About this Research Topic
Tourism communities often face unique challenges that test their social and cultural fabric. Rapid tourism growth can lead to cultural commodification, social inequality, and loss of identity, while crises such as pandemics or natural disasters can disrupt livelihoods and community cohesion. Understanding social and cultural resilience involves exploring how these communities engage in participatory planning, preserve their heritage, and leverage social networks for support. By examining these dynamics, researchers can identify strategies to enhance resilience, ensuring that tourism contributes positively to the community's cultural and social sustainability.
The goal of this Research Topic is to address the multifaceted challenges that tourism communities face in maintaining and enhancing their social and cultural resilience. This issue intends to bring together a collection of studies that will explore the cases from various world regions. Submissions from the Global South will be particularly welcome, as these regions often experience the most intense pressures from tourism development and crises, yet also offer rich insights into resilient practices and innovative solutions. These cases will examine, amongst others, various participatory approaches to tourism planning that involve local communities in the decision-making processes; strategies for preserving cultural heritage rather than those that undermine local traditions and customs; mechanisms that help strengthen social networks and support systems within tourism communities as robust social bonds are crucial for resilience. Insights from the collection of these cases in the special issue will help us develop and suggest coping mechanisms and resilience-building strategies that can help communities recover from disruptions. By understanding these dynamics, we can also develop effective policies and practices that enhance the well-being and stability of tourism communities, ensuring sustainable and resilient tourism development. Furthermore, the comprehensive special issue will help gain valuable insights and propose actionable strategies for fostering social and cultural resilience in tourism-dependent regions from across the world.
This Research Topic aims to explore the social and cultural resilience of tourism communities, emphasizing the need to sustain and enhance their unique characteristics amidst various challenges. We would invite submissions that address the following themes:
1. Community Engagement: Strategies and outcomes of involving local communities in tourism planning and decision-making processes.
2. Cultural Heritage Management: Effective practices for preserving and promoting local culture without leading to commodification.
3. Social Networks and Support Systems: Analysis of the role of social bonds and community support in enhancing resilience.
4. Coping and Adaptation: Innovative ways in which communities respond to tourism-related disruptions and crises.
5. Sustainability Practices: Sustainable tourism models that align with local priorities and enhance social cohesion.
We would welcome original research articles, case studies, review articles, and perspective pieces that offer new insights or comprehensive overviews. Contributions should focus on empirical data, theoretical frameworks, or detailed case studies that contribute to the broader understanding of resilience in tourism communities.
The goal of this Research Topic is to address the multifaceted challenges that tourism communities face in maintaining and enhancing their social and cultural resilience. This issue intends to bring together a collection of studies that will explore the cases from various world regions. Submissions from the Global South will be particularly welcome, as these regions often experience the most intense pressures from tourism development and crises, yet also offer rich insights into resilient practices and innovative solutions. These cases will examine, amongst others, various participatory approaches to tourism planning that involve local communities in the decision-making processes; strategies for preserving cultural heritage rather than those that undermine local traditions and customs; mechanisms that help strengthen social networks and support systems within tourism communities as robust social bonds are crucial for resilience. Insights from the collection of these cases in the special issue will help us develop and suggest coping mechanisms and resilience-building strategies that can help communities recover from disruptions. By understanding these dynamics, we can also develop effective policies and practices that enhance the well-being and stability of tourism communities, ensuring sustainable and resilient tourism development. Furthermore, the comprehensive special issue will help gain valuable insights and propose actionable strategies for fostering social and cultural resilience in tourism-dependent regions from across the world.
This Research Topic aims to explore the social and cultural resilience of tourism communities, emphasizing the need to sustain and enhance their unique characteristics amidst various challenges. We would invite submissions that address the following themes:
1. Community Engagement: Strategies and outcomes of involving local communities in tourism planning and decision-making processes.
2. Cultural Heritage Management: Effective practices for preserving and promoting local culture without leading to commodification.
3. Social Networks and Support Systems: Analysis of the role of social bonds and community support in enhancing resilience.
4. Coping and Adaptation: Innovative ways in which communities respond to tourism-related disruptions and crises.
5. Sustainability Practices: Sustainable tourism models that align with local priorities and enhance social cohesion.
We would welcome original research articles, case studies, review articles, and perspective pieces that offer new insights or comprehensive overviews. Contributions should focus on empirical data, theoretical frameworks, or detailed case studies that contribute to the broader understanding of resilience in tourism communities.
Keywords: Community engagement, cultural heritage preservation, social cohesion, tourism sustainability, resilience strategies
Important Note: All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.
