tourism destination management in a post-pandemic context: global issues and destination management solutions

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.

Vanessa GB Gowreesunkar is Head of Department for Hospitality and Tourism at the University of Africa Toru Orua in Bayelsa State Nigeria, Deputy Chair for the Tourism, Infrastructure and Energy cluster of African Union Economic and Social Council and National Coordinator for the Women Advancement for Economic and Leadership Empowerment (WAELE), Mauritius.
Shem Wambugu Maingi is a Lecturer in the Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management at Kenyatta University, Kenya as well as a member of the International Scientific Committee on Cultural Tourism of ICOMOS and the IUCN WCPA Tourism and Protected Areas Specialist Group.
Hiran Roy is a Lecturer of International School of Hospitality, Sports, and Tourism Management at Fairleigh Dickinson University, Canada, Adjunct Faculty Member in MBA program for University Canada West and an active member of World Food Travel Association and Association of North America Higher Education International (ANAHEI).
Roberto Micera, PhD in Business Administration, holds a Master’s Degree in Economics of Tourism from the University Luigi Bocconi, Milan, has been a Researcher of the National Research Council of Italy since 2011, and is currently at the Institute for Studies on the Mediterranean (CNR ISMed). He is scientific coordinator of many international research activities on the innovation management in tourism industry.