Sustainable Tourism Dialogues in Africa

Focusing on the future of tourism, Sustainable Tourism Dialogues in Africa is inclusive of experienced and emerging researchers, as well as incorporating local stakeholders in the tourism industry: architects, tourism operators, sustainable tourism lobbyists, policy makers, archaeologists, and geographers. The editors are frontline sustainable tourism advocates in Africa, and the book’s thematic content is derived from 30 inter-university seminars on sustainable tourism hosted by Sustainable Travel & Tourism Agenda Kenya from 2017 to November 2019. These seminars involved the participation of 17 universities in Kenya, tourism operators, conservationists, developmentalists, investors, policy makers, and students.

Every chapter is a voice projecting aspirations for the responsible management of tourism in Africa and promoting the ideals of sustainable tourism that young people in Africa advocate for the industry’s future. In so doing, the authors pinpoint the necessary actions for bringing about transformations in sustainable development of tourism. The book thus seeks to encourage debate, while facilitating the development of both theoretical and practical foundations for managing tourism sustainably in Africa.

Judy Kepher Gona has over two decades of working in sustainable tourism in Africa as a manager, strategist, researcher, lecturer, global speaker, motivator and consultant. Her interests are in community-led models of tourism and integration of communities in tourism supply chain. She holds a Master’s degree in Community Development & Rural Sociology from the University of Nairobi, Kenya. She is the founder of Sustainable Travel & Tourism Agenda (STTA).

Lucy Atieno is a tourism researcher with interests in sustainable tourism. Her academic background is in sustainable tourism, tourism management, and communication studies, with qualifications from Moi University in Kenya and the University of Bologna in Italy. Lucy has a decade of combined experience in university teaching, tourism research and sustainable tourism consulting.