The Importance of Environmental Safety in The Application of The Concept of Smart Tourist Destinations

When the development of tourism is based on the principles of sustainable development it also contains a segment of environmental safety, because the concept of sustainable tourism is unattainable if the environmental safety indicators are not characterized in the right way. The smart tourist destination concept is based on the widespread use of advanced technologies and all types of data to improve overall destination management, and thus its prominence and competitiveness. Problems that have arisen in the environment, as a consequence of anthropogenic actions, have conditioned a different understanding of safety and the connection of environmental issues and safety. Environmental protection is an unavoidable factor of internal stability and safety, and the problems of endangering the environment are not only problems of internal, but also of global safety. Environmental safety refers to the relative safety of the public from environmental hazards caused by natural or human activity, environmental incidents, poor management or causes located within or outside national borders. Comparative indicators of sustainable tourism integrate indicators of environmental safety as a kind of warning indicators that provide a picture of the state of the environment and impacts that tourism has on certain media: water, air, biodiversity, soil.