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DMC as a creator of memorable experiences in tourist destination

Lekić, Romana; Trezner, Željko; Mance, Nataša - University of Rijeka, Faculty of Tourism and …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to integrate some concepts of the Experience Economy and transformational offerings into a conceptual framework of transmodern experience production within tourist destination development. Methodology – We explain the relevance of a tourist experience...

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Student volunteering - gender differences

Ribarić, Helga Maškarin; Dadić, Lorena; Nađ, Martina - University of Rijeka, Faculty of Tourism and …

Purpose – A high unemployment rate of young highly-educated people as a consequence of economic crisis is one of the main problems the Croatian economy is facing today. In order to increase their future competitiveness on the labour market, students are encouraged to involve themselves in...

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Potential drivers of innovation in the MSMEs in hospitality industry in Istria

Ribarić, Robert - University of Rijeka, Faculty of Tourism and …

Purpose – The importance of innovation in the micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), despite today’s turbulent business environment, continues to be undervalued. Tourism and hospitality industry are among the most important economic drivers worldwide but still approaches to...

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The trap vs. the remedy tourism paradox and tourism equinox

Arikan, Irfan; Unsever, Ilker - University of Rijeka, Faculty of Tourism and …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the influence of tourism paradox and tourism equinox on destinations in relation to tourism. The opportunities to create a new form of tourism practice that potentially reduces our environmental and social impacts, while simultaneously...

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Education system as a factor of tourism development in Croatia

Bartoluci, Mato; Hendija, Zvjezdana; Petračić, Mateja - University of Rijeka, Faculty of Tourism and …

The purpose of this paper was to point to the characteristics of secondary (STE) and higher tourism education (HTE) in Croatian tourism and to stress its shortcomings that directly affect the qualification structure and the quality of those employed within tourism in the Republic of Croatia....

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Development concept and strategy for creative tourism of the Kvarner destination

Stipanović, Christian; Rudan, Elena - University of Rijeka, Faculty of Tourism and …

strategy. The main limitation of the research lies in the small sample of the surveyed management attitudes, due to a lack of …

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The new profile of the virtual tourist-traveller: communicative perspectives and technological challenges

Folgieri, Raffaella; Bait, Miriam - University of Rijeka, Faculty of Tourism and …

Purpose – The wealth of information delivered on the web and the opportunity to access it using different platforms has led to a new profile of consumer of tourist information: a virtual navigator, who represents a hybrid figure between the tourist and traveler. These new kinds of users access...

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PESTEL analysis of tourism destinations in the perspective of business tourism (MICE)

Gregorić, Marina - University of Rijeka, Faculty of Tourism and …

Purpose of this research is to apply PESTEL analysis on two different destinations (Croatia and Qatar) in order to find our their specific attributes as well as to analyse weather we can learn from their advantages and disadvantages due to the fact that one is rich on natural attractions while...

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Government subsidies efficiency analysis in the tourism sector in Croatia

Vrhovski, Dražen; Földing, Bruna; Prebanić, Sebastijan - University of Rijeka, Faculty of Tourism and …

development strategy. Design –Tourism is seen by many as the most important sector in the Croatian economy. The key driver in … the Croatian tourism development strategy, further development is seen to be driven by promoting tourism in continental … services. The corresponding investment and incentivising strategy relies largely on public subsidies to co-finance development …

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Responsible tourism in Poland

Debicka, Olga; Oniszczuk-Jastrzabek, Aneta - University of Rijeka, Faculty of Tourism and …

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to present the concept of responsible tourism in theory, and present the results of authors’ survey on the awareness of responsible tourism in Poland. Design – Development of the tourist industry often has negative effects on wildlife and local...

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