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Accessible, Inclusive and Sustainable Tourism: Management and Marketing

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Tourism, Culture, and Heritage".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2022) | Viewed by 7071

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School of Resort & Hospitality Management, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL 33965, USA
Interests: tourism development; social responsibility; consumer behavior

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Dear Colleagues,

Sustainability is offering a Special Issue on the topic of accessibility, inclusivity and sustainable tourism: management and marketing. In accordance with the growing importance of these topical areas, we are seeking submissions of the very highest academic quality of either conceptual or empirical research, including primary research and/or secondary data analysis, which contributes to the topics of accessibility, inclusivity, and sustainable tourism with a particular focus on management and marketing of tourism product and services in business-to-business as well as business-to-consumer contexts.

We are not accepting commentaries, opinion pieces, or descriptive studies. In line with the journal’s guidelines, we will keep the breadth and focus of the topic necessarily broad in order to promote interdisciplinary contributions on those subject areas. Papers selected for this Special Issue are subject to a rigorous peer review process with the aim of dissemination of research results that have management or marketing applications.

Prof. Dr. Randall Upchurch
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • accessible tourism
  • inclusivity tourism
  • sustainable tourism
  • management of socially responsible tourism
  • marketing of socially responsible tourism

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Impact of the Digital Economy in the High-Quality Development of Tourism—An Empirical Study of Xinjiang in China
by Xinna Zhao, Xuehui Mei and Zhengqing Xiao
Sustainability 2022, 14(20), 12972; https://doi.org/10.3390/su142012972 - 11 Oct 2022
Cited by 7 | Viewed by 1877
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In the era of big data, the digital economy has become a key driving force for the high-quality development of tourism. Based on the annual panel data of 14 prefectures in Xinjiang from 2008 to 2018, this study proves the positive effect of [...] Read more.
In the era of big data, the digital economy has become a key driving force for the high-quality development of tourism. Based on the annual panel data of 14 prefectures in Xinjiang from 2008 to 2018, this study proves the positive effect of the digital economy on the high-quality development of tourism. Through the construction of an evaluation index system for the high-quality development, a fixed effects model is used to investigate the relationship between them. Furthermore, mediating effect analysis is employed to study the mechanism. The robustness testing and heterogeneity analysis show the validity and rationality of the model. The results show that (1) The digital economy is an important driving force in the high-quality development of tourism in Xinjiang; (2) The digital economy promotes high-quality development by stimulating the upgrading of the tourism structure; (3) The impact of the digital economy on the high-quality development of tourism in different regions in Xinjiang presents great heterogeneity. The provincial capital presents a more significant effect. Full article
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Attitudes towards Slum Tourism in Mumbai, India: Analysis of Positive and Negative Impacts
by António Cardoso, Amândio da Silva, Manuel Sousa Pereira, Neeta Sinha, Jorge Figueiredo and Isabel Oliveira
Sustainability 2022, 14(17), 10801; https://doi.org/10.3390/su141710801 - 30 Aug 2022
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Tourism has grown exponentially in the 21st century and continues to be one of the rapidly growing industries in the world in terms of revenue generation and employment opportunities. It covers not only travel services and boarding-lodging activities but a wide range of [...] Read more.
Tourism has grown exponentially in the 21st century and continues to be one of the rapidly growing industries in the world in terms of revenue generation and employment opportunities. It covers not only travel services and boarding-lodging activities but a wide range of independent but related sectors like transport, accommodation, food and beverage, and entertainment, among others. Modern tourism is diversified and includes several odd types of tourism, like slum tourism, dark tourism, and sex tourism. This paper analyzes the case of slum tourism to Dharavi, India’s commercial capital and largest city as well as the benefits and disadvantages that such kind of tourism has. It also attempts to understand the opinion of the common people and slum dwellers on slum tourism, while observing if the ten principles of the “Global Code of Ethics for Tourism” (GCET) have been fulfilled in the country. The results show that overall, the principles of GCET are fulfilled but much is still left to be done. On the other side, most of the slum residents accept slum tourism as a reality that brings more benefits than damage to their living environment and are of the opinion that tourism brings prosperity to them and to the country. Full article
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