Routledge Handbook of Trends and Issues in Global Tourism Supply and - Deman

This Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of trends and issues in the global supply and demand on tourism.
With contributions from 70 authors, this Handbook showcases a diverse range of perspectives with insights from around the globe. It reviews the interactions among trends and issues, and it emphasises the importance of tracking and interpreting these on a global scale. The book is organized into three parts, with Part I focusing on supply-side trends including transport, attractions, culture, heritage tourism, technology, policies, and destination management. Part II critically reviews the external factor trends, including the impact of terrorism, multi-crisis destinations, Generation Z's important contributions to the sector, the regulation of sharing economy platforms and nature tourism in future. Part III focuses on market-led trends such as bleisure, glamping, VFR travel, transformational tourism and new trends in wellness tourism following the post-COVID era. The book also provides predictions for the upcoming decades.
This Handbook will be a vital tool for researchers, students, and practitioners in the tourism and hospitality sector to further develop their knowledge and expertise in the field. It examines business and policy implications, offering guidance for developing sustainable competitive advantage.

List of contents

Part I: Supply-side trends

1. Transportation

1. High-speed rail growth



2. New aircraft and airports



3. Cruise lines: Market growth and diversification



4. Cruises: Environmental impacts and policies

1.2 Attractions, culture, and heritage tourism



5. A scenario planning approach to safety in visitor attractions



6. Wine tourism: Current trends and future prospects



7. Culinary tourism: Dualistic erosion and enhancement of food cultures



8. Homestays concept in Indian tourism and hospitality industry



9. Cultural heritage tourism and ethical trends



10. Challenges in developing cultural tourism: Insights from Canada



11. Edutainment experiences in dark tourism: Re-enacting dark heritage



12. Modelling heritage justice for under-represented communities



13. Creative tourism trends

1.3 Technology



14. Intermediation, disintermediation and re-intermediation: Tourism distribution in the electronic age



15. Technology trends and trip planning



16. Digital-free tourism: The state-of-art and future research directions



17. Metaverse as a new travel marketing platform



18. Challenges and opportunities for the incorporation of robots in hotels
1.4 Policies and issues


19. Urbanisation: Trends and issues in world tourism cities
20. Overtourism: Trends, issues, impacts and implications



21. Issues and policies that have an impact on future trends in global tourism



22. Tourism policies for the next normal: Trends and issues from global case studies

1.5 Destination management



23. Tourists' behaviour in a post-pandemic context: The consumption variables -- A meta-analysis



24. Professionalisation destination management trends and issues 

Part II: External factor trends



25. Terrorism threat and its influence on leisure and travel behaviours of Millennials



26. Multi-crisis destinations (MCDs) - Towards a future research agenda


27. Understanding Gen Z as a future workforce in the hospitality and tourism industry



28. Forced displacement: The 'refugee crisis' and its impact on global tourism



29. Leading social change through prison fine dining as a new form of global tourism
30. Sharing economy legislation: Regulating peer-to-peer tourism platforms such as Airbnb and Uber



31. Re-imagining tourism in a world of declining nature

Part III: Market-led trends



32. Bleisure trends: Combining business and leisure travel



33. Glamping: Camping in its "green" and luxurious version



34. VFR travel: opportunities, trends and issues



35. Transformational tourism: A visionary approach to sustainable tourism?



36. Sport tourism in times of VUCA world



37. German holiday travel demand trends



38. New trends in wellness tourism: Post-COVID restoration



39. Accelerated trends in tourism marketing and tourist behaviour



40. Re-enacting dark histories

About the author

Alastair M. Morrison is a Research Professor at the University of Greenwich in London, UK, and formerly an Associate Dean and Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Purdue University, USA, specialising in the area of tourism and hospitality marketing in the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management. Professor Morrison is ranked in the top 2% of scientists in the world based on the science-wide author database developed by Elsevier and Stanford University since 2019. He has published several books and around 350 academic articles and conference proceedings, as well as over 50 research monographs related to marketing and tourism. He is the Co-Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Tourism Cities and a Fellow of the International Academy for the Study of Tourism. Professor Morrison has served as the President of the International Tourism Studies Association (ITSA), Chairman of the Travel & Tourism Research Association (TTRA) – Canada Chapter, Board member of the CenStates TTRA Chapter, Vice President of the International Society of Travel and Tourism Educators (ISTTE), and Chairman of Association of Travel Marketing Executives (ATME).
Dimitrios Buhalis is Director of the eTourism Lab and Deputy Director of the International Centre for Tourism and Hospitality Research at Bournemouth University Business School, UK. He is a Strategic Management and Marketing expert with specialisation in Information Communication Technology applications in the Tourism Travel, Hospitality and Leisure industries. He is the Editor in Chief of Tourism Review and the Editor in Chief of the Encyclopedia of Tourism Management and Marketing. Professor Buhalis has written and co-edited more than 25 books and 300 scientific articles and is recognised as a Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate™ with more than 61000 citations and h-index 105 on Google Scholar. He is ranked in the top 2% of scientists in the world based on the science-wide author database developed by Elsevier and Stanford University since 2019. Dimitrios is a past President of the International Federation for Information Technologies in Travel and Tourism (IFITT) and a past Vice President of the International Academy for the Study of Tourism.

Summary

This Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of trends and issues in the global supply and demand on tourism.

Product details

• Authors: Alastair M. Buhalis Morrison
• Assisted by: Dimitrios Buhalis (Editor), Buhalis Dimitrios (Editor), Alastair M. Morrison (Editor), Morrison Alastair M. (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.09.2023
• EAN: 9781032197739
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3219773-9
• No. of pages: 522
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; Hospitality industry, Tourism industry, Hospitality, sports, leisure and tourism industries