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Sustainable Urban and Rural Planning for Tourism: Designing a Better Future for Residents

A special issue of Land (ISSN 2073-445X). This special issue belongs to the section "Land Planning and Landscape Architecture".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2025 | Viewed by 1058

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Julio Vena-Oya

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Department of Business Administration, Marketing and Management, University of Jaén, 23071 Jaén, Spain
Interests: tourism; sustainable tourism; tourism marketing; tourism economics
Dr. Jesús Barreal

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Department of Financial and Actuarial Economics & Statistics, Faculty of Economics & Business, Complutense University of Madrid, Campus de Somosaguas, 28223 Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain
Interests: tourism; sustainable tourism; tourism marketing; tourism economics
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Dr. Juan Antonio Parrilla-González

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Department of Economics, University of Jaen, 23071 Jaén, Spain
Interests: tourism; sustainable tourism; tourism marketing; tourism economics

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Urban and rural planning is a key element in the sustainability of tourism, especially if we has account for its impact on residents who live in these areas year-round. Therefore, the aim of this Special Issue is to understand, from the perspective of stakeholders, tourists, and residents, the impacts of urban and rural planning for tourism. The issue aligns with Land's scope, emphasizing the interplay between land management, landscape planning, and urban–rural sustainable development.

The goal of this Special Issue is to collect papers (original research articles and review papers) that give insights into how stakeholder decisions on urban and rural tourism planning can affect both residents and tourists. Likewise, we welcome the submission of papers that explore the links between the social sustainability of destinations and urban–rural planning management; a community-based approach in tourism development; rural tourism and the sustainable utilization of land resources; and the impact of urban–rural policies on sustainable tourism development.

In this regard, there is no doubt that erroneous planning can generate social problems; for this reason, the involvement of residents, stakeholders, and tourists in correct urban and rural planning development is necessary to ensure a socially sustainable destination. Finally, innovative approaches for emerging regions without developed tourism activity are of great interest.

This Special Issue invites the inclusion of manuscripts that link the following themes:

  • Stakeholder decisions on sustainable urban and rural tourism planning.
  • Community-based urban and rural planning for sustainable tourism development.
  • The social sustainability of tourism.
  • How urban and rural planning for tourism affects residents.
  • Tourism planning in emerging destinations: sustainably starting the development of tourism.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Julio Vena-Oya
Dr. Jesús Barreal
Dr. Juan Antonio Parrilla-González
Guest Editors

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Land is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • sustainable tourism urban and rural planning
  • decisions on sustainable urban and rural tourism planning
  • tourism planning and sustainable development in urban–rural destinations
  • residents in the context of urban and rural tourism planning
  • social sustainability of destinations and community-based tourism
  • tourism planning in emerging destinations

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Linking Walkable Urbanism and Hiking Tourism in a Mountainous Metropolitan City
by Lankyung Kim and Chul Jeong
Land 2025, 14(9), 1857; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14091857 - 11 Sep 2025
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Mountains in metropolitan cities serve as fundamental features that shape urban landscapes. When incorporated into leisure contexts, mountain resources enhance community well-being and contribute to tourism. However, existing studies rarely address urban mountain tourism within the broader context of political implementation or its [...] Read more.
Mountains in metropolitan cities serve as fundamental features that shape urban landscapes. When incorporated into leisure contexts, mountain resources enhance community well-being and contribute to tourism. However, existing studies rarely address urban mountain tourism within the broader context of political implementation or its role in sustainable urban development. This study explores Seoul, a mountainous city that is experiencing a growing interest in hiking tourism among foreign visitors. Two approaches were used in this study. First, institutional narratives at the national and municipal levels were analyzed to understand how mountain leisure was promoted within sustainable urban agendas around the new millennium. Official documents reveal that the city has been developing pedestrian-centered urban regeneration and promoting welfare provision through urban greening strategies. Second, 8862 hiking reviews posted by international tourists on AllTrail were analyzed to identify the experiential attributes. The findings confirm that accessibility and aesthetics are the dominant attractions for hiking tourism in Seoul. Accessibility stems from pedestrian-centered development, whereas aesthetics reflect strategies that promote nature-based leisure for urban residents. This study suggests that hiking tourism in the metropolitan context has practical implications for integrating mountain resources into sustainable city planning. Full article
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Coupling Coordination Relationship and Driving Factors Between Common Prosperity and Tourism Development Levels in the Five Northwestern Provinces of China
by Haiqiang Zhu, Xinru Mao and Xia Xie
Land 2025, 14(5), 1101; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14051101 - 18 May 2025
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Promoting the coordinated development of tourism and enhancing residents’ prosperity has become a critical issue in the contemporary era. This study examines five northwestern provinces in China, constructing an index system to measure the dynamic interplay between common prosperity and tourism development. A [...] Read more.
Promoting the coordinated development of tourism and enhancing residents’ prosperity has become a critical issue in the contemporary era. This study examines five northwestern provinces in China, constructing an index system to measure the dynamic interplay between common prosperity and tourism development. A Geographically and Temporally Weighted Regression (GTWR) model was employed to analyze the key driving factors influencing the coupling coordination between common prosperity and tourism development levels. The results revealed the following: (1) From 2012 to 2022, the level of common prosperity in the five northwestern provinces exhibited an upward trend, while tourism development levels initially increased and then declined. Shaanxi Province had the highest levels of both common prosperity and tourism development, whereas Qinghai Province had the lowest. (2) Although coupled coordination between common prosperity and tourism development has improved, it remains relatively low. Shaanxi Province exhibits superior coupling coordination compared to the other provinces. (3) The analysis of influencing factors indicates that the proportion of tourism income has the most significant impact on the coupling coordination between common prosperity and tourism development. Moreover, the degree and direction of the influence of various factors on coupling coordination differ across regions. Based on these findings, measures are proposed to enhance the coordinated development of tourism and common prosperity in the northwestern provinces. Full article
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