Sustainable Tourism Development-Futuristic Approaches

✍ Scribed by Anukrati Sharma (Editor)

• Publisher: Apple Academic Press
• Year: 2019
• Leaves: 381
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Exploring the importance of destination branding and destination marketing as well as their implications on sustainability in tourism, this book approaches the topic through the lens of destination image, taking into account the large influence of appearance on tourist attraction. With consideration to various stakeholders in sustainable tourism development, this book incorporates ideas for new techniques in destination branding and marketing in order to maximize economic impact. The book also discusses the rising influence of social media on tourists’ interest.

Emphasizing sustainability in tourism development, the chapters address a number of important issues, such as post-disaster tourism marketing, culture and heritage tourism, eco-tourism, community-based nature tourism, community involvement in destination development, benchmarking for destination performance evaluation, sustainable food practices in tourism, and more. Each chapter of this book incorporates a quantifiable trend in tourism development, including various paradigms and studies that relay different statistics about certain areas of tourism. The book makes use of case studies for specific destinations and integrates strategies, evidence, and analyses to offer a holistic understanding of the myriad factors involved in sustainable tourism development.

✦ Table of Contents

1. Sustainable Tourism: Growth and Diversification

Muammer Mesci, Istemi Comlekci, and Zeynep Mesci

2. Strategies of Post-Disaster Marketing: Sustainable Development, Experience, and Marketing

M. E. Korstanje and Hugues, Seraphin

3. Responsible Travel and Tourism Adventure: Evidence from Malawi as a Tourist Destination

James Malitoni Chilembwe and Victor Mweiwa

4. What Is the Importance of Social Media Sharings for Tourists? The Role of Argument Quality and Source Credibility

Bekir Bora Dedeoğlu

5. Mountain Tourism Destination Development with Strategic Social Media

Arjun Kumar Limbu and Prithbi Bahadur Limbu

6. Paradigm Shift in Destination Branding Process in the Perspective of User-Created Culture-Heritage-Related Content in Social Media

Samik Ray

7. Innovative Technology Adoption in Film Tourism

Azizul Hassan

8. Destination Image of India: Trends and Analysis

Swati Sharma

9. Pro-Poor Tourism: A Study of Government Strategies in State of Uttar Pradesh, India

Alok Kumar

10. Theory and Practices of Eco-Tourism for Sustainable Tourism

G. Anbalagan

11. Internal Benchmarking Model for Destination Performance Evaluation

Toney K. Thomas

12. Sustainable Food Practices for Holistic Tourism Development

Alok Kumar

13. Introduction of Community-Based Nature Tourism (CBNT) Planning and Management: With Special Reference to the Garhwal Himalayan Region of Uttarakhand

Shivam Prakash Bhartiya, Shivendra Singh, and Vaibhav Bhatt

14. Community Intervention in Destination Development: A Cross-Destination Analysis

A. Vinodan, James Manalel, and Manoj Edward

15. Destination Management Strategy: With Specific Reference to Ecotourism Destination

S. Meera and Dr. R. Annapoorani

16. An Investigation of Literature on Accommodation Sector Investment in the Tourism Industry of Sri Lanka

Harini K. Amarasinghe and D. A. C. Silva

17. Impact of Information Technology on Marketing Strategies of Online Travel Agencies (OTAs) in India: A Comparative Study of Goibibo.com and Makemytrip.com

Sujood and Sheeba Hamid

18. Video Games Generating Tourist Demand: Italy and the Assassin’s Creed Series

Bruno H. M. Carvalho, Gabriella G. C. Bertozzi, and Cynthia Correa

19. Demographic Analysis of Tourists’ Perception Regarding Vacation Destination

Manvinder Singh Pahwa and Anukrati Sharma