Chapter 1: Sustainable Tourism: An Introduction -- Chapter 2: “Sustainability-oriented Innovation in Tourism Destinations: Born Ready or Bred for Success?” -- Chapter 3: “Sustainable Livelihoods and Tourism Businesses: An Overview of the Nexus in Developing Countries” -- Chapter 4: “An Innovation Model for Sustainable Luxury Tourism: Developing an Assessment Framework” -- Chapter 5: “Recreation in Forests: Implications from the COVID-19 Pandemic” -- Chapter 6: “Staycations – A Sustainable Tourism Solution?” -- Chapter 7: “Local Tourist Shopping: How Destination Purchases Can Contribute to Sustainability” -- Chapter 8: “The Role of Smart and Experimental Tourism in Sustainable Development” -- Chapter 9: “A New Tool for Smart Tourism Destinations: Indicators of Sustainable Intelligence” -- Chapter 10: “Tourism Views and Experiences of Micro- and Small Enterprises in Northern Finland and Russian Karelia during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Border Operations Perspective” -- Chapter 11: “Environmental and Tourism Policies for the Decarbonization of the Tourism Sector” -- Chapter 12: “Is Tourism Taxation a Good Tool to Advance the Sustainability of Tourism?” -- Chapter 13: “Walking in Bodh Gaya: A Gendered Approach to the Analysis of Sustainable Tourism Policies”.

Now more than ever, there is a need for designing and implementing strategies towards sustainability-minded tourism practices. Stakeholders are charged not only with rescuing this key, job-creating industry from the devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, but also with transforming conventional tourism, which has exacerbated the climate crisis through pollution, encroachment on ecosystems, and extractivist land use. Including contributions from international experts at the interdisciplinary nexus of tourism studies, this book provides fresh insights on sustainable tourism by platforming research dedicated to sustainable tourism-related models, innovations, and policies. This book contributes to our collective understanding of how we can enjoy and benefit from travel while enacting positive, sustainable changes. Thomas Walker is a Professor of Finance at the John Molson School of Business, Concordia University, Canada, as well as Director of the Jacques Menard/BMO Center for Capital Markets Research and the Concordia University Research Chair in Emerging Risk Management. Ender Demir is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Business Administration, School of Social Sciences, Reykjavik University, Iceland. His fields of research include corporate finance, financial economies and hospitality financial management. Gabrielle Kathleen Machnik-Kekesi is a Research Associate at the Emerging Risks information Centre at the John Molson School of Business at Concordia University, Canada. She has work experience in editing, conference planning, and grant writing and has previously worked as managing editor for the Canadian Journal of Irish Studies. Victoria Kelly is a Research Associate at the Emerging Risks Information Centre, Concordia University, Canada. Her research interests include sustainability and climate change management.