TY - CHAP
T1 - Social innovation for sustainable tourism development
AU - Booyens, Irma
N1 - This is draft chapter. The final version will be available in the Handbook of Innovation for Sustainable Tourism edited by Irma Booyens and Patrick Brouder, forthcoming 2022, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. The material cannot be used for any other purpose without further permission of the publisher, and is for private use only.
PY - 2022/8/31
Y1 - 2022/8/31
N2 - This chapter explores the notion of social innovation (SI) in the context of tourism development. Social imperatives are at the core of sustainability concepts. In sustainable tourism debates, the social dimension is concerned with maximising social benefits and ameliorating the adverse social impacts of tourism (Aquino et al., 2018; Rogerson and Saarinen, 2018). SI can be understood as new or improved practices to enhance social benefit (see Booyens and Rogerson, 2016). While the idea of SI has become widely accepted, the long wave of research on innovation foregrounds technology and business organisation as drivers, and pushes socio-political and human dimensions into the background (Cajaiba-Santana, 2014; Moulaert and MacCallum, 2019). As social aspects and sustainability are becoming more important, recent literature shows that mainstream perspectives emphasising market imperatives still dominate the study of innovation in tourism (Hall and Williams, 2020; Işık et al., 2019; Pikkemaat et al., 2019).
AB - This chapter explores the notion of social innovation (SI) in the context of tourism development. Social imperatives are at the core of sustainability concepts. In sustainable tourism debates, the social dimension is concerned with maximising social benefits and ameliorating the adverse social impacts of tourism (Aquino et al., 2018; Rogerson and Saarinen, 2018). SI can be understood as new or improved practices to enhance social benefit (see Booyens and Rogerson, 2016). While the idea of SI has become widely accepted, the long wave of research on innovation foregrounds technology and business organisation as drivers, and pushes socio-political and human dimensions into the background (Cajaiba-Santana, 2014; Moulaert and MacCallum, 2019). As social aspects and sustainability are becoming more important, recent literature shows that mainstream perspectives emphasising market imperatives still dominate the study of innovation in tourism (Hall and Williams, 2020; Işık et al., 2019; Pikkemaat et al., 2019).
KW - social innovation
KW - sustainable tourism development
UR - https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/handbook-of-innovation-for-sustainable-tourism-9781800372733.html
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9781800372733
T3 - Research Handbooks in Tourism
SP - 193
EP - 209
BT - Handbook of Innovation for Sustainable Tourism
A2 - Booyens, Irma
A2 - Brouder, Patrick
CY - Cheltenham
ER -