If tourism is to become part of a more sustainable lifestyle, changes are needed to the patterns of behaviour adopted by the public. This paper presents the results of research conducted amongst members of the public in England on their understanding of sustainable tourism; their response to four desired tourism behaviour goals, and expectations about the role of government and the tourism indu...

This paper presents the results of an exploratory study of the perceptions of a group of rural Kansas tourism providers to a set of twenty experiential tourism standards. The results of the exploratory study are examined and discussed in the context of current experiential tourism literature and implications for future research are discussed. Finally, implications for management practice are re...

One of the major strengths of the ENTER conference series – or presumably its unique selling proposition (USP) lies in the combination of the academic and the industry world. However, in order to really benefit from such mutual relationships, knowledge exchange processes between universities and their industry partners should be well understood so that they can be effectively managed and contin...

Current age is the age of globalization. An age in which the conceptual and semantic frameworks has immersed, compacted, and materialized human beings in the same texture. Hypermedia systems has turned knowledge into a wall-to-wall neighbor and cognitive geography has made people closer together. The world has gotten rid of scattering and dispersion, and the global village or meta-geographical ...

BACKGROUND Tourism, combined with the phrase medical, seems to be a new form of tourism which has gained huge popularity in recent decades. Though, a number of literatures available with regard to the tourism industry and the competitiveness of the destination, however, the major aspects which determine the satisfaction of medical tourists are hardly focused specifically on Malaysia. There is a...

PurposeHotel Industry is one of the most substantial factors for Tourism Industry. It could provide the necessary substructures for Tourism. Therefore the growth in Tourism industry depends on growth in Hotel industry. Hotel industry had a major growth in recent years in Iran; therefore the purpose of this paper is to explore the customer satisfaction in hotel industry. This paper aims to ident...

In recent years, global climate abnormalities and disasters happening everywhere have made people begin to emphasize the issues of environmental protection, energy consumption and carbon reduction. In addition, green consumerism and the green energy industry have become hot topics globally. As the national income increases, tourism has become a part of many people’s lives. Since the demand for ...

Introduction The tourism industry in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is projected to grow at an average rate of 5%, one of the highest rates globally (UNWTO, 2006). Despite this phenomenal projection, benefits accruing from the tourism industry have failed to translate to significant socio-economic development especially at the local levels and the involvement of local communities has been minimal (Kh...