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Spanish Tourist Sector Sustainability: Recovery Plan, Green Jobs and Wellbeing Opportunity

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  • Esther González Arnedo

    (Business Economics, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, 28033 Madrid, Spain
    EAE Business School, 28002 Madrid, Spain)

  • Jesús Alberto Valero-Matas

    (Department of Sociology and Social Work, Universidad de Valladolid, 47002 Valladolid, Spain)

  • Antonio Sánchez-Bayón

    (Business Economics (ADO), Applied Economics II and Fundamentals of Economic Analysis, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, 28033 Madrid, Spain
    Centro de Doctorado Henry Hazlitt, Universidad Francisco Marroquín, Guatemala 01010, Guatemala)

Abstract

This paper presents an overview on political economy and economic policies into the European Green Deal framework and the Spanish recovery plan, with special attention to the tourism sector and actual opportunities for green jobs in the Spanish tourism market. Firstly, there is a literature review, combining the scientific production with professional and institutional literature, to understand the topic development, from the former restrictive point to the wider current view. Secondly, a case study about the green jobs opportunity in the Spanish hotel industry is presented, taking into account wellbeing economics, for the renewal of the Spanish tourism industry. Methodology combines the qualitative analysis of literature and the qualitative review of the CSR reports from top Spanish hotel chains as well as the feedback of sustainability experts at the hotel industry. This paper provides valuable information to improve the sectorial recovery plan and coordinate the policymakers and the business managers and entrepreneurs.

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  • Esther González Arnedo & Jesús Alberto Valero-Matas & Antonio Sánchez-Bayón, 2021. "Spanish Tourist Sector Sustainability: Recovery Plan, Green Jobs and Wellbeing Opportunity," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(20), pages 1-17, October.
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