Routledge Handbook of Trends and Issues in Global Tourism Supply and Demand

This Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of trends and issues in the global supply and demand on tourism.

With contributions from 70 authors, this Handbook showcases a diverse range of perspectives with insights from around the globe. It reviews the interactions among trends and issues, and it emphasises the importance of tracking and interpreting these on a global scale. The book is organized into three parts, with Part I focusing on supply-side trends including transport, attractions, culture, heritage tourism, technology, policies, and destination management. Part II critically reviews the external factor trends, including the impact of terrorism, multi-crisis destinations, Generation Z’s important contributions to the sector, the regulation of sharing economy platforms and nature tourism in future. Part III focuses on market-led trends such as bleisure, glamping, VFR travel, transformational tourism and new trends in wellness tourism following the post-COVID era. The book also provides predictions for the upcoming decades.

This Handbook will be a vital tool for researchers, students, and practitioners in the tourism and hospitality sector to further develop their knowledge and expertise in the field. It examines business and policy implications, offering guidance for developing sustainable competitive advantage.

Alastair M. Morrison is a Research Professor at the University of Greenwich in London, U.K. and formerly an Associate Dean and Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Purdue University, USA specializing in the area of tourism and hospitality marketing in the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management. Professor Morrison is ranked in the Top 2% of Scientists in the World based on the Science-wide Author Database developed by Elsevier and Stanford University since 2019. He has published several books and around 350 academic articles and conference proceedings, as well as over 50 research monographs related to marketing and tourism. He is the Co-Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Tourism Cities and a Fellow of the International Academy for the Study of Tourism. Professor Morrison has served as the President of the International Tourism Studies Association (ITSA), Chairman of the Travel & Tourism Research Association (TTRA) - Canada Chapter, Board member of the CenStates TTRA Chapter, Vice President of the International Society of Travel and Tourism Educators (ISTTE), and Chairman of Association of Travel Marketing Executives (ATME).

Dimitrios Buhalis is Director of the eTourism Lab and Deputy Director of the International Centre for Tourism and Hospitality Research at Bournemouth University Business School in England. He is a Strategic Management and Marketing expert with specialisation in Information Communication Technology applications in the Tourism Travel, Hospitality and Leisure industries. He is the Editor in Chief of Tourism Review and the Editor in Chief of the Encyclopedia of Tourism Management and Marketing. Professor Buhalis has written and co-edited more than 25 books and 300 scientific articles and is recognised as a Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate(TM) with more than 56,000 citations and h-index 102 on Google Scholar. He is ranked in the Top 2% of Scientists in the World based on the Science-wide Author Database developed by Elsevier and Stanford University since 2019. Dimitrios is a past President of the International Federation for Information Technologies in Travel and Tourism (IFITT) and a past Vice President of the International Academy for the Study of Tourism.