Purpose – This paper aims to explore the widely recognized awareness/attitude‐gap in sustainable tourism and discuss a series of theoretical approaches on three levels: individual, interpersonal and community level theories. Design/methodology/approach – These theories are linked to...

Purpose – The essence of the demand for nature‐based tourism is an important issue seen from both an academic and practitioner's perspective. One approach to understanding it is to examine the relationship between tourists' travel motivations and activities. Therefore, the purpose of this...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the new alcohol debate and put it into historical perspective, before outlining the meaning and nature of the new temperance challenge. Design/methodology/approach – A moral perspective on the patterns of alcohol consumption from the point of...

Purpose – This paper aims to primarily identify the reasons behind the cultural shift which has taken place in France over the past few years regarding alcohol consumption, and concentrates on distinctive population categories in order to highlight characteristics of, and changes in, drinking...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate drinking patterns; attitudes towards alcohol consumption and alcohol‐related behaviours amongst differing groups of young adults. A further aim is to investigate whether the drinking behaviours of undergraduate populations can be...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the extant research around the non‐pathological gaming customer and then propose research for future study of this customer. Design/methodology/approach – Academic literature combined with the results of primary research is...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to highlight the potential of film‐induced tourism to provide sustained economic contribution to destinations. Design/methodology/approach – The paper takes the form of a literature review and identifies the economic contribution made by...

Purpose – This paper aims to present answers to the strategic question “will sustainability change the business model of the event industry”. Design/methodology/approach – The paper seeks the opinions of seven experts working in various roles within the event industry and all...