Finalist
Book Title:Destination Stewardship: Drive Sustainability, Economic Renewal, and Cultural Integrity
Author:Tonya Fitzpatrick
Published:2026
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Tourism does more than move people and money; it distributes opportunity, visibility, and power. It can determine which businesses prosper, whose history is remembered, whose culture is presented to the world, and who has a voice in shaping a place’s future. Drawing on Tonya Fitzpatrick’s experience in law, civil-rights policy, travel journalism, and tourism governance, the book challenges an industry accustomed to measuring success through arrivals, hotel occupancy, and visitor spending alone. Through research, global case studies, expert interviews, decision frameworks, and measurement tools, Fitzpatrick shows leaders how to build stewardship into governance, finance, procurement, workforce development, cultural storytelling, and performance measurement.