August 17, 2023
Envisioning Tourism in 2030 and Beyond: The changing shape of tourism in a decarbonising world
The study describes a scenario under which the tourism sector could achieve decarbonisation, highlighting that this will entail a dramatic change in travel behaviours if overall trip volume growth is to continue at its historic rate, with shifts in the distance people travel and the modes of transport that they use.
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August 17, 2023
CELTH research: Reducing crowding at destinations through social interaction
An academic report conveys the findings of a project in 2021 to assess whether conversational based apps are better able than traditional DMO marketing to influence the choice of activities undertaken once visitors are at a destination.
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August 17, 2023
CELTH Research: Strategies for Sustainable Events
A study that brings together a range of research evidence gathered at festivals in the Netherlands with a focus on ways of reducing the amount of waste generated and the extent to which waste might lessen the visitor experience.
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August 17, 2023
UNWTO and CELTH report ‘Overtourism’? Understanding and Managing Urban Tourism Growth Beyond Perceptions
The Executive Summary sets out the challenges faced by urban destinations with regard to managing tourism flows, with the identification of strategies and associated measures that can help alleviate some of the negative perceptions that may become established if visitor numbers and behaviours are not well managed.
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August 17, 2023
CELTH Research and Reports Archive
A full listing of relevant reports from our partners at CELTH.
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January 24, 2022
CELTH Report on Societal Value of Tourism and Recreation
An exploration of what the Netherlands, and wider world, would look like were the hospitality sector not to survive the current coronavirus crisis, including its economic value, its value to the wider environment and its value to what are referred to as social processes.
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June 17, 2020
CELTH long-term scenarios for travel
Four contrasting and thought-provoking pictures for the visitor economy in 2025 are painted based on so-called ‘explorative scenarios’. It is argued that the two major drivers will be the length and depth of the coronavirus-induced recession and the extent to which people act as ‘I’ or ‘We’.
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