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Security, Tourism and Sustainability

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Tourism, Culture, and Heritage".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2023) | Viewed by 12045

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Jan A. Wendt

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Institute of Socio-Economic Geography and Spatial Management, University of Gdańsk, 80-309 Gdańsk, Poland
Interests: political geography; tourism geography; transport geography; international relations; regional development; sustainable development
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Dr. Agnieszka Bógdał-Brzezińska

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Department of Political History, University of Warsaw, 00-927 Warszawa, Poland
Interests: history and theory of international relations; personal determinants of political and leadership decisions; leadership in international relations; seniors in international relations; space policy; space security; cybersecurity policy

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We invite you to contribute to a Special Issue of Sustainability entitled “Security, Tourism and Sustainability”.

Contemporary regional and global challenges, the war in Ukraine, the deepening global warming, the energy crisis, the next wave of COVID-19, problems in air transport and the economic crisis (inflation), pose new challenges in research on social security, including tourist activity. It seems necessary to redefine the concept of security, especially in relation to tourism, to analyze problems in transport and tourism in global and regional terms, and to use and influence modern technologies for sustainable development. The aforementioned factors make us realize how the securitization of the more and more numerous areas influencing the stability of life in modern societies becomes more important than even a decade ago. Security processes no longer only concern the political and military dimensions, and they not only refer to states or alliances, but require taking into account the attitude of social responsibility in individual decisions. The mobility of societies related to tourism is as important a determinant of security as mass migrations caused by economic instability, political persecution, and wars in the internal and international dimension. For the above reasons, the challenges facing the modern world require a holistic perception and consideration in research processes of the relationship between non-traditional dimensions of security and the broadly understood policy/sphere of sustainable development.

With the above in mind, we announce this Special Issue which aims to discuss security challenges in the context of sustainable development. In particular, in soft security dimensions such as tourism, religion, energy and other aspects of social security.

We encourage you to contribute to this Special Issue by submitting scientific articles on the research and analysis of a wide range of challenges posed by the threats of the soft dimensions of security to sustainable development. These articles may be in theoretical terms, or presenting empirical results. This Special Issue deals with (but is not limited to) the following topics in the context of sustainable development:

  • Theoretical and methodological aspects of security;
  • The use and impact of modern technologies;
  • New security spaces;
  • Transport safety;
  • Contemporary threats in tourist traffic;
  • Threats to the development of recreation and tourism;
  • Military threats;
  • Cultural threats to the development of tourism;
  • Climate change as a risk factor;
  • Economic threats;
  • Health hazards in tourism;
  • Epidemic threats;
  • Energy security;
  • Contemporary threats of war migrations.

Prof. Dr. Jan A. Wendt
Dr. Agnieszka Bógdał-Brzezińska
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • tourism security
  • national and regional security
  • securitization
  • international security institutions
  • space security
  • epidemic threats
  • war and tourism
  • transport security

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Security and Securitization as Topics in Sustainability and Tourism Research
by Jan Andrzej Wendt and Agnieszka Bógdał-Brzezińska
Sustainability 2024, 16(2), 905; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16020905 - 21 Jan 2024
Cited by 4 | Viewed by 1680
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There are many published bibliometric works in the literature on the broadly understood topics of tourism, sustainability, and security (STS). Most of these studies present an indexed approach, showing the impact of works, journals, spatial diversity, and the most frequently published or cited [...] Read more.
There are many published bibliometric works in the literature on the broadly understood topics of tourism, sustainability, and security (STS). Most of these studies present an indexed approach, showing the impact of works, journals, spatial diversity, and the most frequently published or cited authors. The research and analysis undertaken in our work had a different goal: they were an attempt to answer questions about the degree of interest of researchers in the issue of STS, the dynamics of research devoted to the topics of STS, and internal differentiation in the broadly understood concept of security/danger in STS research. Data from the Web of Science journal database were used for the analysis. To determine the number of articles devoted to the topics of security, tourism, and sustainability, several combined keywords and simple statistical analyses were used. In the last 10, and especially 5 years (2019–2023), in each of the three topic groups, there has been an exponential increase in publications in journals indexed in the WoS database. In the sustainability category, risk and security received the most responses; in the tourism, COVID-19, and risk category; and in the tourism, sustainability, risk, and COVID-19 category. The use of keywords indicated thematic diversity in the field of security in each of the examined categories. The greatest interest among STS researchers was in studies related to the “COVID-19” threat. The results of the analysis allowed us to conclude there is an ongoing process of securitization in tourism research. Full article
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The Role of Metropolitan Areas in the Spatial Differentiation of Food Festivals
by Dariusz Kloskowski, Grzegorz Kwiatkowski, Dorota Janiszewska and Luiza Ossowska
Sustainability 2023, 15(13), 10689; https://doi.org/10.3390/su151310689 - 6 Jul 2023
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Central places described in the literature as metropolitan cities or urban hubs significantly impact the socioeconomic development of their surroundings, hence the interest in their influence on the organization of local food tasting and promotion events. This paper aims to identify the spatial [...] Read more.
Central places described in the literature as metropolitan cities or urban hubs significantly impact the socioeconomic development of their surroundings, hence the interest in their influence on the organization of local food tasting and promotion events. This paper aims to identify the spatial differentiation of food festivals in Poland, focusing on major metropolitan areas. The study presents a geostatistical analysis conducted with the use of spatial interpolation methods, with the aim of revealing the extent of the impact of metropolitan areas on the organization of food festivals, which are a determining factor in the development of a given area with the simultaneous initiation of the impact area’s own brand. The study consists of a literature review and spatial data collection regarding Polish geolocation of food festivals. Detailed analyses cover food festivals which, in terms of the number of visitors and their circumstances, could be classified as mass events, while considering their impact on the voivodship and ultimately, Poland as a whole. The results are compiled in cartographic, descriptive, and tabular forms. A synthesis was conducted separately for each voivodship. The study’s results confirm the hypothesis that the spatial autocorrelation of food festivals is related to the directionality of the major supply chains and the gradient of human movement intensity. The movements of people and cargo along this direction strongly determine key decisions regarding the organization of food festivals. Full article
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Analysis of the Coordination Effects and Influencing Factors of Transportation and Tourism Development in Shaanxi Region
by Weidi Zhang and Lei Wen
Sustainability 2023, 15(12), 9496; https://doi.org/10.3390/su15129496 - 13 Jun 2023
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With the accelerated growth of global tourism and the increasing availability of transport, the coordination and interaction between the tourism economy and transport have become a topic of great interest. This study seeks to analyse the coordination effects and influencing factors of Shaanxi’s [...] Read more.
With the accelerated growth of global tourism and the increasing availability of transport, the coordination and interaction between the tourism economy and transport have become a topic of great interest. This study seeks to analyse the coordination effects and influencing factors of Shaanxi’s tourism economy and transportation, thereby contributing to the sustainable development of the region’s tourism economy. To achieve this, we develop a tourism economy–transportation evaluation index system and employ the system coupled with the coordination model and entropy method to conduct a thorough analysis. The research spans over the years 2003–2021. According to the findings of this study, the integration and coordination of tourism economy–transportation and tourism development in Shaanxi are exhibiting an upward development trend. Over the years, the degree of coupling coordination has progressed through the stages of uncoordinated development, transformational development, and coordinated development, with the recent epidemic upheaval resulting in a primary level of coordination. In addition, the transport system has a significant impact on the coupled and coordinated development of the tourism economy–, with the size of the transport base and transport efficiency serving as the driving factors and transport pressure and epidemic shocks serving as significant influencing factors. Due to the fluctuations of the global pandemic, the coordination of the tourism system declines sharply in 2020, but recovers in 2021 as the pandemic progressively stabilises. Through this study, we can gain a better understanding of the relationship between the tourism economy and transport in Shaanxi and devise strategies and policies to support the development of sustainable transport and tourism systems. Full article
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Study of the Possibility of Using the Bottom Organomineral Accumulations of the Lakes of the North Kazakhstan Region to Obtain Innovative Fertilizers for the Development of Organic Farming and Agrotourism
by Pavel Dmitriyev, Ivan Fomin, Saltanat Ismagulova, Zharas Berdenov, Ivan Zuban, Kirill Ostrovnoy and Irina Golodova
Sustainability 2023, 15(11), 8999; https://doi.org/10.3390/su15118999 - 2 Jun 2023
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This publication presents the results of studies of the bottom sediments (sapropels) of lakes in the North Kazakhstan region. The purpose of this study is to identify the possibility of using sapropels from the lakes of the region in obtaining innovative fertilizers for [...] Read more.
This publication presents the results of studies of the bottom sediments (sapropels) of lakes in the North Kazakhstan region. The purpose of this study is to identify the possibility of using sapropels from the lakes of the region in obtaining innovative fertilizers for organic farming. For this purpose, geoinformation technologies, field research, statistics, and chemical and chemical-analytical methods were used (automated spectrometric methods of segmented flow analysis, photocolorimetry, flame photometry, and inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry). During the first stage of this study, the bottom sediments of three lakes in the region, which were at different stages of eutrophication, were selected to study the chemical composition of the raw materials. The sapropel of Lake Penkovskoye had optimal indicators. Further, an analysis of the territory of the region for the development of agrotourism was carried out. The aim of this study is to substantiate the prospects for the use of sapropel in the production of innovative fertilizers. The natural origin of sapropels allows them to be used in the production of environmentally friendly and safe products. Reducing the use of artificially synthesized mineral fertilizers will make agriculture and the environment safe and sustainable. This will further contribute to the development of agrotourism in the region. Full article
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The Role of Information Sources on Tourist Behavior Post-Earthquake Disaster in Indonesia: A Stimulus–Organism–Response (SOR) Approach
by Pahrudin Pahrudin, Tsung-Hua Hsieh, Li-Wei Liu and Chia-Chun Wang
Sustainability 2023, 15(11), 8446; https://doi.org/10.3390/su15118446 - 23 May 2023
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The earthquake disaster has an impact on tourist visit intention. This study aims to investigate tourist behavior in the post-earthquake disaster linkage between information sources (word of mouth and electronic word of mouth) and risk perception toward tourists’ visit intentions to a destination [...] Read more.
The earthquake disaster has an impact on tourist visit intention. This study aims to investigate tourist behavior in the post-earthquake disaster linkage between information sources (word of mouth and electronic word of mouth) and risk perception toward tourists’ visit intentions to a destination in Indonesia. This study applies the SOR theory to predict tourists’ behavior in the destination aftermath. The Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Model was used to examine the hypothesis of the study. The result found that information sources (electronic word of mouth and word of mouth) significantly influenced visit intention in the time of post-earthquake disaster. The risk perception has not significantly influenced visit intention in post-earthquake disasters. The discussion and conclusion of the study are discussed herein. Overall, the findings of the study may contribute to the theory by adding information sources to predict tourist behavior post-earthquake disaster and also gives a practical contribution to the tourism sector, stakeholders, tourism marketers, and policymakers in Indonesia to enhance the marketing strategy by considering destination promotion through word of mouth (offline) and electronic word of mouth (online) and its mechanism on tourists’ travel decision in the time of aftermath. Full article
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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on International Tourism Income in Tourism Receiving Countries
by Bartosz Korinth
Sustainability 2022, 14(19), 12550; https://doi.org/10.3390/su141912550 - 2 Oct 2022
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The purpose of this article is to analyze the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on international tourism income in tourism reception countries, in which the greatest tourist traffic in the world is observed. The analysis was performed on the basis of data obtained [...] Read more.
The purpose of this article is to analyze the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on international tourism income in tourism reception countries, in which the greatest tourist traffic in the world is observed. The analysis was performed on the basis of data obtained from the UNWTO, which was used to create a single-feature classification of subregions (using Hellwig’s method) and to create a single-feature classification (using a method based on positional measures) of the most important reception countries, i.e., generating the highest tourist traffic. Based on the research, it was found that the critical range of Hellwig occurred between Northeast Asia and Southeast Asia, North America, the Middle East and Sub-Saharan Africa, and between the Caribbean and South Asia. The largest percentage drops in revenues from international tourism in 2020 in comparison to 2019 occurred in Hong Kong, Malaysia, Greece and Spain. These countries recorded values above the upper quartile, which was −76.23%. Full article
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