Tourism Policy and Planning: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow offers an introduction to the tourism policy process and how policies link to the strategic tourism planning function as well as influence planning at the local, national, and international levels. This fourth edition has been fully revised and updated to reflect the many important developments in the travel and tourism industry and subsequent new policies and present planning process issues in relation to crises - in particular, COVID-19.
The fourth edition features:
New content on the impact of COVID-19 on tourism policy and planning.
New content on the effects of the pandemic on the tourism industry more generally, including topics such as degrowth, common good economy, post-growth economy, tourism lobbies and lobbying, tourism policy/planning and SGDs citizens engagement in tourism policy and planning, strategic directions, monitoring, and evaluation of tourism policy.
New case studies throughout to illustrate real-life applications of planning and policy at the international, regional, national, and local levels.
New case studies across a variety of issues related to flora and fauna, landscapes and geographies, and global destinations such as Ecuador, Canada, New Zealand, the United States, and Belize.
New enhanced companion website with chapter assignments and quizzes.
Accessible and up to date, Tourism Policy and Planning provides students with an essential introduction to and examination of important policy and planning issues in tourism globally.
1 Introduction; 2 The Worldly Travelers and Their Impact on Todays Travel; 3 A Tourism Policy Concern for Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow: COVID-19; 4 The Economics of the Travel and Tourism Industry in Todays World; 5 Key Issues in Todays Travel and Tourism Industry; 6 Political and Foreign Policy Implications of Tourism; 7 Barriers and Obstacles to International Travel; 8 Strategic Planning Toward Sustainable Tourism Development; 9 New Concepts in Sustainable Tourism Policies, Principles, Practices, and Management; 10 Safety and Security: Terrorism, Conflicts, Wars, and Disasters: Impact on the Travel and Tourism Industry; 11 Transformative Leadership and Cooperation in Developing Tourism Policies in a Fragmented World; 12 Tourism Policy and Planning Issues: Today and Tomorrow
