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The Sustainability of Cruise Tourism Onshore: The Impact of Crowding on Visitors’ Satisfaction
2019
The sustainability of cruise tourism has been questioned in relation to its negative effects on ports of call, among which crowding has recently become more pronounced. However, an understanding of how crowdedness influences cruise tourists&rsquo
Destination Attractiveness Drivers among Urban Hostel Tourists: An Analysis of Frustrators and Delighters
2015
This study is based on data from 679 tourists staying at hostel accommodation facilities in Zagreb, a propulsive city-break destination in Central Europe. Besides providing insight into the socio-demographic and behavioural characteristics of hostel tourists, this study uncovers determinant destination attributes influencing their perceptions of destination attractiveness. In particular, impact asymmetry analysis identified potential sources of delight and frustration among hostel tourists. Since the hostel tourist segment, as such, is almost completely unconsidered in contemporary tourism research, partly covered only by a few studies on youth travellers and backpackers, the results of thi…
Patrimonio culturale e tecnologia: un incontro ancora da valorizzare
2020
Today, many factors are driving cultural institutions to adopt digitization strategies. For some of them, as organizations in charge of monument care, historical or archaeological museums and heritage parks, this might be critical. Indeed, making available off-site experiences of heritage places, for instance by augmented reality and/or video games, fuels polyvalent and potentially contradictory dynamics. They lay at the intersection of three main dimensions: understanding how cultural heritage and technology interact; which attitudes people in charge of cultural heritage bear, and how tourist destinations are built and promoted. The paper combines information about the evolution of the lit…
Authenticity as a mental state: A primer
2014
Highlights Philosophy of mind offers a new philosophical foundation for authenticity. Philosophy of mind studies mental states, whose defining property is intentionality. Intentionality is an essential trait in any characterization of authenticity. Experiencing authenticity is a mental state. Authenticity’s role as a theoretical construct is strengthened and amplified.
Tourism Statistics for Destination Management: The Trips/Arrivals Model
2014
Simply counting the number of tourists in a destination is not as simple as one might initially think. The present work intends to formalize a conceptual model by decomposing tourism nights, trips, and average duration of visit in a given destination, in terms of quantities and parameters that only for a small part could be derived from official tourism statistics. On the other hand, most of the quantities and parameters required for determining the number of tourists in a given destination are in general unknown, and need to be (directly or indirectly) estimated. Empirical evidences resulting from a survey on incoming tourism in Sicily are provided, showing the biases affecting supply-side…
Immaginario, narrazioni e condivisione online tra i backpackers: una prospettiva geografica
2023
Il backpacking è un modo di viaggiare che spesso si pone in contrapposizione al turismo mainstream, non solo per il suo generalizzato rifiuto dei classici circuiti standardizzati, ma anche per l’interesse assegnato ai percorsi naturalistici e agli stili di vita delle comunità visitate. Inoltre, a queste istanze negli ultimi decenni si sono aggiunte quelle relative alla sostenibilità ambientale e sociale del viaggio: per molti backpackers ciò si lega a un’etica condivisa dell’esperienza dell’alterità che, rispetto ad altre motivazioni, può assumere maggiore priorità. Tuttavia, nonostante le premesse, in molti casi il backpacking scende a compromessi con l’industria del turismo globale, anche…
The territories of tourism: a reflection about the experience of the Tourist Districts (Local Tourism Systems) in Sicily
2013
The tourist district is an important tool for territorial governance of regional tourism. The district is a type of Local System which is characterized by its multidimensionality, as well as the spatial contiguity of traders who belong to it. The territory is a space transformed by social interactions and relations of production: it is therefore the indispensable reference for measuring the impact of tourism. A bottom up approach in the process of identification of the districts is therefore vital. A Balance Score Card-approach is desirable to correctly manage this process. This study is a preliminary analysis derived from direct experience of the Sicilian tourist districts, recently formed…
Iekšējā tūrisma attīstība Kaļiņingradas reģionā
2015
Kaļiņingradas apgabals ir unikāla Krievijas Federācijas teritorija ar īpašu ģeogrāfisko atrašanās vietu, kurai ir liels dabas un vēsturiskais potenciāls tūrisma attīstībai. Maģistra darba mērķis ir novērtēt situāciju tūrisma jomā šajā reģionā, tā turpmākas attīstības priekšnoteikumus, kā arī sagatavot priekšlikumus, lai sekmētu iekšzemes un starpvalstu tūrisma attīstību.
Attitudes Toward Professional Foreign Players in Finnish Amateur Basketball
1984
The use of foreign professional players may influence the host country's sport culture. To determine the attitudes toward foreign professionals in various Finnish amateur basketball leagues, all clubs (n = 55) playing basketball in the three highest Finnish leagues were interviewed by mailed questionnaire. The results indicated that recruitment of foreign pros was held to effect negatively the team spirit and the play tactics, the economics of the club, the development of other sport branches in the club and the success of the national team. Positive effects were expected on the number of spectators, public relations of the club and the success of its team. For lower leagues foreign profes…
Beer tourism and craft beer
2021
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