Regional Tourism at the Cross-Roads: Perspectives of Caribbean Tourism Organization’s Stakeholders

formation and evolution of regional organizations: the case study of the economic cooperation organization (eco)

abstract because of the many geopolitical, geo economical and geo strategically potentials and communicational capabilities of eco region, members can expand the convergence and the integration in base of this organization that have important impact on members development and expanding peace in international and regional level. based on quality analyzing of library findings and experts interv...

The role of Tourism clusters on regional competitiveness ( Case study: Religious tourism cluster of Qom)

As a novel idea for discussion on the role of industrial development on regional development, the term “cluster” became noteworthy since 90’s in order to increase competitiveness. Territorial development researchers believe that formation of regional industrial clusters improves competitiveness and plays a role in promoting competitive advantages and regional development. Hence, because of the ...

Re - branding alternative tourism in the Caribbean : The case for ‘ slow tourism ’

Slow tourism represents a progressive genre of alternative tourism for offerings, which are in need of re-branding, through the decentralized medium of remote locales in the Caribbean beyond mass-tourism complexes. We propose this new form of slow tourism as a viable promotional identity for alternative tourist information technologies. A further contribution to this new construct ’ s identity ...

National and Regional Tourism Planning

Future Smart-Organizations: A Virtual Tourism Enterprise

To remain competitive in the aggressive global market, Tourism industry and service providers face the necessity to strongly collaborate and share their expertise and resources, as well as their costs and risks. The paradigm of Virtual Enterprises (VEs) and smart organizations addresses the necessary base horizontal infrastructure needed to support such a collaboration framework. Designing a We...