Limited tourism

Travel bubbles for a sustainable future

Dados Bibliográficos

ID21603902
AutoresFrancesc Fusté-Forné (0000-0002-3800-9284, Universitat de Girona, autor correspondente), Noela Michael (0000-0001-5029-0630, Zayed University)
Ano2023
Volume31
Fascículo1
Páginas73-90
Data de publicação2023-01-02
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Sustainable Tourism (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0966-9582 • E-ISSN: 1747-7646
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09669582.2021.1954654
OpenAlexW3186950476
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8
Referências citadas59

The new global context has heightened the need for the sustainable mobility and recovery of the tourism industry. This study analyses how travel bubbles can contribute towards the sustainability and reconstruction of the tourism industry. Several examples have emerged worldwide, manifesting the strong need to create ‘safe’ routes to transform tourism. Through a theoretical approach and by drawing from previous research, official reports, and news media, this study analyses the rationale for travel bubbles and examines how they can support short-term responses to the pandemic and enhance long-term planning pertaining to tourism mobility for a sustainable future. It discusses the political, economic, psychological, socioeconomic, environmental, and hygiene impacts of travel bubbles. The study shows that sustainability can be achieved through a cooperative regional approach. It examines the challenges and opportunities of travel bubbles towards redeveloping tourism in neighbouring destinations and offers strategies to support sustainable tourism during the COVID-19 pandemic, such as backyard tourism

Business · Economics · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Geography · Sustainability · Sustainable tourism · Tourism · Cruise Tourism Development and Management · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research · Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development