The Elgar Companion to Tourism and the Sustainable Development Goals (Elgar Companions to the Sustainable Development Goals series)

Book info: The Elgar Companion to Tourism and the Sustainable Development Goals (Elgar Companions to the Sustainable Development Goals series) (Hardcover, 350 pages) – Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024. Language: English.

This Elgar Companion comprises theoretical, empirical, and conceptual chapters from leading international scholars, reflecting on critical debates and developments surrounding the role of tourism in progressing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Paying particular attention to the impact of tourism in a polycrisis era the Companion critically analyses how tourism may progress the SDGs alongside the requirements of the 2030 agenda framework, and/or how SDG progress may be stifled given various crises. Using global case studies, contributing authors provide insightful solutions to the challenges of implementing sustainability agendas.

The Elgar Companion to Tourism and the Sustainable Development Goals provides an excellent reference for scholars studying tourism and hospitality, environmental studies and government and political studies. Policy makers will also find the expert guidance contained within this Companion to be a useful resource for their day-to-day practices.

Editorial Reviews Review ‘This Elgar Companion provides thought-provoking reflections on the tourism-UN’s SDGs debate. It does so by highlighting ideological flaws and structural hindrances while advocating for long-needed paradigm shifts. The Elgar Companion features studies on the UN’s SDGs from leading and emerging tourism scholars and represents a timely collection for anyone interested in tourism and development studies.’ -- Alberto Amore, University of Oulu, Finland

‘This politically engaged collection provides an original appraisal of progress made by tourism towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals, while inviting us to interrogate the meaning of sustainable tourism in the light of the constitutive ideologies and power structures which influence the application of the SDGs in a range of different tourism contexts. This timely book will be essential reading for anyone seeking a robust and critical understanding of the relationship between tourism and the SDGs as well as providing inspiration for all those committed to developing transformative strategies for just and sustainable tourism futures.’ -- Raoul Bianchi, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK About the Author Edited by Karla A. Boluk, Associate Professor, Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies, University of Waterloo, Canada, Freya Higgins-Desbiolles, Adjunct, Business Unit, Adelaide University, Australia; Visiting Professor, Centre for Research and Innovation in Tourism, Taylor's University of Malaysia, Malaysia and Mahshad Akhoundoghli, PhD student, Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies, University of Waterloo, Canada