Tourism Policy and Planning: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

Tourism Policy and Planning: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow offers an introduction to the tourism policy process and how policies link to the strategic tourism planning function as well as influence planning at the local, national, and international levels. This fourth edition has been fully revised and updated to reflect the many important developments in the travel and tourism industry and subsequent new policies and present planning process issues in relation to crises – in particular, COVID-19.

The fourth edition features:

• New content on the impact of COVID-19 on tourism policy and planning.
• New content on the effects of the pandemic on the tourism industry more generally, including topics such as degrowth, common good economy, post-growth economy, tourism lobbies and lobbying, tourism policy/planning and SGDs citizens’ engagement in tourism policy and planning, strategic directions, monitoring, and evaluation of tourism policy.
• New case studies throughout to illustrate real-life applications of planning and policy at the international, regional, national, and local levels.
• New case studies across a variety of issues related to flora and fauna, landscapes and geographies, and global destinations such as Ecuador, Canada, New Zealand, the United States, and Belize.

Accessible and up to date, Tourism Policy and Planning provides students with an essential introduction to and examination of important policy and planning issues in tourism globally.

David L. Edgell, Sr. is Professor Emeritus of trade, tourism, and economic development. He has taught graduate tourism policy courses at The George Washington University, introduced new travel and tourism courses at the University of Missouri at Kansas City, and taught graduate and undergraduate trade, tourism, and economic development courses at East Carolina University as well as presenting special lectures at numerous other universities in the United States and abroad.

Jason R. Swanson is an associate professor of tourism at the University of Kentucky and the author of four books on tourism and several articles on tourism-related issues. He also teaches at international universities, conducts important research related to tourism policy and planning, and provides international consulting services.