E-commerce has significantly changed the distribution channels of travel products in the world including China. Online channels are growing important in travel service distribution. In China tourism industry has been developed rapidly with the economic development, more and more international travel service providers are trying to expand their Chinese market through the Internet. This paper she...

As geodata are the lifeblood of tourism, the representation of tourism resources on maps (geovisualisation) and the wide use of web 2.0 for creating and discussing geovisualised data (geocollaboration) are heavily adopted in tourism. Consequently, managing geodata needs to be incorporated into tourism curricula and pedagogies to assist graduates with career options. Although research in geovisu...

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...

In this paper we outline an e-Tourism environment that takes a community-driven approach to foster a lively society of travellers who exchange travel experiences, recommend tourism destinations or just listen to catch some interesting gossip. Business transactions such as booking a trip or getting assistance from travel advisors or community members are constituent parts of this environment. Al...

The paper forms a rejoinder to the paper by David Weaver (‘Organic, incremental and induced paths to sustainable mass tourism convergence’). It fully agrees with David Weaver that a sustainable development of tourism should focus on sustainable mass tourism development and not, as is currently the case, so much on niche products labelled ‘sustainable’. However, it critiques Weaver’s operational...

The ESTIA project aims to provide the means for mass adoption of Business-to-Consumer (B2C) E-Commerce in the tourism sector. Its main objective is to exploit emerging infrastructures and access devices, and develop advanced applications in order to provide innovative services to all parties involved in the Tourism sector with emphasis on tourists and SME providers. ESTIA introduces a new innov...

 Todays, the tourism industry, as one of the world's leading industries and as a strong social, cultural and economic force, has the ability to form and transform human societies, and therefore the development of the tourism industry is particularly important. The purpose of this study was to identify and investigate the effective factors on the development of Bandar-e-Anzali Tourism Industry. ...

E-tourism has evolved as a mainstay business for tourist service providers. It plays an integral role in the dissemination of information and influencing consumer’s preferences and satisfaction. The purpose of this study is to identify the dimensions of service quality perceptions of consumers in e-tourism in the Indian context. It also aims to understand the relative impact of these service qu...

Th e paper analyses the possibilities to develop communist heritage tourism in Bulgaria. After a review of related literature, the paper identifi es fi ve characteristics of communist heritage tourism: ideologically overburdened type of tourism, controversial, represents a limited time period of history, represents a personality cult, concentration of resources in places related with communist ...

eTourism services are increasingly changing the nature of and processes in the tourism industry. The aim of this paper is to address the implications of e-tourism services in the tourism industry. The main areas of concern are a combination of technical and social issues, which need to be addressed in order the tourism industry to adopt eTourism services. We present the current trends of eTouri...