Moscardo, Gianna (2024) Staycations: A sustainable tourism solution? In: Walker, Thomas, Demir, Ender, Machnik-Kekesi, Gabrielle, and Kelly, Victoria, (eds.) Sustainable Tourism: Frameworks, Practices, and Innovative Solutions. Springer, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 105-128.

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Abstract

One strategy proposed for improving the sustainability of tourism is the idea of shifting tourists towards more staycations in place of longer distance travel options. While there is no agreed upon definition for staycations, this chapter will explore the phenomenon of taking a holiday close to home (Draper, 2017), which can be accessed either by a short drive or using public transport, that specifically includes engaging in local commercial tourism activities and services. This chapter will take a systems thinking approach (Betley et al., 2021) to examine how staycations differ from regular recreation and tourism, how they can contribute to supporting tourism sustainability, and how tourists have responded to the various options and promotional campaigns conducted during the COVID 19 pandemic. It will then review the challenges faced by tourists, tourism providers and destination managers in shifting towards more staycations. This system thinking approach will map out the core differences between staycations and tourism in general highlighting the differences that support improved tourism sustainability and identifying the key leverage points in the system (McCool & Kline, 2020). The chapter will then focus on policy and management strategies that can be used to shift these leverage points to encourage greater use of staycations and more sustainable tourism.

Item ID:	83165
Item Type:	Book Chapter (Research - B1)
ISBN:	978-3-031-43527-0
Keywords:	Staycations, tourism sustainability, systems thinking
Copyright Information:	© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024.
Date Deposited:	16 Jul 2024 23:00
FoR Codes:	35 COMMERCE, MANAGEMENT, TOURISM AND SERVICES > 3508 Tourism > 350899 Tourism not elsewhere classified @ 100%
SEO Codes:	11 COMMERCIAL SERVICES AND TOURISM > 1104 Tourism services > 110499 Tourism services not elsewhere classified @ 100%
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