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Cambios económicos, movilidad residencial y gentrificación en la ciudad de Valencia (2014-2017)
2021
El objetivo de este artículo es identificar los cambios recientes en la estructura sociodemográfica de la ciudad de Valencia derivados de las transformaciones económicas experimentadas por la ciudad en el periodo posterior a la crisis, y, en particular, del proceso de turistificación que han vivido determinadas áreas urbanas. Para ello, se analiza el patrón territorial de los cambios residenciales en el interior de la ciudad central durante el periodo 2014-2017 y se pone en relación con la distribución espacial de la actividad turística y la localización de los proyectos urbanísticos recientes como forma de aproximación a este fenómeno en el conjunto de la ciudad. Se propone una metodología…
La segmentación territorial de la oferta comercial en las áreas turísticas de litoral : una propuesta metodológica
2021
Fundación CajaCanarias La modalidad y la categoría de los alojamientos turísticos se plantean como esenciales en la localización y la tipología de los equipamientos y servicios comerciales de las áreas turísticas de litoral. Esta relación permite identificar patrones espaciales a través de la delimitación de unidades territoriales con cierto grado de homogeneidad respecto a la oferta comercial. El resultado es la segmentación territorial de tales áreas, mediante la definición de zonas de preferencias, necesidades, motivaciones, comportamientos, hábitos, actitudes, expectativas y pautas de consumo de productos y servicios comerciales similares. El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar las pot…
Ecosystem Services at the Archipelago Sea Biosphere Reserve in Finland: A Visitor Perspective
2019
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Tourist behaviour: the essential companion
2021
It is noteworthy to say to readers that Phillip Pearce is doubtless an authoritative voice in the psychology of tourism. On this occasion, he edits a book which entitles Tourist Behaviour: the esse...
Measuring Sustainability with Unweighted TOPSIS: An Application to Sustainable Tourism in Spain
2021
The measurement of sustainability is complex due to its multiple dimensions of different relative importance and different natures. From the perspective of sustainability, three types of tourism can be established: traditional tourism, sustainable tourism, and sustainable impact tourism. In the context of multiple-criteria decision analysis, this paper presents a flexible method for assess and rank decision alternatives based on their sustainability. The proposal does not require the relative importance of each criterion to be precisely assigned beforehand, which reduces the subjectivity of the decision making and yields results that can be of interest for decision makers. To show the diffe…
Food and religion in sicily—a new green tourist destination by an ancient route from the past
2021
The Francigena Way (Via Francigena) is a long international itinerary that was awarded recognition as a Culture Route of the Council of Europe. It starts in Canterbury (UK), touches 13 European regions and ends in Rome. An ancient track of this route is in Sicily (Southern Italy), and its name is Magna Via Francigena (Great Francigena Way). This track is a pilgrimage route that connects two ancient port cities, Palermo and Agrigento, passing through internal rural territories that now deal with the exodus of population from rural to urban areas. The route passes through the Sicilian territory named “Upper-Belìce corleonese”, a rural area around the city of Corleone (a little village known w…
Cultural Heritage Education in UNESCO Cultural Conventions
2021
The aim of the article is to analyse UNESCO conventions dealing with culture and assess the visibility and importance of cultural heritage education in these conventions and their implementation. First, it briefly presents the role of UNESCO in the area of culture and education, together with the UN Agenda 2030 and the challenges faced currently. Next, it discusses the existing UNESCO cultural conventions and their educational dimension with reference to the conventions’ provisions and aims. Each convention refers to education in the activities undertaken by States Parties, providing various tools and measures tailored to the scope of the convention. The article concludes that despite a lac…
Forest road planning to improve tourism accessibility: a comparison of different methods applied in a real case study
2022
Forest road planning with the available tools, e.g. PEGGER and GIS, still requires a lot of time of an expert, and the designed roads are not guaranteed to be efficient in terms of the cost or suitability of the road. In this article, we propose a novel Genetic Algorithm (GA) based method for forest road planning. To do so, each road is represented as a sequence of fixed and variable (control) points. A novel objective (fitness) function is defined based on the length, gradient, and suitability of the roads (individuals). The proposed algorithm is applied to the Arasbaran forest area and the resulted roads are compared with PEGGER-designed roads regarding length, Bachmund index, accessibili…
Culinary tourism experiences in agri-tourism destinations and sustainable consumption-Understanding Italian tourists' motivations
2019
Culinary tourism represents an emerging component of the tourism industry and encompasses all the traditional values associated with the new trends in tourism: respect for culture and tradition, authenticity and sustainability. Italy is known worldwide for the richness and variety of its gastronomy, and agri-tourism represents one of the most important places where culinary tourists can experience local food and beverages. By using a modified version of Kim and Eves&rsquo
Street Food as a Special Interest and Sustainable Form of Tourism for Southeast Asia Destinations
2019
Sustainable development is an objective that every destination is aiming at. This chapter provides evidence that street food, as a special interest for of tourism, if appropriately explored, has the potential to contribute significantly to the sustainable tourism development of Southeast Asia, and more generally to emerging destinations. Within this context, there is an opportunity to convert street food into a tourism resource that can align with the SDGs of the UNWTO. From a management point of view, this chapter highlights the fact that destination marketing organisations need to rethink the type of products and services offered to visitors and more importantly how they advertise themsel…