The Gold Coast is Australia′s premier tourist destination, attracting over 2,500,000 visitors annually. Discusses the characteristics of this rapidly growing region and examines recent tourism trends such as the development of international hotels. After analysing factors which are likely to...

Purpose – To develop and test a measurement model for the combined study of involvement and place attachment in a tourism context. Design/methodology/approach – The study was conducted in South Australia, a state that has positioned itself as a lifestyle tourism destination. Tourism...