This book explores how tourism can drive positive change in our world. It explorers at the important connections between sustainability, tourism, and cultural preservation, showing how these elements interact and influence each other. By examining the effects of tourism on local communities and environments, it emphasizes that responsible tourism can truly be a force for good. This book features case studies from countries like Saudi Arabia, Portugal, and China. These examples illustrations show innovative approaches to support local communities while preserving their cultural heritage. Each case study offers a look at how tourism can help enhance social and economic development while also keeping a balance between cultural and environmental needs. This book is for everyone—policymakers, scholars, and industry professionals alike. It brings together ideas from various fields and provides practical strategies for responsible tourism. By inviting readers to rethink tourism’s role in our increasingly globalized world, it highlights its potential to encourage environmental stewardship and strengthen local identities, ensuring that travel enriches our lives and helps preserve the cultural and natural treasures we hold dear.
Tatjana Pivac is a full professor at the Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management on Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Serbia. She teaches several courses at the undergraduate, master's, and doctoral studies, relative to cultural heritage, cultural tourism, wine tourism, and event management. She was Vice Dean for Education on the Faculty of Sciences (2015-2024) and Editor-in-chief of the International Scientific Journal "Turizam" (since 2013). She has been a member of the Executive and Supervisory boards of the Vojvodina Environmental Movement since December 2015, and president of the Board of Directors of the Cluster of Cultural Routes since April 2022. Tatjana is the author and co-authored over 200 papers, 10 monographs, and two books. She participated in numerous national and international projects (INTERREG, ERASMUS+, COST actions, COSME).
Rui Alexandre Castanho holds an International Ph.D. in Sustainable Planning in Borderlands and is the Vice-Dean for Sustainable Development at WSB University, Poland, as well as a Visiting Professor at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. He is also a European Climate Pact Ambassador. He collaborates with several research groups, including ECIDES (UNIR, Spain), VALORIZA (IPP, Portugal, as Vice-Coordinator), CITUR-Madeira (Portugal), and AQUAGEO (UNICAMP, Brazil). A prolific academic, he has authored/edited 20 books, over 130 indexed peer-reviewed papers, 90 book chapters, and 90 conference papers. He has delivered keynote speeches at major international events and was awarded the title of Doctor Honoris Causa by UPCI, Lima, Peru.
Eliana Martinelli is an architect and Assistant Professor at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Perugia. Since 2012, she has carried out academic and professional research in Italy, Germany, Turkey, and Morocco. In 2017, she completed a PhD in Architectural Composition with honors at the IUAV University of Venice, with the first dissertation in Italy on the work of the Turkish architect Turgut Cansever, later published in the book Recomposing Unity. Turgut Cansever in Istanbul (2022). She has held teaching positions at the Université Euro-Méditerranéenne de Fès (Morocco), SRH Hochschule Heidelberg (Germany), the University of Pisa, the University of Florence, and the Federico II University of Naples. She has been a research fellow in the field of architectural and urban regeneration, specializing in memory and the involvement of communities in the enhancement of tangible and intangible heritage. She has published numerous essays and articles, and she is the co-founder of DAr: international biannual journal of architecture in the Islamic world.
Eduardo Cândido Cordeiro Gonçalves: Ph.D. in Tourism and Leisure from the Universität Rovira i Virgili (Spain) and Ph.D. in History from the University of Porto (Portugal). Is an Associate Professor of Tourism at the University of Maia (Portugal) of which he was Vice-Rector (2014 to 2021). At the same university, he coordinates the Master's in Tourism, Heritage and Development and directs the Center for Tourism Development Studies. He is a full researcher at Centre of Studies in Geography and Spatial Planning (R&D, Foundation for Science and Technology, Portugal). He is co-Editor-in-chief of PASOS - Journal of Tourism and Cultural Heritage (ranked Q2 in Scopus). He has more than two hundred publications in international journals, as well as books and book chapters. He has participated as a keynote speaker in numerous events. He was a principal investigator on several projects (publicly funded, i.e. ERDF, European Union). He was co-rapporteur for the candidacy of Bom Jesus do Monte (Braga, Portugal) as a World Heritage Site (classified by UNESCO).The research has been developed with particular reference to questions of governance and tourist destination management.
