Destination branding and marketing form the backbone of tourism industry growth, but it is increasingly important that the strategies employed consider and promote sustainable solutions. This book provides a comprehensive set of tools and techniques for branding and marketing for sustainable tourism development. It blends tourism and marketing strategies with practical, innovative information technology solutions and a psychological perspective, providing illustrative case studies and examples to aid understanding. Addressing opportunities and challenges across the field, it also reviews how different types of tourism such as community based, accessible, film, agricultural and cultural-heritage tourism entail unique issues for development.

Sustainable tourism seeks to address the social, economic and environmental impacts of satisfying the current needs of visitors, the industry, the environment and host communities without compromising the ability to meet the needs of future generations. It involves raising awareness in the society and tourists about the judicious consumption of the available resources. It has led to major developments in the field of tourism marketing management that involves marketing of sustainable products; developing products and services related to the themes of sustainability and consumer behavior; and developing green brands. Sustainable tourism marketing also endeavors to promote tourism in far-off and non-commercialized areas, which promote territorial balance. Sustainable destination branding refers to concept where the inhabitants of a region are involved in the decision making process regarding its promotion and management as a tourist destination. This book includes some of the vital pieces of works being conducted across the world, on various topics related to sustainable tourism branding and marketing. It will prove beneficial to all students and professionals associated with the field of tourism and hotel management.

The marketing of tourist destinations requires continuous strategic planning and decision making. This book provides researchers and practitioners with an in-depth understanding of different tourism products, marketing strategies and destination branding tactics, as well as useful insights into sustainable and responsible tourism practices.

Master's Thesis from the year 2016 in the subject Tourism - Miscellaneous, grade: 1,5, Oxford Brookes University, language: English, abstract: Green marketing and branding is not a widely researched topic in a destination context. Therefore, this dissertation uses Switzerland and the new sustainable tourism campaign in 2017 as a case study to explore the field in terms of credibility and perception. The research is based on a document/website analysis, expert interviews and tourist questionnaires to explore and analyse opinions and views on the topic.

This textbook shows how cities, regions and countries adopt branding strategies similar to those of leading household brand names in an effort to differentiate themselves and emotionally connect with potential tourists. It asks whether tourist destinations get the reputations they deserve and uses topical case studies to discuss brand concepts and challenges. It tackles how place perceptions are formed, how cities, regions and countries can enhance their reputations as creative, competitive destinations, and the link between competitive identity and strategic tourism policy making.

The marketing of tourist destinations requires continuous strategic planning and decision making. This book provides researchers and practitioners with an in-depth understanding of different tourism products, marketing strategies and destination branding tactics, as well as useful insights into sustainable and responsible tourism practices.

Academic studies have predominantly treated destination branding as a marketing phenomenon that happens to involve tourists as customers in a marketplace. This title attempts to free branding research and practice in tourism from the shackles of marketing that are dominated by the conventional approach of product, price, place, and promotion.