Innovation and Sustainable Development in the Hospitality and Tourism Industry

Dear Colleagues,

The COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, emergence of disruptive technologies and increasing digitalization, war in Ukraine, global energy crisis, and soaring inflation are profoundly changing the pace of world progress and dramatically affecting the tourism sector. How can the tourism and hospitality industries thrive given these unprecedented challenges? In the face of the low productivity and efficiency that generally characterize the hospitality sector and many tourism businesses, opportunities for sustainable growth and development depend heavily on the ability to foster innovation. This effort intensifies as we consider the conservation of natural resources and ensure social benefits for people and communities, pro-social behavior, and destination social responsibility. This Special Issue focuses on how organizations can address the current challenges facing the tourism sector and explore innovation as a driver for sustainable tourism development, namely at the product, process, and management levels. We invite papers that can contribute to fostering innovation and competitiveness to achieve sustainable tourism development. We welcome interesting and innovative insights into this wide-scope topic related to different hospitality configurations and tourism businesses, including but not limited to nature, cultural, accessible, adventure, and wellbeing tourism. We also welcome different methodological approaches, namely theoretical and empirical research, case studies, cross-cultural studies, and qualitative studies. Interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research is encouraged.

Dr. José Magano
Dr. Mário Coutinho dos Santos
Guest Editors

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• sustainable tourism
• tourism product innovation
• tourism process innovation
• tourism management innovation
• digital innovation
• destination social responsibility
• pro-social tourist behaviour
• pro-environment tourist behaviour
• sustainable tourism innovation policies