Special Issue "Sustainable Development Strategies in Tourism"

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Tourism, Culture, and Heritage".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2021.

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Won Seok Lee
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Guest Editor
Department of Tourism and Recreation, Kyonggi University, Seoul 03752, Korea
Interests: tourism economics and tourism development
Dr. Joonho Moon
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Guest Editor
Department of Tourism Administration, Kangwon National University, Chuncehon, Korea
Interests: Strategic management in hospitality and tourism

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Social interest in sustainable development is growing, and interest in this issue is also increasing in the tourism sector. Thus, this Special Issue aims to focus on development ways or strategies in sustainable tourism development. Related issues include “responsible actions”, “smart technology application”, and “resource allocation” for sustainable development. First, responsible actions cover corporate efforts for sustainable development, such as social responsibility, creating shared value, and so on. Second, smart technology application covers topics such as sharing economy or collaborative consumption. Lastly, resource allocation includes topics including effective tourism resource management or conservation of resources. In addition, other areas are covered, including tourism/hospitality marketing, human resource management, green behavior, and big data issues in tourism/hospitality.

Dr. Won Seok Lee
Dr. Joonho Moon
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • responsible actions
  • smart technology application
  • resource allocation
  • tourism/hospitality marketing
  • green behavior
  • big data approach

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Airline Chief Executive Officer and Corporate Social Responsibility
Sustainability 2021, 13(15), 8599; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13158599 - 02 Aug 2021
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The aim of this research is to explore the determinants of airline CSR. Stakeholder theory is the theoretical underpinning. Chief executive officers (CEOs) are the research target, which is theoretically underpinned by upper echelon theory. For data collection, this study used data from [...] Read more.
The aim of this research is to explore the determinants of airline CSR. Stakeholder theory is the theoretical underpinning. Chief executive officers (CEOs) are the research target, which is theoretically underpinned by upper echelon theory. For data collection, this study used data from COMPUSTAT, EXECUCOMP, KLD MSCI, LinkedIn, and the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Standard industry classification code 4512 was employed to obtain information on airline companies. Moreover, the number of observations was 154, the number of firms was 15, and the study period was 1999–2016. CSR domains include employment, the environment, and the product. The explanatory attributes are the CEO’s age, tenure, education, share ownership, stock option, and duality. Ordinary least squares and feasible generalized least squares regression analyses were executed for hypothesis testing. Regarding the results, employment CSR was positively affected by CEO age. This study found an inverted U-shaped relationship between CEO tenure and environmental CSR. Environmental CSR was also negatively influenced by stock options. Product CSR was positively associated with CEO age, whereas it was negatively associated with CEO duality. Full article
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A Study on the Strategic Decision Making Used in the Revitalization of Fishing Village Tourism: Using A’WOT Analysis
Sustainability 2021, 13(13), 7472; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13137472 - 05 Jul 2021
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As society has developed, fishing villages that have relied solely on traditional fishing have found themselves on the verge of extinction. Therefore, efforts are being made to transform fishing villages into areas with various functions including recreation, tourism, and education. In this regard, [...] Read more.
As society has developed, fishing villages that have relied solely on traditional fishing have found themselves on the verge of extinction. Therefore, efforts are being made to transform fishing villages into areas with various functions including recreation, tourism, and education. In this regard, the main purpose of this study is to analyze the relative importance and priorities of the multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) process used in the revitalization of fishing village tourism. To this end, the A’WOT (AHP/SWOT) hybrid approach, developed in combination with the SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) analysis and the AHP (Analytic Hierarchy Process) method, was used to determine the significant factors. The results of the study demonstrated that the ‘opportunities’ and ‘strengths’ areas are relatively important when it comes to the priority of sustainable development. We also identified the high importance in terms of global weight of both ‘Increased demand for leisure, rest and ecotourism’ and ‘Possession of natural resources of diverse and distinctive fishing villages by sea and region’ as sustainable ways to revitalize fishing communities. This study demonstrates that with appropriate data and an applicable systematic process, the A’WOT approach can adequately show where intervention is most needed. The study shows that the application of tourism in the current context has the potential to approach the issue of fishing village tourism. Furthermore, this study is meaningful in that it quantifies the importance of fishing village tourism attributes by using a systematic approach, and it concludes with suggesting where the emphasis should be placed on policy and strategy. Full article
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