Jun Wen is an Associate Professor focusing on interdisciplinary tourism research with health in the Faculty of Hospitality and Tourism Management at Macau University of Science and Technology, SAR China. His current research interests lie in global health, tourism marketing, and travel medicine.Metin Kozak is a Professor of Tourism Marketing at the Department of Advertising, School of Communication, Kadir Has University, Turkey. His main research interests focus on consumer behaviour, marketing, big data, and sustainability in an interdisciplinary context.Joshua Aston is a Professor and Associate Dean (Law) in the School of Business and Law at Edith Cowan University, Australia. His current research interests lie in international human rights law, law of contract, cyber laws, and interdisciplinary research between tourism and modern slavery.Wei Wang is a Professor in public health at the School of Medical and Health Sciences at Edith Cowan University, Australia. His current research interests lie in molecular epidemiology, genomics, glycomics, and interdisciplinary research between health and tourism.

• 1: The development of interdisciplinary research between tourism, law, and sustainability: A brief overview , Part One: Interdisciplinary tourism research through the lens of sustainability and climate change . 2: Representational issues of CO2 in tourism climate equations, 3: Mapping housing affordability and public service accessibility, 4: Influence of love, pride and reputation on residents’ pro-environmental behaviours, 5: Climate change issues and the future of tourism , 6: Tourism indicator development and sustainability, Part Two: Achieving sustainable tourism through technology and media adoptions , 7: Future thinking: Enhancing tourism through open-source intelligence , 8: Insights into resident perceptions of smart city dimensions for smart tourism destinations, 9: How could Human-AI interaction impact tourist experiences?, 10: Antecedents and consequences of using AI chatbot in online travel agencies, Part Three: Achieving sustainable tourism through interdisciplinary research with law, 11: Addressing crimes against tourists, 12: The transformative power of law changes in tourism, 13: Child-sex tourism a convoluted legal web , 14: TTransplant tourism and organ trafficking: A comparative legal analysis, 15: Deviant behavior in tourism, 16: Human trafficking in tourism, Part Four: Achieving sustainable tourism through interdisciplinary research with marketing , 17: Rhetorical strategies on travelers’ flight safety perceptions, 18: Animal-centric research of human and non-human animal entanglements in tourism, 19: Tourism and Marketing: Interdisciplinary Studies , 20: Religiosity and its impact on gambling activities , 21: Digging into digital waves: How youth tourism emerged?, 22: Backcountry breakdown: Search and rescue and the negated leisure experience

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