Th e purpose of this paper is to illustrate diff erent defi nitions of tourism destination competitiveness and some models developed from various environments containing diff erent measures of competitiveness. Th e objective of the study was to empirically test the Slovenian tourism stakeholders' perception of diff erent determinants of competitiveness. Th e study was carried out by a systemati...

Bioclimate conditions at Sun Moon Lake, one of Taiwan's most popular tourist destinations, are presented. Existing tourism-related climate is typically based on mean monthly conditions of air temperature and precipitation and excludes the thermal perception of tourists. This study presents a relatively more detailed analysis of tourism climate by using a modified thermal comfort range for both ...

This paper argues that tourism will become a major activity in a modern welfare state, which will have serious consequences for environmental sustainability. This issue calls for an assessment of the pros and cons of the ecological efficiency of tourism. We propose an overall efficiency indicator that comprises both a sustainable tourism index and an economic efficiency index. Based on a data s...

This paper is based on recent experience gained from working on the Huascaran National Park Tourism Management Plan, the first tourism plan in a Peruvian protected area. This experience suggested that ecotourism can be an effective conservation mechanism when designed within a participatory framework. This paper presents the context of the planning process including important contextual informa...

Rural tourism is important throughout the world, and it is likely to become even more important as it is regarded as one of the fastest growing market segments of tourism [1]. What fuels it is several developments on the visitor side, such as: consumer orientations away from mass tourism, a growing demand for activity-based holidays, growth in the short breaks holiday market, a move towards hea...

Branding has a role to play in integrating efforts to promote tourism. The positioning strategy for the Tourism Brand Ireland initiative is based on the core values of friendly people and unspoiled beautiful scenery. Images on the main national tourism promotion websites are examined in the context of the expectations created for visitors to Ireland. As the nature of Ireland changes with increa...

The sun, sea and sand model that has characterized the Spanish tourism sector and has caused Spain’s tourist sector to become a world-class industry is actually undergoing drastic changes. This model is based on the existence of major tourism destinations characterized by high levels of industry specialization, which makes them a target of analysis as tourism clusters in which the geographic co...

Experiences constitute the essence of the tourism industry. While literature has recognised the recent impact of technology on experiences, its empirical exploration remains scarce. This study addresses the gap by empirically exploring five leading industry cases to generate a holistic understanding of technology enhanced tourism experiences. The main contribution of this paper lies in the deve...

This research examines new tourism networks, conservation, and social and economic changes in Peru. In doing so, the article illustrates how current political and economic change, global tourism and new forms of conservation are contributing to new geographies of tourism in the country. Through a case study of the Cordillera Huayhuash, the article evaluates the nature of recent increases in tou...

The database of tourism economic network in the fifteen regions of Xinjiang is constructed based on the gravity model. By using social network analysis methods to analyze the Xinjiang tourism economy network centricity nodes, network density and core-edge structure, and study its effect. The results show that economic network of tourism in Xinjiang is becoming complicated and unbalanced. Finall...