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Journal Source: Annals of Tourism Research Volume 31 Volume 30 Volume 29 Volume 28 Volume 27 Volume 26 Volume 25 Volume 24 Volume 23 Volume 22 J. Sustainable Tourism Tourism Management  |
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Responsible Tourism Management Annals
of Tourism Research [Volume 25, Issue 2][Volume 25, Issue 3][Volume 25, Issue 4]
Tourism as experience
: The case of heritage parks, Pages 1-24 The need to consider the experiences and benefits gained by visitors to tourism attractions is addressed, with specific reference to an industrial heritage park. The differing dimensions of experience and the various benefits are examined, as well as factors having influence on them. The consumer groups defined in terms of experiences and benefits derived are described in terms of their motivations for visiting and socioeconomic profile. The study raises questions concerning the usefulness of past emphases on sociodemographic analyses at heritage attractions, as experiential and benefit segmentations appear to be somewhat independent of sociodemographic attributes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Political ecology
of tourism, Pages 25-54 This article uses a political ecology approach to examine the relationships among tourism development, water, and environmental health in the Bay Islands, Honduras. It identifies the various stakeholders involved in the tourism industry, their relative power with respect to control of water resources, and distributional outcomes related to water quality and environmental health. Integrating the findings of ethnographic, survey, and environmental research conducted since 1991 in three communities, it shows that while the Islands' freshwater, land, and marine resources are jeopardized by unchecked tourism development, adverse affects are not distributed equally among various stakeholders. Reinforcing earlier findings focused on socioeconomic and nutritional outcomes, it concludes that while significant environmental degradation is attributable to the actions of powerful national and international stakeholders, it is the Islands' impoverished ladino immigrants and poor Afro-Antillean residents who are the most vulnerable to environmental health risks emanating from those activities. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Redefining Amsterdam
as a tourist destination, Pages 55-69 Tourist representations of the city of Amsterdam are capitalizing on the city's glorious past, the reputation of tolerance and liberalism, the red-light district, and the gay scene. Recent efforts in city marketing undertaken by formerly contesting actors in the tourism industry have abandoned the heterogeneous image. Rather, a polished image of the city has emerged as the national landmark of the Netherlands. This strategic choice has far-reaching consequences for cultural tourism in Amsterdam. While city marketing has become more targeted and demand-oriented, cultural tourism is still product-based. However, if demand-oriented marketing is taken seriously, cultural tourism has to be approached as a process enabling tourists to experience local life. This strategy would establish clear markers of a distinct urban identity. The future of Amsterdam as a center of global tourism is depending on the redefinition of its identity in terms of local culture. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A dynamic international
demand model, Pages 70-84 A formal, theoretical model of the dynamic structure of tourism demand is developed from consideration of information flows. The result is a nonlinear, diffusion form of model specification. Such models are estimated for seven major sources of tourists to Australia. The estimation results show that incomes have a key role in explaining international tourism to Australia. Income elasticities vary across origins according to a life cycle hypothesis in which income elasticities of demand are small for both relatively low and high income earners, and larger for a middle range of incomes. The modeling results also indicate that the usual constant elasticity demand models are likely to be misspecified. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The post-stagnation
phase of the resort cycle, Pages 85-111 This research focuses on the development of contemporary beach resorts in the poststagnation stage of the resort cycle which has not been as closely examined as the earlier ones. But sufficient evidence has now been accumulated to test assertions referring to the model. The Catalan coast, with its long tradition of both international mass tourism and second home development, is particularly suitable for empirical analysis. The paper proposes an alternative model for the expansion of new resorts, with the basic objective of reconciling environmental impact with tourism development. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Influence of
terrorism risk on foreign tourism decisions, Pages 112-144 This study explored relationships between selected factors and several key stages of the international vacation tourism decision-making process. A theoretical framework of vacation decisions involving terrorism risk served as the foundation for the analysis. Eight independent variables were examined, including international travel experience, risk perception level, international travel attitude, age, gender, education, income and presence of children in household. Dependent variables were three key stages of the decision-making process, including the general decision to travel internationally versus domestically, the extent of information search and concern for safety in evaluating destination alternatives. A mail survey of international tourists achieved a 48% response rate. Non-response bias was tested with telephone interviews. Data were analyzed using multiple and simple regression. International attitude, risk perception level and income were found to directly influence international vacation destination choice. Touristic experience and education were indirect influences -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tourism penetration
index in small Caribbean islands, Pages 145-168 The postwar restructuring of small tropical islands toward mass tourism development has threatened their sustainability. A major cause has been inadequate understanding of tourism dynamics and the absence of comprehensive integrated measures of tourism's pervasive economic, social, and environmental impacts. This paper constructs a composite Tourism Penetration Index from per capita visitor spending, daily visitor densities per 1,000 population, and hotel rooms per square kilometer. It is tested on 20 small Caribbean islands and yields three levels of increasing penetration. Four case studies are presented to illustrate the behavior of islands at different levels of penetration and to highlight the policy implications for Dominica, St. Lucia, Antigua/Barbuda, and St. Maarten/St. Martin. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Application
of leisure motivation scale to tourism, Pages 169-184 This study reports a cluster analysis derived from the Leisure Motivation Scale of Beard and Ragheb as applied to a sample of 1,127 UK holidaymakers. In a pilot study of the full Scale the factors of the original research were replicated and an abbreviated version was then used to enable a gap analysis to be undertaken between items thought important and perceptions of the last holiday, while based on this a cluster analysis was undertaken. Clusters had different appreciations of holiday destination attributes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Evaluating the
governance style of marketing groups, Pages 185-201 The complex nature of tourism destinations necessitates large numbers of organizations being involved in their marketing. Many collaborative tourism destination marketing associations fail because of inappropriate governance mechanisms or through a failure of collaborators to share goals and methods of doing business. This paper hypothesises that governance style and internal compatibility among members are important determinants of the success of local tourism marketing associations. Results of research among a sample of members of English tourism associations indicated a significant positive relationship between the effectiveness of an association and a `tight' governance style, and a significant negative relationship with the level of compatibility among members. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- War and tourism
: An American ethnography, Pages 202-227 War is a major modern security issue, distinguished from crime and terrorism by its deep societal penetration and long-term consequences. As an important cultural time-marker, populations segment their history in three phases, "before the war", "during the war" and "after the war". The interrelationships between war and tourism have been minimally investigated, but the literature to date indicates that war negatively affects tourism. This ethnography examines the sequential development of the United States tourism from World War I to the present, and the impact of World War II in laying the foundations for modern mass and charter tourism. The data suggest that war stimulates promotional, emotional, military and political tourism, and that war-related tourism attractions are the largest single category known. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using personal
diaries to collect data, Pages 228-231 We set out under liravy skies, but Robb [the (our leader] had been assured by phone by the driver ol the Birdsville supply truck that all was well at least to there. We slopped at a very green spot lor a cuppa and were quite ama/ed at the rieh color of tile grass. There was llie rich fresh smell of freshly rained on soil. We passed through more of the edge of the Sturt Stony Uesert and were amused to be traveling through a desert in the light rain which was then falling. As we continued there was more and more green growth and more permanent vegetation than I liad expected. Tlie road became more and more slippery and there in front of us, bogged in a diagonal position across the road, was the supply truck, whose driver liad spoken to Robb by phone. Rob!) did Ins best to stav in a position to pass, but alas, we were bogged. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ecotourism in
Canada, Pages 231-235 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Variation projections
and demand analysis, Pages 235-236 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tourism demand
in Turkey, Pages 236-240 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Online ecotourism
conference, Pages 240-241 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The impact of
mega events, Pages 241-245 |
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