Scenario Planning and Tourism Futures

Albert Postma is Professor of Strategic Foresight at the European Tourism Futures Institute, NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands. His research interests include foresight, scenario planning, tourism community relations and overtourism.Stefan Hartman is Head of Department at the European Tourism Futures Institute, NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands. His research interests include tourism futures, scenario planning, managing sustainability transitions and resilience.Ian Yeoman is Professor of Disruption, Innovation and New Phenomena at the Hotel Management School Leeuwarden, NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands. His research interests include tourism futures, science fiction, scenario planning, theory building and disruption.

• Figures and TablesFalco de Klerk Wolters: Foreword: 15 Years of the European Tourism Futures Institute (ETFI)Jeremy Sampson: Foreword: Focus on the Future of Tourism Chapter 1. Why the Future is Important in an Uncertain World: The Role of Scenario Planning to Create the Future of TourismChapter 2. Is Scenario Planning a Theory Builder or a Research Methodology?Chapter 3. Strengthening Resilience in Tourism through Scenario PlanningChapter 4. Methodologies of Scenario Planning and Strategic ForesightChapter 5. The Application of Scenario Planning in TourismChapter 6. The European Tourism Futures Institute MethodChapter 7. A Scenario Framework for the Post COVID-19 Futures of TourismChapter 8. The Tourism Futures of Rural Friesland: An Integrated Spatial Planning Approach to Tourism PlanningChapter 9. Futures Lab Fryslân Chapter 10. Scenarios for Inbound Tourism to the Netherlands – Case StudyChapter 11. Notting Hill Carnival Futures 2020Chapter 12. Visitor Pressure in European CitiesChapter 13. The European Tourism Futures Institute on the Edge of TimeReferencesIndex

This is an excellent and very timely book given the uncertainties facing tourism destinations over the next two decades. The volume’s futures-based perspective is key to understanding these challenges and planning for their potential impacts using a variety of tools, including scenario analysis. The importance of this book cannot be overstated at this time in our history.