SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION AND INNOVATION IN TOURISM. A REVIEW OF THE CURRENT STATUS

Sustainable consumption has been enacted as a strategy that helps the efficient management of natural resources. Therefore, this article makes a systematic review of the information on the current state of scientific research related to sustainable consumption in tourism. The main objective is to analyze the evolution and main characteristics of the works during the period 1990-2020. Once the review was performed in the Redalyc, Scimago and Scopus databases, 128 studies fulfilled the inclusion criteria. From the use of the Atlas ti 8 software, it was possible to code and group the objectives and areas of application of this type of consumption. The results show the following frequency in relation to the objectives: good practices-offer 55.45%; 2) consumer-demand habits 38.3% and 3) public policies and environmental regulations 6.25%. On the other hand, the areas where this type of practice is implemented are: lodging establishments 63%, food and beverage establishments 25%, means of transport 10% and events 2%. The software used also allowed us to analyze, through a co-occurrence table, the relationship coefficient between the objectives of sustainable consumption and innovation, this being positive (0.72).