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Strategic Development for Sustainable and Competitive Tourism Destination

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 December 2022) | Viewed by 11525

Special Issue Editor

Prof. Dr. Juan Ignacio Pulido-Fernández

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Laboratory of Analysis and Innovation in Tourism (LAInnTUR), University of Jaén, 23071 Jaén, Spain
Interests: tourism economics; sustainable tourism; tourism policy; destination management; tourism impacts
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

According to the scientific literature and the reports of international organizations, governments, and business organizations, the pandemic as a consequence of COVID-19 will generate important changes in the behavior of the tourist consumer. At least in the short term, tourists are expected to seek proximity destinations, which are rural and natural, free from overcrowding, and healthy and safe. Additionally, the preferences of tourists have been found to be changing, leading to more responsible, conscious, and supportive tourism consumption.

In this new context, sustainability, which in the years before the pandemic was kept alive in the tourism development discourse but which had been relegated in practice, returns to the forefront of the debate. Tourism stakeholders have now realized that progress in sustainability is key to tourism’s very survival.

On the other hand, experts and trend analysts show that when tourism activity resumes, competition between destinations to attract new tourists will be very strong. Therefore, destinations must know what the factors are that enhance their ability to compete and make a significant commitment to them, while trying to reduce those that limit their competitiveness.

Consequently, we are at a key moment in rethinking the planning and management of tourist activity in destinations, from the perspective of sustainability and competitiveness, in order to guarantee the maximization of the positive impacts of tourism, as well as minimize, or even eliminate if possible, negative impacts and adapt destinations to the new reality generated by COVID-19 and to the new demands of future tourists.

The aim of this Special Issue is to generate knowledge regarding the challenges that tourist destinations will face in the immediate future to guarantee their sustainability and competitiveness, as well as to identify and define new methodologies and tools that increase efficiency and stakeholders’ effectiveness, fostering the development of a comprehensive and holistic vision that promotes innovation, to overcome paradigms and barriers to the development of tourism.

Prof. Dr. Juan Ignacio Pulido-Fernández
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • analysis of data tourism for sustainable and competitive tourism destination
  • destination management
  • factors affecting tourism sustainability
  • factors affecting tourism competitiveness
  • governance of tourist destinations
  • new tools for planning sustainable tourism development
  • new tools to measure tourism sustainability
  • new tools to measure tourism competitiveness
  • pro-sustainable tourist behaviour and its determinants
  • stakeholders’ participation in the management of tourist destinations
  • strategic planning of tourist destinations
  • sustainable tourism and competitiveness
  • sustainable tourism and economic development
  • sustainable tourism and economic growth
  • sustainable tourism and foreign trade
  • sustainable tourism and quality of life
  • sustainable tourism as a source of employment
  • tourism and circular economy
  • tourism and green taxation
  • tourism policy
  • others

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Stakeholder Participation in Planning of a Sustainable and Competitive Tourism Destination: The Genoa Integrated Action Plan
by Ilenia Spadaro, Francesca Pirlone, Fabrizio Bruno, Gianluca Saba, Barbara Poggio and Sabrina Bruzzone
Sustainability 2023, 15(6), 5005; https://doi.org/10.3390/su15065005 - 11 Mar 2023
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The outbreak of COVID-19 confronted the international community with critical health, social, and economic challenges. Travel and tourism were among the hardest affected sectors. In 2020 and 2021 new travel trends emerged, emphasizing local destinations, short distances, and consequently, lower-carbon transportation (proximity tourism). [...] Read more.
The outbreak of COVID-19 confronted the international community with critical health, social, and economic challenges. Travel and tourism were among the hardest affected sectors. In 2020 and 2021 new travel trends emerged, emphasizing local destinations, short distances, and consequently, lower-carbon transportation (proximity tourism). Post-pandemic recovery represents an opportunity to bounce back better by rethinking the sector’s economic model for the sake of sustainability and innovation. This paper disseminates the research that led to the structuring of guidelines for a breakthrough and inclusive municipal-level action plan for the promotion of sustainable tourism, as part of the Tourism Friendly Cities project. An operational methodology is discussed here, whereby key stakeholder participation, conceptualized through a sextuple helix model, is the foundation of the planning process. A small-scale action and a qualitative assessment tool of the participatory process are also illustrated. The proposed methodology corroborates the vast positive effects deriving from stakeholder participation in terms of trust, ownership, planning quality, innovativeness and sustainability of interventions. In applying the methodology, although the digital framework was evaluated positively in terms of the number of participants that could be involved, data collection, and confidentiality of activities, the evaluation shows that hybrid modes of participation are more desirable. Full article
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The Influence of Different Factors of Product Attachment on Taoist Tourism Loyalty
by Ching-Cheng Shen, Hsi-Lin Liu and Dan Wang
Sustainability 2023, 15(3), 2123; https://doi.org/10.3390/su15032123 - 22 Jan 2023
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Zinan Temple is one of the Taoist temples in Taiwan, demonstrating the vital status of religious activities and beliefs. Creating religious products that tourists like through unique religious resources and conducting product differentiation competitions is essential for religious tourism to attract tourists. The [...] Read more.
Zinan Temple is one of the Taoist temples in Taiwan, demonstrating the vital status of religious activities and beliefs. Creating religious products that tourists like through unique religious resources and conducting product differentiation competitions is essential for religious tourism to attract tourists. The research used a convenience sampling method, and 377 online questionnaires were distributed and used SPSS 21.0 to conduct linear regression. This research affirms the positive effect of product attachment on loyalty through indispensability and irreplaceability, as well as irreplaceability being a more critical intermediary variable. This research has verified the theoretical impact of religious tourism products on loyalty and makes specific recommendations on improving Taoist tourists’ loyalty to enhance the tourism competitiveness of Zinan Temple. Therefore, this research provides practical suggestions for religious development and cultural sustainability. Full article
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Factors Influencing the Accommodation Prices of Romanian Rural Tourism
by Marius-Ionuț Gordan, Elena Peț, Gabriela Popescu, Ioan Brad, Anda Ioana Milin, Tabita Cornelia Adamov, Ramona Ciolac, Anka Roxana Pascariu and Tiberiu Iancu
Sustainability 2023, 15(1), 191; https://doi.org/10.3390/su15010191 - 22 Dec 2022
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The hedonic pricing model posits that the price of a given product or service is an aggregate of several distinct characteristics that define it. In the context of tourism, this approach can be used to assess the prices of accommodations in a given [...] Read more.
The hedonic pricing model posits that the price of a given product or service is an aggregate of several distinct characteristics that define it. In the context of tourism, this approach can be used to assess the prices of accommodations in a given area or market. This study explores the main determinants of tourism prices in the Brașov area of central Romania, a county that ranked as the second most visited area in Romania in 2021 based on the number of arrivals according to the ordinary least squares regression model on a sample of 398 accommodation units of different types. The main finding of this research paper is that prices are strongly influenced by luxury amenities and that prices tend to rise in lower-population-density areas, which we associate with rural areas. As previously noted in the literature, monetary values can be assigned to incremental changes in the independent variables, with the most significant changes deriving from the inclusion of spa, sauna and restaurant services in the tourism offer of accommodation units. Full article
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