Tourism in a VUCA World
Managing the Future of Tourism
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The international tourism industry grew exponentially during the latter part of the 20th and early 21st century due to the advent of cheap air travel and a growing moneyed class. However, it witnessed a calamitous slowdown during the COVID-19 pandemic, when the world came to a standstill and was unable to travel. It brought to the fore the fragility of the tourism industry in the face of bio-threats and other uncertainties such as climate change, disease, war, and terrorism.
These issues have led to a growing need for a strategic re-evaluation of the tourism industry vis-a-vis volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA) in the environment. Tourism in a VUCA World: Managing the Future of Tourism is an attempt to identify the new approaches to tourism in the near past, present, and future. Novel solutions can be expected through an integration of knowledge from the fields of social, physical, and biological sciences.
Chapter 1. Introduction: Tourism in VUCA World; Manjula Chaudhary and Naser Ul Islam
- Part I. Rethinking Tourism
- Chapter 2. Management of Trends in Sustainable and Responsible Tourism Post-2023; Marko Koščak and Tony O’Rourke
- Chapter 3. The New Realities of the Tourism Industry in the Era of Global Climate Changes; Mira Zovko and Damjan Zovko
- Chapter 4. Capacities of Adaptation and Mitigation Measures in Tourism to Answer Challenges of the Climate Crisis; Izidora Marković Vukadin, Naser Ul Islam, Diana Baus, and Damir Krešić
- Chapter 5. The Impact of Technologies as an Alternative Reality on Business in Hotel Industry: Virtual, Augmented and Artificial; Ana Portolan and Marino Stanković
- Part II. Community Perspectives and Tourist Behaviour in VUCA
- Chapter 6. Nudging: A Possible Solution for a More Successful Destination Management; Snježana Boranić Živoder
- Chapter 7. Cruise Tourism, Local Life and Rhythms in Pre-, During and in Post-Pandemic Times; Allegra Celine Baumann
- Chapter 8. Tourist Xenophobia and Residents’ Perspective in the VUCA Era: The Case of Japan During the COVID-19 Pandemic; Wataru Uehara and Hiromi Kamata
- Chapter 9. Psychological and Socio-Demographic Drivers of Pro-Environmental Behaviour in Generation Z; Dora Ivković and Ante Mandić
- Part III. Organizational and Strategy Transformations under VUCA
- Chapter 10. Tourism’s Vitality After Covid-19 Pandemic: Embracing Healing as a Significant Concept; Ricardi S. Adnan
- Chapter 11. Resilience of Tourism Enterprises Facing VUCA Environment; Krzysztof Borodako, Jadwiga Berbeka, and Michał Rudnicki
- Chapter 12. Risk Preparation in Touristic Coastal Areas in Spain: Covid vs. Tsunamis; Sandra Sánchez-Arcediano and Frank Babinger
- Chapter 13. Crime and Insecurity as Factors of Uncertainty and Erosion of the Tourist Image of Mexico; Carlos Mario Amaya Molinar and Irma Magaña Carrillo
- Chapter 14. Interfaces Between Biothreats, Biosecurity, and Tourism: Strategies for Indian Tourism; Manjula Chaudhary and Naser Ul Islam
- Chapter 15. Transformation of Tourist Regions Through the Recovery of Abandoned Rural Settlements – The Case of Croatia; Jasenka Kranjčević and Dina Stober
- Chapter 16. Challenges to be Answered and Answers to be Challenged; Izidora Marković Vukadin and Naser Ul Islam
Naser Ul Islam is an Assistant Professor of Tourism and Hospitality in the School of Skill Education at Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India.
Manjula Chaudhary is currently working as Director, Centre for Distance and Online Education (CDOE) at Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra, Haryana, India. Prior to this, she worked as a Professor in Tourism at the same university.
Izidora Marković Vukadin is a senior researcher at the Institute for Tourism in Zagreb, Croatia.