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Handbook on Tourism Governance
This Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary issues on governance in various tourism research, policy, and development contexts. Expert contributors examine the relationship between governance, sustainability, resilience and justice in tourism, including critical discussions on good governance for tourism in the future.
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This Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary issues on governance in various tourism research, policy, and development contexts. Expert contributors examine the relationship between governance, sustainability, resilience and justice in tourism, including critical discussions on good governance for tourism in the future.
Exploring the complexities of tourism governance as a field of research, the book moves from a foundational understanding of the topic to cover destination governance, policy, and national, regional and transnational governance. With global insights, authors explore local geographical differences and cross-border coordination in tourism governance alongside analyses of the field on a larger geopolitical scale. With a core focus on how to achieve sustainable and resilient tourism governance, they expand on tourism in different policy fields, investigating topics from conservation areas to human trafficking, and UNESCO World Heritage Sites to Certified B Corps. This Handbook underscores the importance of national and regional consideration in tourism governance, including collaboration with local communities and implementation of smart tourism measures.
This Handbook is an essential resource for scholars and researchers in tourism management, human geography, the sociology and anthropology of tourism and cultural and heritage studies. Policymakers and practitioners in tourism and destination governance will also benefit from the insights provided.
Exploring the complexities of tourism governance as a field of research, the book moves from a foundational understanding of the topic to cover destination governance, policy, and national, regional and transnational governance. With global insights, authors explore local geographical differences and cross-border coordination in tourism governance alongside analyses of the field on a larger geopolitical scale. With a core focus on how to achieve sustainable and resilient tourism governance, they expand on tourism in different policy fields, investigating topics from conservation areas to human trafficking, and UNESCO World Heritage Sites to Certified B Corps. This Handbook underscores the importance of national and regional consideration in tourism governance, including collaboration with local communities and implementation of smart tourism measures.
This Handbook is an essential resource for scholars and researchers in tourism management, human geography, the sociology and anthropology of tourism and cultural and heritage studies. Policymakers and practitioners in tourism and destination governance will also benefit from the insights provided.
Critical Acclaim
‘The Handbook on Tourism Governance is a milestone publication in how to conceptualize and study the embeddedness of tourism in society in the Anthropocene. By framing tourism governance as a socio-ecological, multi-scalar work-in-progress, issues of how to research tourism governance are explored and new lines of inquiry are presented.’
– Johan Hultman, Lund University, Sweden
‘This original, comprehensive, and critically engaged Handbook brings clarity to the elusive concept of governance in tourism in consideration of changing geo-politics, global change, and concerns for environmental, economic, and social wellbeing. The volume elucidates the urgent need for tourism governance to acknowledge the critical imperative of balancing good governance in both localized and global scales. The timely volume is an essential resource for emerging and established scholars, and tourism stakeholders committed to supporting equity and sustainability progress, for regenerative and just tourism futures.’
– Karla Boluk, University of Waterloo, Canada
‘In this groundbreaking new volume, renowned scholars Jarkko Saarinen and C. Michael Hall argue that governance has remained a complicated and highly context-dependent framework for tourism research and policy-making. By way of response, they offer a comprehensive, multidisciplinary framework for understanding and engaging with tourism governance within increasingly complex scenarios from local to global scales. With diverse concepts of sustainability at its intellectual, critical and practical core, the book is a highly valuable resource for academics, policymakers and professionals alike.’
– Julie Wilson, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain
‘This comprehensive collection outlines the essential elements of tourism governance while addressing the pressing issue of scale vis-à-vis fostering tourism sustainability. The Handbook of Tourism Governance contributes to current debates by extending the focus beyond destination governance to network, regional, and international dimensions, and emphasising policy implications and power relations.’
– Irma Booyens, University of Strathclyde Business School, UK
– Johan Hultman, Lund University, Sweden
‘This original, comprehensive, and critically engaged Handbook brings clarity to the elusive concept of governance in tourism in consideration of changing geo-politics, global change, and concerns for environmental, economic, and social wellbeing. The volume elucidates the urgent need for tourism governance to acknowledge the critical imperative of balancing good governance in both localized and global scales. The timely volume is an essential resource for emerging and established scholars, and tourism stakeholders committed to supporting equity and sustainability progress, for regenerative and just tourism futures.’
– Karla Boluk, University of Waterloo, Canada
‘In this groundbreaking new volume, renowned scholars Jarkko Saarinen and C. Michael Hall argue that governance has remained a complicated and highly context-dependent framework for tourism research and policy-making. By way of response, they offer a comprehensive, multidisciplinary framework for understanding and engaging with tourism governance within increasingly complex scenarios from local to global scales. With diverse concepts of sustainability at its intellectual, critical and practical core, the book is a highly valuable resource for academics, policymakers and professionals alike.’
– Julie Wilson, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain
‘This comprehensive collection outlines the essential elements of tourism governance while addressing the pressing issue of scale vis-à-vis fostering tourism sustainability. The Handbook of Tourism Governance contributes to current debates by extending the focus beyond destination governance to network, regional, and international dimensions, and emphasising policy implications and power relations.’
– Irma Booyens, University of Strathclyde Business School, UK
