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Renewable Energy and 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: closed (31 December 2022) | Viewed by 3644

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Interests: renewable energy innovations; renewable energy technologies; sustainability; tourism

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Dear Colleagues,

The shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources that is needed to combat global warming may either promote or undermine tourism sustainability. For example, the adoption of renewable energy innovations or technologies in tourist facilities may reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, thus increasing their environmental sustainability and reinforcing sustainable tourism marketing strategies. Furthermore, renewable energy-based transportation may cut the carbon footprint from tourism, hence augmenting the sustainability of tourism mobility. Additionally, the construction of large-scale renewable energy projects—such as offshore and onshore wind and solar parks—and associated infrastructures may adversely affect the attractiveness of existing tourist destinations in both coastal and (rural) inland areas, though such projects may become tourist attractions in their own right in some cases. In turn, the construction of small hydro power plants may facilitate sustainable tourism development, but it may also thwart river-based, nature, and adventure tourism.

This Special Issue aims to expand our understanding of the links between renewable energy and sustainable tourism and welcomes reviews and empirical studies focusing on (but not limited to) the following main topics:

  • Actual or perceived impact of renewable energy infrastructures on tourism;
  • Adoption or social acceptance of renewable energy innovations (e.g., for electricity generation and storage) in tourist facilities;
  • Low-carbon tourism mobility;
  • Policies and strategies for decarbonising the tourism industry;
  • Renewable energy and/for sustainable tourism;
  • Residents’, tourists’, and/or tourism stakeholders’ perceptions and attitudes towards land-based or sea-based renewable energy projects/infrastructures.

Dr. Luís Silva
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • renewable energy sources
  • renewable energy innovations
  • renewable energy technologies
  • social acceptance
  • sustainability
  • tourism
  • residents’ perceptions
  • tourists’ perceptions
  • tourism stakeholders’ perceptions
  • impact
  • electric tourism mobility

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Climatic Elements as Development Factors of Health Tourism in South Serbia
by Anđelina Marić Stanković, Ivana Radonjić, Marko Petković and Darko Divnić
Sustainability 2022, 14(23), 15757; https://doi.org/10.3390/su142315757 - 26 Nov 2022
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Abstract
The area of Southern Serbia is the most undeveloped tourist area and is marginalized in relation to the total tourist traffic of Serbia. With the purpose of health tourism development, special attention in this paper is focused on five spas and four mountain [...] Read more.
The area of Southern Serbia is the most undeveloped tourist area and is marginalized in relation to the total tourist traffic of Serbia. With the purpose of health tourism development, special attention in this paper is focused on five spas and four mountain tourist destinations of South Serbia. The interaction of climatic elements is key for outdoor tourist activities, thus the potential of health tourism is presented through the results of the tourism climate comfort index (TCCI). According to TCCI values calculated for one climatological period 1991–2020, the spa tourist destinations of South Serbia are generally favorable during May, June and September. Four studied mountain destinations have favorable TCCI values generally during June, July and August. Spatio-temporal analysis utilizing ESRI ArcMap software showed that the most favorable conditions for health tourism development occur during spring and autumn for spas (May and June) and during summer for mountain destinations (July and August), which coincides with the ideal TCCI values. MatLab software through linear regression showed that in the period of 2010–2020, a negative tendency of tourists’ number in Vranjska banja spa and Niška banja spa is noticed, and a positive tendency for Prolom banja spa and Sijarinska banja spa. The paper also highlights the perspectives of other tourism forms of development in South Serbia. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Renewable Energy and Sustainable Tourism)
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