Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes: Volume 13 Issue 3

Editorial

Abrupt new realities amid the disaster landscape as one crisis gives way to crises

This paper aims to highlight the roles of sudden change and social disruption in the disaster landscape that shapes the environment of tourism destinations when hazards intersect…

Social disruption of the tourism and hospitality industries: implications for post-COVID-19 pandemic recovery

The purpose of this study is to examine how societal disruptions in the wake of disasters and crises also disrupt the tourism and hospitality industries.

Disaster management in Indonesian tourist destinations: how institutional roles and community resilience are mediated

This paper attempts to evaluate the current collaborative model of disaster management initiated by the Indonesian Government at the regional level. The paper aims at providing…

The Israeli travel and tourism industry faces COVID-19: developing guidelines for facilitating and maintaining a nuanced response and recovery to the pandemic

This paper aims to discuss how the tourism industry is contending with the economic and interorganizational challenges wrought by the COVID-19 outbreak and heightened by a lack of…

Tourism in the post COVID-19 era: evidence from hotels in the North East of England

This paper aims to examine developments in tourism during the COVID-19 pandemic using the hotel sector in the North-East of England as the area of study. The country has attracted…

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tourism operations and resilience: stakeholders’ perspective in Sri Lanka

The tourism industry has been extensively affected by numerous disasters throughout its history including 30 decades of ethnic war, the tsunami disaster in 2004 and the Easter…

Natural disasters, terrorism, and civil unrest: crises that disrupt the tourism and travel industry-a brief overview

The purpose of this paper is to provide a summary of how disasters, natural and human induced disasters, terrorist attacks, civil and political unrest and other crises affect…

An interview with Romira Young: opportunities and challenges for local small business owners in the tourism and hospitality industries in times of disaster

The purpose of this interview aims to offer a means to better understand tourism as it relates to small businesses within a global network.

Tourism as a bridge for inter-cultural understanding and reconciliation despite the COVID-19 challenges: an interview with Dr Itsik Peres

The interview with Mr Itsik (Isaac) Peres aims to provide a set of insights from the field – through global, Middle-Eastern and Israeli lenses – on some of the major challenges…

Post-pandemic tourism resilience: changes in Italians’ travel behavior and the possible responses of tourist cities

Since the outbreak of COVID-19 in early 2020, the travel sector has faced an intense challenge, making tourism one of the most affected sectors at the time of writing. Based on…

Towards a proactive, capabilities-based continuity framework for the hospitality and tourism industry

This paper aims to provide a framework to guide tourism and hospitality businesses, tourism organizations and their communities to collaboratively develop a proactive…

Why does resilience matter? Global implications for the tourism industry in the context of COVID-19

This paper aims to explore the concept of resilience both through conceptual lenses and an applied relevance and importance to the tourism and hospitality industry in the context…

Rebuilding Tourist destinations from Crisis: a comparative Study of Jammu and Kashmir and Assam, India

This study aims to explore the preparedness and the recovery/rebuilding activities or strategies adopted by the respondents during the phases of natural disaster/crisis in Jammu…

Conclusion - building resilient destinations and communities: the need for greater industry, community and academic collaboration

This paper provides a conclusion to the theme issue by commenting on the contributions made by the writing team. Moreover, this paper advocates the use of interdisciplinary teams…

Reflections on the theme issue outcomes