Economizing and spending priorities on different types of vacations are investigated during two periods: an economic downturn and returning prosperity. Two nation-wide samples of vacationers are used: one during a downturn, the other one at the start of the recovery period. Through comparing the results, conclusions can be drawn about symmetric or asymmetric tourist demand across the business c...

Based on a spatial model, the Martinique beaches and coastal wetlands are examined to identify the risks of coastal squeeze. In many cases coastal development prevents coasts from adapting by shifting landward. Also tourism infrastructure augments the vulnerability of beach reduction and mangrove squeeze. More than 70% of all Martinique beaches and 29% of mangrove forests are highly endangered ...

This demonstration paper presents a mobile tourist decision support system that suggests personal trips, tailored to the user’s interests and context. The system enables planning a customised trip that maximises the interest of the tourist, while taking the opening hours of the points of interest and the available time into account. The planning problem is modelled as an orienteering problem wi...

The World Wide Web has become an important source of information for tourists planning their vacation. So, destination recommendation systems supporting users in their decision making process by suggesting suitable holiday destinations or packages based on user profiles are a vivid area of research. Considering the complex and often tedious task to obtain such profiles we are exploring a new di...

In this paper, authors emphasizes on the importance of tourism industry in generating female employment. Tourism work is particularly attractive to women and help variety of them (young, single, mothers, divorced or older one) in creating decent employment. The research results of women's employment in tourist industry in EU-27 show that its share in tourist accommodation sector in 2007 was at ...

Through the study of standardized practices (walking tours, bus-tours) and devices (maps, guidebooks) for touring cities, this dissertation shows (1) how the city of Berlin is transformed into a virtual object, namely, an urban destination, (2) how such transformation is enabled not simply by tourist movement in space and being away from ‚home‘, but by tourist communication on the city, and (3)...

This paper compares the impacts of SARS and human deaths arising from Avian Flu on international tourist arrivals to Asia. The effects of SARS and human deaths from Avian Flu will be compared directly according to human deaths. The nature of the short run and long run relationship is examined empirically by estimating a static line fixed effect model and a difference transformation dynamic mode...

These days, many developing countries, especially island nations such as Indonesia would try to increase productivity in tourism by trying to improve facilities and services to the tourists and travelers. With so many beauty and diversity in Indonesia, we should see this potential and create a cont.ainer that can help the people in the world to see the natural beauty found in this country. If t...

Peru is a South American country that is divided into two parts by the Andes Mountains. The rich historical, cultural and geographic diversity has led to the inclusion of ten Peruvian sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. For the potential negative impacts of mass tourism on the environment, and hence on future international tourism demand, to be managed appropriately require modelling growth ...

During recent years life-style segmentation (psychographies) has been a research topic of increasing interest in developing appropriate marketing strategies and target marketing. In a research project, sponsored by the Danish Tourist Council, a sample of 4,000 respondents was interviewed with regard to their vacation and tourist behavior, attitudes and preferences. The data from the section wit...