A Microsimulation Model for E-Services in Cultural Heritage Tourism

A Micro-simulation Model for E-services in Cultural Heritage Tourism

Tourism is on a rising curve from both a policy and research perspective. This paper aims to present new research advances on individual tourist behaviour and motives, with particular reference to the role of e-services in cultural heritage tourism. An innovative tool used here is (spatial) micro-simulation modelling (MSM). This method will be used to offer a micro-based picture of the motives ...

Enhancing Cultural Tourism e-Services through Heritage Interpretation

Cultural heritage is a main contributor to tourism development. These two activities heavily rely on the communication process for attracting visitors and to provide them with a satisfactory experience, which can be enhanced through effective heritage interpretation. This paper argues that there are opportunities for the application of e-Services in the delivery of heritage interpretation throu...

Importance of E-services for Cultural Tourism

Despite a busy lifestyle – or perhaps as a result of a stressful lifestyle – more people than ever before make leisure trips, sometimes for a long time but in many cases just for short periods. Modern telecommunication technology brings attractive tourist destinations directly into the living rooms of potential travellers, also destinations that would otherwise have been difficult to find, such...

Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Tourism Development

Tourism and Digitization of Cultural Heritage

In the contemporary society memory institutions experience great changes associated with digitization-the new method for preservation, education and access. Since in many cases memory institutions have the insufficient budgets, commercial promotion of cultural heritage can be seen as an alternative financial source indicating the possible niches, like cultural tourism, in the digital services m...