Tourism based on interactions with wildlife is increasing in popularity across the world. A conceptual framework is presented which begins to classify the major components of wildlife tourism/recreation and indicates the roles of and the relationship between these components. It is suggested that the values of conservation, animal welfare, visitor satisfaction, and pro"tability are often in con...

This article is a commentary of an overview on "medical tourism" submitted by Lunt and Marrion, which describes a framework for the study of the issues related to medical tourism. The commentary attempts to differentiate between the current interest in medical tourism and the time-honored and well-established treatment abroad from countries with underdeveloped health systems. The commentary als...

The database of tourism economic network in the fifteen regions of Xinjiang is constructed based on the gravity model. By using social network analysis methods to analyze the Xinjiang tourism economy network centricity nodes, network density and core-edge structure, and study its effect. The results show that economic network of tourism in Xinjiang is becoming complicated and unbalanced. Finall...

Although nearly all tourism information is also geographically related information, only a few tourism organisations present their offers in a geographical context. The aim of this survey is to examine what relevance geo-multimedia applications have in Austrian tourism organisations. The methodology used is an online survey, which has been e-mailed to tourism organisations throughout Austria. T...

This paper introduces the concepts related to Distributed Business Processes (DBPs) associated to collaborative networks when applied to tourism and entertainment sector. These concepts are framed by the coordination activities and services orchestration to be used by tourism and entertainment providers. It brings to light the investigation about the needs associated to the tourism and entertai...

Bioclimate conditions at Sun Moon Lake, one of Taiwan's most popular tourist destinations, are presented. Existing tourism-related climate is typically based on mean monthly conditions of air temperature and precipitation and excludes the thermal perception of tourists. This study presents a relatively more detailed analysis of tourism climate by using a modified thermal comfort range for both ...

introduction this study examines the attitudes of residents toward tourism in rural mountain communities in roodbareghasran district (shemiranat, tehran). the objective of this research is modeling host community support for tourism development and the potential of participation based on the factors found to influence reactions towards it. understanding local communities' attitudes toward ...

Karel Charvat [email protected] Rural tourism starts to play important role in the whole agribusiness and rural development. In many remote areas, it starts to be the main economic activity. The development of such kind of activities is now supported as an opportunity for sustainable development of rural areas. Rural tourism is a chance, how to give farmers a new opportunity for profit from the tour...

Tourism is a relevant opportunity for economic development and social well being. Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are important tools for seizing tourism developmental opportunities arising from integrating and strengthening the local tourism value chain. Nevertheless, ‘productivity paradoxes’ showed that technologies (IT first and the Internet now) cannot produce any signific...