Sustainability of Tourism Destinations
A special issue of Tourism and Hospitality (ISSN 2673-5768).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2026 | Viewed by 98
Special Issue Editors
2. ESHT, Instituto Politécnico do Porto, 4480-876 Vila do Conde, Portugal
Interests: technology and information systems; digital marketing; ICT for tourism; artificial intelligence; ICT for education; crowdsourcing innovation; digital skills; sustainability
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2. ESHT, Instituto Politécnico do Porto, 4480-876 Vila do Conde, Portugal
Interests: hospitality management; revenue management; customer behavior; guest behavior; internal marketing; service quality; sustainability
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues，
Sustainability is nowadays a topic of huge relevance in all fields of knowledge, including for Tourism sector. Therefore, the main theme of this Special Issue is Sustainability of Tourism Destinations, calling to discussion national and international experiences on sustainability and development of tourism destinations.
This topic is aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and with 2030 UN’s Agenda, since it is focused on discussing the 17 Goals through the lens of tourism, hospitality and restaurant activities and the role of these services to accomplish the SDGs. Moreover, SDGs are based on the Five Ps of sustainable development: People, Planet, Prosperity, Peace, and Partnerships, which envisage all the essential issues concerning tourism, hospitality and restaurant services.
Tourists prioritise destinations and activities focused on environmental sustainability and local community investment, therefore discussing sustainability in all its dimensions (People, Planet, Prosperity, Peace, and Partnerships) and the image of tourism destinations will allow discussion of the main topics of current tourism trends.
Therefore, it aims to be a broad and inclusive discussion, covering various areas of tourism and hospitality research, including contribution from multiple disciplines, such as economics, management, sociology, geography, cultural studies, environmental science, and technology, reflecting the complex and interdisciplinary nature of this field.
We invite potential authors to contribute to this debate by presenting their research on topics such as:
- Tourism Economics and Management
- Tourism, Hospitality and Restaurants
- Technology and Innovation in Tourism
- Territory and Tourism Destinations
- Planning and Management of Tourist Products and Animation
- Tourism, Culture, Society and Language
- Neuroscience Applied to Tourism
Dr. Cândida Silva
Dr. Mónica Oliveira
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sustainability
- tourism destinations
- tourism management
- innovation
- hospitality
- restaurant
- information technology
- artificial intelligence
- smart destinations
- neurotourism
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