Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes: Volume 8 Issue 5

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Table of contents - Special Issue: How can the tourism industry respond to the global challenges arising from climate change and environmental degradation?

Guest Editors: Vikneswaran Nair, Badaruddin Mohamed, Toney K. Thomas

Trend of research on sustainable tourism and climate change in 21st century

Hadi Farid, Fatemeh Hakimian, Vikneswaran Nair, Pradeep Kumar Nair, Nazari Ismail

Climate change is one of the greatest challenges for policymakers at both the international and national levels in the twenty-first century; there is no exception for the tourism…

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Tourism development progress of two islands of Malaysia: The locals’ perspective towards climate change

Diana Mohamad, Azizi Bahauddin, Badaruddin Mohamed

The purpose of this paper is to look at the physical tourism impacts experienced by the communities of Redang Island and Perhentian Island – two tourist islands located close to…

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Coastal tourism space in the context of climate change: discourses and strategies

Dominic Lapointe, Coralie Lebon, Alexis Guillemard

The purpose of the paper is to explore how climate change and the discourses about adaptation to climate change are altering the spatial development of the tourism industry in…

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Climate disparity versus risk management: destination demand analysis

Parikshat Singh Manhas

The purpose of this paper is to study the relationship between tourism and climate change and, hence, to understand the impact of climate change on tourist destinations.

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Community participation in mitigating marine waste to reduce climatic change in tourism destinations

Sudesh Prabhakaran, Vikneswaran Nair, Sridar Ramachandran

Waste in the marine environment has become a serious task to be managed. Uncontrolled dumping creates large amounts of methane gas contributing to greenhouse gas emissions. This…

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Are tourism businesses’ responses to weather variability a suitable precursor to climate change adaptation?

Susanne Becken, Jude Wilson

This paper aims to investigate weather sensitivity of tourism businesses in New Zealand to examine whether adaptive responses and “learning” about current weather can help…

Exploring climate finance for tourism adaptation development: an overview

Daniele Vieira do Nascimento

The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the links between climate finance and tourism adaptation development. Besides increasing adaptation and mitigation efforts…

How can the tourism industry respond to the global challenges arising from climate change and environmental degradation?

Vikneswaran Nair, Badaruddin Mohamed, Toney K. Thomas

The aim of this paper is to critically review the contribution made by this theme issue in responding to the strategic question: “How can the tourism industry respond to the

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How can the tourism industry respond to the global challenges arising from climate change and environmental degradation?

Vikneswaran Nair, Badaruddin Mohamed, Toney K. Thomas, Richard Teare

This paper profiles the WHATT theme issue “How can the tourism industry respond to the global challenges arising from climate change and environmental degradation?” by drawing on…

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Cover of Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes

ISSN:

1755-4217

e-ISSN:

1755-4225

ISSN-L:

1755-4217

Online date, start – end:

2009

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editors:

  • Hale Ozgit
  • Ali Ozturen