Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes: Volume 9 Issue 3

Editorial

Richard Teare, Leonardo (Don) A.N. Dioko

The problem of rapid tourism growth – an overview of the strategic question

Leonardo (Don) A.N. Dioko

The purpose of this introductory paper is to provide a broad overview of the significance of this theme issue.

The impacts of casino tourism development on Macao residents’ livelihood

Jose Wing Pong But, John Ap

The purpose of the study is to examine the livelihood impacts, any inequalities and poverty consequences in the special administration region of Macao, following the…

Redesigning historic cities facing rapid tourism growth: The case of Macao’s World Heritage centre and San Ma Lou Avenue

Francisco Vizeu Pinheiro

The historical city of Macao has recently become one of the world’s centres for tourism and gaming. But growing traffic congestion in its narrow and old road network, especially…

Mega infrastructure developments in Macao in light of increasing tourism and regional mobility: A review

Meng-Cheng Ni

This paper aims to provide a general review of the massive infrastructures now being developed in Macao and its surrounding area from a transportation and mobility perspective…

Back from the brink: Social transformation and developing tourism in post-conflict Medellin, Colombia

Marysol Castillo-Palacio, Rich Harrill, Alexander Zuñiga-Collazos

Emerging from 20 years of violence and terrorism, the city of Medellin, Colombia, has used social transformation to improve civic culture, leading to a renaissance. The purpose of…

Protecting the survival of local SMEs during rapid tourism growth: ongoing lessons from Macao

Javier Calero Cuervo, Ka U. Cheong

The purpose of this paper is to investigate how rapid tourism growth in Macao affected local small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The liberalization of the gaming industry…

Cultural heritage management under tourism pressure

Sharif Shams Imon

This paper aims to bridge the epistemological gap between heritage and tourism in understanding (and describing) the link between what is protected in heritage and what is a…

Residents’ quality of life and visitors’ quality of experience: Revisiting tourism carrying capacity in Macao

Leonardo (Don) A.N. Dioko, Amy S.I. So

The purpose of this study is to propose a destination-level framework incorporating subjective and overall assessments of residents’ quality of life (QOL) and visitors’ quality of…

Conclusion: managing rapid tourism growth

Leonardo (Don) A.N. Dioko

The purpose of this concluding paper is to distill several guiding principles, as to how communities can manage rapid tourism growth, drawn from the collection of articles in this…

Reflections on the theme issue outcomes

Leonardo (Don) A.N. Dioko, Richard Teare

The purpose of this paper is to profile the Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes (WHATT) theme issue ‘How can communities manage rapid tourism growth? The experience of Macao…