To encourage the sustainability of rural tourism and to achieve success in the tourist industry, an understanding of the factors by which tourists are motivated to visit rural areas is required. This study aims to measure factors affecting rural tourists’ satisfaction in relation to different aspects of a destination and to increase the likelihood of revisitation and recommendation. This study ...

In recent years tourism has become one of the fastest growing sectors of the world economy and is widely recognized for its contribution to regional and national economic development. Tourism product design and development have become important activities in many areas/countries as a growing source of foreign and domestic earnings. On the other hand, customer relationship management is a compet...

SUMMARY Developing countries have been attracting more international patients by building state-of-the-art facilities and offering sought-after healthcare services at a fraction of the cost of the US healthcare system. These price differentials matter most for elective procedures, including cosmetic surgeries, which are paid for out of pocket. It is unclear how this rise in medical tourism will...

This paper addresses climate change related issues that may affect the long term sustainable management of terrestrial and marine tourism protected areas in Cairns, Australia. The resiliency of tourism in areas vulnerable to climate change stands to be significantly affected by economic and societal trade-offs that may need to be made to protect valuable local-global resources for future genera...

Introduction The tourism industry is highly vulnerable to Health, Safety, and Environmental Sanitation (HSE) threats. The Caribbean is the most tourism dependent region in the world, with over 54.2 million stayover and cruise ship arrivals in 2015, generating revenues of $US29.6 billion and contributing to 15% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and 2,255,000 jobs [1]. Tourists and staff are at...

This presentation will discuss a couple of arguments concerning public policy towards the management of tourism driven by natural attractions. Such attractions are public assets, but are priced at zero for private entrepreneurs for whom they are an essential input. The first argument I will address is that this is economically inefficient. Second, while price discrimination between domestic and...