Top ten tourism issues for 2015

Tuesday, 08 Jul, 2014 0

Security, sustainability, social issues all make top 10

Gathering information from university discussions, conferences and seminars, tourism documents, Internet, survey information, industry data, books, articles, and publications, utilization of a modified Delphi approach to gather certain research information, and comments from interested colleagues, students, and others – Dr David L Edgell has come up with his annual 10 Important world tourism issues for 2015.

They are:

  • Impact on the travel and tourism industry resulting from the global economic slowdown   
  • Concerns for safety and security remains an important issue for the travel and tourism industry
  • Importance of maintaining a destination’s sustainability regarding social, cultural, natural and built resources
  • Necessity for increased local/regional/national leadership in tourism policy and strategic planning
  • Resolving barriers to travel: visas, fuel price increases, airline/transportation fees, and airline delays
  • Educating users about optimizing use of new technologies in the tourism industry
  • Understanding the transformative effect that travel and tourism has on global socio-economic progress
  • Effect on travel and tourism from natural/manmade disasters and with respect to world political disruptions
  • Responding to increased interest in potential long-term consequences of climate change on tourism
  • Changes in tourism demand resulting from increased travel by emerging nations

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