Previous studies have reported the negative impacts of tourism on nonhuman primates (NHPs) and tourists and advocated the improvement of tourism management, yet what constitutes good quality management remains unclear. We explored whether rates of macaque aggression and self-directed behaviors (SDBs) differed under the supervision of two park ranger teams at the Valley of the Wild Monkeys (VWM)...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Transplant "tourism" typically refers to the practice of traveling outside the country of residence to obtain organ transplantation. This study describes the characteristics and outcomes of 33 kidney transplant recipients who traveled abroad for transplant and returned to University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) for follow-up. DESIGN, SETTINGS, PARTICIPANTS, & ME...

Along with the popularization of network, travel decisions have been relying more on the network. This article attempted to study , the role of network in the new generation of tourism decision-making and the behavior of tourists and sum up the investigation and analysis of the literature. In addition, , based on the analysis of various factors that affect tourists’ travel decisions, the study ...

Affected by the factors like population, economic and geographic conditions, accommodation offerings are inherently different at different cities and characterized with their specific features. This heterogeneity is not limited to the supply-side but covers the demand-side as well. For instance, business and leisure tourists may favor different travel destinations. Therefore, the development of...

Bulgaria is a major center of tourism on the Black Sea. The aim study to identify changes in structure inbound tourist flow and geographical features its distribution due COVID-19 pandemic. As result study, groups countries were identified that occupy different place Bulgaria: neighboring countries, G7 states, other Western Europe, post-socialist states Europe countries. pandemic has led redist...

This study examines the relationship between local food quality perception, dining satisfaction, and post-dining behavioral intention in context of sustainable gastronomy tourism Manavgat/Antalya. The research also analyzes moderator roles neophilia neophobia this relationship. A face-to-face survey was conducted with tourists who visited region experienced restaurants. Accordingly, 487 partici...

Introduction: Today the market of medical tourism is growing as one of the competitive and profitable industries in the world. The aim of this study was to determine medical tourist attraction in Tehran hospitals. Methods: This is a descriptive study which was carried out in 8 hospitals of Tehran in 2012. 195 people from the managing boards of these hospi...

This study aims to employ and validate experience economy theory in local restaurant settings understand the dimensions of from point view tourists. A self-administered structured questionnaire based on investigation previous studies was used collect data tourists staying Istanbul. Data were analyzed via exploratory factor analysis explore different food Contrary model, which proposes four expe...

Improvements in the quality of tourism services and number human resources will affect social information provided to foreign tourists, thereby enhancing offered regarding tourist destination Malang Raya area. Considering urgency tourists obtaining related directions, routes, access roads their desired destinations, especially East Java, due limited data from government agencies handling sector...

Tourism industry plays a vital role in the economic development of country by attracting local and foreign tourists. The turbulent situation Jerusalem occasioned Israeli Palestinian crisis put euphoria mind set tourists visiting country. Thus, this paper aims at examining effects destination image on tourist loyalty Jerusalem, mediated political stability. A quantitative methodology was applied...