INTEREST CATEGORY: MARKETING AND SOCIETY, SECTORS
POSTING TYPE: Calls: Journals

Author: Pantea Foroudi

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Special Issue: Sustainability

Sustainable Tourism in International Context: Solutions during and after the Global Pandemic Crisis

 Guest editors:

Pantea Foroudi
P.Foroudi@mdx.ac.uk

Maria Palazzo
mpalazzo@unisa.it

 Dan-Cristian Dabija
cristian.dabija@ econ.ubbcluj.ro

Global tourist arrivals have increased from 25 million internationally in 1950 to 278m in 1980, 527m in 1995, 1.32 billion in 2017, and it is expected to reach 1.8 billion by 2030. How do we make a sustainable global tourism, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic? The concept of tourism sustainability is progressively becoming a / the complex issues in how companies, stakeholders, and governments meet the ever-growing demands and opportunities on a global scale. In this special issue, the guest editors  try to address global economic, environmental and social aspects of sustainable development in tourism through policies, best practices, strategies and initiatives with all stakeholders including indigenous people, local communities, visitors, industry and government. We aim to (i) understand the most important elements of sustainable tourism and connections among human development and the environment, (ii) how protecting the planet and maintaining the resources could support environment and reaching inclusive and sustainable economic growth on the level of local destinations; promoting social inclusiveness, creating employment and aiming at poverty reduction in the tourism field; attaining resource efficiency, endorsing environmental protection and taking under control climate change; spreading cultural values, sustaining cultural diversity and raising awareness of heritage’s value; providing opportunities for mutual understanding, peace and security, considering tourism as a powerful tool for soft diplomacy; sustainable tourism strategies during/after the global pandemic crises; young consumers and their preference for sustainable tourism practices and initiatives.

The purpose of this call for paper is to address global economic, environmental and social aspects of sustainable development in tourism through policies, best practices, strategies and initiatives with all stakeholders including indigenous people, local communities, visitors, industry and government. We aim to (i) understand the most important elements of sustainable tourism and connections among human development and the environment, (ii) how protecting the planet and maintaining the resources could support environment and reaching inclusive and sustainable economic growth on the level of local destinations; promoting social inclusiveness, creating employment and aiming at poverty reduction in the tourism field; attaining resource efficiency, endorsing environmental protection and taking under control climate change; spreading cultural values, sustaining cultural diversity and raising awareness of heritage’s value; providing opportunities for mutual understanding, peace and security, considering tourism as a powerful tool for soft diplomacy; sustainable tourism strategies during/after the global pandemic crises; young consumers and their preference for sustainable tourism practices and initiatives. All these scopes, if reached, will have the effect of decreasing the influence of the entire tourist sector on climate change and radically decreasing strong reliance on non-renewable sources of energy, since tourism-related consumption of them has negative ecological consequences (UN, 2017; 2018; 2019), but, in concert, they will also help to break down cultural barriers and build bridges between tourists and hosts (SDG, tourism4development2019.org).

 

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https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability/special_issues/sustainable_tourism_international_context