This timely Research Agenda explores the crucial need to understand the social impact of tourism in order to manage industry growth sustainably. Highlighting the multifaceted nature of tourism, chapters uncover the intricate relationships between tourists and host communities and investigate this complex social fabric.

Contents: 1 Rethinking research on social impacts of tourism 1 Siamak Seyfi, Robin Nunkoo and Thanika Devi Juwaheer 2 A bibliometric analysis and visualization of social impact of tourism and sustainability 15 Otto Regalado-Pezúa and César Y. Cancán Estares 3 Residents’ attitudes for tourism: research, linkages and future research themes 35 George Triantafyllou and Eirini Strataki 4 Evaluation of the social impact of tourism research 61 Alba Viana-Lora and Marta G. Nel·lo-Andreu 5 Social impacts of tourism activities: a social life-cycle assessment perspective 75 Irene Huertas-Valdivia 6 Tourism and citizenship: time to readjust the focus? 91 Tim Coles 7 Two pathways towards synergies between the right to live and the right to travel 113 Jeroen Nawijn, Ondrej Mitas and Jeroen Klijs 8 New perspectives of community-based tourism: a universal approach to tourism development 125 Thanakarn Bella Vongvisitsin and Antony King Fung Wong 9 Is local lodging negatively impacting residents’ perceptions of tourism in their community? 145 Patrícia Pinto, Manuela Guerreiro, Ana Renda, Luís Nobre Pereira, Milene Lança and Hio Kuan Lai 10 Governance for sustainable tourism: strong institutions as prerequisites in local tourism development 161 Miguela M. Mena and Maria Fe Villamejor-Mendoza 11 COVID-19 and tourism: a look at the social implications 191 Gaunette Sinclair-Maragh 12 The contagious effect of COVID-19 on residents’ perceptions about the sociocultural impacts of tourism 217 Manuela Guerreiro, Patrícia Pinto, Célia Ramos, João Filipe Marques, Milene Lança and Hio Kuan Lai 13 The future of cultural urban tourism amidst calls for social inclusivity during the COVID-19 pandemic 233 Zaheer Allam and David S. Jones 14 Toward a new tourism paradigm 251 Geoffrey Godbey and Galen Godbey

‘Social impacts are a critical but undervalued dimension on the tourism system. This book presents a welcome examination of the research paths that need to be followed as well as introducing some new dimensions to our understanding of social impacts research. The book is a welcome addition to our knowledge base of the social dimension of tourism.’