Tourism and climate change in Mauritius: assessing the adaptation and mitigation plans and prospects

Mahadew, Roopanand; Appadoo, Krishnee Adnarain

doi:10.1108/tr-12-2017-0203

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“…In addition, tourism is impacted by a lot of events that are out of the control of destination managers such as geo-political conflicts and climate change. This will illustrate the complexity and unpredictability of the tourism system in practice (Weaver, 2014;Mahadew and Appadoo, 2019) and the need for planning resilience in destination management (Gretzel et al, 2016). Moreover, the concept of sustainable tourism development, and its various interpretations, often varies between individuals and communities when compared to one another.…”

Section: Execution Challenges Of Sustainable Tourism Developmentmentioning

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Sustainable tourism development performance in the wetland areas: a proposed composite index

Ghoochani¹,

Ghanian²,

Khosravipour³

et al. 2020

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Purpose Destinations wishing to exploit their natural resources, such as wetlands, for tourism development are wise to reach consensus among their community’s stakeholders on the policies and practices needed to sustainably manage tourism development and activities in their fragile natural environments. Drawing from an old adage that you cannot manage what you do not measure, one of the most important challenges facing policymakers and destination managers is the measurement of tourism to determine if it is meeting its desired objectives. This paper aims to focus on producing a system for monitoring the performance of tourism development on sustainable tourism practices. Design/methodology/approach The proposed system is based upon a qualitative study using the Delphi method involving stakeholders from different areas of expertise in rural economic development and natural resource management. Findings After three rounds in the Delphi stage, the participants reached consensus on the following set of 69 indicators: Environmental (8 sub-components and 19 indicators), Socio-cultural (7 sub-components and 24 indicators) and Economic (8 sub-components and 26 indicators) for sustainable tourism development performance in the wetland areas. Originality/value The provided scale in this manuscript will allow the planners/managers to assess the sustainable tourism development in their area in an easy and reliable way.

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Sustainable tourism development performance in the wetland areas: a proposed composite index

Ghoochani¹,

Ghanian²,

Khosravipour³

et al. 2020

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“…The development of a national risk mitigation plan or strategy is known to reduce biosecurity risk within destinations (Oidtmann et al, 2011;Hall and Baird, 2013). Specifically, there is a need to adapt to issues arising from tourism and mitigate its impacts within island destinations considered vulnerable due to their ecological isolation (Mahadew and Appadoo, 2019). Destinations can experience reduced tourist arrivals, tourism receipts, GDP and rising unemployment from anthropogenic activities and negative events (Bhati et al, 2016).…”

Section: Tourism Biosecurity Risk Mitigation Strategiesmentioning

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“…Biosecurity planning, monitoring, surveillance, pathway management, communication, and legislation are given regular attention by global and European organisations (CBD, 2002;World Health Organisation (WHO), 2005a;ECDC, 2018). Where national legal and normative frameworks on specific issues are weak, international and European legal frameworks should be used within national risk mitigation plans or strategies (Mahadew and Appadoo, 2019). Furthermore, a specific plan offers an opportunity for essential biosecurity risk management procedures such as raising tourist awareness and the communication of best practice guidelines and pathway management measures (Hall and Baird, 2013;Cole et al, 2018).…”

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“…However, adopting an appropriate legislative framework within a national plan or strategy would entrust responsibilities and obligations to various stakeholders. This will obligate business operators in the tourism sector to adopt ways and means that are in line with international biosecurity considerations (Mahadew and Appadoo, 2019).…”

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Tourism biosecurity risk management and planning: an international comparative analysis and implications for Ireland

Melly

Hanrahan

2020

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Purpose This paper aims to review the state of national biosecurity planning. The authors recognised tourist vectoring can increase the risk of invasive alien species (IAS) and disease; representing substantial biosecurity risk for tourism destinations worldwide. This research assesses the provision of biosecurity mitigation measures within national biosecurity plans and guidelines internationally. The author’s position in this issue contends that a lack of sufficient biosecurity risk management and planning in place for tourism could have severe impacts on a destination’s environment, society, and economy. Design/methodology/approach The authors systematically reviewed national biosecurity planning through a mixed-method research approach. Frist, essential criteria identified from international literature allowed for content analysis to assess specific national biosecurity plans and strategies. Second, qualitative data was then gathered by conducting semi-structured interviews within national governing bodies and organisations. Findings Planning for tourism biosecurity varies around the world with some destinations demonstrating highly evolved plans such as Hawaii, New Zealand, and Australia. However, this is not the case in Ireland where planning for biosecurity at a national level is severely limited. Biosecurity planning, pathway management, communication, quarantine and plans for tourism risk are inadequate to prevent the introduction and spread of IAS and disease in Ireland. Recommendations offer destinations globally and with “island status” an opportunity for biosecurity to be improved by using surveillance, communication, guidelines and specific capacities at the border stages within a specific national biosecurity plan. Originality/value This review on the state of national planning for biosecurity provides new knowledge specifically for tourism destinations worldwide, which can adopt the essential elements identified within this research for a national tourism biosecurity risk framework.

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“…Since the past few years, academicians and researchers have tried to explore the environmental concerns and issues that have arisen out of tourism activities (Khatibi et al, 2020;Tian et al, 2019;Wang et al, 2021;Liu et al, 2019;Mahadew and Appadoo, 2019;Nazneen et al, 2021;Seetanah and Fauzel, 2019;Thongdejsri and Nitivattananon, 2019).…”

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Tourism and carbon emissions: a bibliometric review of the last three decades: 1990–2021

Mishra

Pandita

Bhat

et al. 2021

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review the diversified existing literature on tourism and carbon emissions using bibliometric analysis to churn down the multiple studies under one paper, which not only provides insights into the evolution and progress of the research area but also sets the future research agenda. Design/methodology/approach The study adopted the Scientometrics review methodology based on the bibliometric analysis. Bibliometric analysis is conducted through the following techniques, namely, citation analysis, thematic mapping, country collaboration, co-citation analysis and co-occurrence of keywords with the help of R-based bibliometrix and visualization of similarities (VOS) viewer open-source software. Findings The study identified the most prominent authors, studies, journals, affiliations and countries in the field of sustainable tourism, as well as the most co-cited authors and journals, based on a bibliometric analysis of 398 research papers retrieved from the Scopus database during the past three decades (1990–2021). Moreover, some of the relevant themes identified by the authors are energy use and carbon dioxide (CO2) emission of the tourism sector, economic impacts of tourism and CO2 emissions and CO2 emissions and carbon tax. Originality/value The outcome of the selected studies is a unique contribution to the field of sustainable tourism as it is one of the first known studies to review tourism and carbon emissions. It provides in-depth bibliometric analysis of articles and identification of the important research trends.

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Tourism and climate change in Mauritius: assessing the adaptation and mitigation plans and prospects

Cited by 14 publications

References 8 publications

Sustainable tourism development performance in the wetland areas: a proposed composite index

Sustainable tourism development performance in the wetland areas: a proposed composite index

Tourism biosecurity risk management and planning: an international comparative analysis and implications for Ireland

Tourism and carbon emissions: a bibliometric review of the last three decades: 1990–2021

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