The role of tourism as an agent of development in small island states is virtually universal. Indeed, for many islands, tourism is the principal source of employment and foreign exchange earnings and the dominant economic sector. Nevertheless, many commentators suggest that island tourism is characterisedby dependency, a condition which, according to development theory, restricts development. A...

This research examines the comparative characteristics of two tourism destinations based on quantitative analysis of the network of hyperlinks among their tourism operators’ websites. Methods and techniques of the “science of networks” are used to characterise and compare the static and dynamic characteristics of a tourism destinations webspace. Network metrics are proposed as quantitative asse...

Tourism has become an important economic activity in all the countries of the world. It creates various direct, indirect and induced effects in the economy. This paper attempts to confirm empirically about the positive impact of tourism in Nepal. It is based on Nepalese data of foreign exchange earnings from tourism and gross domestic product for the period between FY 1974/75 and 2009/10. Co-in...

This study applies the Multiple Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM) which based on decision theories to evaluate the tourism policy of Taiwan. The sets of tourism policy are a composite of various conditions, and must be considered within uncertain and dynamic environments which are difficult to measure. In order to strengthen the comprehensiveness and reasonableness of evaluating process, we used ...

This paper aims to industry a tool for use in decision support tourism, based on GIS applications, so that it explains the sites and tourist services, tourism statistics, and other factors that could affect the development of tourism, with the integration of applications with a variety of assistive technologies such as forms a three-dimensional, and virtual reality, which make scalable applicat...

This theoretical paper combines the academic discourse regarding a specific part of dark tourism. Based on the literature analysis, distinction of natural disasters in thanatourism was investigated, which is connected with dynamic geographical conditions. Natural disasters used to play an important role in social life by their appearance in myths and religions. Nowadays, tourists pursuing natur...

Growth in the wildlife tourism industry has been significant in recent years with an increasing focus on tourism centered on free-ranging wildlife. In Australia tourism based in the marine environment, including observing and interacting with coastal and marine wildlife, is increasing in popularity. The future potential for increased growth in marine tourism is dependent upon the abundance and ...

This paper examines the cultural heritage resources of Macau in tandem with the city’s development. The investigation encompasses the actual condition of Macau’s cultural heritage tourism and the challenges and opportunities for its future development. Based on the experiences of other countries, the authors set strategic goals, provide an overall path and developmental strategies, and create a...

Following the identification of medical tourism as a growth sector by the Malaysian government in 1998, significant government sector and private-sector investments have been channeled into its development over the past 15 years. This is unfolding within the broader context of social services being devolved to for-profit enterprises and 'market-capable' segments of society becoming sites of int...

Mobile guides (based on PDAs, smart phones, or mobile phones) play an increasingly important role in tourism, giving tourists ubiquitous access to relevant information especially during their trip. Due to a more difficult access to mobile applications in a ubiquitous usage environment, based on time constraints, lighting conditions, bandwidth, etc., user acceptance of mobile applications strong...