CACTUS CACTUS J Tour Bus Manag Econ CACTUS – Journal of Tourism Business, Management and Economics 2247-3297 ASE Publishing House Bucharest, Romania cactus-2015-9 Research Article O15, Q01, Z32 Sustainable Development as a Human Principle, a Social Model in Tourism Diaconescu Gabriela Nicoleta gabriela132@rocketmail.com Stănciulescu Gabriela Cecilia https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4791-1111 Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania 15 12 2015 12 2 15122015 Copyright © 2015, The Author(s) 2015 The Author(s) This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0). https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

Sustainable development is a reality of our society, given the urgent need to use resources efficiently turning to their ability of alternative benefits. Whether it is a profitable activity or a personal action plan, man is faced with the situation of choosing just for him and for society. The purpose of this paper is to present a social model based on the proposal of human principles as foundation for society and for sustainable development applicable in tourism. Using as a research tool the questionnaire, the study reveals how these human values contribute to the society and tourism sustainable development.

 Keywords Sustainable development human development sustainable tourism social model in tourism

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