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Creative tourism in destination development

Lindroth, Kaija; Ritalahti, Jarmo; Soisalon‐Soininen, … - In: Tourism Review 62 (2007) 3/4, pp. 53-58

ascribed to the need for a forum for decision makers and tourism actors to discuss holistic and long‐term planning of tourism …

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Trends in winter sport tourism: challenges for the future

Unbehaun, Wiebke; Pröbstl, Ulrike; Haider, Wolfgang - In: Tourism Review 63 (2008) 1, pp. 36-47

destination choice, to estimate shifts in customer demand and to provide recommendations and decision support for destination … questionnaire. The survey also contained a discrete choice experiment a stated preference method which forces respondents into trade … additional cost and 2h additional driving. Originality/value – The survey shows, that a discrete choice experiment is a suitable …

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The sensitivity of German and British tourists to news shocks

Ertuna, Cevat; Ilhan Ertuna, Zeliha - In: Tourism Review 64 (2009) 3, pp. 19-27

Purpose – This study aims to investigate the impact of news shocks on the growth rate of German and British tourist arrivals in Turkey. Design/methodology/approach – This research utilizes GARCH as a detection device to distinguish the sensitivity of German and British tourists to news...

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A study on the influence of purchase intentions on repurchase decisions: the moderating effects of reference groups and perceived risks

Lin, Long‐Yi; Chen, Yeun‐Wen - In: Tourism Review 64 (2009) 3, pp. 28-48

selection of a particular purchasing decision. The sole moderating effect of psychological risk has been verified among three …

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Increasing hotel responsiveness to customers through information sharing

Tiedemann, Nicole; van Birgele, Marcel; Semeijn, Janjaap - In: Tourism Review 64 (2009) 4, pp. 12-26

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate customer responsiveness in the hotel industry, and the role of market orientation including both internal and external information sharing. Design/methodology/approach – Based on a review of the supply chain management and marketing...

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Wellness tourists: in search of transformation

Voigt, Cornelia; Brown, Graham; Howat, Gary - In: Tourism Review 66 (2011) 1/2, pp. 16-30

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...

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MEDTOUR: a scale for measuring medical tourism intentions

Martin, David S.; Ramamonjiarivelo, Zo; Martin, Warren S. - In: Tourism Review 66 (2011) 1/2, pp. 45-56

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to use a theoretical model to create a scale to predict medical tourism (MT) intentions. Design/methodology/approach – The theory of planned behavior (TPB) model was applied to MT by creating a 49‐item questionnaire and collecting data from a...

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Branding new services in health tourism

Boga, Tanja C.; Weiermair, Klaus - In: Tourism Review 66 (2011) 1/2, pp. 90-106

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to serve as an introduction to the usefulness of means‐end chain (MEC) theory and analysis for branding in health tourism. Design/methodology/approach – An online survey was conducted within the transnational EU‐project Alpshealthcomp and with two...

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Sustainable medical tourism in Costa Rica

Bristow, Robert S.; Yang, Wen‐Tsann; Lu, Mei‐Tsen - In: Tourism Review 66 (2011) 1/2, pp. 107-117

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to ascertain the relative importance of sustainable tourism practices to medical tourists. Sustainable management practices have become the accepted and appropriate model for tourism. Medical tourists, those who visit a foreign country for a medical...

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Sport motivation as driver for segmenting sport tourists in coastal regions

Hallmann, Kirstin; Feiler, Svenja; Breuer, Christoph - In: Tourism Review 67 (2012) 2, pp. 4-12

Purpose – The market for sport tourists is very diverse and motivations of sport tourists are manifold. This also applies to the field of water sport tourism, which has not yet intensely been analysed by researchers. In order to analyse motivations and to reach target groups such as water...

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