Routledge Handbook of Trends and Issues in Tourism Sustainability, Planning and Development, Management, and Technology

The Handbook offers a comprehensive overview of theoretical and practical perspectives for tracking and interpreting trends and issues in tourism sustainability, planning and development, management, and technology.

Tourism is a dynamic and unpredictable industry and understanding its trends and issues is critical for the successful and sustainable development of the private and public sector. As such, this Handbook proposes clear definitions and provides a systematic classification scheme for such analysing. It reviews trends and issues in four thematic areas of tourism: sustainability; planning and development; management and technology with contributions from 83 leading tourism scholars from across the globe. The Handbook provides insights on the differences among domestic, outbound, and inbound markets and acknowledges that the supply sub-sectors of tourism are diverse, highlighting variations by geographic regions.

The book emphasises the necessity to prioritise sustainability and the achievement of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Students and professionals interested in tourism, hospitality, and sustainability will find a wealth of multidisciplinary knowledge in this Handbook.

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.