Search results for "Alternative tourism"
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Industrial Mining Tourism Activities
2010
INTRODUCTIONThe diversification of local sources of income is considered to be one of the main paths to achieving development in certain spaces which, due to their special, depressed situation, need a means of economic reactivation. Tour-ism can be considered to provide an effective and complementary method of achieving development as it combines local synergies, fosters employment and improves the standard of living of the residents of these zones. There-fore, tourism has become one way of addressing the socio-economic problems faced by rural areas, and some zones have used tourism as a method of miti-gating problems related to industrial decline (Arwell and Llurdes i Coit 1996; Hospers 20…
Characteristics of honeymoon tourism: Chinese tourist approach
2017
En el presente trabajo, enmarcado en el turismo alternativo, se estudia el turismo de luna de miel, la elección del destino turístico y los turistas chinos en el mercado internacional. Se concluye que el turismo de luna de miel es un tipo de turismo alternativo específico con 5 características distintivas: larga duración y planificación, temporada propia, público objetivo joven, necesidades particulares y toma de decisión compartida. La investigación muestra que para los turistas chinos este tipo de turismo presenta sus propias peculiaridades. ABSTRACT Within alternative tourism framework, the aim of this paper is to research tourism honeymoon, to choose the destination and to study Chinese…
Alternative Tourism Strategies to Enhance Local Sustainable Tourism Development
2020
This chapter establishes the relationship between the ALTER-ECO project and the problem of overtourism. Background reviews the phenomenon of excess tourists based on recent research. The measures implemented in Gandia (Spain) as part of the ALTER-ECO project are described. Monitoring influx of tourists, installing Free Wi-Fi at Gandia Beach, and creating a mobile app are three measures that have contributed to easing the effects of overtourism. The debate proposes monitoring, public Wi-Fi, and gamification as three strategies for dispersing tourist load. Conclusions include measures and strategies that coincide with UNWTO 2018 recommendations.