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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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This insightful book explores the challenges and solutions for managing tourism destinations after COVID-19, providing essential guidelines for resilience and recovery.

Drawing from the lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic, Tourism Destination Management in a Post-Pandemic Context presents a comprehensive analysis of the evolving landscape of global tourism. The year 2020 has undeniably transformed travel and tourism, leaving destinations grappling with the long-term repercussions of the pandemic. As a result, there is an increasing demand for innovative guidelines and research to help manage the extensive damage caused by COVID-19. This book serves as a vital resource for tourism professionals seeking to navigate these unprecedented challenges.

Tourism Destination Management in a Post-Pandemic Context provides valuable insights into the myriad issues and obstacles faced by tourism destinations both during and after the pandemic. It highlights emerging trends and proposes novel management solutions aimed at enhancing the resilience of destinations. By focusing on the development of coping capacities, the book encourages destinations to prepare for potential future crises, ensuring a more sustainable and robust tourism sector.

This extensive collection of case studies and competency frameworks aims to advance both theoretical and empirical knowledge in the field of destination management. By examining the unique experiences of various destinations, Tourism Destination Management in a Post-Pandemic Context equips readers with the tools needed to foster recovery and growth in a post-pandemic world.

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