Vanessa GB Gowreesunkar – författare

Social Responsibility in Hospitality and Tourism: Bridging Education and Practice offers a comprehensive examination and framework for integrating social responsibility into hospitality and tourism. It provides actionable strategies to bridge the gap between academic theory and professional practice.This book delivers practical guidance for implementing ethical, sustainable operations by critically examining the challenges in managing and training for social responsibility. It presents examples from international case studies and research insights, enabling educational programs and business practices to be designed in a way that foster responsible decision-making and becomes a catalyst for positive social change.This book is an essential resource for hospitality and tourism educators, academic researchers, and industry professionals and managers committed to ethical and sustainable practices.

With a special focus on social and cultural aspects of tourism and travel, this novel work brings out the latest in anthropology of tourism by laying the foundations of a new understanding of the intersection between tourism and social science. The volume offers an eclectic selection of topics that discuss the nature and evolution of tourism anthropology over the decades. It reflects on how tourism development affects social change. The book considers tourism’s new problems and old solutions after the new normal created by the COVID-19 pandemic and its effect on the tourism industry. Chapters discuss the influence of sociodemographic characteristics of local community perceptions toward conservation and tourism; tourism destinations that embrace smart technology; how human rights affect tourism choices; the impact of borders, biopolitics, and travel bans on tourism; the growth of dark and thana-tourism; and more.

2020 has left an indelible mark on the history of travel and tourism worldwide leaving tourist destinations with long-term lessons to learn from the impacts of COVID-19. Tourism destinations are looking for new guidelines and original research that offer management solutions to deal with the damage wrought by the pandemic. Tourism Destination Management in a Post-Pandemic Context gives an enriching insight into the issues and challenges faced by tourism destinations during and after the pandemic, exposing emerging trends and proposing novel management solutions in order to develop coping capacities of destinations and build resilience against the effects of potential future pandemics Drawing on lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic, this expansive collection presents cases and competency frameworks to advance theoretical and empirical knowledge in the management of destinations post-pandemic.

This book delves into tourist behavior and sustainable tourism, especially in the post-pandemic era. Amid the pandemic, Ukraine-Russia tensions, social shifts, geopolitical changes, and climate concerns, the tourism industry has witnessed significant shifts in travel patterns. The sector now grapples with newfound complexities driven by emerging tourism experiences, niche markets, and technology-driven services. Interestingly, these complexities have paved the way for more sustainable consumption patterns.Contributors in Volume I explore the tourism industry's enhanced resilience. The book suggests solutions across nine thematic areas aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. In summary, it explores the evolving landscape of tourist behavior and its implications for tourism resilience in a rapidly changing world.

This book delves into tourist behavior and sustainable tourism, especially in the post-pandemic era. Interestingly, these complexities have paved the way for more sustainable consumption patterns. Contributors in Volume I explore the tourism industry's enhanced resilience.

This book delves into tourist behavior and sustainable tourism, especially in the post-pandemic era. Amid the pandemic, Ukraine-Russia tensions, social shifts, geopolitical changes, and climate concerns, the tourism industry has witnessed significant shifts in travel patterns. The sector now grapples with newfound complexities driven by emerging tourism experiences, niche markets, and technology-driven services. Interestingly, these complexities have paved the way for more sustainable consumption patterns.Contributors in Volume II, explore sustainable development with topics such as environmental and economic sustainability, as well as governance and ethics covered. Taken together, these collections propose solutions in nine thematic areas that are relevant to the UN Sustainable Development G