RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Spanish Tourist Sector Sustainability: Recovery Plan, Green Jobs and Wellbeing Opportunity A1 Gonzalez Arnedo, Esther A1 Valero-Matas, Jesús-Alberto A1 Sanchez Bayón, Antonio K1 political economy; economic policies; European Green Deal; recovery plan; green jobs; wellbeing economics; Spanish tourism and hospitality sector K1 political economy; economic policies; European Green Deal; recovery plan; green jobs; wellbeing economics; Spanish tourism and hospitality sector K1 6307.06 Desarrollo socioeconómico K1 6311.04 Sociología Rural AB This paper presents an overview on political economy and economic policies into the European Green Deal framework and the Spanish recovery plan, with special attention to the tourism sector and actual opportunities for green jobs in the Spanish tourism market. Firstly, there is a literature review, combining the scientific production with professional and institutional literature, to understand the topic development, from the former restrictive point to the wider current view. Secondly, a case study about the green jobs opportunity in the Spanish hotel industry is presented, taking into account wellbeing economics, for the renewal of the Spanish tourism industry. Methodology combines the qualitative analysis of literature and the qualitative review of the CSR reports from top Spanish hotel chains as well as the feedback of sustainability experts at the hotel industry. This paper provides valuable information to improve the sectorial recovery plan and coordinate the policymakers and the business managers and entrepreneurs. SN 1050 YR 2021 FD 2021 LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/65556 UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/65556 LA eng NO Sustainability 2021, 13, 11447. NO Producción Científica DS UVaDOC RD 29-may-2024