Sustainability Transitions in Tourism and Hospitality
Rami K Isaac editor Andrew Ngawenja Mzembe editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published:10th Jul '26
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Sustainability Transitions in Tourism and Hospitality offers vital conceptual and practical insights into the domains of sustainability transitions (ST) in tourism and hospitality sectors, business models, and operations.
Using ST theory, this book addresses the extent to which the tourism and hospitality industries drive the ST by revamping business models and practices to incorporate sustainability into their innovation strategy. The chapters are structured to examine these topics through ST, which entail a comprehensive consideration of the state of knowledge, conceptual underpinning about ST in tourism and hospitality, as well as current and alternative models and governance frameworks that support ST. By doing so, it sheds light on how ST in tourism and hospitality, by virtue of being multi‑dimensional and multi‑actor, are at the interface of political sciences, geography, sociological and behavioural sciences, technology, and innovation studies. This is supported with case‑based insights throughout. This timely volume advances the tourism and hospitality research agenda towards generating an in‑depth understanding of the dynamics, processes, and structures that shape the industry’s transition to more sustainable consumption and production systems.
This book will be of pivotal interest to students, researchers, and academics of tourism as well as in development studies disciplines.
“This is not just another academic book. It is a call to arms. It challenges scholars, practitioners, policymakers, and educators to confront the contradictions, power dynamics, and path dependencies that keep the industry stuck in business-as-usual thinking. If the tourism and hospitality sectors are serious about navigating the transition toward a liveable future, this edited collection should be required reading.”
-Professor Catheryn Khoo, Research Consultant I Acaprenuer (Academic-Entrepreneur).
“This thoughtful and innovative volume offers comprehensive insights into the field of sustainability transitions in tourism and hospitality. The authors draw upon empirically grounded examples to demonstrate the complexities and contradictions of the transformation process. This is a well-integrated collection of fresh methodologies and theoretical insights that illuminate an emerging challenge for the future of humanity and the planet.”
-Brian King, PhD, Professor and Head, Arch H. Aplin III ’80 Department of Hospitality, Hotel Management & Tourism, Texas A&M University, USA.
”This inspiring and rich collection is grounded on evolving Sustainability Transitions agenda in tourism and hospitality research. The book highlights the role of innovations and governance in incorporating sustainability into tourism and hospitality business models, practices and strategies. The authors explore sustainability transitions within a wide range of cases and offer novel theoretical insights and highly innovative empirically grounded analyses on sustainability transitions needs.”
-Jarkko Saarinen, University of Oulu, Finland.
ISBN: 9781041128922
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 730g
278 pages