How long is the coastline of the United States? While it may sound counter-intuitive, there is no objectively true answer to this question. In fact, it is impossible to precisely measure the length of any coastline. A coastline features an endless array of bays and promontories at all scales,...

Implantation of the smart city model in intermediate tourist towns on their transition to becoming smart destinations involves an inescapable commitment to their habitat and improving the quality of civic life and the economy of cities through more sustainable and technologically advanced...

With the approach of the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022, the ski tourism market in mainland China is gradually heating up. As an important node city of the Silk Road Economic Belt, Urumqi is vigorously developing winter tourism to enhance its image as an urban tourism spot. In this study,...

In tourism, information can be treated as the most important factor influencing consumer behaviour. Word-of-mouth is one of the possible ways to transfer information. It is a form of communication – through recommendations - which involves consumers discussing their experience after service...

Bali Botanic Garden (Kebun Raya Bali) was originally established for botanical research and conservation, but has subsequently grown as an attractive tourism attraction. To attain information on the development of Bali Botanic Garden, this study examines several research questions as follows:...

The financial crisis and the ensuring Great Recession have alerted those concerned with old-age security to the extreme risk confronting our retirement system. In this volume, we provide an in-depth analysis of the ‘black swans' threatening pension plans around the world. Longevity risk,...

Destination managers aim at increasing and maintaining visitor satisfaction. In this study the authors examine the levels of efficiency which ski resorts attain in pursuing this objective for a sample of 54 Austrian, French, German, Italian, and Swiss ski resorts based on a survey totaling...

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to provide a comprehensive review of the literature and develop a model of the determinants, indicators and effects of destination competitiveness (DC), as well as several propositions. Design/methodology/approach - This study thoroughly reviewed extant...

This book covers all aspects of the economics and management of geotourism, an increasingly important sector of nature tourism that focuses on the geology and landscape of different territories, providing a pleasurable and educational tourist experience. Geotourism is a sustainable form of...

Collaborative learning is an educational approach, which can be easily applied to a business setting. However, it is often unconsciously implemented in organizations in general, whereas, some of it aspects are not perceived at all as new contributions. In order to take advantage of all its...

The aim of this paper is to determine resources and competitive factors of sport tourism suitable to Croatian tourism business circumstances. There are numerous researches on similar topics. However, for this paper and according to accessible and processed sources, had not been found research...

The development of national economies is related to environmental pressures which have negative consequences on the environment. The phase of the life cycle indicates the need to change access to the development of the destination, thus being a useful marketing tool, as well as, an instrument in...

The main objective of this text is to ponder the topic of territorial competitiveness in tou-rism through a geographical perspective. After a general, conceptual, theoretical analysis of competitiveness and territorial competitiveness, the tourism industry was approached to undertake a specific...

The Himalayan region in India remains a popular tourist destination. It attracts massive inflow of tourist in this region round the year. Most of the tourist comes here for either for adventures or pilgrimage purpose. For the purpose of study we have chosen Uttarakhand as it provides both...

"Tourism is one of the largest industries in the world, but its benefits, including economic gain, are not felt by the majority of the country's inhabitants. distributed evenly. The Living Inca Town provides a rich case study of tourism in Ollantaytambo, a rapidly developing destination in the...

Introduction : tourism in Japan - from the past to the present / Richard Sharpley & Kumi Kato -- Tourism research on Japan : overview of major trends : Japanese and English-language materials / Yumiko Horita & Kumi Kato -- Urban development and tourism in Japanese cities / Yumiko Horita --...