Learning from COVID‑19? An environmental mobilities and fows perspective on dynamic vulnerabilities in coastal tourism settings

In this paper, we aim to build a conceptual framework for understanding dynamic environmental vulnerabilities in marine and coastal tourism destinations. We are particularly interested in the dynamics and interrelations between various tourism-related flows in the emergence of environmental vulnerability. This conceptual paper is primarily based on existing literature on the sociology of environmental mobilities and flows and tourism vulnerability, previous research on the vulnerability of tourism in the Caribbean region, as well as on recent academic commentaries and examples on the impact of COVID-19 on tourism in coastal settings. It seeks to explore and extend the potential of the environmental mobilities and flows perspective to understand the dynamic nature of vulnerability of tourism in coastal and marine settings.