Promoting Responsible Tourism With Digital Platforms (Advances in Hospitality, Tourism, and the Services Industry) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798369350393

Publisher: Business Science Reference, 2024

Synopsis

In the age of digital transformation, the tourism industry faces a pressing challenge: balancing the growing demand for travel with the imperative to protect the environment and preserve local cultures. The rise of digital platforms has revolutionized how people plan, book, and experience travel, but it has also intensified concerns about overtourism, cultural commodification, and environmental degradation. Without thoughtful intervention, these trends threaten to undermine the destinations travelers seek to explore. Promoting Responsible Tourism With Digital Platforms offers a comprehensive solution by exploring how digital platforms can be leveraged to promote responsible travel practices. By examining case studies, theoretical frameworks, and the latest technological advancements, the book provides actionable insights for policymakers, industry professionals, and travelers alike. It serves as a roadmap for integrating responsible tourism principles into the digital landscape, ensuring that tourism remains sustainable and beneficial for all stakeholders.

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About the Authors

Youssef El Archi is a Ph.D. candidate and research assistant at the National School of Business and Management of Tangier, Abdelmalek Essaadi University in Morocco, as well as the Institute of Rural Development and Sustainable Economy, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Hungary. He serves as a research collaborator at the Centre of Tourism Research, Development, and Innovation (CiTUR) hosted by the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria in Portugal and is a member of prestigious associations dedicated to promoting tourism and ICT. Additionally, he has authored numerous papers on tourism, which have been published in top-tier journals.

Brahim Benbba holds the position of a full professor in marketing at the National School of Business and Management of Tangier, affiliated with Abdelmalek Essaadi University in Morocco. He actively participates in esteemed organizations and associations committed to advancing the fields of tourism and marketing research. Furthermore, he has made significant contributions to the literature on tourism, with multiple publications in high-impact journals.

Lóránt Dénes Dávid is an extremely versatile Hungarian scholar. He has become an internationally recognized researcher and professor in the fields of geography and tourism, and holds full-professor positions in Poland, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Slovakia and Hungary. His extensive research has resulted in many prestigious journal articles, studies, papers and books. Furthermore, he has developed an exemplary international professional cooperation network, has served as a guest professor at many universities in Europe and overseas (in all continents in a lot of countries, including USA, Russia, Japan). As an awardee of the Jean Monnet Professorship (EU Commission), he designed and implemented a major educational program in tourism and regional development. Moreover, he has been very active in editing scholarly journals. He is an ordinary member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (EASA) in Austria.

Edition details

• Publisher: Business Science Reference
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798369350393
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 306
• Editor: El Archi Youssef, Benbba Brahim, Dávid Lóránt Dénes, Cardoso Lucília