A new BUP Theme - Sustainable Tourism
A new BUP Theme - Sustainable Tourism is about to be established as well as a Network for Sustainable Tourism (NST). If you are interested to join the network contact Annette Oxenswärdh.
Network for Sustainable Tourism (NST)
The network´s mission is to facilitate virtual and face-to-face interaction among academic researchers on sustainable tourism from a broad range of fields as well as engage the next generation of tourist research scholars around the Baltic sea. NST also will welcome the participation of policy makers and workplace practitioners as it seeks to promote knowledge and understanding of sustainability issues among the researchers, communities and the local stakeholders. The network is also designed to be a platform for all members to be able to collaborate and share knowledge with each other. Furthermore, the NST is intended to make members of the network aware of recent research and academic publications (such as academic journals and books) or items of interest to the practitioners. As a multi-disciplinary endeavor, network aims at exploring specifically devoted members to sustainability issues in hospitality industry, i.e. destination development, tourist attractions, accommodations etc.
THEME Sustainable Tourism
Tourism is a dynamic global industry which has grown and changed dramatically over the past twenty years (WTO, 2010). The growth of travel has led to the concern shown for the environment and quality acquiring great importance (Gray et al., 2000; Gustafsson et al., 2003; Antony et al., 2004). Tourism is one of the largest resource consuming industries in the world. It is also the fastest growing and important industry in terms of the number of employees and its potential for the social, economic and environmental impacts (Holjevac, 2003). This theme aims at gathering researchers on sustainable tourism from a broad range of fields as well as engage the next generation of tourist research scholars around the Baltic sea. We also will welcome the participation of policy makers and workplace practitioners. This theme can be seen as a platform for all members to be able to collaborate and share knowledge with each other. Furthermore, the intention is to make actors aware of recent research and academic publications (such as academic journals and books) or items of interest to the practitioners. As a multi-disciplinary endeavor we explore specifically sustainability issues in hospitality industry, i.e. destination development, tourist attractions, tourist accommodations etc.
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