Abstract
The aim of the individual chapters of this edited book was not to describe forms of sustainable tourism or define sustainability, but better understand the outcomes of the dynamic interactions by critically asking “What is it that tourism should sustain?” Alongside Chapter 8, which provides a comprehensive overview of tourism’s contribution to achieving the UN’s 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs), several chapters directly or indirectly address SDGs, for instance with reference to climate change (Chapter 7). Chapters also discuss some paradoxes related to sustainable tourism, such as the remaining dominance of neoliberal growth models despite claiming holistic sustainability (Chapters 9 and 13) or the technological advancements that have contributed to social media “good news shows” with influences on tourist behaviour. The book is written in a way that can also be beneficial for tourism practitioners, policymakers and destination managers that aim to understand the complexity of the tourism system and its positive and negative impacts on social and environmental sustainability more holistically.
Highlights
When the 28 international scholars contributed their chapters to this edited book with the title “A Research Agenda for Sustainable Tourism” by McCool and Bosak, they will not have anticipated what tourism would look like only a few months after the publication date
In 15 chapters, this edited book demonstrates the complexity of the tourism system and postulates that a new research agenda for sustainable tourism is needed that builds on the foundation of past research yet is more interdisciplinary, integrative and holistic
By providing explicit future research avenues and questions, readers of this edited book will take away inspirations for potential policy-relevant research. Both the call for more interdisciplinary and integrative research nor some of the particular research questions that are proposed in this book are new, and the ideas remain on the stage of wishful thinking
Summary
In 15 chapters, this edited book demonstrates the complexity of the tourism system and postulates that a new research agenda for sustainable tourism is needed that builds on the foundation of past research yet is more interdisciplinary, integrative and holistic. When the 28 international scholars contributed their chapters to this edited book with the title “A Research Agenda for Sustainable Tourism” by McCool and Bosak, they will not have anticipated what tourism would look like only a few months after the publication date.
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