Centre for Sustainable Tourism & TransportAnnual report 2010

The BluePlan project for UNEP focused on the impacts of reducing(air) transport carbon emissions on Mediterranean tourism flows, andpolicy scenarios to achieve such reductions.

For Dutch tour operator Sawadee, a tool to include the carbon emissions of their product portfolio in the company’s strategicmanagement was developed.

For the Sustainable Destination Norway project, a ‘serious game’ session was held at the Third Balestrand Summit. Assistance was provided with the development of a holiday carbon footprint for allGerman tourists (domestic and international).

Furthermore, a number of projects started in 2010, like Slow Tour(sustainable lake tourism for DG ENTER), Maashorsten (GIS analysis ofrecreational pressure and nature conservation) and an evaluation ofwater sports sustainability in the Netherlands for the German FederalState of Brandenburg.

Many students found their way to the CSTT for doing their final theseswith a variety of subjects from international rail travel to a systemdynamics model of tourism in Norway and the impacts of eco-tourismand sex tourism. An exchange program under NUFFIC has been startedup with Brazil and Dr. Salomao Farias from UFPE visited NHTV inNovember, a research proposal has been written about transformativeconsumer research and sustainability in tourism: a comparative studyPernambuco/Brazil and the Netherlands.

The public output comprised a TV interview on the 19th of April withVARA’s consumer program ‘De Volgende Vraag’ (The next question),where Eke Eijgelaar covered topics around air transport and tourism’simpact on the climate. Unfortunately, the program turned out to be

2010 turned out to be a year of harvest: a total of 15reviewed journal papers were (co-) authored by CSTTemployees out of a total of 23 scientific publications.2010 was also a year with delivery of the reports forseveral cross-cutting research projects.

Introduction

Referencesvan Dijk, T. (2010) Hazardous holidays. TU Delta. Delft: TU Delft.Nawijn, J., Marchand, M., Veenhoven, R. & Vingerhoets, A. (2010)Vacationers Happier, but Most not Happier After a Holiday. AppliedResearch in Quality of Life, in press, 1-13.

dominated by the problems in air transport caused by volcanic ashfrom Iceland, which was just hitting the headlines. Paul Peeters andEke also provided information for an article on sustainable travel inthe summer edition of the consumer magazine Consumenten Reisgids. Furthermore, a paper written by Jeroen Nawijn (Nawijn et al. 2010) hit the headlines in the USA with articles on hundreds of websites (likeTime and New York Times) and a spinoff in the Netherlands through aTV interview with ‘Consumenten24’ and radio interviews with‘Wereldomroep’, ‘rtvRijnmond’ and ‘Radio Gelderland’. Furthermore,there were many news items in magazines/newspapers like AD, Psychologie, ésta, and Quest. Paul was interviewed by the Delft University newsletter TU Delta (see van Dijk 2010), which covered therole of tourism in climate change. Another interview with Paul, aboutthe difficulties of sustainable tourism to long haul destinations, waspublished in the Dutch newspaper Trouw on 20th February 2010. Furthermore, ANVR Magazine published a short item about the minorSustainable Business Development, for which Lilian Wanderley provided the information.

The scientific output comprised of 16 presentations at internationalconferences and seminars (see list under ‘Conference papers/presen-tations’), 23 scientific publications of which 15 in reviewed journals,and 3 reviewed book chapters. CSTT contributed to education by running its minor Sustainable Business Development at NHTV with 17 students, successfully guiding 11 other students with their (final) theses, and giving 12 guestlectures within and outside NHTV. Furthermore, CSTT developed andran the first Environment & Tourism course for the BSc Tourism inclose collaboration with Wageningen University and Research (WUR).The course attracted 24 first grade students. Furthermore, CSTTemployees were involved in the courses Tourism Economics and ofPrinciples of Tourism for the same bachelor. To conclude, preparationsstarted for the BSc second year Tourism Systems Analyses and Business ethics courses that will start in 2012 respectively 2011.

A significant share of the CSTT income is generated by projects forthird parties. The ‘Projects’ overview shows we were working on sixprojects with a total value of almost d 100,000. A small share of theseprojects will continue in 2011. The overall trend of revenues is stableas we expect to generate some d 100,000 again in 2011.

Employees working with CSTT in 2010 were: Claudia Erdkamp, Eke Eijgelaar, Jeroen Nawijn, Martin Landré, Lilian Wanderley, Pieter Piket, Kim de Bruijn and Paul Peeters.

> Andersen, O., Gössling, S., Simonsen, M., Walnum, H.J., Peeters, P.& Neiberger, C. (2010) CO2 emissions from the transport of China’sexported goods. Energy Policy

> de Bruijn, K., Dirven, R., Eijgelaar, E. & Peeters, P. (2010) Travellinglarge in 2008: The carbon footprint of Dutch holidaymakers in 2008and the development since 2002. Breda, Netherlands: NHTV BredaUniversity of Applied Sciences; NRIT Research; NBTC-NIPOResearch.

> Eijgelaar, E., Thaper, C. & Peeters, P. (2010) Antarctic cruise tourism: the paradoxes of ambassadorship, “last chance tourism” and GHG emissions. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 18 (3), 337–354.

> Gössling, S., Hall, C. M., Peeters, P. & Scott, D. (2010) The Future of Tourism: Can Tourism Growth and Climate Policy be Reconciled? A Climate Change Mitigation Perspective. Tourism RecreationResearch, vol 35, no. 2, pp. 119-130

> Landré, M., Pryag, G. (2010). Hamilton City New Zealand: clusteringpatterns from 1996 to 2008. International Journal of ContemporaryHospitality Management.

> Nawijn, J. (2010). Happiness through Vacationing: Just a TemporaryBoost or Long-Term Benefits? Journal of Happiness Studies, doi:10.1007/s10902-10010-19221-y.

> Nawijn, J. (2010). The Holiday Happiness Curve: A PreliminaryInvestigation into Mood During a Holiday Abroad. InternationalJournal of Tourism Research, 12(3), 281-290.

> Nawijn, J., Marchand, M., Veenhoven, R., & Vingerhoets, A. (2010).Vacationers Happier, but Most Not Happier after a Holiday. AppliedResearch in Quality of Life, 5(1), 35-47.

> Nawijn, J., & Peeters, P. M. (2010). Travelling ‘Green’: Is Tourists’Happiness at Stake? Current Issues in Tourism, 13(4), 381–392.

> Nawijn, J., & Veenhoven, R. (forthcoming). The Effect of LeisureActivities on Life Satisfaction: The Importance of Holiday Trips. In I. Brdar (Ed.), The Human Pursuit of Well-Being: A Cross CulturalApproach: Springer.

> Nawijn, J. (in press). Determinants of Daily Happiness on Vacation.Journal of Travel Research.

> Nawijn, J. (in press) Happiness Through Vacationing: Just a Tempo-rary Boost or Long-Term Benefits? Journal of Happiness Studies.

Scientific Publications

> Nawijn, J., & Veenhoven, R. (forthcoming). Happiness through Leisure. In T. Freire (Ed.), Positive Leisure Science: From SubjectiveExperience to Social Contexts: Springer.

> Peeters, P., Eijgelaar, E., De Bruijn, K. & Dirven, R. (2010) De ‘Car-bon Footprint’ van de Nederlandse vakantieganger. IN CBS (Ed.)Toerisme en recreatie in cijfers 2010, 124-135. The Hague/Heerlen,Netherlands: Statistics Netherlands (CBS).

> Peeters, P. M. & Dubois, G. (2010) Exploring tourism travel under climate change mitigation constraints. Journal of TransportGeography, vol 18, pp. 447-457

> Peeters, P. (2010) Transport technology, tourism and climatechange. In Schott (Ed.), Tourism and the Implications of ClimateChange: Issues and Actions, vol 3, pp. 67-90. Bingley (UK): Emerald

> Peeters, P. (2010) Gestion de l’énergie Transport aérien et tourismeen Méditerranée. Modélisation: méthodologie et sources de données. Marseille: TEC

> Peeters, P., Gössling, S. & Becken, S. (2010) Innovation towardstourism sustainability: climate change and aviation. IN Becken, S.(Ed.) Tourism and environment, 372-388. Cheltenham UK: Edwardelgar Publishing Limited.

> Scott, D., Peeters, P. & Gössling, S. (2010) Can tourism deliver its‘aspirational’ greenhouse gas emission reduction targets? Journal of Sustainable Tourism, vol 8, no 3, pp. 393-408

> Sousa Filho, Wanderley, L.S.O., J.M., Gómez, C.P., Farache, F.(2010) Strategic corporate responsibility management for competitive advantage. BAR, Brazilian Administration Review

> Sousa Filho, J. M. ; Lucian, R. ; Farache, F. ; Wanderley, L.S.O.(2010). Comunicação da responsabilidade social na internet: um estudo utilizando modelagens de equações estruturais (CSRcommunication on the web: a structural equations modeling study) .In: CAEPM. (Org.). Arenas da Comunicação com o Mercado: articulações entre consumo, entretenimento e cultura.. São Paulo:Alameda, 2010, v. , p. 273-299.

> Wanderley, L.S.O., Sousa Filho, J.M., França, N.R.C. (2010) Estratégia socioambiental empresarial: Carrefour e Pão de Açúcarem abordagem comparada. Base (UNISINOS), Porto Alegre, Brazil.

> Wanderley, L.S.O.; Wildes, V.J. (2010). Applying & Publishing GRIframework in Transport Companies. Rethink. Redesign. Rebuild.CSR Reporting and Climate Change. Gestao.Org – Revista Eletronicade Gestao Organizational – 8 (3): 437-456 Set/Dez 2010.http://www.ufpe.br/gestaoorg/index.php/gestao/article/view/249/190.

> De Bruin, K. (2010) Sustainabledestination Norway, Scenario2025. Presentation at TRCConference, March 2010, Vienna

> Eijgelaar, E. (2010) Climatechange, tourism and develop -ing countries: A scientificbackground. Climate Justice &Tourism: Myths surroundingtourism and climate policies.Side event on the occasion ofthe UNFCCC climate changetalks in Bonn 2010 and theTourism European EcumenicalNetwork (TEN) Meeting,4.6.2010. Bonn, Germany.

> Eijgelaar, E. (2010) The IronCurtain Trail as a EuroVelo route– strengths and weaknesses:Results from the EuroVelo study. Presentation at The Iron Curtain Trail concludingawareness-raising workshopwith special focus on South-Eastern European countries,16.3.2010. Sofia, Bulgaria.

> Eijgelaar, E. (2010) Potenzialund Attraktivität der D-Route3: Einschätzungen aus Sichtder Studie zum europäischenFahrradnetzwerk Eurovelo[Potential and attractivenessof D-Route 3: Assessment fromthe viewpoint of the EuroVelostudy]. Presentation at the 3.Information seminar on thepilot project "Interstate exten-sion and marketing of D-Route3". 29.4.2010 Schwielow-see/Potsdam, Germany.

> Eijgelaar, E., Lumsdon, L.,Piket, P. & Weston, R. (2010a)Impacts of European cycletourism. Presentation at theRGS-IBG Annual InternationalConference, 1 September2010. London, UK.

> Nawijn, J. (2010) Happinessthrough Vacationing. Paperpresented at the ATLAS PhDColloquium, Cyprus Universityof Technology, 2 November2010, Cyprus

> Nawijn, J. (2010) Happinessthrough vacationing. Paperpresented at EUR HappinessSeminar

> Peeters, P., Ceron, J.P., Dubois,G. & Gössling, S. (2010) Thedynamics of tourism transportand climate mitigation policies.Presentation at the RGS-IBGAnnual International Confe-rence, 1-3.9.2010. London UK

> Piket, P., Eijgelaar, E. & Peeters, P. (2010) Tourismtransport scenarios in the era of climate change: Aninconvenient choice. XVII ISAWorld Congress of Sociology,11-17.7.2010. Gothenburg,Sweden: International Sociological Association.

> Wanderley, L. (2010) Applying& Publishing GRI Framework inthe TTI-8. Presentation at theEBEN UK 2010 Conference, 7-9.4.2010 London UK

> Wanderley, L. (2010) TheSeven Sins of Greenwashing in the Hotel Industry. Presen-tation at the EBEN UK 2010Conference, 7-9.4.2010 London UK

> Wanderley, L. (2010) Corpora-te Social Responsibility Infor-mation Disclosure on the Webin Financial Companies fromnon-OCDE Countries. Presen-tation at the Global ReportingInitiative-GRI Conference2010, 26-28.5.2010 Amster-dam The Netherlands

> Wanderley, L. (2010) StrategicCSR in a stigmatized industry:the competitive advantage ofMN Chemicals. Presentation atthe Eben Research ConferenceFinland, 14-16.6.2010 Tampere, Finland

> Wanderley, L. (2010) CSRreporting in the aviation industry: a comparisonbetween airlines in mature andemerging economies. Presen-tation at the EBEN ResearchConference Finland, 14-16.6.2010 Tampere, Finland

> Wanderley, L. (2010) Co-creating Education for Sustainability. Presentation at the ERSCP-EMSU 2010, 25-29.10.2010 Delft, The Netherlands

> Wanderley, L. (2010) Tourism for Sustainablility in a Co-creation Research Perspective: an integrativeagenda for critical studies intourism. Presentation at the ERSCP-EMSU 2010, 25-29.10.2010 Delft, The Netherlands

Conference Papers/Presentations

ProjectsProject title Gestion de l’énergie: transport aérien et tourisme en MéditerranéeYear 2009-2010Period 1-9-2009 until 31-08-2010Budget d 15.737,75Client Blue Plan regional activity centre (UNEP/MAP), subcontracted through TEC Conseille,

MarseilleReport/product Carbon footprint model and emission scenarios of Mediterranean to assess the impacts

of climate mitigation policies on (air transport based) tourism

Project title Sustainable Destination Norway 2025Year 2009/2010Period 01-09-2009 until 31-08-2010Budget d 45,000Client The Research Council of Norway, subcontracted through Vestlandsforsking

(West-Norway Research Institute)Report/product Model and scenarios for sustainable (low-carbon emission) Norwegian tourism by 2025

Project title Inventory of greenhouse gas emissions of tour operator product portfolioYear 2009/2010Period 01-09-2009 until 31-08-2010Budget d 7,500Client Sawadee Reizen/Innovation Voucher SENTERReport/product Carbon footprint and carbon reduction strategy report 2010, excel database/model for

future monitoring

Project title SLOW TOURISM-Sustainable Lake Oriented Walking TourismYear 2009/2010Period 01-06-2010 until 31-08-2011Budget d 45,000Client European Commission (DG-Enterprise), subcontracted through Comunitá Montana

Associazione dei Comuni Trasimeno-Medio TevereReport/product Report with best practise examples and guidelines for sustainable tourism in lake

destinations

Project title German holiday footprintYear 2010Period 01-06-2010 until 31-12-2010Budget d 5,000Client AtmosfairReport/product Report with carbon footprint for accommodations and transport for al holiday making by

German (domestic and international) tourists

Project title Recreatieonderzoek De MaashorstYear 2010Period August, September and October 2010Budget d 5,400Client Stuurgroep De MaashorstReport/product Benchmark with regard to the current leisure visits to the Maashorst area (Nulmeting

betreffende het huidige toeristisch-recreatieve bezoek aan gebied De Maashorst)

Project title Umwelt- und klimafreundliche Technologien in den Wassersportrevieren der NiederlandeYear 2010/2011Period 15-12-2010 until 31-03-2011Budget d 3,000Client HNE Eberswalde, subcontractor of Land BrandenburgReport/product Report with best practise examples and guidelines for sustainable tourism in lake

destinations.

Supervisor

Eke Eijgelaar

Eke Eijgelaar

Jeroen Nawijn

Jeroen Nawijn

Jeroen Nawijn

Jeroen Nawijn

Paul Peeters

Pieter Piket

Lilian Wanderley/Paul Peeters

Lilian Wanderley

Lilian Wanderley

Student

Koopmans, J.

Götte, E.

Antimova, R.

Reman, M.

Uzunova, K.

Kamp, S.

Tiemensma, S.

Lauermann, N.

Van Zaane, M.

Gurturk, A.

Schilds, J.

Thesis title

The environmental sustainability of organisedNorth American and European cycle tourism: an analysis of cycle tourists and cycle tourismproducts

Slow travel – A focus group analysis on the arguments about train travel

Hypermobility in Tourism.

Tourism, Subjective Well-Being and Poverty

Subjective Well-Being of Residents in Palma De Mallorca

Goal Striving and Subjective Well-Being of Backpackers

A System Dynamics Study of Sustainable Tourismin Norway. Exploring the use of Serious Gamingas a way of communicating the important lessonsto novice model users.

Evaluation of the risk/vulnerability of tourism in developing countries caused by prospectiveclimate protection policies restricting long-haulin the world’s major travel source markets.

The Market for International Rail Travel

Stategic CSR in a Stigmatized Industry: the competitive advantage of MN chemicals

Corporate Social Responsibility in the Convention Industry: a multiple case study

Academy/Institution

NHTV (ITMC)

NHTV (ITMC)

NHTV

NHTV

NHTV

NHTV

TU Delft

NHTV (ETM)

NHTV

NHTV (SBM)

NHTV

Thesis Assignments

N H T VCentre for Sustainable Tourism & Transport (CSTT)P.O. Box 39174800 DX BredaThe NetherlandsT +31-76-533 22 03F +31-76-533 22 05cstt@nhtv.nlwww.cstt.nl / www.nhtv.nl

Institute

NHTV Breda

NHTV Breda

NHTV Breda

NHTV Breda

NHTV Breda

NHTV Breda

NHTV Breda

NHTV Breda

NHTV Breda

NHTV Breda

Vidzeme Augstskola University of Applies Sciences

NHTV Breda

NHTV Breda

NHTV Breda

Maastricht School of Management

NHTV Breda

Participant

Eke Eijgelaar

Eke Eijgelaar

Eke Eijgelaar

Eke Eijgelaar

Jeroen Nawijn

Jeroen Nawijn

Paul Peeters

Lilian Wanderley

Lilian Wanderley

Lilian Wanderley

Lilian Wanderley

Lilian Wanderley

Lilian Wanderley

Lilian Wanderley

Lilian Wanderley

Lilian Wanderley

Subject

Guest lecture CPO2: “Tourism, transport and the environment” (in Dutch)

Guest lecture FBTR-TM: “Tourism, transport, environment and climate change” (in Dutch)

Guest lecture for Master students Eberswalde University of Applied Sciences (Sustainable Tourism Management programme):“Tourism emissions and climate change”

Lecture Minor SBD: “Tourism, transport and global environmentalchange”

Guest lecture Tourism Destination Master: “Happiness throughvacationing”

Guest lecture Minor SBD: “Happiness through vacationing”

Guest lecture European Tourism Master/Tourism Destination Master

Minor coordinator Sustainable Business Development

Guest lecture Mobility and Logistics - CSR in Logistics

Broodje Onderzoek lunch meeting – CSR and NHTV

Baltic Summer School (Valmeira, Latvia) - Sustainable BusinessDevelopment

Guest lecture BSc in Tourism – CSR in Tourism.

Guest lecture Master in Imagineering – Organizational Theory

Guest lecture SBM (Pre-Master) – Corporate Social Responsibility

Guest lecture MSM in Maastricht – CSR in Emerging Economies

Guest lecture Tourism Principles & Practice for the ETM Master –CSR in Tourism.

Date

09-03-2010

06-04-2010

09-06-2010

07-09-2010

November

September

28-09-2010

Sept.-Nov. 2010

January

June

August

September

September

September

November

November

Courses/Guest Lectures (sample)