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Planning and managing sustainable urban destinations
Full text linkPlanning and managing are crucial subjects for a book dedicated to sustainable urban tourism. The author decided to prepare this chapter on these subjects with the philosophy of blending academic and practitioner contributions as suggested in Chapter 8. This introduction is in four parts with the first providing the background to sustainable urban tourism including the historical and intellectual development of the topic and major contributions. The second part of the introduction identifies the chapter’s main aim and specific objectives; the third proposes the potential contributions; and the fourth outlines the chapter structure
Professional destination management trends and issues
Full text linkDestination management is a profession that is gaining more recognition worldwide. The field is also becoming increasingly professional, and this is a significant trend in tourism. After an introductory review of destination management and its key events and influential publications, there is a discussion of recent trends. The chapter then articulates the roles and competencies in professional destination management and issues and challenges facing destination management are discussed. Various stakeholder interests and roles in destination management are elaborated. The conclusion is made that professional destination management can and should make a substantial contribution to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Future trends in professional destination management are projected. The chapter ends by suggesting how this work can contribute to the literature and professional practice
Marketing and managing city tourism destinations
No full textCities are critical to tourism in all countries of the world. They are often important transportation hubs and contain extensive arrays of daytime and night-time attractions, activities and experiences. The main purpose of this chapter is to situate the tourism marketing, branding and product development of urban areas within the context of destination marketing and management. A descriptive research approach is followed using literature reviewing and expert opinion on the themes. In so doing, the author acknowledges that two streams of urban tourism research have developed, one stream within tourism journals, books, and association professional development activities; the other stream, one sub-stream of which can be called place marketing and branding, appears in similar venues related to urban studies and planning, city management, sustainable development, transportation, and other. Furthermore, it is recognized that there has been a considerable gap between city marketing practice and related academic scholarship, and both have developed rather separately.
To say that city tourism marketing is something recent is far from the truth. In fact, 1896 saw the establishment of the first city convention promotion bureau in Detroit, Michigan (Gartrell, 1988, p. 4; Travel Michigan, 2016). However, the marketing of cities has changed quite dramatically in the ensuing approximately 125 years, becoming more professional and broad-reaching, and has transformed with Web 1.0 and 2.0, the greater emphasis on destination/place branding, more concern with sustainability, and the advent of smart cities.
This chapter begins with a mini academic literature review on city tourism marketing, branding, and product development. The literature review highlights among other things that city tourism needs to be managed and not just marketed. Second, the chapter provides a short history of destination marketing and management. It demonstrates the transformation from destination marketing to destination management. The third part of the chapter is devoted to best processes and practices in city destination marketing and management. This discourse explains the multiple roles of destination management beyond just marketing and branding. The chapter ends with a short summary drawing together the strands from the previous four parts
Trends and issues with regional tourism partnership formation
Full text linkThis chapter commences by identifying recent trends in regional tourism partnerships based on a GUESS framework (growth, universality, e-marketing, sustainable development and sustainable tourism, and scope). Sixteen specific examples of regional tourism partnerships are highlighted. Then, there is a discussion of the reasons and catalysts for the increasing interest in such partnerships. Two successful partnership cases are presented (the Wild Atlantic Way and the Experience Mekong Collection). Next, the prerequisites, barriers, and challenges for partnerships are identified. The roles of stakeholders in creating and maintaining partnerships are discussed. The chapter then reviews the potential contributions of regional tourism partnerships in achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and presents six expected future trends for these partnerships. The chapter ends by outlining the potential contributions of this work
The sharing economy and urban sustainability
Full text linkThe International Journal of Tourism Cities (IJTC) in 2020 published a Special Issue entitled Overtourism and the sharing economy. The Guest Editors stated that “this breakthrough innovation has changed the tourism ecosystem and tourism destinations at all levels” (Moreno-Gil and Coca-Stefaniak, 2020, p. 1). The coupling of overtourism and the sharing economy is a common theme as the platform models are often blamed for disrupting urban communities (Grisdale, 2021; Jover and Díaz-Parra, 2022; Richards, Brown, and Dilettuso, 2020). In fact, many of the sources one reads about the sharing economy and tourism are critical and focus on the dark side (Malhotra and Van Alstyne, 2014; Rinne, 2018) of this relationship in urban areas. However, there are many positives to the sharing economy that must be considered to arrive at a fair and impartial view of this concept. Thus, the main aim of this chapter is to present a balanced account of the impacts of the sharing economy on urban sustainability based mainly on academic and practitioner literature sources. The specific objectives are to: 1. Identify the catalysts for the emergence of the sharing economy; 2. Review the perceived positive and negative impacts of the sharing economy on sustainable urban tourism; 3. Examine the corporate social responsibility initiatives of major sharing economy providers; 4. Explore stakeholder involvement and attitudes toward the sharing economy; 5. Describe the relationship of the sharing economy and sustainability; and 6. Consider the future outlook for the sharing economy in urban areas. Many contributions have been made to the academic literature on the sharing economy, and particularly since 2013. In these ten years, articles span multiple journals across numerous disciplines. A search of the Web of Science Core Collection in February 2023 indicated 2,026 sources for sharing economy * tourism, and 616 for sharing economy * hospitality. The first article involving tourism was published in 2013 by Molz in Annals of Tourism Research (Molz, 2013) and reviewed Couchsurfing.com. The most cited article was “Trust and reputation in the sharing economy: The role of personal photos in Airbnb” by Ert, Fleischer, and Magen in 2016 in Tourism Management with 724 citations. For hospitality, the most cited (487 citations) was “Sharing economy: A review and agenda for future research” by Cheng (2016), published in the International Journal of Hospitality Management. There were 245 sources for sharing economy * urban tourism, the most cited (185 citations) being “Holiday rentals: The research battlefront” in Sociological Research Online by Gant (2016). Kuhzady, Olya, Farmaki, and Ertaş (2021, p. 556), in a systematic literature review, noted a remarkable growth in publications on hospitality and tourism and the sharing economy from 2017 onward. Overall, the most cited article (1,474 citations) on the sharing economy in general was “The sharing economy: Why people participate in collaborative consumption” by Hamari, Sjöklint, and Ukkonen (2016) in the Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology. Several literature review articles have been published on the sharing economy and collaborative consumption that provide convenient summaries of the academic contributions to date. These include Abdalla, Amankwah-Amoah, and Badewi (2023), sharing economy ecosystems; Belarmino and Koh, (2020), peer-to-peer accommodation; Cheng (2016), sharing economy; Jin, Kong, Wu, and Sui (2018), ridesharing; and Kuhzady, Olya, Farmaki, and Ertaş (2021), sharing economy in hospitality and tourism
Short-term outlook for sustainable urban tourism
Full text linkThe major issues and trends mentioned in the previous chapters are first summarised. The chapter then considers various macro-level projections and recommendations for the broader short-term outlook for cities from a variety of authoritative sources. Near-term projections on travel by tourism scholars and from major tourism bodies are reviewed. Chapter 39 also discusses changing consumer demand preferences as they relate to sustainable urban tourism. The roles of stakeholders are next considered. After distilling the information from all sources, the short-term outlook for sustainable urban tourism is described. It is characterised as a “work in progress” that requires greater focus and resources from governments, practitioners and academic scholars. Positive sustainable development attitudes and actions are detected for all stakeholder groups; however, these are set against the potential detrimental impact of a global recession and other crises
Contemporary issues, challenges and trends in urban tourism
Full text linkAs the Co-Editors-in-Chief of the International Journal of Tourism Cities (IJTC), the Editors of the Routledge Handbook of Tourism Cities have a deep and long-term interest in urban tourism research and tourism cities. The main aims of the Routledge Handbook of Tourism Cities are to:
Review contemporary issues, trends and challenges in urban tourism and tourism cities.
Present practical approaches and solutions for marketing and branding tourism in urban environments.
Describe key markets for urban tourism.
Elaborate on tourism product development innovations and trends for cities.
Examine the impacts of technology on tourism cities including smart city destination dimensions.
Explore the unique characteristics of marketing and development of urban tourism in different regions of the world.
The Routledge Handbook of Tourism Cities covers key issues, trends and challenges for urban tourism destinations worldwide as well as contemporary debates related to research and practice in this field. Topics discussed include the marketing and branding of tourism cities, the growth of smart city tourism destinations, sustainability in urban tourism management, overtourism, sharing economy influences on urban destinations, cultural-heritage tourism in cities, business tourism, urbanisation, terrorism, among others. The Routledge Handbook of Tourism Cities merges the latest academic research with insights drawn from practice in urban destinations internationally to provide recommendations for tourism management professionals as well as researchers. Unlike other texts, the Routledge Handbook of Tourism Cities adopts a multidisciplinary approach to tourism drawing from fields such as sociology, psychology, urban management, business and critical management perspectives. In addition to this, a balance is provided between urban destinations in emerging economies and more established tourism cities in G20 countries
Transformational tourism: a visionary approach to sustainable tourism?
Full text linkThe main purpose of this chapter is to propose a conceptual model of transformational tourism. The transformational process for tourists is explored through an analysis of tourism experiences in Sri Lanka. Based on a thematic analysis of in-depth interviews, two themes were identified: (1) The healing and inspiration of Sri Lanka; and (2) self-reflective actions towards encountering poverty in tourism destinations. Future trends and research directions for transformational tourism are proposed
Multi-crisis destinations (MCDs): towards a future research agenda
Full text linkCrisis events of various types (e.g., natural disasters, terrorism attacks, pandemics, economic downturns, political instability) can adversely affect the development of tourism destinations in the short to medium term. However, there needs to be more scholarly research on the classification attributes, spatial distribution, and impact structure of global tourism crises and how tourism destinations develop resilience due to these processes. This recommendation is particularly applicable in destinations subject to recurring crises over extended periods. This chapter argues the need for scholarly activity to pay greater attention to multi-crisis destinations. The multi-crisis destination concept is defined with suggestions for developing an index for measuring and classifying multi-crisis destinations. Finally, examples of such destinations are provided and discussed
Sustainable urban tourism in Asia-Pacific
Full text linkThis chapter reviews sustainable tourism in countries and cities within the Asia Pacific region. It begins by providing a background on the region that consists of almost 50 countries, spanning from Afghanistan in the west to Kiribati in the east. Next, there is a general overview of sustainable development and sustainable tourism in the region and its associated challenges that include rapid urbanisation, poverty, climate change, frequent natural disasters and other crises. A general review of tourism and tourism trends in the Asia Pacific is given. The countries vary greatly in terms of volumes of international visitors and are recovering from the detrimental effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The focus then moves to specific countries and cities within Asia Pacific and their sustainable tourism initiatives. Of these destinations, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), South Pacific, and Thailand are identified as some of the best examples in sustainable tourism efforts. The future prospects for sustainable tourism in Asia Pacific are discussed against a background of a significant level of uncertainty. The chapter closes with a set of conclusions and recommendations incorporating the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals
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