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Planning and Managing Sustainability in Tourism

Empirical Studies, Best-practice Cases and Theoretical Insights

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  • Helps to implement the United Nation’s 2030 Sustainable Development Goals
  • Includes research on tourism and development of gender equality, community, and the region
  • Offers empirical research and case studies on sustainability in tourism

Part of the book series: Tourism, Hospitality & Event Management (THEM)

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About this book

This book provides a holistic approach to understand the challenges and opportunities related to the planning and management of sustainable development in tourism. The editors present a collection of empirical studies, best-practice cases, and theoretical discussions to draw insights on the economic, social, environmental, and political dimensions of sustainability. Specifically, using a range of case studies examining sustainability applications within various tourism industry sectors as well as different geographical regions, this book is of value to tourism policymakers, practitioners, academicians, and students, encouraging them to develop proactive behavior. This publication represents an up-to-date, innovative guide in helping readers understand the challenges facing sustainable tourism development and implementation as well as the potential opportunities for both developed and developing nations in pursuing sustainability goals in their tourism plans. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus

    Anna Farmaki

  • Business School, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK

    Levent Altinay

  • University of Surrey, Guildford, UK

    Xavier Font

About the editors

Anna Farmaki is Assistant Professor of Tourism Management at Cyprus University of Technology. She has published extensively in reputable peer-reviewed academic journals and has presented her work in various international conferences, seminars, and workshops. She is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK) and a member of the Management Committee in several COST Actions.  

Levent Altinay is Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at Oxford Brookes University Business School (UK). He is also the editor-in-chief of the Service Industries Journal, associate editor of the International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, and part of the editorial boards of more than 12 journals including the Journal of Business Research, Journal of Services Marketing, and Journal of Service Theory and Practice. Prof. Altinay has co-authored strategic management, entrepreneurship, and research methods textbooks.

Xavier Font is Professor of Sustainability Marketing at the University of Surrey (UK). He has conducted around 100 courses for more than 2000 businesses on how to market and communicate sustainability, commissioned by the UNWTO, European Commission, national tourist boards, national parks, industry associations, and businesses in over 15 countries, as well as numerous reports to promote pro-sustainable behavior in tourism businesses for UNEP, UNWTO, UNCTAD, UNDP, VisitEngland, VisitWales, Fáilte Ireland, Fair Trade Tourism South Africa, the Catalan Tourist Board, WWF, Travel Foundation, and others. He has also co-edited several books on sustainability issues in tourism include eco-labeling certification and environmental management.

 


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Planning and Managing Sustainability in Tourism

  • Book Subtitle: Empirical Studies, Best-practice Cases and Theoretical Insights

  • Editors: Anna Farmaki, Levent Altinay, Xavier Font

  • Series Title: Tourism, Hospitality & Event Management

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92208-5

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-92207-8Published: 08 April 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-92210-8Published: 09 April 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-92208-5Published: 07 April 2022

  • Series ISSN: 2510-4993

  • Series E-ISSN: 2510-5000

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 246

  • Number of Illustrations: 28 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Industries, Corporate Environmental Management, Regional/Spatial Science

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