Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Gabriela Nicoleta Diaconescu Author-Name-First: Gabriela Nicoleta Author-Name-Last: Diaconescu Author-Email: gabriela132@rocketmail.com Author-Workplace-Name: Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania Author-Name: Gabriela Cecilia Stănciulescu Author-Name-First: Gabriela Cecilia Author-Name-Last: Stănciulescu Author-Email: cecilia.stanciulescu@gmail.com Author-Workplace-Name: Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania Title: Sustainable Development as a Human Principle, a Social Model in Tourism Journal: CACTUS - The Tourism Journal for Research, Education, Culture and Soul Abstract: 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 Classification-JEL: O15, Q01, Z32 Creation-Date: 2015 Year: 2015 Volume: 12 Issue: 1 File-URL: https://cactus-journal-of-tourism.ase.ro/Pdf/vol12/Diaconescu.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:bum:cactus:cactus-2015-9