Supply Chain Management of Tourism Towards Sustainability

Preface
Contents
Abbreviations
Chapter 1: Sustainable Development of Tourism
	1.1 The Importance of Sustainable Development in Tourism Sector
	1.2 Unsustainable Development in the Tourism Sector
		1.2.1 A Top-Down Policy Based-Tourism
		1.2.2 Greenwashed Ecotourism
	1.3 Overview of Sustainability-Driven Approaches
		1.3.1 Supply Chain Management Approach
		1.3.2 Life Cycle Approach
	1.4 Tourism Enterprises During a Crisis to Avoid Unsustainable Tourism Activities
		1.4.1 Pre-crisis
		1.4.2 During the Crisis
		1.4.3 Post-crisis
	References
Chapter 2: The Role of Life Cycle Approaches in Sustainable Development of Tourism
	2.1 An Introduction to Life Cycle Approaches
	2.2 Life Cycle Assessment and Its Implication
		2.2.1 Goal and Scope Definition
		2.2.2 Life Cycle Inventory
		2.2.3 Life Cycle Impact Assessment
		2.2.4 Interpretation and Improvement Analysis
	2.3 Tourism Activities Over Their Life Cycle
		2.3.1 Accommodations
		2.3.2 Transportation
		2.3.3 Restaurants
		2.3.4 Tour Operators
		2.3.5 Waste Disposal Facilities
	2.4 Good Practices in Using LCA to Promote Sustainable Development Tourism
	References
Chapter 3: A Knowledge Supply Chain for the ICT-Enhanced Tourism Education
	3.1 ICT Usage in the Tourism Sector
	3.2 KSC: The First Time to Integrate KM and SCM in the Context of Tourism and Its Education
		3.2.1 KE, SCM, and Associated Tools
		3.2.2 KM and Its Tools
		3.2.3 A Knowledge Supply Chain (KSC): Integrating SCM and KM
	3.3 Closing the Gap Between Knowledge Supply and Demand in e-Tourism Curriculum Design
		3.3.1 Data Collection and Structuring
		3.3.2 Benchmarking
		3.3.3 Understanding the “As-Is” Situation
		3.3.4 Simulating the Desired “to-Be” Situation
	3.4 Conclusions
	References
Chapter 4: Improvement of Tourists’ Experience to Promote Sustainable Tourism
	4.1 Benefit of Inconvenience and Sustainable Tourism Design
		4.1.1 Benefit of Inconvenience
		4.1.2 Media Biotope
			4.1.2.1 Basic Idea of Media Biotope
			4.1.2.2 Characters of Media Biotope
			4.1.2.3 Communication Model for Media Biotope
		4.1.3 Systems for Sustainable Tourism Based on BI and MB
			4.1.3.1 Navigation System Which Does Not Show Details
			4.1.3.2 Degrade Navigation System
			4.1.3.3 Communicative Buses
			4.1.3.4 Roulette Tour
		4.1.4 Conclusions
	References
Chapter 5: Life Cycle Assessment and Supply Chain Management for Tourism Enterprises
	5.1 Combination of LCA and SCM Aspects for Sustainable Development
	5.2 The Opportunities and Limitations of LCA-SCM for Tourism Enterprises
		5.2.1 Accommodation
		5.2.2 Restaurant
		5.2.3 Transportation
	References