TOURISM VULNERABILITY TO SUSTAINABILITY AND COMPETITIVENESS

Abstract

 In the late 1980s, the term sustainable tourism emerged and has been clearly defined both in tourism policies and in the study and strategies of tourism. It is important to remember, after more than 25 years of emphasis, the state of policy and testing in responsible development. With precisely that reason in mind, this special volume has been developed and this introduction seeks to set the stage for this essential study and reflection on sustainable tourism. Another aim of this presentation was to briefly outline the collection of selected submissions for this article. The papers are grouped into four thematic fields of research: the experiences of community actors and business methods to tourism sustainability, community perspectives and sustainability-related computational challenges. The papers shed light on topics of interest in sustainable tourism, thus inspiring scholars from other fields and contexts to investigate the interrelationships around social sustainability including tourism more generally.