tourism

Description The purpose of this paper is to analyze two studies pertaining to the National Mall and Memorial Parks in Washington DC, to gain a better understanding of risk management perceptions and processes as applied to urban cores that consistently host tourists and special events...

Description The purpose of this paper is to identify tourist activity inhibitors (causes of non-participation in tourism), assess their impact strength and analyze the social disproportion and exclusion in terms of tourism participation. The paper also presents the deficiencies in the research...

Description The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the relationship between culture and tourism, and the urban re-development process in Istanbul International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research Culture, tourism and regeneration process in Istanbul Ferhan Gezici Ebru...

Description The purpose of this paper is to examine the tourism life cycle of Langkawi Island, Malaysia. The paper seeks to investigate the stages of life cycle that the island has passed through and at what stage the island is in today International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality...

Description This study aims to assess whether or not the weight of the impact of the recent rubbish emergency in the Province of Naples (Italy) causes a temporary impact inbound tourism demand and the number of visitors to museums situated in the Province International Journal of Culture...

Description The main purpose of the present paper is to identify the differences in the antecedents of holiday destinations revisit intentions in the short and long run. Specifically, this work analyzes the influence of specific variety seeking, perceived value, destination image, satisfaction...

Description To develop and test a measurement model for the combined study of involvement and place attachment in a tourism context International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research Examining the dimensions of a lifestyle tourism destination Michael J . Gross Chris Brien Graham...

Description The purpose of this paper is to discuss whether creative tourists can transform the service encounter in city hotels in a way that can reduce the amount of emotional labor required from service employees and its negative consequences International Journal of Culture, Tourism and...

Description The objective of this research is to assess whether two events, the 9-21 Earthquake in 1999 and the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome outbreak in 2003, had a temporary or long-term impact on the inbound tourism demand from Japan. Furthermore, a comparative study is conducted to...

Description The effect of the antecedents of satisfaction on consumer satisfaction is an issue still under debate in the academic literature. Thus, the primary goal of this article is to analyze the relationship between two of the most important antecedents of consumer satisfaction – namely...

Description The purpose of this paper is to examine the leisure cruise service environment – the shipscape – and its effects on cruisers’ emotions, meaning-making, and onboard behavior. International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research Shipscape influence on the leisure cruise...

Description The purpose of this paper is to analyze the relationship between tourists’ user-generated content on the web and destination branding, as well as to discuss the online strategies used by destination management organizations International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality...

Description The accurate measure of the economic contribution of festivals and special events is a challenge. Using a case study, the purpose of this paper is to demonstrate a previously un-captured economic contribution from increased hotel rates during the period of festival or event; the...

Description To examine the contentious relationship between brand image and brand personality in the context of tourism destinations International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research Destination image and destination personality Sameer Hosany Yuksel Ekinci Muzaffer Uysal...

Description The purpose of this paper is to explore the Australian tourist experience at Gallipoli in order to better understand how tourists approach and engage with battlefield sites and how the experience may transform them. Specific attention is paid to the role of interpretation in shaping...

Description The paper seeks to examine nature-based tourism (NBT) impacts from business managers’ perceptions in economic, cultural and environmental aspects and understands the relationship among socio-demographic characteristics, type and level of involvement and participants’ perception of...

Description This paper aims to report the results of a study into visitor evaluations of interactions with hotel employees in Mauritius. Given that the island’s core tourism product is based on luxury resorts, tourist-hotel employee interactions possess a potential for determining satisfactory...

Description The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationships between tourists’ motivation, experience, perceived value and revisit intentions to creative tourism destinations. The ever-growing concept of creativity has been introduced into the tourism field. Creative tourism has...

Description The purpose of this paper is to develop a typology of dark tourists through an investigation of people’s motivations to visit burial grounds. This research extends Stone’s Dark Tourism Spectrum and Seven Dark Suppliers framework by identifying nine types of dark tourists...

Description This editorial aims to situate the papers chosen for this special issue within academic literature and identify their contributions to new knowledge International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research Island tourism: destinations: an editorial introduction to the...