A systematic literature review on sustainability in the wine tourism industry: insights and perspectives
International Journal of Wine Business Research
ISSN: 1751-1062
Article publication date: 18 March 2021
Issue publication date: 12 November 2021
Abstract
Purpose
This study aims to carry out a systematic literature review to identify the factors stimulating the adoption of sustainable practices by wine tourism companies, from two perspectives: supply and demand.
Design/methodology/approach
To carry out the systematic literature review, a search in two databases – ISI Web of Science and SCOPUS – was performed to collect wine tourism and sustainability-related papers. This search allowed to identify 60 papers published during the period 2005–2020.
Findings
The analysis revealed three factors explaining the adoption of sustainable practices by wine tourism companies, from the supply perspective: competitiveness, innovation and territorial development. From the demand perspective, two factors that emerged are as follows: awareness and recognition. Sustainability strategies contribute to improving companies’ competitiveness; innovation is associated essentially with reducing the ecological footprint, whereas adaptation to new forms of consumption and territorial development is connected to economic and social development. Consumers are increasingly aware and choose sustainable and responsible lifestyles; this being reflected in their new preferences and the recognition given to firms that implement sustainable practices. The findings also show that companies are increasingly establishing goals and objectives taking sustainable development into consideration, and consumers are also aware of sustainability issues at the moment of acquiring products and services. In addition, the wine tourism sector was found to be growing worldwide.
Originality/value
The originality of the current study is based on focussing the supply and demand sides simultaneously. Furthermore, as no previous review was made in the subject of sustainability in the wine tourism sector, the findings are both innovative and original and provide valuable guidance for future research.
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Acknowledgements
This research is financed by national funds through NECE – Research Unit in Business Sciences funded by the Multiannual Funding Programme of R&D Centres of FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, under the project UIDB/04630/2020 and the research project TWINE – PTDC/GES-GCE/32259/201 7 -POCI-01-0145-FEDER-032259, financed by FEDER, through COMPETE 2020 – Operational Programme for Competitiveness and Internationalization (POCI) and by national funds (OPTDC/GES-GCE/32259/2017-E), through FCT/MCTE.
Citation
Nave, A., do Paço, A. and Duarte, P. (2021), "A systematic literature review on sustainability in the wine tourism industry: insights and perspectives", International Journal of Wine Business Research, Vol. 33 No. 4, pp. 457-480. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJWBR-09-2020-0046
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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