Tourism Destination Management in a Post-Pandemic Context

Global Issues and Destination Management Solutions

Shem Wambugu Maingi editor Vanessa GB Gowreesunkar editor Hiran Roy editor Roberto Micera editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Emerald Publishing Limited

Published:11th Jun '21

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Tourism Destination Management in a Post-Pandemic Context cover

2020 has left an indelible mark on the history of travel and tourism worldwide leaving tourist destinations with long-term lessons to learn from the impacts of COVID-19. Tourism destinations are looking for new guidelines and original research that offer management solutions to deal with the damage wrought by the pandemic.

Tourism Destination Management in a Post-Pandemic Context gives an enriching insight into the issues and challenges faced by tourism destinations during and after the pandemic, exposing emerging trends and proposing novel management solutions in order to develop coping capacities of destinations and build resilience against the effects of potential future pandemics

Drawing on lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic, this expansive collection presents cases and competency frameworks to advance theoretical and empirical knowledge in the management of destinations post-pandemic.

The COVID-19 pandemic has set major challenges for the tourism industry at both global and local scales. Central to our understanding of changes arising from and responses to the pandemic is the role of destinations and their various stakeholders and communities. The range of cases in this edited collection will provide useful insights into the strategies that destination management organisations develop in reaction to the effects of the pandemic and beyond. -- Professor Dr. Mult. C. Michael Hall
Tourism is critical for travellers’ happiness and for their life balance and mental health. It is also pivotal for the livelihood of so many communities around the world. At a time when the world is still striving to develop resources and references to face the pandemic, this book is a timely strategy offering destination management solutions post pandemic. Readers will gain knowledge from best practice around the world to restart the tourism activity and improve crisis management and resilience. -- Professor Dimitrios Buhalis

[Tourism Destination Management in a Post-Pandemic Context] offers a wide spectrum of possibilities presenting both cases and models from all over the world and from diverse environments. Last but not least, the book also includes some discussions on how to better educate the future generation of practitioners and managers. An issue often little considered, but of fundamental importance.

-- Rodolfo Baggio, PhD FRGS, Master in Economics and Tourism

ISBN: 9781800715127

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 669g

392 pages