Research Agenda for Innovation in Sustainable Tourism

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Deborah Edwards is the STCRC Senior Tourism and Hospitality Research (2008) 8, 56-61. Research Fellow in Urban Tourism in the doi:l0.l057/thr.2008.6; School of Leisure, Sport and Tourism at the published online 18 February 2008; University of Technology, Sydney. Deborah's interests are in sustainable tourism manage ment, urban attractions, tourism planning, INTRODUCTION community volunteers in tourism attractions During the BEST EN Think Tank, academics and the social impacts of events. Deborah is and industry representatives met over two days on the steering committee of the Business to identify the key themes that could or should Enterprises for Sustainable Travel Education be included in this research agenda. While Network (BEST EN). different interpretations of the term 'innova