Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes: Volume 10 Issue 6

Editorial

What challenges and opportunities will lead to success?

This paper aims to introduce the papers in this issue and explain the pertinence of the strategic question.

Challenges and opportunities

This paper aims to identify key challenges and opportunities for tourist destinations in 2030.

Opportunities and challenges brought by the China outbound travel market

As the Chinese outbound travel market has become a paramount target for world tourism with significant growth potential, the purpose of this paper is to discuss the impact that…

The unavoidable disruption of the circular economy in tourism

The whole economy is in a transition process from the linear to the circular paradigm. The tourism industry is no stranger to this paradigm shift, so the purpose of this paper is…

Sustainability as a key driver to address challenges

This study aims to address the paradigm changes currently affecting tourism: the increasingly recognisable signs of irreversible climate change and the consequences of this and…

Hospitality trends: opportunities and challenges

The main purpose of this paper is to summarize the trends and suggestions for the hospitality sector, identified by a number of authors and publications.

Main challenges, trends and opportunities for wine tourism in Portugal

This paper aims to define the boundaries of wine tourism to identify the main challenges, trends and opportunities of wine tourism in Portugal, providing some critical…

Residents’ perceptions and attitudes towards future tourism development: A challenge for tourism planners

This paper aims to present the results of a quantitative survey among 140 residents of the city of Porto.

Challenges to Portuguese tourism – Restelo old man or Cristiano Ronaldo?

This paper aims to consider the state of the art of the tourism sector in Portugal, identifying the main problems and some challenges and solutions for the future.

Portuguese tourism: How to share success?

The purpose of this paper is to draws on the main conclusions of an International Tourism Forum Round Table discussion, attended by representatives of the main entities of the…

The travel industry in 2018 – setting the scene for the future

The purpose of the paper is to identify key challenges and opportunities for tourist destinations.

Data science for hospitality and tourism

This paper aims to embrace the challenge of performing a state-of-the-art scientific literature analysis in data science for hospitality and tourism. This is important because…

Beware hospitality industry: the robots are coming

The purpose of this study is to provide an overview of how artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics can and will be utilized by the hospitality industry, providing a glimpse of…

Managing tourism development: a kit for action

Tourism impact on the economy is a reality that is going to be around for years to come. However, recognition of the “less positive” effects of tourism means that both private and…

There is a fourth industrial revolution: the digital revolution

This paper aims to identify potential issues for the travel and tourism industry, regarding technology in the digital era.

Challenges and opportunities – lessons from destinations and organizations

This paper aims to critically review the contributions made by the authors of the papers selected for this global trends issue and to present the main lessons for tourist…