Virus Outbreaks and Tourism Mobility

Sharad Kumar Kulshreshtha is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Tourism and Hotel Management, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong-Meghalaya, India. With more than 15 years of teaching and research experience, he is supervising PhD research scholars in the areas of event tourism, wine tourism, and avi-tourism of north-east India.

• Introduction; Sharad Kumar KulshreshthaChapter 1. Catastrophic Pandemics: Disruption in Tourism Mobility; Sonam AngmoChapter 2. Demographic Change and Human Mobility; Chiam Chooi Chea and Woo Tai Kwan Chapter 3. Five Decades of Research on Disease Outbreaks, Pandemics and Tourism: A Bibliometric Analysis; Gavinolla Mahender Reddy, Agita Livina, Sampada Kumar Swain, and Galina Bukovska Chapter 4. Virus Outbreaks and Tourism Resilience Strategies: A Perspective of Asian Countries; Vikas Gupta and Garima Sahu Chapter 5. Sustainability of Tourism after the SARS Pandemic: Revisiting the Past Experiences; Ruchika Kulshrestha and Ashutosh Pandey Chapter 6. A Bibliometric Analysis of Contagious Diseases and Tourism: Current Status, Development, and Future Research Directions; Pooja Goel, Simarjeet Singh, and Nidhi Walia Chapter 7. COVID-19 and Epidemic Diseases Transforming Lodging Facilities: A Study of Brazilian Cities; Pedro de Alcântara Bittencourt César, Bruna Tronca, and Thaíse Zattera Marchesini Chapter 8. COVID19 Impact on Leisure and Travel Industry: Psychological, Safety, and Governance Imperatives; Dileep Kumar Mohanachandran, Normala S. Govindarajo, and Amine Belhadi Chapter 9. The Effects of Pandemic on a Tourism City and the Impacts of Government Policies in Macao; MA, Erdan, Lam, Ching Chi (Cindia), and IM, Ut Lon (Billy) Chapter 10. Comparing the Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Tourism Industry with other Epidemics: A Conceptual Review; Mehmet ERTAŞ Chapter 11. Impacts on and Responses of Tourism SMES and MES on the COVID-19 Pandemic – The Case of Norway; Sabrina Seeler, Olga Høegh-Guldberg, and Dorthe Eide Chapter 12. Cultural Consumption through Innovative Experiential Marketing: Insights from Japanese Resorts during COVID-19 Pandemic; Soniya Billore and Yasushi Maruyama Chapter 13. The Gold Standard in handling a Pandemic at a National Level: Vietnam’s Approach to dealing with COVID-19; Justin Matthew Pang Chapter 14. Impacts of Coronavirus on the Aviation Industry; Gönül Akin Chapter 15. How will Tourists Select Accommodation for their Holiday after the COVID-19 Outbreak? Insights from France; Giacomo Del Chiappa, Marcello Atzeni, and Enrico Panai

Congratulations to Dr. Sharad Kumar Kulshreshtha for developing the "Virus Outbreaks and Tourism Mobility: Strategy to Encounter Global Health Hazards" book. As we gradually start the slow recovery from COVID-19 the book provides informative a comprehensive analysis of the various virus outbreaks and its impact on tourism. The global tourism industry needs to build resilience through sharing knowledge and learning from experience and best practice. This book provides a range of case studies and provides best-case examples to support tourism and hospitality industry. Resilience, solidarity, humanity and leadership will take us forward towards using tourism to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.