ABSTRACT

This significant and timely book critically discusses the effects of emerging trends and shifting dynamics on the tourism and hospitality industry at local, regional, national, and international levels in a holistic manner.

This book offers a multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary approach and examines emerging topics such as technology and disruptive economies as well as the Covid-19 pandemic that are likely to change the future of the industry, either positively or negatively. The book thus advances the knowledge surrounding emergent controversies pertaining to tourism and hospitality including the growth of alternative business models (e.g., sharing economy business models), travel in light of climate change, and human resource ethics given the increasing adoption of artificial intelligence (AI), data, and algorithms.

Offering a platform for the critical discussion of pertinent transformations and, as such, providing theoretical and practical insights, this book will be of great value to destination planners, policymakers, industry practitioners, educators, and upper-level students of tourism and hospitality.

chapter |4 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|17 pages

Climate change and tourism

Emerging transformations

chapter 8|12 pages

Digital transformation in tourism

Archaeotourism and its digital potential

chapter 9|15 pages

The rise of meme tourism

Tourism transformations towards ‘fifteen minutes of fame’

chapter 11|16 pages

Employee well-being in guest-oriented industries

Evidence from food and beverage sector

chapter 12|17 pages

Climbing the virtual mountain

A netnography of the sharing and collecting behaviours of online Munro-bagging

chapter 13|14 pages

Sustainable Development Goals and tourism organisations

The enabling role of sustainable business models

chapter 14|15 pages

Cannabis tourism

An emerging transformative tourism form

chapter 15|16 pages

The Tourism Lab

A place for change, participation, and future destination development