The emerging use of social media fundamentally changes the communication and interaction of societies and organizations. The use of social media revolutionizes the way organizations market their products and interact with their customers. Social media acts as an agent of change within the...

Revenue generated from tourism taxes constitutes an important financial resource for local governments and tourism authorities to both ensure tourism sustainability and enhance the quality of tourist experiences. In order for tourism policy makers to create an efficient and fair tax system in...

Die Bedeutung des Kulturtourismus in ländlichen Regionen nimmt seit mehreren Jahren erfreulicher Weise zu und trägt zur Belebung vieler kleiner Orte bei. Katja Drews stellt mit ihrer hier vorgelegten Studie drei kulturelle Angebote aus diesem Bereich vor und fragt danach, wie stark und in...

The aim of this paper is to analyse the regional tourist competitiveness performance in Spain. We use the seven pillars of tourism from a very detailed and complete database compiled by the Spanish Government –MoniTUR 2010 as primary data. Thus, we calculate a DEA-MONITUR regional tourist...

Destination management and competitiveness : intervention of destination management -- Organizations for global competency from an Indian perspective / Bindi Varghese -- Policing tourism : challenges and opportunities of tourist police system in India / N. Chaitanya Pradeep -- Visitor management...

1. Introduction -- Part 1. Contemporary issues in tourism and hospitality in conflict-ridden destinations -- 2. Tourism and conflict: A framework for examining risk versus satisfaction -- 3. Tourism, border disputes and claims to territorial sovereignty -- 4. The attitudes of the Dutch Market...

According to the specific nature of tourism products and services, the marketing of destinations includes many features which are not shown in the company marketing in another industry. In contrast to physical products, a service product cannot be tested before it is purchased due to...

Destination presents a set of different organizations and individuals who can work towards realising the same objectives or their objectives can be diametrically opposed. Harmonisation of such objectives in a unique strategic development of the entire destination is usually taken over by...

Durch die allgemeine Zunahme von Kurzurlaubsreisen sieht auch die Weinbranche in Europa immer mehr die wirtschaftlichen Vorteile und die damit einhergehenden positiven Synergien zwischen Wein und Tourismus. Das in unseren Breiten noch sehr junge Thema Weintourismus beschränkt sich in...