La integración de la Agenda 2030 en la política turística: el caso de España

Abstract

For years, sustainability has been one of the major challenges of tourism policy. In this context, the 2030 Agenda can become an important tool for working towards sustainability in the tourism sector, as it is a comprehensive and cross-cutting agenda, that includes the economic, social and environmental spheres from an indivisible perspective. This article aims to analyze the integration of the 2030 Agenda into Spanish tourism policy. To do so, qualitative methodology is used, through the technique of content analysis of the guiding documents of this sectoral policy in Spain. Three dimensions of analysis are addressed: problems, values and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The results show that, although Spanish tourism policy incorporates some key issues of the 2030 Agenda, it has a greater focus on the economic and environmental dimensions, while the social dimension is incorporated in a more limited way. These findings show that tourism policy has its own interests and logics from which it approaches each of the dimensions of sustainability.