The Impact of Sustainable Tourism from the Point of View of Economic, Socio-Cultural and Environmental Dynamics

The purpose of this research study is to review the development of sustainable tourism from the point of regulations, stakeholders in tourism and local communities related to the phenomena of community cultural change due to uncontrolled tourism business. The research mechanism is carried out with a qualitative approach based on the phenomenological paradigm. The location of the research study is in a tourism area in Bali, Indonesia. The main informants are the ministry of tourism and creative economy, Bali representatives, stakeholders in tourism, and the community or tourists. Data validity is triangulated to produce valid and reliable data. The results of the research study found that sustainable tourism regulations are important to be established and strengthened to ensure there is no overlap and to provide comfort and security for tourism actors, tourists and tourism business managers, and local communities. Sustainable require management control for effective governance, implying that tourism management leads to good governance in tourism, supports sustainable development goals, and is based on the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC). Furthermore, the impact of tourism development on the economy of local communities, socio-culture, and the environment is clearly evident. That, sustainable tourism is a tourism management system based on sustainability principles and synergizing with business, socio-cultural, and environmental aspects of tourism management. The research contributes to directing a GSTC-based sustainable tourism management mechanism that is applied to all elements of tourism, thereby suggesting more assertive regulatory changes and supporting the development of sustainable tourism with the aim of achieving sustainable development goals.