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research suggesting only a limited capability

to find solutions which are acceptable to the

commercial market and which respond

adequately to sustainability challenges. These

authors suggest that current research leaves

unanswered critical questions such as the need

for growth in tourism, which is assumed by

default in many official statements (Hall et al.,

2015, p. 26), the meaning of ―balanced use‖

with respect to resource distribution, or the

ability of tourism (in any form) to engage and

benefit all stakeholders at the same time. With

limited space available, the introduction to this

SV does not aim to explore these research

shortcomings further, but it is important to

point out that there is a discrepancy between

the abundance of research, and its uncritical

character towards the soundness of proposed

solutions.

Lack of criticality in research can lead on the

one hand to insufficiently informed policy

recommendations and on the other hand, to a

significant loss of enthusiasm for the

sustainability concept.

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