Future Research Issues in IT and Tourism

open13siA Manifesto as a result of the JITT workshop in June 2014, Vienna. The objective of this manifesto (as a result of the JITT workshop in June 2014) is to identify a list of pivotal research topics and issues in e-tourism. E-tourism can be seen as everything that happens electronically related to the travel and tourism industry/experience; more formally it is defined as the design, implementation and application of IT and e-commerce solutions in the travel and tourism industry as well as the analysis of the impact of the respective technical and economic processes and market structures on all the involved actors and especially on the traveller's experience.Hannes Werthner; Aurkene Alzua-Sorzabal; Lorenzo Cantoni; Astrid Dickinger; Ulrike Gretzel; Dietmar Jannach; Julia Neidhardt; Birgit Pröll; Francesco Ricci; Miriam Scaglione; Brigitte Stangl; Oliviero Stock; Markus ZankerHannes, Werthner; Aurkene Alzua, Sorzabal; Lorenzo, Cantoni; Astrid, Dickinger; Ulrike, Gretzel; Dietmar, Jannach; Julia, Neidhardt; Birgit, Pröll; Francesco, Ricci; Miriam, Scaglione; Brigitte, Stangl; Stock, Oliviero; Markus, Zanke

Emergence:Annals and the evolving research and publishing landscape in tourism

Annals of Tourism Research is a social sciences journal, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2024. It holds a unique position in the field of tourism research and this article presents a discussion between its founding editor, Professor Jafar Jafari and one of its current co-editors, Professor Scott McCabe about its origins and emergence. The discussion covers the context and motivations for setting out the journal with a social sciences orientation, the ways that tourism research has expanded and developed as well as looks forward to the future, outlining a series of issues and topics that could be addressed in the coming decades to keep tourism research relevant and having impact on the industry and policy

Tourism and gendered hosts and guests

Purpose: This conceptual paper aims to contribute to the extant tourism and gender literature by highlighting a tendency towards the conceptualisation of gendered research participants as host or guest depending upon their nationality. Design/methodology/approach: The argument presented here is based on a critical review of literature concerned with gender and tourism, focusing specifically on studies that include participant voices since 2010. Findings: The paper identifies a tendency in research on gender and tourism to conceptualise women and men from the West as guests and women and men from the Rest as hosts. It is argued that working within this dominant framework can equate to an overlooking of many issues facing women and men globally, in doing so it paves the way for future research and opens dialogue for important conversations on gender and feminist research in the academic field of tourism. Research limitations/implications: This article aims to highlight a limitation in theorising rather than provide an exhaustive or systematic review of the literature. Future research trajectories are outlined

Tourism and gendered hosts and guests

Purpose: This conceptual paper aims to contribute to the extant tourism and gender literature by highlighting a tendency towards the conceptualisation of gendered research participants as host or guest depending upon their nationality. Design/methodology/approach: The argument presented here is based on a critical review of literature concerned with gender and tourism, focusing specifically on studies that include participant voices since 2010. Findings: The paper identifies a tendency in research on gender and tourism to conceptualise women and men from the West as guests and women and men from the Rest as hosts. It is argued that working within this dominant framework can equate to an overlooking of many issues facing women and men globally, in doing so it paves the way for future research and opens dialogue for important conversations on gender and feminist research in the academic field of tourism. Research limitations/implications: This article aims to highlight a limitation in theorising rather than provide an exhaustive or systematic review of the literature. Future research trajectories are outlined

Managing Value-at-Risk in Daily Tourist Tax Revenue for the Maldives

International tourism is the principal economic activity for Small Island Tourism Economies (SITEs). There is a strongly predictable component of international tourism, specifically the government revenue received from taxes on international tourists, but it is difficult to predict the number of international tourist arrivals, which determines the magnitude of tax revenue receipts. A framework is presented for risk management of daily tourist tax revenues for the Maldives, which is a unique SITE because it relies almost entirely on tourism for its economic and social development. As international tourism receipts are significant financial assets to the economies of SITEs, the time-varying volatility of international tourist arrivals and their growth rate is analogous to the volatility (or dynamic risk) in financial returns. The volatility in the levels and growth rates of daily international tourist arrivals are investigated in the paper. This paper provides a template for the future analysis of earnings from international tourism, particularly tourism taxes for SITEs, discusses the direct and indirect monetary benefits from international tourism, highlights tourism taxes in the Maldives as a development financing phenomenon, and provides a framework for discussing the design and implementation of tourism taxes. Furthermore, it is demonstrated that the analysis developed in this paper can be used by the Maldivian Government in determining monetary and fiscal policy, by creditors to evaluate the risks associated with providing financial support to the Maldives, and by resort operators to decide whether to expand or contract their operations. Acknowledgements: The first author acknowledges the financial support of the Australian Research Council, the second author wishes to acknowledge a UWA Research Fellowship, and the third author is most grateful for the financial support of an International Postgraduate Research Scholarship and University Postgraduate Award at UWA. The authors wish to thank the Editor, two referees, Clive Granger, Matteo Manera and Juerg Weber for helpful comments and suggestions. An earlier version of this paper was presented at the Second International Conference on Tourism and Sustainable Development: Macro and Micro Economic Issues, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy, September 2005.Small Island Tourism Economies (SITEs), international tourist arrivals, tourism tax, volatility, risk, Value-at-Risk (VaR), Sustainable Tourism@Risk (ST@R)

Time to transform the way we travel?: A conceptual framework for slow tourism and travel research

Slow food movement gave rise to subsequent movements including Cittáslow and slow tourism. This emphasises a steady state mindful approach to travel and consumption patterns. With consideration for pressing issues like overtourism, mass tourism and the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is pertinent to discuss viable alternatives to a fast-paced life and travel that we consider normal. One such alternative is slow tourism that accentuates sustainable tourism practices as well as tourism at a reduced pace. It endorses mindfulness in travelling and discovering destinations in a responsible manner. Furthermore, slow travel aims to promote tourists\u27 consumption-oriented enjoyment of experience through slow-paced and low carbon emission travel patterns. An in-depth scientometric review coupled with a critical qualitative review highlights the state-of-the-art of slow tourism and travel research, offers an integrative multilevel and multistage framework, and proposes future research avenues drawing on the gaps within the slow tourism and travel research

Progress and prospects for event tourism research

This paper examines event tourism as a field of study and area of professional practice updating the previous review article published in 2008. In this substantially extended review, a deeper analysis of the field’s evolution and development is presented, charting the growth of the literature, focusing both chronologically and thematically. A framework for understanding and creating knowledge about events and tourism is presented, forming the basis which signposts established research themes and concepts and outlines future directions for research. In addition, the review article focuses on constraining and propelling forces, ontological advances, contributions from key journals, and emerging themes and issues. It also presents a roadmap for research activity in event tourism

Progress in Tourism Management: from the geography of tourism to geographies of tourism - A review

This Progress in Tourism Management paper seeks to review the development of geographical contributions to the study of tourism over the last decade. Given the limited number of surveys of geography published in academic journals since the 1970s, it is particularly timely to question and debate where the subject has evolved to, the current debates and issues facing those who work within the subject and where the subject will evolve in the next five years. The paper is structured around a number of distinct themes to emerge from the research activity of geographers, which is deliberately selective in its coverage due to the constraints of space, but focuses on: explaining spatialities; tourism planning and places; development and its discontents; tourism as an 'applied' area of research, and future prospects