Search results for "TOURISM"

Memorial Tourism - a Turn toward Locality

2017

This paper presents the phenomenon of travelling to places of memory, with particular emphasis on their local naturę. Examples discussed include places of memory directly related to the miners’profession, in particular those that are devoted to the victims of tragic events that took place in mines. In the last few years tourists have become more interested in places of memory related to mining, which is directly associated with the functioning of the nature-tourist trail called “Following the miners’ toil”, created on the initiative of the members of “Sokół” Cycling Club, which is a part of PTTK Division in Radlin.

The Brand-Land Identity of Etna Volcano Valley Wines: A Policy Delphi Study

2022

This is the first study on the brand–land link for quality wines with a strong identity produced in extreme territories using the Policy Delphi methodology. The objective of this study is to assess the existence of a relationship between the wine brand and the territory of origin for wines produced in the Etna valley in Sicily (southern Italy). Awareness among producers and stakeholders of the recognizability of local wines by the market was investigated. Moreover, the forecasts/reliability, issues/importance, options/feasibility, and goals/desirability of development factors for wines with a brand–land link in the Etna valley were analyzed. The results were used to design a mod…

Opaque Distribution Channels for Competing Service Providers: Posted Price vs. Name-Your-Own-Price Mechanisms

2014

Opaque selling has been widely adopted by service providers in the travel industry to sell off leftover capacity under stochastic demand. We consider a two-stage model to study the impact of different selling mechanisms, posted price (PP) versus name-your-own-price (NYOP), of an opaque reseller on competing service providers who face forward-looking customers. We find that in this environment, providers prefer that the opaque reseller uses a posted price instead of a bidding model. This is because the ability to set retail prices is critical for extracting surplus from customers who wait to purchase from the reseller. Such surplus extraction enables providers to set high prices for advance…

VALORIZZAZIONE DEL PATRIMONIO Tecnologie, strategie, progetti

2010

The culture is developing, is a capital which can generate income and jobs: from monuments to museums, the landscape, the cultural and creative industries (music, painting, crafts), the culture must be enhanced with all appropriate policies, which concern themselves its preservation and production of the asset value of art. Redeveloping this strategic sector can contribute to our country to achieve a leading position in the global society of knowledge, innovation and creativity. Cultural tourism should be linked to environmental and land. This integration must focus on local realities in terms of recognition and restoration of traditions, cultural heritage, the rediscovery of the natural en…

Adapting and validating scale of customer engagement in online travel communities

2020

Increasing attention towards customer engagement has caused its measurement to remain a highly debated issue among scholars. This study adapts and validates measurement scales for customer engagement in Online Travel Communities. It builds on previous studies on scale development for customer engagement. Data were collected from 450 members of Online Travel Communities in eight countries: Australia, Canada, Hong Kong (Chinese territory), New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. The process of adapting and validating the scale involved exploratory factor analysis, testing for differential item functioning, examination of item response theory,…

Tourism and the perceived quality of life of Sicilian residents. Evidences from a sample research.

2012

Explaining local governments' cost efficiency: Controllable and uncontrollable factors

2020

Abstract Efficient and effective management of public resources is essential at all levels of government. This issue has gained momentum due to the strains that affected public sector finances after the onset of the 2007/08 crisis in many countries, particularly in Europe. In this article, we evaluate the influence of environmental variables that affect local government efficiency in one European country, Spain, during the crisis years (2009–2015). To this end, and considering the possible influence of both controllable and uncontrollable factors, we use an approach that is able to analyse their impact across the conditional distribution of performance, and which controls for the (likely) e…

Вивчення країн та регiонiв як найвагомiших одиниць сoцiальнo-пoлiтiчнoї opгaнiзaцiї cвiту. Кaфeдрi крaїнoзнaвcтвa i мiжнapoднoгo туpизму–16 poкiв

2017

Theoretical and methodological problems of country studies and regional studies in the context of creating and functioning of the Department of Country Studies and International Tourism at the Faculty of International Relations of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv are being researched in the article. In the rather complicated current geopolitical situation it is especially important for Ukraine to strengthen its status quo on the intemational arena, as well as to build its own system of intemational relations that are focused on the govemment interest. Therefore political elite of Ukraine should have its own vision of every country’s part in global regional political economic and cult…

Religious tourism and subjective well being: an empirical analysis in hajj pilgrimage

2018

Abstract This study entitled “Religious Tourism and Subjective Well-Being (SWB): An Empirical Analysis in Hajj Pilgrimage” investigated the influence of religious tourism on subjective well-being (SWB) in the case of Hajj pilgrims. The primary aim of the study was to investigate the geographic, demographic and socio-economic factors that may have considerable effects on the Hajj pilgrims’ well-being and life satisfaction. The study is conducted through an analytical methodology in which a sheer quantitative method was used involving an extensive questionnaire administered to a pool of 500 pilgrims from three continents, namely Asia, Africa and Europe in addition to pilgrims from the Gulf Co…

Mobilità del turismo regionale incoming. Aspetti socioeconomici dei comportamenti e delle motivazioni. Il disegno della ricerca

2010

the research question that have lead to the empirical research on tourism mobility are presented. Then, briefly, the methods and the instruments planned are discussed. At the end, expected result of the project are illustrated.