Building resilience
The European Tourism Futures Institute (ETFI) is a leading institute with a unique position in Europe. We develop future scenarios for leisure, recreation and tourism that help industry associations, governments, businesses and educational institutions become more resilient in the face of today’s societal uncertainties. Through applied and academic research, our team designs strategies, business models and concepts focused on the future.
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ETFI is the only expertise centre in Europe that applies scenario planning in tourism and leisure research. Using this powerful strategic and planning approach, we explore the changes the sector is likely to undergo. We have carried out more than 100 projects aimed at strengthening organisations’ resilience in response to the uncertainties of today’s society. Visit our project page to explore these projects.
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Zandberg, T,. & Huisman, M. (2019). “Missing behavior data in longitudinal network studies: the impact of treatment methods on estimated effect parameters in stochastic actor oriented models”. Social Network Analysis and Mining.
Bergsma, M., Chen,W., Hartman, S., Mei, Y., Revier, H., Tang, Y., Zandberg, T., & Zhu, C. (2018). „National Parks in the Netherlands and China: A comparative study of governance structures and policies in relation to the leisure-conservation balance”.
Oskam, J., & Zandberg, T. (2018). “The hospitality industry”. In F. Melissen, J. v. d. Rest, S. Josephi & R. Blomme (Eds.), Hospitality experience, 2nd ed. (pp. 69-98). Groningen: Noordhoff Uitgevers.
Meekes, J. F., Buda, D. M., & De Roo, G. (2017). “Leeuwarden 2018: Complexity of Leisure-Led Regional Development in A European Capital of Culture”. Tijdschrift Voor Economische En Sociale Geografie, 108, 129–136.
Meekes, J. F., Parra, C., & De Roo, G. (2017). “Regional development and leisure in Fryslân: a complex adaptive systems perspective through evolutionary economic geography”. In P. Brouder, S. Anton Clavé, A. M. Gill, & D. Ioannides (Eds.).
Postma, A. (2017). “Strategic foresight and scenario planning. The case of group accommodation on Ameland.” In. B. Eisenstein. (Hrsg.). Marktforschung für Destinationen. Grundlagen – Instrumente – Praxisbeispiele, pp. 347-362. Berlin: Erich Schmidt.
Cavagnaro, E., Postma, A., & De Brito, M. (2016). “The sustainability agenda and international events: Are we there yet?” In N. Ferdinand and P. Kitchin (Eds., 2nd ed.). Events management. An International Approach (pp.288-316). London: Sage.
Postma, A., & Yeoman, I. (2016). “Conceptualising scenario planning in tourism futures: Vignettes of practice” [online]. In: Scerri, M., & Lee Ker, H. (Eds.). CAUTHE 2016: The Changing Landscape of Tourism and Hospitality.
Naisola-Ruiter, V. (2015). “Hunters and Gatherers Hospitality in Africa“. In Lashley, C. et al., (in press), A Handbook of Hospitality Studies: A Handbook of Hospitality Studies: perspectives and cases. Abingdon: Taylor and Francis.
Yeoman, I. & McMahon-Beattie, U. (2015). The Changing Demographics of Male Foodies: Why Men Cook But Don’t Wash Up! In I. Yeoman, U. McMahon-Beattie, K. Fields, J. Albrecht and K. Meethan (Eds.). The future of food tourism, Bristol: Channelview.
Yeoman, I., McMahon-Beattie, U., Fields, K., Albrecht, J. & Meethan, K. (2015). “An Introduction to the Future”. In I. Yeoman, U. McMahon-Beattie, K. Fields, J. Albrecht and K. Meethan (Eds.). The future of food tourism, Bristol: Channelview.Yeoman, I., McMahon-Beattie, U., Fields, K., Meethan, K. & Albrecht, J. (2015) (Eds.) The Future of Food Tourism. Bristol: Channelview.