The idea of sustainable development has been discussed in tourism research for almost a quarter of a century. During that time, sustainability has become an important policy framework for tourism and regional developers guiding their planning and development thinking. Sustainability has also emerged academically as an important field of research with an emphasis on defining the limits to growth...

Examining the extent to which a community plays a role in the decision-making process in tourism planning can provide a better understanding of how tourism can benefit a community. Arnstein’s ladder of citizen participation (ALCP) has been adopted by tourism scholars to understand both the nature of the participation expected of the community and the community’s actual participation in tourism ...

purpose: the main purpose in this paper is, the identifying of ecotourism entrepreneurship differences among rural of this region and ranking them, based on river- valley tourism potentials in ecotourism entrepreneurship and special analysis methods. methodology: for attain to this goal, descriptive and analytical methodology using data from a questionnaire in the form of experts and business o...

The fields covered in the workshop of tourism and recreation climatology (biometeorology, bioclimatology, thermal comfort and heat balance modelling, tourism marketing and planning, urban and landscape planning, architecture, climate change, emission reduction and climate change impact assessment) refer to a wide variety of spatial scales and scopes of tourism policy intervention. To more effec...

The Internet contains a very high number of tourism sites. Who are the users of these sites and do they find the information useful? This paper address these questions based on national surveys in Norway among users of travel and tourism web sites. Key findings are; a majority of the Internet-population (60 percent) is using the web for travel search or planning purposes, online booking is not ...

tourism and the economy at the moment, change has been the main pillars of business wiki world stowe plays a vital role in the global economy. moreover, many planners and policy makers also learn to develop the tourism industry as the main pillar. activities related to tourism and related services in a region, like many economic sectors in the areas of need is mvrdmnsha’n. the importance of the...

This paper provides a strategic analysis of the competitiveness of Greek tourism. It illustrates the importance of tourism as an economic activity and analyses the current situation and structural problems of Greece as a destination. Although Greece offers unique nature, culture and heritage, the lack of differentiation of the tourism product as well as competitive disadvantages in marketing an...