Online book launch: Tourism Interventions, making or breaking places

Time to dive in! Tourism Interventions, making or breaking places 
 
On 7 November the research group "Tourism Impacts on Society'' is organizing an online book launch on the occasion of the presentation of 'Tourism Interventions, making or breaking places'. The book provides the industry, students, researchers, and academics with new insight and understanding of how best to sustainably develop, promote, and manage tourism, and how to help destinations become more resilient in the face of future crises. 
 
Online Book Launch 

After an introduction by Rami K. Isaac and Jeroen Klijs from Breda University of Applied Sciences, the various authors provide a brief explanation of the chapter they have written. Contributions from Tina Segota, Alberto Amore, Roos Gerritsma, Björn Ella, Simone Moretti, Sofía López Rodríguez, Tolo Deya, Marc Boumeester, Ristiawan, Rucitarahma, Can Seng Ooi, Steven Valcke, Licia Calvi, and Kristel Zegers. The meeting ends with a discussion between authors and attendees. 

Event details 

Date: 7 November 
Time: 12:30 - 14:00 
Location: Join this online event 

Registration is not necessary.

More about the book 

This book brings together in one volume, the various types of interventions that can steer tourism towards positive impacts (and/or prevent negative impacts) on the destinations where tourism is taking place. It examines tourism interventions and their role in making or breaking places, as initiated and implemented by a variety of stakeholders. Read more

It is published by international publisher Taylor & Francis Group. 
 

The following chapters will be addressed during the event

Promoting Tourists’ Responsible Behaviour Through Nudges: A Systematic Literature Review by Viola Ammesdoerfer, Bartolomé Deyá-Tortella and Sofia López-Rodríguez. 

Differences That Make a Difference: Placemaking Through Imaging and Imagination by  Marc Bouwmeester. 

Commodifying Landscape to Conserve It? The Politics of Highest and Best Use of Land in Indonesian UNESCO Geoparks by Rucitarahma Ristiawan, Edward Huijbens and Karin Peters. 

Artistic Cartographies and Place‑Based Service Design for Making Places by Ella Björn and Satu Miettinen. 

The Urban Leisure and Tourism Labs as Incubators for Sustainable Tourism Interventions: Sharing Insights from Educational Research Perspectives on Regenerative Placemaking in Amsterdam and Rotterdam by Roos Gerritsma and Donagh Horgan.  

The Role of Participatory Approaches in Developing Future Perspectives: Reconversion of St Godelina’s Abbey, Bruges by Bart Neuts, Steven Valcke, Clio Lambrechts, Vincent Nijs and Jan van Praet.  

Murals as Creative Placemaking Interventions: The Case of Blind Walls Gallery Breda, The Netherlands by Marisa P. de Brito, Licia Calvi, Kristel Zegers, Josefien Boor and Emma Braam. 

Interventions in the Tourism Market: Challenges, Opportunities and the Moral Limits of the Tourism Market by Can-Seng Ooi and Albertine Tøttenborg. 

The Challenge Contains the Solution: Designing Effective Tourism Development Interventions by Martine Bakker. 

Policy Failures, Action and Implementation Gaps, and Non‑Policy in Tourism: A Critical Appraisal by Alberto Amore and C. Michael Hall.   

Two Faces of the Adriatic Pearl: The Leader in Overtourism and Sustainability by Tina Šegota.