1st Edition

Overtourism and Tourism Education A Strategy for Sustainable Tourism Futures

Edited By Hugues Séraphin, Anca C. Yallop Copyright 2021
240 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

240 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

240 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Since 2017, the term ‘overtourism’ has become the buzzword for destinations suffering the strain of tourism. It is a critical issue for the 21st century and beyond, and to date has only been examined from a tourism industry perspective. This book takes a different stand by investigating overtourism from a tourism education perspective. The recent global COVID-19 pandemic was expected to halt... Read more

Introduction
Hugues Seraphin & Anca C. Yallop

Preface: COVID-19 and the mutation of overtourism: The case of France
Hugues Seraphin & Frederic Dosquet

PART 1: CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

1 Overtourism education and the tourism area life cycle model
Richard Butler

2 The PRME framework in tourism education
Nichole Hugo

3 Tourism as industry and field of study: Using research and education to address overtourism
Kathleen M. Adams & Peter M. Sanchez

PART 2: PRACTICAL STRATEGIES AND IMPACTS

4 Empowering tourism education as a destination management tool
Pinaz Tiwari, Snigdha Kainthola & Nimit Chowdhary

5 Demarketing Overtourism: The role of educational interventions
Maximiliano Korstanje & Babu George

6 Training of human resources in tourism to mitigate overtourism and promote a sustainable destination
Rita R. Carballo, Carmelo J. León & Maria M. Carballo

7 The impacts of tourism education on tourism destination performance and sustainability
Ovidiu I. Moisescu, Oana A. Gică & Monica M. Coros

PART 3: TRANSFORMATIVE STRATEGIES

8 Strategic and transformative tourism education as a valuable approach to educating for sustainable development
Svetla Stoyanova-Bozhkova

9 Transformative tourism education: An evidence-based framework as best practice in the age of overtourism
Patrick L’Espoir Decosta, Naomi F Dale, Seleni Matus & Beverley Wilson-Wünsch 

10 Designing strategic and transformative tourism education programs and education strategies
Tammi J. Sinha

Conclusion
Hugues Seraphin and Anca C. Yallop

Index

 

Biography

Hugues Séraphin is Senior Lecturer in Event and Tourism Management Studies at the University of Winchester, UK. Prior to his career in academia, he worked in various roles in the tourism and hospitality sector in the Caribbean and in Europe.

Anca C. Yallop is a Senior Lecturer in Business Strategy at Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand. She previously worked at the University of Winchester, UK. Her research has been published in book chapters and peer-reviewed international journals.