A dynamic vulnerability approach for tourism destinations

Student, Jillian; Lamers, Machiel; Amelung, Bas

doi:10.1080/09669582.2019.1682593

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“…In relation to the organisational context, this research analyses and classifies the changes affecting the tourism sector, in particular the hotel sector, in order to identify the most critical events to which organisational resilience should be developed. In this regard, there is not academic consensus on what situations influence tourism industry vulnerability and how to measure its criticality level (e.g., Moreno & Becken, 2009 ; Student, Lamers, & Amelung, 2019 ). For this reason, an important contribution is to evaluate hotel vulnerability to such changes, not only considering their impact on the organisation, but also their level of frequency and predictability.…”

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Hotels in contexts of uncertainty: Measuring organisational resilience

Melián‐Alzola

Monroy

Hidalgo-Peñate

2020

Tourism Management Perspectives

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The tourism industry faces multiple changes (economic crises, climate change, technology innovation…). Because of this vulnerability, as evidenced by the COVID-19 pandemic, the study of hotel resilience is a key issue for the survival and competitiveness of organisations and destinations. Therefore, this paper proposes a holistic model to measure organisational resilience. To that end, it aims to analyse the determinants of organisational resilience, i.e. predictors of resilience (strategy and change), and to assess how they contribute to hotel resilience and performance. Firstly, the hotel context in the Canary Islands is examined to identify the level of impact, frequency and predictability of each type of change. Secondly, scales development and validation were conducted. Finally, the proposed model is validated. Findings confirm that the strategy and change dimensions have a considerable effect on hotel resilience, which positively influences hotel performance. Discussion provides hotel managers with guidelines to improve organisational resilience and performance.

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Hotels in contexts of uncertainty: Measuring organisational resilience

Melián‐Alzola

Monroy

Hidalgo-Peñate

2020

Tourism Management Perspectives

109

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“…The exercise and a lecture are hardly comparable, however; the learning associated with the exercise is much more profound. Whereas a lecture leads to knowledge transfer at best, the carbon footprint exercise goes far beyond that, providing students with a platform to 'experience and experiment' (Student, Lamers, & Amelung, 2020), resulting in more profound insights and a clearer scope for action (Cordero et al, 2008). In other words, the exercise not only improves the students' carbon literacy, but also, and more importantly, their carbon capability.…”

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The holiday carbon footprint in tourism education: Learning from practice and experience

Amelung

Eijgelaar²

2021

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Tourism is on course to thwart humanity’s efforts to reach a zero carbon economy because of its high growth rates and carbon intensity. To get out of its carbon predicament, the tourism sector needs professionals with carbon literacy and carbon capability. Providing future professionals in the full spectrum of tourism-related study programmes with the necessary knowledge and skills is essential. This article reports on ten years of experience at a BSc tourism programme with a carbon footprint exercise in which students calculate the carbon footprint of their latest holiday, compare their results with others and reflect on options to reduce emissions. Before they start, the students are provided with a handout with emission factors, a brief introduction and a sample calculation. The carbon footprints usually differ by a factor of 20 to 30 between the highest and lowest. Distance, transport mode and length of stay are almost automatically identified as the main causes, and as the main keys for drastically reducing emissions. The link to the students’ own experience makes the exercise effective, the group comparison makes it fun. As the exercise requires no prior knowledge and is suitable for almost any group size, it can be integrated into almost any tourism-related study programme.

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“…Otros analistas abordan problemas espacial y temporalmente fluidos como son la inseguridad, las crisis de salud o la violencia (Cheer y Lew, 2018). Algunos más enfatizan la necesidad de intervenir en las condiciones generales de vida de la población para ganar resiliencia (Malik, 2014), o en las interconexiones entre gente, recursos ambientales, espacio y tiempo (Student et al, 2020).…”

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Estimación de la vulnerabilidad de los municipios turísticos de Jalisco ante la pandemia del COVID-19 y opciones de política pública

Chávez

2020

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Este artículo propone un modelo general tridimensional para estimar la vulnerabilidad de los destinos turísticos ante la pandemia del COVID-19. El modelo se aplica con datos de municipios de Jalisco, México, con el propósito de explorar opciones de políticas públicas. Relacionando resultados y niveles de incidencia se presenta una tipología de municipios útil para el diseño de políticas ad hoc, considerando vulnerabilidades y patrones de contagio en municipios metropolitanos, costeros de turismo rural, ribereños, pueblos mágicos, turismo religioso y ciudades medias. La principal contribución es el desarrollo de un modelo replicable para explorar opciones de políticas dirigidas a enfrentar la vulnerabilidad. Palabras clave: pandemia del COVID-19, vulnerabilidad, resiliencia turística, municipios de Jalisco, modelo multiatributo.

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A dynamic vulnerability approach for tourism destinations

Cited by 33 publications

References 55 publications

Hotels in contexts of uncertainty: Measuring organisational resilience

Hotels in contexts of uncertainty: Measuring organisational resilience

The holiday carbon footprint in tourism education: Learning from practice and experience

Estimación de la vulnerabilidad de los municipios turísticos de Jalisco ante la pandemia del COVID-19 y opciones de política pública

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