Evidence-informed Sustainable Tourism
Governance, Policy and Practice
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 28. September 2026
Book
Hardback
187 pages
978-1-041-28037-8 (ISBN)
Description
This book critically examines the role of evidence-informed decision-making in tourism planning, destination management, and policymaking, emphasizing its importance for sustainable tourism development. Through a blend of conceptual reflections and innovative empirical case studies from diverse international contexts, it highlights good practices such as participatory approaches, actionable simulations, and local systems thinking. The book also identifies gaps and challenges in enhancing evidence use, offering valuable insights for improving theory and practice in sustainable tourism.
Covering broad subject areas such as sustainable tourism, destination management, policymaking, and evidence-based planning, this book is ideal for academics, policymakers, tourism professionals, and students seeking to deepen their understanding of evidence-informed approaches in tourism development.
The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Journal of Sustainable Tourism.
Covering broad subject areas such as sustainable tourism, destination management, policymaking, and evidence-based planning, this book is ideal for academics, policymakers, tourism professionals, and students seeking to deepen their understanding of evidence-informed approaches in tourism development.
The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Journal of Sustainable Tourism.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Postgraduate, Undergraduate Advanced, and Undergraduate Core
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 174 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-041-28037-8 (9781041280378)
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Persons
Michael Volgger is Professor with the School of Management and Marketing at Curtin University in Australia. He is Curtin's Discipline Lead of Tourism, Hospitality and Events. Michael's areas of expertise span questions of transformation, governance and innovation in tourism destination management and consumer behaviour.
Joseph M. Cheer is Professor of Sustainable Tourism and Heritage in the School of Social Sciences, Western Sydney University, Australia. From 2021 to 2025, Joseph ranked in the Top 2% of researchers in the Sport, Leisure and Tourism field. He has been Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Q1 journal Tourism Geographies since 2020
Christof Pforr is Professor of Tourism in the School of Management & Marketing at Curtin University, Australia. His past and current research is inter- and multidisciplinary and has focused on four interconnected areas: sustainability, tourism public policy, destination governance, and special interest tourism.
Joseph M. Cheer is Professor of Sustainable Tourism and Heritage in the School of Social Sciences, Western Sydney University, Australia. From 2021 to 2025, Joseph ranked in the Top 2% of researchers in the Sport, Leisure and Tourism field. He has been Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Q1 journal Tourism Geographies since 2020
Christof Pforr is Professor of Tourism in the School of Management & Marketing at Curtin University, Australia. His past and current research is inter- and multidisciplinary and has focused on four interconnected areas: sustainability, tourism public policy, destination governance, and special interest tourism.
Content
1. Evidence-informed decision-making in sustainable tourism: from research to action 2. Bridging the science-policy gap in sustainable tourism: evidence from a multiple case study analysis of UNWTO INSTO sustainable tourism observatories 3. Co-learning through participatory evaluation: an example using Theory of Change in a large-scale EU-funded tourism intervention 4. Stakeholders' involvement in an evidence-based sustainable tourism plan 5. A participatory waste policy reform for the hotel sector: evidence of a progressive Pay-As-You-Throw tariff 6. A regulation for inappropriate interactions between local children and tourists in poor destinations - a child rights informed practice 7. An evidence-base for reducing the CO2 emissions of national mega sports events: application of the three-hub model to the Japan 2019 Rugby World Cup 8. Macro-scale decarbonisation of tourism: insights from Australia 9. Enhancing compliance assessment through regenerative transformations: a food waste perspective