Sustainability in the tourism sector is an emerging topic for many countries, due to the rise in the sector turnover all over the world. The increase of touristic activities leads to several sustainability issues, since touristic flows are strictly linked to resource consumption – e.g., water and energy – and with increments in pollutant and carbon emissions, as well as waste production. Therefore, the challenge of reducing the overall environmental impact of the tourism sector, from the technical to the managerial/organizational aspects, needs to be tackled by the scientific community. The scope of the present Special Issue is to address this challenge by providing a multidisciplinary perspective, overtaking the limit of a single-discipline approach typical of the existing literature. Contributions are expected to report original research with recent experimental and numerical findings related to the tourism sector. Potential topics include but are not limited to the following aspects: Sustainable buildings; Sustainable transportation and mobility; Policy definition and assessment; Analysis of consumption and emission patterns; Forecasting of energy/water demand and/or emissions; Waste management; Innovative and smart technologies; Renewable energies; Innovation strategies; Change management.
Keywords: energy consumption; carbon footprint; water consumption; decomposition; energy efficiency; sustainable energy; change management; sustainability strategy.