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The manner in which tourist destinations and relevant stakeholders learn about Sustainable Tourism Indicators is ill-known. Also, the extent and mechanism of putting the knowledge gained into sustainable management practices by these destinations remain largely unexplored. Hence, this study is primarily aimed towards exploring how and to what extent tourism destinations and their associated stakeholders’ networks are learning about Sustainable Tourism Indicators (STIs), what are the specific circumstances of their learning, and how these affect their policy decisions on sustainable destination governance. In doing so, this study- employing realist evaluation, a theory-based process evaluation methodology- will attempt to identify the contexts within which particular mechanisms trigger specific destinations and relevant stakeholders to learn and employ STIs (i.e., the black box of decision-making). Thus, this study will contribute to the formulation of Evidence-Based Policy to facilitate the successful implementation of STIs and the sustainable management of tourism destinations.