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...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore and compare the benefits sought by three different types of wellness tourists: beauty spa, lifestyle resort, and spiritual retreat visitors. Design/methodology/approach – Based on the findings from 27 semi‐structured interviews with...

Purpose – This paper seeks to develop a framework for comparisons and benchmarking between wine tourism destinations. Design/methodology/approach – A regional case study was undertaken, including data from a survey of 23 wineries in Canada's Okanagan Valley, British Columbia. The survey...