Sustainability Transitions in Tourism and Hospitality

Rami K. Isaac has more than 22 years of experience in tourism studies. Born in Palestine, he completed his undergraduate studies in the Netherlands, his graduate studies in the UK, and earned his PhD in Spatial Sciences from the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. He is currently an associate professor at the Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality at Bethlehem University, Palestine, and at Breda University of Applied Sciences. He was the former President of the Research Committee 50 on International Tourism, International Sociologist Association (2014–2018), and currently, he is the Vice‑President of RC50 Tourism (2018–2027). His research interests are in the area of tourism development and management, cultural heritage/dark tourism, and political aspects of tourism. He has co‑authored more than 150 scientific papers, book chapters, and edited volumes on tourism and political (in)stability, tourism interventions, safety and security, occupation, tourism and war, violence, and transformational tourism.Andrew Ngawenja Mzembe, is a Senior Lecturer at the Academy of Hotel and Facility Management of Breda University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands and a Senior Research Associate at the School of Tourism and Hospitality, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Mzembe’s research is at the intersection of business ethics, hospitality, tourism, entrepreneurship, innovation, corporate social responsibility, governance, and sustainability transitions. His research work has appeared in international scientific journals and several edited books. He has co‑authored a book entitled Rethinking Sustainability in Facilities and Workplace Management (with Melissen,F., Smit, B., and Danivska, V.).

“This is not just another academic book. It is a call to arms. It challenges scholars, practitioners, policymakers, and educators to confront the contradictions, power dynamics, and path dependencies that keep the industry stuck in business-as-usual thinking. If the tourism and hospitality sectors are serious about navigating the transition toward a liveable future, this edited collection should be required reading.”-Professor Catheryn Khoo, Research Consultant I Acaprenuer (Academic-Entrepreneur).“This thoughtful and innovative volume offers comprehensive insights into the field of sustainability transitions in tourism and hospitality. The authors draw upon empirically grounded examples to demonstrate the complexities and contradictions of the transformation process. This is a well-integrated collection of fresh methodologies and theoretical insights that illuminate an emerging challenge for the future of humanity and the planet.”-Brian King, PhD, Professor and Head, Arch H. Aplin III ’80 Department of Hospitality, Hotel Management & Tourism, Texas A&M University, USA. ”This inspiring and rich collection is grounded on evolving Sustainability Transitions agenda in tourism and hospitality research. The book highlights the role of innovations and governance in incorporating sustainability into tourism and hospitality business models, practices and strategies. The authors explore sustainability transitions within a wide range of cases and offer novel theoretical insights and highly innovative empirically grounded analyses on sustainability transitions needs.”-Jarkko Saarinen, University of Oulu, Finland.

• '1. Introduction. Part I. Realities and Practices in Sustainability Transition in Tourism and Hospitality. 2. (Re)Thinking Sustainability in Tourism Partnerships: A Hybridity Perspective. 3. Idyllic and Green? Bornholm and the Role of Sustainable Energy Transitions in Rural Destination Development. 4. Sustainability Transitions in Mega-Events: Practices and Institutional Dynamics in the Eurovision Song Contests in Malmö. 5. Tourism and Young In-Migrant Entrepreneurs in Pathways to Rural Sustainability Transitions: A Case Study of Byeongyeong-myeon in South Korea. Part II. Innovations and Sustainability Transitions. 6. Transitions towards Mobility-Efficient Tourism Destinations: Case Studies from Scandinavia. 7. Regenerative Business Practices: Reframing ideas as an Activator for Sustainability Transitions in the Tasmanian Hospitality Industry. 8. Didactical and Pedagogical Approaches in Sustainability Transitions: The Example of Systemic Co-design. 9. Warping and Weaving: Situating Societal Transitions within Graduation Pathways at the Urban Leisure and Tourism Lab, Rotterdam. Part III. Governance and Sustainability Transitions. 10. Optimising Sustainability? Sociotechnical Imaginaries and Cybernetic Governance in Tourism Transitions. 11. Actors and Agency in Sustainability Transitions in Tourism: A Supply-Side Perspective. 12. Just Sustainability Transitions through Tourism: The Case of Tourism Development in Qeshm Island. 13. Forts in (Just) Transitions: Reimagining Military Fortifications as Living Commons. Part IV. Conclusions by the Editors. 14. Conclusions by the Editors.