tourist behaviour and the new normal, volume i: implications for tourism 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 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.

Shem Wambugu Maingi, is a Lecturer and researcher in Tourism

Management at the Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management at Kenyatta

University in Kenya. Dr Shem Maingi has widely published in Scopus indexed

journals and books internationally and has edited and authored books on the

future and resilience of tourism. He is also an expert member of the

International Scientific Committee on Cultural Tourism of ICOMOS (ICTC) as well

as the IUCN WCPA Tourism and Protected Areas Specialist Group TAPAS. Dr. Maingi is also an a Board member of Ecotourism Kenya’s National

Eco-rating and Standards Committee and has been involved in Environmental

conservation through Ecotourism Certifications assessments and Tourism

Standards formulation.

Dr Vanessa

(Gaitree) Gowreesunkar is an

Associate Professor at Anant National University and has varied research

interests in tourism. Vanessa also serves as

Associate Editor at the Emerald International Journal of Tourism Cities.

She is an

editorial board member of several scientific journals and has a number of

publications in Scopus-Indexed journals. She has been the main editor of

several international textbooks and author of a number of research articles and

book chapters. She has been conferred various awards for her contribution in

research and woman empowerment in Mauritius, India and Africa, the latest one

being the Global Women Leadership Award by Ministry of MSME (Government of

India), WASME and SME Street Foundation. Dr Vanessa’s research interest is in

the following broad fields - tourism, social entrepreneurship, tourism

management and marketing, sustainable tourism, island tourism, and related

topics.

Maximiliano

E. Korstanje is

a Senior Researcher in the Department of Economics at University of Palermo,

Argentina. He is Editor in Chief of International Journal of Safety and

Security in Tourism (UP Argentina) and Editor in Chief Emeritus of International

Journal of Cyber Warfare and Terrorism (IGI-Global US). In addition, he

Florida US), Centre for Ethnicity and Racism Studies (University of Leeds), The

Forge (University of Lancaster and University of Leeds UK) and The

International Society for Philosophers, hosted in Sheffield UK. With more than

1200 published papers and 35 books, he now co-edits almost 10 specialized

journals and takes part of almost 30 journals associated to themes as human

rights, mobility, tourism and terrorism.