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Barriers and Enablers to a Circular Economy in Small Island Destinations: The Case of the Orkney Islands, Scotland (2023)
Thesis
Sciacca, A. Barriers and Enablers to a Circular Economy in Small Island Destinations: The Case of the Orkney Islands, Scotland. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University

The tourism sector is often the main socio-economic activity for islands whilst representing a source of negative impacts. The circular economy (CE), in this sense, is increasingly considered a promising approach to tourism sustainability in such set... Read More about Barriers and Enablers to a Circular Economy in Small Island Destinations: The Case of the Orkney Islands, Scotland.

The Role of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Driving and Enabling a Circular Economy in the Hospitality Sector: Insights from the Orkney Islands (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Sciacca, A., Anastasiadou, . C., & Urie, G. (2023, May). The Role of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Driving and Enabling a Circular Economy in the Hospitality Sector: Insights from the Orkney Islands. Paper presented at Council for Hospitality Management Education, NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands

The COVID-19 pandemic has generated significant challenges for tourism destinations (UNWTO, 2022) and particularly for small island destinations (SIDs) (e.g., Farrell et al., 2020). While the pandemic has uncovered the low resilience of SIDs, it has... Read More about The Role of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Driving and Enabling a Circular Economy in the Hospitality Sector: Insights from the Orkney Islands.