Wine Tourism and Sustainability

As climate change continues to threaten the viability of wine regions, sustainable practices have become essential for the survival of the sector. In this context, wine tourism must minimize cultural and environmental damage while improving the economic and social well-being of the region.In line with SDG 8, in particular target 8.9, this book argues that wine tourism can be considered as a catalyst for the environmental sustainability of wineries. Chapters highlight the economic, socioeconomic, environmental, socio-cultural impact of wine tourism around the world, before concluding with a look to the future trends and challenges. It features best practices from around the world that wineries and wine tourism companies can incorporate into their core business functions to make their operations more sustainable and also showcases how wineries have designed their tourism offerings to meet sustainable tourism development objectives.

Javier Martínez-Falcó, PhD, is anAssistant Professor in the Management Department at the University of Alicante, specializing in Strategic Management, with a focus on Green Intellectual Capital and Knowledge Management of wineries.

Bartolomé Marco-Lajara, PhD, is a Professor at the University of Alicante. He is an accomplished author and researcher, affiliated with the Tourism Research Institute and has lead the 'Next Tourism Generation Alliance' and 'Tourist Observatory of the Valencian Community' projects. He is currently director of the Management Department and main researcher of the DECI-GLOBAL research group.

Eduardo Sánchez García, PhD, is Assistant Professor at the Department of Business Management at the University of Alicante. He specializes in the study of industrial agglomeration, knowledge management and innovation, focusing on the energy sector and the wine industry.

Luis A. Millán-Tudela is an Assistant Professor in the Management Department at the University of Alicante specializing in business longevity and the factors influencing company survival, working within the DECI-GLOBAL research group. He also teaches strategic management in the Business Administration program at his University.

Auteur

Javier Martínez Falcó

(PhD) is Assistant Professor in the Department of Management at the University

of Alicante. His research expertise include the Strategic Management of the

Company, specifically in the areas of Knowledge Management and Corporate

Sustainability of wine companies, on which he has written several publications

in the form of articles, book chapters and contributions to conferences.

Bartolomé Marco-Lajara

(PhD) is Professor at the University of Alicante. He is the author of several

books, book chapters and international articles and is a member of the Tourism

Research Institute at the University of Alicante since its foundation as well

as the main researcher of the European project 'Next Tourism Generation

Alliance' at his University, as well as of the public competitive project for

the creation of the Tourist Observatory of the Valencian Community (Spain). He

has taken part in others public and private projects and is the Head of the

Department of Management at the University of Alicante.

Eduardo Sánchez García

works as Teaching and Research Staff in the Department of Business Organisation

at the University of Alicante, as an Assistant. He holds a PhD with

international mention in the area of Business, Economics and Society. His

research is in the field of strategic business management. In addition, he has

carried out several works in collaboration with other researchers specialised

in the study of industrial districts and entrepreneurial capabilities. He is a

member of the research group "Strategic Management, Knowledge and

Innovation in a Global Economy (DECI-GLOBAL)". He has published several

articles in indexed journals, as well as several book chapters, and has made

numerous presentations at national and international scientific conferences.He

teaches the subject of Strategic Management of the Company in the Degree in

Business Administration and Management, and the double degrees in TADE, DADE

and I2ADE.

Luis A. Millán-Tudela is Assistant Professor in the Department of Management. His research focuses on

business longevity, and more specifically on the factors that influence the

survival of companies. This activity is developed within the research group

"Dirección Estratégica, conocimiento e innovación en una economía global

(DECI-GLOBAL)". He also teaches strategic management in the Degree of

Business Administration.