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Ten most important issues for tourism 2018
Every year top academic David Edgell researches the top 10 issues that confront world tourism – what are yours?
- Maintaining a destination’s sustainable tourism development: social, cultural, natural and built resources
- Concerns for safety and security remain an important issue for the travel and tourism industry
- Responding to increased interest in the long-term impacts on tourism of climate change and global warming
- Impact on the travel and tourism industry resulting from a global economic-political perspective
- Necessity for increased local/regional/national leadership in tourism policy and strategic planning
- Resolving barriers to travel: visas, passports, airline services, fees, and delays
- Educating users about optimizing the application of new technologies in the tourism industry
- Understanding the transformative effect that tourism has on the geopolitics of socio-economic progress
- Effect on travel and tourism from natural/human-induced disasters, health issues, and political disruptions
- Seeking a quality experience and positive balance for both local residents and tourists at a destination
From David L. Edgell, Sr., PhD http:// www.davidedgell.com
Professor of Tourism, Trade, And Economic Development
East Carolina University
"A GUEST NEVER FORGETS THE HOST WHO HAD TREATED HIM KINDLY." Homer, The Odyssey, 9th Century B.C.-
David’s sources of information: university discussions, conferences and seminars, tourism documents, Internet, survey information, industry data, books, articles, and publications, utilization of a modified Delphi approach to gather certain research information, and comments from interested colleagues, students, and others. Research for a new edition of Tourism Policy and Planning (third edition-2018, Edgell and Swanson) – will become available in 2018; "International Sustainable Tourism Policy" in the Brown Journal of World Affairs, Volume XXll, Issue 1, Fall/Winter, 2015; Managing Sustainable Tourism: A Legacy for the Future (second edition-2016 Edgell); and, "Sustainable Tourism Development: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (Edgell, Journal of Hospitality and Tourism, Volume 15, Number 1, 2017.
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