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

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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