TY - CHAP
T1 - Virtual Tourism, Carbon Footprint, and Circularity
AU - De-la-Cruz-Diaz, Myreya
AU - Alvarez-Risco, Aldo
AU - Jaramillo-Arévalo, Micaela
AU - Lenti-Dulong, Maria F.
AU - Calle-Nole, Marco
AU - de las Mercedes Anderson-Seminario, Maria
AU - Del-Aguila-Arcentales, Shyla
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
PY - 2022/4/3
Y1 - 2022/4/3
N2 - This chapter aims to analyze the tourism sector globally and the creation of virtual tourism. It is presented along with the previous context of the sector and the damage made by the COVID-19 pandemic. This lens shows how virtual tourism emerged as an alternative to traditional tourism while people worldwide were forced to stay home during the uncertainty of the pandemic. Virtual tourism would be related to the arising environmental tendencies expected to be embraced by the industry companies to make tourism a more sustainable economic activity and, therefore, reduce its carbon footprint through circularity. Finally, it also analyses the possibility of its per durability once the consequences and lags of the pandemic are solved.
AB - This chapter aims to analyze the tourism sector globally and the creation of virtual tourism. It is presented along with the previous context of the sector and the damage made by the COVID-19 pandemic. This lens shows how virtual tourism emerged as an alternative to traditional tourism while people worldwide were forced to stay home during the uncertainty of the pandemic. Virtual tourism would be related to the arising environmental tendencies expected to be embraced by the industry companies to make tourism a more sustainable economic activity and, therefore, reduce its carbon footprint through circularity. Finally, it also analyses the possibility of its per durability once the consequences and lags of the pandemic are solved.
KW - Carbon footprint
KW - Circular economy
KW - Circularity
KW - Sustainability
KW - Virtual tourism
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85127920415&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/fb28b9b7-aebd-3f7e-a352-9f6bb3ec4de7/
U2 - 10.1007/978-981-19-0549-0_12
DO - 10.1007/978-981-19-0549-0_12
M3 - Capítulo
AN - SCOPUS:85127920415
T3 - Environmental Footprints and Eco-Design of Products and Processes
SP - 245
EP - 263
BT - Environmental Footprints and Eco-Design of Products and Processes
PB - Springer
ER -
