The rapid growth and development of global transportation and communication technology systems are some key 21st century drivers, which provide faster, more accessible inter-continental connectivity, continuity, convergence and collaboration to create billions of opportunities for global citizens. Through this tourism has become one of the world's most vital, vibrant, volatile and value-oriented service industries. However, sometimes this mobility may be a great cause of unprecedented pandemics. Recent extensive viral outbreaks such as Zika, Ebola, Swine Flu and the global spanning COVID-19 pandemic have had a momentary disruptive impact of the mobility of tourists and devastated the tourism industry to continue operating.

Virus Outbreaks and Tourism Mobility: Strategies to Counter Global Health Hazards uses innovative and cutting-edge research to map out the background and impacts of national, regional and international viral outbreaks. With case studies exploring the strategic responses and management of these crises, with perspectives offered on local economies, tourist destinations or the transport and aviation services, this study focuses on illuminating new viewpoints to help build effective strategic responses to global health hazards.

About the Author

Sharad Kumar Kulshreshtha is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Tourism and Hotel Management, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong-Meghalaya, India. With more than 15 years of teaching and research experience, he is supervising PhD research scholars in the areas of event tourism, wine tourism, and avi-tourism of north-east India.

Reviews

Congratulations to Dr. Sharad Kumar Kulshreshtha for developing the "Virus Outbreaks and Tourism Mobility: Strategy to Encounter Global Health Hazards" book. As we gradually start the slow recovery from COVID-19 the book provides informative a comprehensive analysis of the various virus outbreaks and its impact on tourism. The global tourism industry needs to build resilience through sharing knowledge and learning from experience and best practice. This book provides a range of case studies and provides best-case examples to support tourism and hospitality industry. Resilience, solidarity, humanity and leadership will take us forward towards using tourism to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.

-- Professor Dimitrios Buhalis, Bournemouth University Business School, UK

It is timely to take account of the connected and related themes of Virus Outbreaks and Tourism Mobilities. This valuable collection adopts a systematic approach. The contributing authors offer new thinking about how border closures and other restrictions challenge prior assumptions about accelerating mobilities. Congratulations to the editors for this insightful and well considered initiative.

-- - Professor Brian King, Associate Dean, School of Hotel & Tourism Management, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
The second decade of this century has ended up with a particular emphasis on the significance of safety and security in human-being's life in general and tourist decision making in specific. As a result, this is a timely contribution to overview the impacts of coronavirus on various parts of travel and tourism industry across the globe. The book also suggests a number of effective strategies to maintain resilience and recovery out of such a global silence and disaster. -- - Prof. Metin Kozak, Dokuz Eylul University, Turkey.



Book Information
ISBN 9781800713352
Author Sharad Kumar Kulshreshtha
Format Hardback
Page Count 304
Imprint Emerald Publishing Limited
Publisher Emerald Publishing Limited
Weight(grams) 563g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 21mm