This paper suggests that many of the negative effects of globalization and inadequate tourism growth can be compensate by the use of intelligent ICT solutions in the development of heritage tourism. The encounter between cultural tourism and information and communication technologies represents an opportunity to preserve national culture, create partnership and enhance destinations value in inf...

t: -The railway tourism has become a trend due to cultural heritage preservation. There have been voices calling for re-opening of the Old Mountain Line Railway. The service quality controlled by the management will have a great influence on tourists’ intention to use the railway again. Therefore, the service quality after the railway re-opening is the key issue to be considered when it comes t...

Film induced tourism is a recent phenomenon, rising increasing interest in tourism management and promotion. A research project on this topic has been recently investigated at the Department of Cultural Heritage of the University of Padua, resulting in the development of a software architecture for the promotion of film-induced tourism, capable of storing and providing rich information about th...

The growing importance of tourism industry in world economy reflects on tourism growing importance in Croatian economy as well. Tourism industry represents one of the areas in which Internet technology has a significant influence changing some of the key industry premises. Hotel website offers new opportunities for hoteliers. But it is essential to hoteliers to evaluate their web presence and t...

This paper,based on the “knowledge,ability and quality”,establishes knowledge integration modular curriculum system. For the first time in Henan Province,this paper creates a professional ability standard module for tourism management,establishes the diversified teaching method which possesses the characteristics of teaching process integration. To enhance the learning assessment method of stud...

In order to keep pace with the changing environment and business requirements, organizations are focusing on services. Service requirements management is one of the core activities in developing service systems such as medical tourism service system. To identify proper requirements, business requirements and business change factors should be correctly analyzed since the ultimate aim of a medica...

The importance of information and efficient information management is steadily increasing due to the evolution of new technologies and high-capacity storage media but also because growing market dynamics raise information needs. A marketing decision support system (MDSS) can be of particular importance as it supports organizations in collecting, storing, processing, and disseminating informatio...

A conflict between the preservation of the character of existing historic towns and “change” has formed the central argument for conservation. More recently, heritage has superseded conservation, where marketing of heritage as a product according to the demands of the consumer, mainly tourists, has resulted in the commercialisation of heritage over conservation values. Today, the symbiosis of b...

BACKGROUND Medical tourism (MT) refers to circumstances in which people travel for medical treatments. The present study focuses on determining factors affecting MT in Iran. METHODS The study uses a mixed method approach. Initially, through a qualitative study, 12 experts were interviewed deeply; then, 22 participants in three equal focus groups expressed their ideas about growth and developm...