LibGuides: Green Week Library Resources: Hospitality, Tourism & Events

Books and eBooks

Creative tourism in smaller communities: place, culture, and local representation [eBook] / Kathleen Scherf

How to create sustainable hospitality: a handbook for guest participation [eBook] / Christopher Warren

Ethical and responsible tourism: managing sustainability in local tourism destinations [eBook] / edited by Tony O'Rourke, Marko Koscak.

Critical questions in sustainability and hospitality [eBook] / edited by Willy Legrand, Henri Kuokkanen and Jonathon Day

Managing sustainable tourism: a legacy for the future [eBook] / David L. Edgell, Sr

Sustainability in the hospitality industry: principles of sustainable operations [eBook] / Willy Legrand, Joseph S. Chen & Gabriel C. M. Laeis

An introduction to sustainable tourism [eBook] / Alexandra Coghlan

Managing sustainable tourism: a legacy for the future / David L. Edgell Sr.

Sustainable event management: a practical guide (3rd edition) / Meegan Jones

Articles, Journals & Online Resources

Frontiers in Sustainable Tourism [eJournal] Frontiers in Sustainable Tourism provides evidence-based research for academics and researchers, industry leaders, policymakers, and consumers to achieve sustainable forms of tourism. It publishes across the social and physical sciences and the humanities dealing with the core issue of the sustainability of tourism and human mobility. Field Chief Editor Michael Hall at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, is supported by an outstanding Editorial Board of international researchers. This multidisciplinary open-access journal aims to be the journal of record for research on tourism and sustainability and is at the forefront of disseminating and communicating scientific knowledge and impactful discoveries to academics and researchers, industry leaders, policymakers, and the public worldwide.
Journal of Ecotourism [eJournal] The Journal of Ecotourism (JOE) is the world's only international journal on the topic of ecotourism and is considered to be the leading source for knowledge in this area. However, JOE also considers papers that investigate nature-based tourism, research on parks and protected areas, and the moral issues tied to the use of animals in tourism. The journal welcomes conceptual, theoretical, and empirical studies, particularly if these contribute to the dissemination of new ideas and models of ecotourism planning, development, management, and good practice. An additional aim is to publish papers at many different scales and from regions around the world in adopting a global approach to ecotourism.

Conservation, ecotourism, poverty, and income inequality - A case study of nature reserves in Qinling, China by Ben Ma, Zhen Cai, Jie Zheng and Yali Wen ABSTRACT The impacts of nature reserves (NRs) and ecotourism on local economies are considered controversial. By surveying households residing inside and outside of six giant panda NRs in the Qinling Mountains from 2015 to 2017, this study evaluates the impacts of NRs and ecotourism on the poverty and income inequality of local communities in China. Our results suggest that the local communities of NRs show higher poverty and lower income levels compared to the national average. NRs significantly reduced the net income of households residing within the NRs, and most of these reductions are caused by converting cropland to conservation land. NRs also aggravated the income inequality of local communities, and the level of inequality inside NRs was significantly higher than that outside. In terms of the impacts from ecotourism, ecotourism can reduce poverty, but it increases income inequality, especially for those households residing within NRs.
Publication Date: March 2019
A sustainable afterlife for post-industrial sites: balancing conservation, regeneration and heritage tourism by Maria Della Lucia and Albina Pashkevich ABSTRACT Giving industrial sites new life requires enabling change and overcoming change resistance. By cross-fertilizing relevant managerial and urban development literature, this study develops a theoretical and analytical framework that integrates several factors that can lead to the sustainable transformation of post-industrial sites. Case evidence collected using qualitative methods at the Great Copper Mountain WHS, Sweden, reveals a Managerial innovation model of industrial heritage regeneration which fails to fully engage the surrounding communities. This model is associated with early-stage post-industrial heritage tourism. The resistance, controversy and community misperceptions hindering the adaptive reuse of the site’s industrial heritage and urban surrounds are mainly determined by institutional norms arising from the industrial monoculture. Change management entails working to dismantle lock-ins and empower change at different levels.
Publication Date: 6 Dec 2022
Application of the European tourism indicator system (ETIS) for sustainable destination management: Lessons from Clare, Ireland by Emmet McLoughlin, James Hanrahan and Ann Maire Duddy ABSTRACT Purpose Despite indicators being regarded as ideal tools to help achieve sustainability in tourism, their application within Ireland remains under researched. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to advance the knowledge base in the hospitality and tourism field by presenting baseline research from the first application of all 43 of the indicators that make up the European tourism indicator system (ETIS) in county Clare, Ireland. Design/methodology/approach This study used the pre-existing visitor, enterprise and resident surveys that accompany the ETIS indicator system in a number of honey pot destinations within county Clare. This approach was complemented further through desk research to gather the necessary data on all 43 core indicators of the ETIS. Findings While the application of the ETIS in county Clare constitutes a significant advancement towards evidence informed planning for tourism. There does exist a number of information gaps relating to specific core indicators of the ETIS. Which, if not monitored and benchmarked over time, could have serious ramifications for the future sustainability of tourism in Ireland. Originality/value This paper not only discuss the findings from the application of all 43 core indicators of the ETIS in one specific destination but also develops new knowledge on the use of tourism indicators and the move towards evidence informed planning for tourism. Furthermore, this study contributes significantly to the theoretical development of our field, as the ETIS has not been applied in its entirety throughout Europe.
Publication Date: 16 March 2020
ARROW@TUDUBLIN Climate change and tourism in the Seychelles: perceptions and measures by Tatjana Thimm ABSTRACT The aim of this paper is to find out in how accommodation providers in the Seychelles perceive climate change and what mitigation and adaptation measures they can provide. In order to answer these questions, a qualitative mixed-method-approach, comprised of twenty semi-structured interviews, an online-survey and participant observation was used. Results show that accommodation providers especially perceive the effects of climate change that directly affect their business and that they have already partly implemented some mitigation and adaptation measures. However, strategies and regulations are needed at the Seychelles’ government level and on a global level to actually achieve CO2 neutral travel.
Publication Date: 12 Jan 2024