The present contribution aims to propose some research on business models in tourism, with a particular focus on accessible cultural tourism. This chapter takes up part of a previous monograph on the reconfiguration of Abell’s model that, in the final part, is applied to accessible cultural tourism. The main objective is to bring some of the reflections and results obtained during these years i...

Temple Stay program is a newly developed but comparatively mature tourism product in Korea, which is to accommodate and cater tourists in Buddhist temples and have them experience over 1700 years Korean traditions of Buddhism and culture. As a product of compromise between Korean Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the most influential Buddhist organization Jogye Order, Temple Stay program was ...

Tourism is viewed as information intensive industry where information plays an important role for decision and action making. Austria, along with its long history on music, culture, and nature, unsurprisingly attracts lots of tourist and Austrian tourism industry contributes significantly to the local economy. Semantic technologies open up new ways of facilitating effective integration of (tour...

We show that tourism activities severely impact the ecology of Orchid Island, its natural resources, and the culture of the Tao tribe. For example, highway widening, in response to the increased traffic volumes caused by tourism, required many Pandanus trees to be cut and removed, which has placed the coconut crabs in danger of extinction. To promote eco-tourism, observation trips to observe El...

The main purpose of this study is to analyze the elements of aboriginal tourism development, and provide other tribe in reference to the development of tourism. In this study, the Huanshan tribe as objects, at Taichung City, Taiwan, and qualitative research method are used. After analysis, this study has the following findings: 1. Huanshan tribe retains the characteristics of aboriginal culture...

Culture is one of the factors tourists consider to choose their destination, and what is the level of cultural Host community and cultural differences compared to what other nations. Therefore, recognizing the culture of the society itself is one of the ways in which it can attract the tourists by refining its competitive advantages and by stepping up the knowledge of the weaknesses in or...

Tourism development, Economic sustainability, Environmental sustainability, Socio-cultural sustainability ABSTRACT This research attempts to evaluate local residents’ satisfaction and support to the development of tourism through economic, environmental and socio-cultural sustainability of tourism. The data was collected with a survey of local residents in Tra Vinh province of Vietnam. The empi...

introduction cultural or heritage tourism is a tool of economic development that leads to economic growth by attracting visitors from outside the host community through historic and heritage attractions of destinations. this is a human heritage as cultural traditions of each society and is considered as cultural tourist attractions. hence, yazd is an ancient city with archaic culture and also r...

Previous studies have demonstrated the importance of Internet and e-commerce technologies in the tourism industry. The tourism industry is one of the most important that contribute to Thailand’s economic growth. The Thai government has promoted e-strategies in the tourism industry for economic reform. Although the government has encouraged the use of Internet technology for effective communicat...