this paper provides a fuzzy based decision support system (dss) for risk analysis in e-tourism ( electronic tourism ) investment. in general term, e-tourism is the use of information and communication technology (ict) in tourism which may allow operating tourism in least variable cost, least time and increased work efficiency. it is worth noting that there are many factors that affect the deve...

BACKGROUND Medical tourism companies play an important role in promoting transnational medical travel for elective, out-of-pocket medical procedures. Though researchers are paying increasing attention to the global phenomenon of medical tourism, to date websites of medical tourism companies have received limited scrutiny. This article analyzes websites of Canadian medical tourism companies that...

nowadays, many countries view tourism as the best way of promoting culture, making international relations and gaining economic incomes for this reason, tourism has been at focus in many countries which has many recourses for tourism and great capacity for attracting tourists. meanwhile, one of tourism sub-branches is ecotourism, which has a particular compatibility with nature. iran is a count...

Through the minority tourism, display platform status and problems of research, we propose a technique based on multi-source data show, this paper based on this technical design of the entire multi-source data application platform overall framework, database, environment and interface able to empty earth integrated perspective view showing the entire ethnic tourism, the multi-source data displa...

The development of the ice-snow tourism needs a scientific and effective method to assess the value of ice-snow tourism resource and its realization degree effectively and reasonability. Based on the analysis of expectation value and realization value of ice-snow tourism resource, this paper designs a three-dimension assessment index system and constructs the method of assessing the value of ic...

Climate and tourism are strong correlated. Urban areas have a relevance concerning not only to cultural tourism but also for recreation. The high discussed topic of global change is focused in the tourism climatology as well. We analyzed exemplarily the climate potential and its variation of Freiburg. The analysis is based on the simulations of the regional climate models REMO and CLM for the A...

The proper design and realization of a Web-based tourism information system is one of the most challenging issues in the tourism area. Among others, two aspects are crucial for the success of such a system: First, the system should be as integrated as possible, i.e., representing a “one-stop” shopping experience by providing a high-quality content in terms of comprehensiveness, accurateness and...

Southern African countries have a good cultural tourism development potential, and many countries in the region have identifi ed the development of cultural tourism as one of the key growth areas in tourism. A specifi c element of cultural tourism is based on crafts that are sold for visitors in various sites and market places. Crafts and craft markets are relatively visible in the Southern Afr...

Researchers are paying increasing attention to questions of community leadership and rural tourism development. Based on leadership theories and the literature on community leadership and tourism development, this study developed a framework for community leadership in rural tourism development and used it to examine two ancient Chinese villages. We used the longitudinal case study method to co...