Tourism, Culture, and Heritage
A section of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Section Information
Tourism is widely recognized as one of the most progressive industries that helps guide global sustainable development. In particular, the UNESCO World Heritage and Sustainable Tourism Program has led the charge to protect and manage many of the world’s cultural, environmental and heritage destinations for future generations of tracelers. As tourism numbers grow, it contributes to an area’s social development, economic value, inclusive development and environmental sustainability. International mobility is the catylist for increased tourism destination accessibility and sustainable management .Culture, environment and heritage are considered to be the most salient factors that successfully attract tourists to destinations. In this sense, achieving respectful and sustainable tourism is a key to developing and promoting tourism to global destinations.This Special Issue in Sustainability seeks multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary contributions that offer unique insights into how tourism destination development and management efforts interphases with local communities and how visitors attracted to global destinations view sustainasble tourism destination experiences.
The section topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Sustainable tourism destination planning
- Cultural tourism
- Heritage tourism
- Heritage protection
- Urban tourism
- Tourism and climate change
- Destination innovation for visitor management
- Ecotourism
- Sustainable hospitality management
- Cultural creativity
- Regenaration
- Visitor perceptions
Editorial Board
Topic Board
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Urban and Regional Planning and Sustainable Cultural Tourism (Deadline: 31 August 2021)
- New Insights into Families in Tourism (Deadline: 31 August 2021)
- Influencing Factors of Green Marketing and Sustainable Tourism on Companies, Brands, and Tourist Destinations (Deadline: 31 August 2021)
- Overtourism in Historic Cities (Deadline: 31 August 2021)
- Methods for Study and Control of Built Cultural Heritage Biodeterioration (Deadline: 31 August 2021)
- Tourist Satisfaction and Sustainable Destination Branding (Deadline: 31 August 2021)
- Geoinformatics for the Promotion, Management and Conservation of Cultural Heritage (Deadline: 15 September 2021)
- Product Development for Sustainable Tourism (Deadline: 15 September 2021)
- Human–Environmental Relations: Promoting Sustainable Tourism (Deadline: 15 September 2021)
- Inclusive Growth for Tourism Competitiveness (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- European Heritages and Identities: Shaping Sustainable Communities (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Tourism Marketing and Sustainability in Challenging Times (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Sharing Economy and Post-Pandemic Tourism (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Development (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Affirming Authenticity: Sustainable Conservation of Cultural Heritage (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Green Tourism and Sustainable Hospitality (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Advances in Marketing and Managing Tourism Destinations (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on the Hospitality and Tourism Industry (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- New Challenges and Trends in Sport Tourism and Its Development Impacts (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Sustainable and Digital Transformation to Revitalize Cultural Heritage and Tourism Sector (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Cultural Branding for Sustainability (Deadline: 1 October 2021)
- Sustainable Communication and Digital Marketing and Tourism in the Covid-19 Era: Global and Local Perspectives (Deadline: 1 October 2021)
- Sustainable Island Tourism (Deadline: 1 October 2021)
- Sustainable Countryside Perspectives – Cohesion between Rural Geography and Tourism (Deadline: 15 October 2021)
- Data Science in Tourism and Hospitality (Deadline: 20 October 2021)
- Technology Innovation: Applications in Sustainable Tourism and Hospitality (Deadline: 30 October 2021)
- Tourism Innovation and the SDGs (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Roots Tourism: A Sustainable Development Path? (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Sustainability Performance in the Tourism Sector (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Emergency-Proof Tourism: The Heritage of Industrial Archaeology in Internal Areas as a Potential for a Sustainable Tourism (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- The Effect of Leisure and Recreation on Sustainable Tourism (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Technological Transformations towards a More Sustainable Environment in Hospitality and Tourism (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Vegetation Management, Conservation of Historic Structures and Biodiversity (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Transport Infrastructures and Inbound Tourist Mobility (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Benefits and Co-benefits of Natural and Built Environment Requalification and Conservation Strategies: Advances in Multidisciplinary Valuation Approaches and Assessment Models (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Advanced Methods in Heritage Science (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Smart Cities and Sustainable Tourism Destination Management (Deadline: 15 November 2021)
- Smart City and Sustainable Tourist Destinations Management (Deadline: 15 November 2021)
- Accessible Tourism Destinations (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- Re-defining the Role of Transport in Sustainable Tourism Development (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- Sustainable Development Strategies in Tourism (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- Sustainable Tropical Urbanism: Building Tropical Cities of the Future (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- Marketing Management in Hospitality and Tourism Industries (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- The Social Dimension of Heritage Values—Re-thinking Methodological Approaches for Heritage Management and Research (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- Contemporary Issues and Phenomenon in the Hospitality and Tourism (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- New Conceptual and Empirical Approaches to Sustainability and Competitiveness in the Field of Tourist Destinations (Deadline: 1 December 2021)
- The Sustainable Destination: Policies, Image, Brand and Value (Deadline: 1 December 2021)
- Addressing the New Normal in Tourism: Implications for the Industry (Deadline: 1 December 2021)
- Impacts and Sustainability of Tourism, Hospitality, and Events (Deadline: 1 December 2021)
- Applications of New Technologies in Tourism Activities (Deadline: 15 December 2021)
- Destination Brand Equity and Sustainability: Issues for Development (Deadline: 15 December 2021)
- Advances in Tourism Image and Branding (Deadline: 17 December 2021)
- Sustainable Rural Tourism and Community Development (Deadline: 20 December 2021)
- Frontiers of Archaeological Studies on Ancient Ceramics (Deadline: 25 December 2021)
- Trends on Responsible and Sustainable Tourism (Deadline: 30 December 2021)
- Management of Cultural and Heritage Tourism and Its Sustainability (Deadline: 30 December 2021)
- Pilgrimage and Sustainability in the Post COVID 19 Era (Deadline: 30 December 2021)
- Sustainable Innovation in Tourism and Hospitality (Deadline: 30 December 2021)
- Tourism Research and Regional Sciences (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Natural and Human-Made Hazards Impacts on Urban Areas and Infrastructure (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Archaeology of Sustainability and Sustainable Archaeology (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Ecotourism and Sustainable Development: Challenges and Opportunities (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Advances in 3D Scanning Analysis for Cultural Heritage Applications (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Strategic Management and Sustainable Competitiveness in a Tourism of Change (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Smart Destination Branding for Sustainable Tourism (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Climate Change and Cultural Landscapes (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Responsible and Sustainable Tourism Development (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Accessible Tourism in Protected Natural Areas (PNAs) (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Sustainable Event Management: Social Inclusion, Community Involvement, and Technology Innovation in Event Design (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Tourism Sustainability and Gastronomic Heritage (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Big Data and Marketing Strategy in Sustainable Tourism and Hospitality Research (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Sustainability in Tourism Activities and the Low-Density and Peripheral Territories (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Innovative Strategies for the Sustainable Strengthening of Existing Buildings (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Think Tank in Tourism, Hospitality, Culture and Heritage: Towards Creativity and Innovation (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Sacred Landscapes and Astronomical Heritage (Deadline: 1 January 2022)
- Sustainability in Nautical Tourism (Deadline: 20 January 2022)
- Sustainable Religious Tourism (Deadline: 30 January 2022)
- Sustainable Tourism Development through Service Innovation and Design (Deadline: 31 January 2022)
- Sustainable Tourism in International Context: Solutions during and after the Global Pandemic Crisis (Deadline: 31 January 2022)
- A Geography of Unconventional Tourist Mobility: New Approaches and Methodologies (Deadline: 31 January 2022)
- Strategic Replanning and Reconstruction of Cultural Heritage (Deadline: 31 January 2022)
- Digital Heritage as Sustainable Resource for Culture and Tourism (Deadline: 31 January 2022)
- Remote Sensing and Cultural Heritage: Sustainable Approaches for Protection and Conservation Strategies (Deadline: 31 January 2022)
- Big Data and Sustainability in the Tourism Industry (Deadline: 31 January 2022)
- Tourism, Innovation, Heritage, and Sustainability: Global and Local Perspectives (Deadline: 28 February 2022)
- Tourism and the Urban Environment (Deadline: 28 February 2022)
- Mass and Social Media for Sustainable Tourism (Deadline: 28 February 2022)
- Innovations in Consumer Psychology: Sustainable Tourism and Hospitality (Deadline: 28 February 2022)
- Sustainable Tourism Development and Economic Effects: Recent Advances and Challenges (Deadline: 31 March 2022)
- Tourism and Cultural Heritage Management (Deadline: 1 April 2022)
- Sustainable Tourism and Tourist Satisfaction (Deadline: 30 April 2022)
- Sustainable Management of World Heritage Sites in Transition (Deadline: 30 April 2022)
- Sustainable Tourism and Cultural Heritage (Deadline: 30 April 2022)
- Natural and Anthropogenic Disasters Vs. Cultural Heritage (Deadline: 30 April 2022)
- Sustainable Cultural Management: From Theory to Practice (Deadline: 31 May 2022)
- Sustainable Tourism Development and Innovation: Recent Advances and Challenges (Deadline: 31 May 2022)
- Cultural Routes for Sustainable and Regenerative Development (Deadline: 31 May 2022)
- Tourism Employment and Firm Strategies: Current Issues and Main Challenges (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- ICT in Tourism Experience (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Sustainable Development of the City’s Tourism (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Tourism, Culture and Heritage as Dynamic Factors in a Post-COVID-19 Intelligent Society (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Architectural and Civil Engineering Heritage: Graphical Documentation for Research, Conservation and Diffusion (Deadline: 15 July 2022)
- Alternative and Unique Ways of Sustainable Travel (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Market Orientation in the Tourism and Hospitality Industries (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Sustainable Tourism and Community Development in Africa (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Relationship between Tourism Growth and Economic Development (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Innovation, Sustainability, Technology: The Challenges of Tourism and Hospitality (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Recent Insights on Active Travel and Its Relationship with Health and Sustainability (Deadline: 7 July 2023)
Topical Collection
Following topical collection within this section is currently open for submissions:
