This paper looks at the roles of technologies and other factors in lifestyle choices, travel patterns and behaviours. Building on earlier Roundtable reports on value of time, it discusses how recent behavioural changes might affect the disutility of time spent travelling relative to time spent...

Im Verlauf des (Kauf-)Entscheidungsprozesses sind die Konsumenten zahlreichen psychologisch zu erklärenden internen Phänomenen ausgesetzt. Kognitive Dissonanz ist ein zentrales relevantes Konstrukt in diesem Zusammenhang. Aus Sicht der Marketingforschung ist das psychologische Befinden der...

"Destination branding and marketing form the backbone of tourism industry growth, but it is increasingly important that the strategies employed consider and promote sustainable solutions. This book provides a comprehensive set of tools and techniques for branding and marketing for sustainable...

For the success of sustainable tourism, it is important to know residents’ perceptions and attitudes toward tourism under its influences. Relevant research enjoys an enduring popularity in sustainable tourism research. It has long been recognized that tourism has complex impacts in economic,...

This handbook is the definitive reference text for the study of "dark tourism", the contemporary commodification of death within international visitor economies. Shining a light on dark tourism and visitor sites of death or disaster allows us to better understand issues of global tourism...