Haze pollution has worsened and has received close attention by news agencies in the past two years. This type of environmental pollution might have a great effect on tourism image and the entire tourism industry of a destination. This study aimed to reveal the potential impacts of haze pollution on the tourism industry. Based on a case study in Beijing using questionnaires for potential touris...

iran’s unique attractions and destinations make it of great potentiality for utilising tourism industry. according to statistics of the international and national organization tourism, the situation of tourism in iran is not suitable, which is a sign of an undesired situation in the industry and failing to make use of the existing capabilities and potentials of the country. therefore, this rese...

Tourism has evolved from a few high-end items to mass market, and it become an integral part of people’s daily lives. Tourist routes connect tourist sources destinations, whether they are group tour or road trip. that designed scientifically rationally can improve satisfaction while also highlighting the unique characteristics various destinations promoting long-term development destinations. E...

Tourism is one of the most important economic activities in the world: for many countries it represents the single largest product in their export basket. However, it is a product difficult to chart: “exporters” of tourism do not ship it abroad, but they welcome importers inside the country. Current research uses social accounting matrices and general equilibrium models, but the standard indust...

Risk is an inherent factor in the traveler's choice of destination. Tourism destinations differ in many aspects including their location, economic condition, cultural and political status and crime. Given such differences, the analysis of destination risk and its dimensions is of substantial interest. The current study explores the risk factors perceived about Iran as a tourism destination usin...

In December 1996, TIME magazine published an article titled ‘‘Finding God on the Web,’’ which projected how the Internet would shape information seeking on faith and religion. A decade later, the Web has become a popular tool for gathering religious information as well as information and imagery related to religious travel. Yet there is little research on religious destination imagery online. I...

This study explores the state of response behaviour to e-mail enquiries in alpine tourism destinations by e-mailing a typical room request with some specific questions to a random sample of 65 tourism offices. One of the striking results was that one third of those electronic enquiries were not answered at all. In addition, many other unexpected results emerged, especially relating to the servi...