Tourism in the third millennium has become one of the most thriving economic activities around the world, and many developmental planners and policymakers refer to tourism as the main pillar for sustainable development. Tourism is considered as one of the most complicated occupations in numerous countries worldwide and as a multi-aspect activity possessing various positive effects and utilizati...

This study seeks to identify a set of key indicators along with weightings for tourist attractions in Taiwan, and develop a quality management self-evaluation mechanism for tourism businesses, using an advanced integrated Analytic Hierarchy Process and Delphi (AHP-Delphi) approach derived from the supply side perspective. This research study comprises two phases: (1) Delphi method analysis that...

Tourism represents a service-oriented activity of limited capitalist intensity, therefore the human resources play an essential role both in the competitiveness of the organizations and in the attractiveness of the destinations as far as, among others, the quality of reception and the performance are concerned. The tourism goods primarily represent a pleasant experience and consequently the hum...

Innovations in the fields of Information and Communication Technology, Transport, and Human Resources Management have transformed the structure of the global tourism and travel industry. The Internet has enabled tourism and travel firms to tap into new domestic and international markets while availing regions in developing countries the opportunities to publicize their unique tourism products a...

Tourism product descriptions are strongly supported on natural language expressions. Appropriate offer selection, according to tourist needs, depends highly on how these are communicated. Since no human interaction is available while presenting tourism products online, the way these are presented, even when using only textual information, is a key success factor for tourism web sites to achieve...

Tourism is an important economic pole in developed countries. Many countries devoted their expert efforts to absorb more tourists by focusing on attractive and historical aspects of their civilization and good planning on facilities and services. Nowadays rapid grows of information technology affected the way of our life and tourism as a part of this revolution benefits from its advantages. In ...

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 possible interactions among tourism organizations, their customers and other organizations are considered in this article. Based on these interactions, three drivers of an integrated e-business strategy in the tourism sector are suggested: (1) customizing tourist products, personalizing services and supporting mobile services, (2) sharing tourism information and operational data, and (3) of...