The economic dependency of the Eastern Caribbean on tourism has been welldocumented (Ferguson 1997, Lea 1998, Patullo 1996). A large element of its attractiveness depends on its connotations of paradise in the Minority World, and therefore it is an economic necessity that paradise is continually simulatable. The widespread development of all-inclusive resorts, or what Bauman has termed ‘reserva...

Travelling and exploring new locations have become a very common and most attractive hobby for a lot of people. Ranging from a long holiday to some faraway places to a weekend getaway to a comparatively nearby unique spot, every type of touristic activity is highly cherished among the avid explorers. This leads to a demand for a resource that would cater the need of this rapidly growing communi...

The holistic role of forests going beyond the economic function, identified in timber production, substantiates the evaluation of forests’ social and environmental dimensions. Consequently, biodiversity, landscape, hydro-geological security, and maintenance of cultures and traditions are among the manifold issues to be addressed in dealing with forests. Touristic and recreational role of forest...

The island of Rhodes forms an exceptionally popular destination, which hosts thousands visitors every year. Its natural beauty, together with its rich local history, have contributed to that, as it has been a landmark many historical events. Great is the contribution Italian buildings in Rhodes’ current image and function, were constructed under occupation during 1912-1948. present paper referr...

Purpose This paper aims to present a content analysis of two major constructs among tourism settings, namely involvement and emotions, strictly related tourist behaviour, due the fact that there are still some critical gaps in knowledge about tourists' emotions involvement. Design/methodology/approach An in-depth was adopted as methodological approach. methodology addressed an amalgam different...

In this paper we present the IDUM system, a successful application of logic programming to e-tourism. IDUM exploits two technologies that are based on the state-of-the-art ASP system DLV: (i) a system for ontology representation and reasoning, called OntoDLV; and, (ii) HıLεX a semantic information extraction tool. The core of IDUM is an ontology which models the domain of the touristic offers. ...

The concentration of tourists at certain times of the year can damage sensitive environments. The use of peer-to-peer vacation rental websites has increased greatly during the last decade. This system could either reduce seasonality in touristic destinations where the tourist activity takes place throughout the year at a lower price or on the contrary, it could increase the number of visitors a...

In Northern Cyprus, where there is a great potential for cultural tourism, transforming heritage into digital and preserving it, making it sustainable by conveying to future generations, are of importance the economic development island. For said transformation be carried out more sustainably contribute both knowledge opinions those working in field tourism expectations tourists visiting island...