Metaverse and Tourism

Marco Valeri is Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior at Niccolò Cusano University, Italy. His research areas include sustainability and green practices, strategy implementation, knowledge management, family business, crisis management, information technology, network analysis, international hospitality management. He is member of several Editorial Boards of international tourism journals and is a reviewer and editor of several handbooks on entrepreneurship, tourism and hospitality management.Ahmad Albattat is an Associate Professor in Graduate School of Management, Post Graduate Centre, Management and Science University, Malaysia. His research areas include hospitality management, hotel, tourism, events, emergency planning, disaster management, sustainable development goals and human resource. He is an active member and on the Editorial Board of several scientific international journals, as well as a reviewer, author and editor for book projects.

• 'Part I. Operations Strategies in the Metaverse. 1. Role of Metaverse in Future of Tourism, Hospitality and Events: Insights from Bibliometric Review. 2. Critical Aspects of Studies Relating to Virtual Tourism in the Context of Values Resulting from Sustainable Tourism, Nature Tourism, Ecotourism, and Cultural Tourism. 3. The Future for Business Competitiveness in Tourism: Tourism Agenda 2030 Perspective. 4. New Economic Paradigm Formed by Metaverse in Tourism: Touristic GIG Economy. 5. Transforming Tourist Consumer Experience through Virtualization: Does Metaverse Matter?. 6. Metaverse as a Socio-technical Phenomenon in Hospitality and Tourism: An Approach to Sustainable Development Goals. 7. What Lies in the Current Scholarly Art of Work on Metaverse and Tourism? Exploring Future Research Directions. Part II. Experiences in Metaverse. 8. Tourism Agenda 2030 in Greece. 9. Journeying Beyond Reality: Exploring India's Metaverse Marvel. 10. Digital Marketing Metaverse for Restoration of Tourism Performance after COVID-19 Business Crisis in Sub Saharan African Countries: Experience from Tanzania. 11. Virtual Tourism as the Sustainable Future of Travel. 12. Exploring Immersive Tourism: Insights from Padova's Tourism Managers. 13. Impact of Metaverse on the Tourism and Hospitality Industry: An Overview.