Sustainable Tourism and Green Destination Management
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Tourism, Culture, and Heritage".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2025) | Viewed by 653
Special Issue Editors
Interests: tourism governance and policy; accessible tourism; justice in tourism; leisure studies
Interests: destination and attraction management; tourism planning and development
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Any tourism growth will have an impact on the host communities, both positively and negatively. The United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development outlines 17 goals and 169 targets to direct governments, civil society, and the private sector in achieving sustainable development goals, and emphasizes striking a balance between economic, sociocultural, and environmental development (United Nations, 2024). In addition to preventing environmental deterioration, sustainable tourism destinations are critical to the allure and competitiveness of tourist destinations (Fernández-Ruano et al., 2022) and the survival of tourism businesses (Dolnicar, 2020). In addition to having good governance, environmental and sustainability policies, stakeholder participation and collaboration, effective sustainable tourism destination management, tourists’ ecologically and environmentally conscious travelling behavior and mindset, and advanced technology (Dolnicar, 2020) will help in fostering sustainable tourism and green destination management.
With this background, this Special Issue aims to understand how destinations foster practices of sustainability, making tourism more sustainable. In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Governance, policy, and sustainable tourism and green destination management;
- Partnership in achieving sustainable tourism and green destination management;
- The role of government/local communities (i.e., clans and associations)/private sector in sustainable tourism and green destination management;
- Technology, sustainable tourism, and green destination management;
- Accessibility and sustainable tourism;
- Transportation, sustainable tourism, and green destination management;
- Tourism business survival and sustainable tourism;
- Destination competitiveness, sustainable tourism, and green destination management;
- Tourism activities to enhance preservation of natural, cultural, and social resources;
- Environmental behaviors and mindset of tourists/employees;
- Community-based tourism and its impact on sustainability;
- Economic benefits and challenges of sustainable tourism;
- Green financing and investment in sustainable tourism projects;
- Green hotels, resorts, events, and festivals.
References
- Dolnicar, S. (2020). Designing for more environmentally friendly tourism. Annals of Tourism Research, 84, 102933.
- Dolnicar, S. (2023). Tourist behaviour change for sustainable consumption (SDG Goal12): Tourism Agenda 2030 perspective article. Tourism Review, 78 (2), 326–331.
- Fernández-Ruano, M.L., Frías-Jamilena, D.M., Polo-Peña, A, I.,& Peco-Torres, F. (2022). The use of gamification in environmental interpretation and its effect on customer-based destination brand equity: The moderating role of psychological distance. Journal of Destination Marketing & Management, 23(3).
- United Nations. (2024). TOURISM 4 SDGs. https://www.unwto.org/tourism4sdgs#:~:text=UN%20Tourism%20is%20responsible%20for,Sustainable%20Development%20Goals%20.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Yim King Penny Wan
Dr. Weng Hang Kong
Dr. Joey Pek U Sou
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sustainable tourism
- green destination management
- impacts and benefits
- host communities
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