Chapter 1: Introduction

This book draws upon papers submitted to the t-Forum 2020 conference entitled “Breaking Barriers in the Changing World: Bridging Theory and Practice in Tourism” held in Algarve, Portugal (18–20 March 2020). The t-Forum is about transfer of knowledge/intelligence to and within tourism. The intent is to couple concepts and their applications to bring together researchers and practitioners who work on tourism from a variety of approaches, disciplines, and fields. The papers from the conference were supplemented by a general call for chapters. The chapters in this edited book are all examples of studies that seek to transfer intelligence to and within tourism. The book may be especially of interest to those involved in the management of tourism destinations. The chapters have been divided into five sections: strategy, new markets, stakeholders, infrastructure, and research and knowledge management. Within these sections, cross-cutting themes include the importance of social and environmental sustainability and integration of governance.