s environmental dimension and its relation with the public sector and other socio-economic factors, bearing in mind that Fuerteventura is a tourist destination in a Biosphere Reserve.

Keywords

• corporate social responsibility
• Fuerteventura
• governance
• public-private cooperation
• sustainability
• tourist accommodation