Interdisciplinary Approaches to Sustainable Tourism
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Tourism, Culture, and Heritage".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 16 May 2026 | Viewed by 368
Special Issue Editors
Interests: smart tourism; tourism experiences; hospitality management; tourism marketing; value co-creation
Interests: Research methods for hospitality and tourism studies
Interests: female tourism; tourism and hospitality marketing; urbanization and tourism development; special interest tourism
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Under today's wave of globalisation, the rapid expansion of tourism is reshaping the relationship between human beings and nature at an unprecedented rate. The tourism industry can be studied through interdisciplinary approaches, such as integrating perspectives from technology, policy, economics, ecology, sociology, and culture, covering areas like ecotourism and smart tourism. This Special Issue focuses on interdisciplinary research, aiming to reveal how to redefine the meaning and practice path of sustainable tourism in an era of environmental crisis, social change and economic transformation. We are particularly interested in research that breaks through traditional disciplinary boundaries and comes up with innovative solutions.
We warmly welcome contributions from different research perspectives, including but not limited to case studies, theoretical analyses and critical reviews, to stimulate in-depth interdisciplinary dialogue. The core objective of the Special Issue is to bridge the gap between theory and practice and to provide a multi-dimensional communication platform for policy makers, industry practitioners and academics. Together, we hope to explore how tourism can become not only an engine of economic growth, but also a model of harmonious coexistence between human beings and nature.
Dr. Jose Weng Chou Wong
Prof. Dr. Ivan Ka Wai Lai
Prof. Dr. Xin Wang
Dr. Shan Wang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sustainable tourism development
- tourism practices for sustainability
- sustainable event tourism
- ecotourism
- sustainable and smart tourism
- sustainable urban tourism
- sustainable MICE tourism
- sustainable tourism planning and regional development
- sustainable tourism and tourism economics
- consumer behaviour
- visitor experience and visitor management
- overtourism/undertourism
- community development and sustainable tourism
- cultural heritage preservation
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