Category: HEAT Open Access
The UN World Tourism Association publishes many free reports every year. In this blog post we’ve highlighted some of the most recent titles. We’ve also shared a link to our list of UNWTO resources...
As we continue to move out of COVID restrictions and guidelines, it is no surprise that this year’s report takes on a slightly different format. It provides a vital snapshot of this moment when...
While the University Library pays to subscribe to lots of journal articles that are otherwise behind a paywall, there is a growing amount of academic research that is published open access (free to access...
Cultural Affinity and Screen Tourism – The Case of Internet Entertainment Services by UNWTO and Netflix The United Nations World Tourism Organisation and Netflix have collaborate on a new report that you can access...
It’s open access week! An increasing amount of academic quality research is now being published open access – free at the point of use. Many research funders require this, and many organistaions make their...
*This post has been edited following the resolution of IT issues that the University experienced in October 2021.* Next week is Open Access Week all over the world, but at University of Sunderland we're...
THE CHANGING TOURISM ENVIRONMENT AND ITS IMPACT ON THE WORK OF NTOS A report by European Travel Commission (ETC), July 2021 This report considers the work of National Tourism Organisations (NTOs) so far and...
VisitBritain is the national tourism agency that drives inbound tourism. They report that the tourism industry is Britain’s 7th largest export industry and prior to the pandemic was worth £137 billion to the economy....
Euromonitor International (the provider of the market research database Euromonitor Passport) recently published an ebook ‘Understanding the Traveller Journey: Critical for a Sustainable Recovery‘. This book includes some data and analysis on topics such...
How is the tourism industry managing during the COVID-19 pandemic? The UNWTO have recently published a few briefings on Tourism and Covid that are free to download. Tourism and COVID-19 - How are countries...
SKIFT TREND REPORT: THE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE OF MEETINGS AND EVENTS In 2019 SkiftX along with InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) produced a trend report on the Sustainable Future of the Meetings and Events Industry. In...
World Cities Report 2020: The Value of Sustainable Urbanization The theme of the this report from UN Habitat is the value of sustainable urbanization. From the UN Habitat website: The Report provides evidence and...
The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) make some of their ebooks and reports freely available to read within their eLibrary. Quite a few reports have been published during 2019 which relate to topics...
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) publish research on topics such as the economic and social impact of tourism. In January 2019 WTTC published 'Travel & Tourism: Generating Jobs for Youth which "looks...
In February we posted about the range of resources on Cities and urban spaces, and today we're highlighting another great resource on this topic. City Analysis - World Travel & Tourism Council The report...