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Destination image/branding of Sicily and the Mafia phenomenon: a corpus-based analysis of keywords in English guidebooks Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (IF 1.967) Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Ninfa Pagano, Richard Sharpley
Through an analysis of tourism discourse – more specifically, of the English language as a specialised and promotional discourse in the tourism field – this study examines critically the manner in ...
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Progress and prospects for dark tourism research Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (IF 1.967) Pub Date : 2024-01-17 Yunlai Zhang, Lixin Wang, Jinwei Wang, Fang Tian
This paper aims to identify the co-authors of dark tourism, influential articles and journals, hot topics, research deficiencies and future research directions. Based on the literature records from...
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Agritourism, Wine Tourism, and Craft Beer Tourism: Local Responses to Peripherality Through Tourism Niches Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (IF 1.967) Pub Date : 2023-12-20 Yunfang Wei, Maximiliano E. Korstanje
Published in Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Tourists’ perceptions of ‘cultural and creative souvenir’ products and their relationship with place Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (IF 1.967) Pub Date : 2023-12-14 Linsi He, Dallen J. Timothy
Most souvenir research applies authenticity to handicrafts and other local products, while mass-produced, perceived ‘inauthentic’ souvenirs are generally ignored. By de-framing the authentic-inauth...
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In search of health: medical tourism at the US-Mexico border/lands Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (IF 1.967) Pub Date : 2023-08-29 Viviane Clement, Sergio Lemus, Emma Newman
This article provides evidence for viewing medical tourism through the lens of transborder theory in order to analyze the variation in access to health care for populations who share the US-Mexico ...
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Impact of family moral support on female entrepreneurs involved in craft tourism Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (IF 1.967) Pub Date : 2023-08-20 Godfrey Makandwa, Saskia de Klerk
The paper examined how family moral support influenced the performance of women entrepreneurs involved in craft tourism in Southern Africa. Relativist ontology and subjectivist epistemology were ad...
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Tourism and Indigenous peoples in South America: reflections on experiences in Argentina and Chile Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (IF 1.967) Pub Date : 2023-07-31 Cecilia Benedetti, Katherine Meneses
Since the 1990s, the participation of Indigenous peoples in tourism has been fostered as part of global development policies to address rural poverty in Latin America. In this article, our aim is t...
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Ethical and responsible tourism: managing sustainability in local tourism destinations Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (IF 1.967) Pub Date : 2023-07-28 Xining Liu, IokTeng Esther Kou
Published in Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (Vol. 22, No. 1, 2024)
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Small scale sport tourism events and local sustainable development: a cross-national comparative perspective Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (IF 1.967) Pub Date : 2023-07-22 Zhibo Tian, Qiang Zhang
Published in Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (Vol. 22, No. 1, 2024)
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Hospitality, home and life in the platform economies of tourism Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (IF 1.967) Pub Date : 2023-07-22 Keqin Liu, Ailian Bian
Published in Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (Vol. 22, No. 2, 2024)
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An anatomy of the dilution of a local cuisine in a post-colonial destination – evidence from Macao Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (IF 1.967) Pub Date : 2023-07-12 Lianping Ren, Henrique Fátima Boyol Ngan, Fiona X. Yang, Ka Kui Yan, Rob Law
Local food is one of the most important attractions and cultural ambassadors of a destination, including in post-colonial contexts. However, food is often subject to various influences, including t...
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The role of creative tourism through arts and crafts in promoting inclusive tourism in Zimbabwe Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (IF 1.967) Pub Date : 2023-07-03 Musawenkosi M. Tapfuma, Regis Musavengane, Rowen Magwaza
With emerging forms of tourism, creative tourism has brought a shift in the tourism industry. Creative tourism is not fully embraced and there is paucity of studies on the new type of tourism in th...
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Correction Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (IF 1.967) Pub Date : 2023-06-26
Published in Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (Vol. 21, No. 5, 2023)
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Ecotourism for transformative and youth development in sub-Saharan Africa: the role of corporate social responsibility in Nigeria’s oil host communities Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (IF 1.967) Pub Date : 2023-06-12 Joseph Ikechukwu Uduji, Elda Nduka Okolo-Obasi
We examine the impact of multinational oil companies’ (MOCs) corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives on enabling youth participation in ecotourism development in the Niger Delta region of...
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Being at home and away: transnational entanglements of tourism and migration in Sardinia, Italy Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (IF 1.967) Pub Date : 2023-06-12 Elisa Burrai, Carlotta Cherchi, Nicola De Martini Ugolotti, Davide Sterchele
ABSTRACT In this study, we discuss the intersection between tourism and migration. In doing so we interrogate how tourism and migration meet, interrelate, overlap and merge in multifaceted and fluid ways. We draw upon literature on transnational migration and on Sarah Ahmed’s work on the relationship between ‘strange encounters’ and home. These theoretical perspectives enable us to move away from an
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Seeing history come to life with augmented reality: the museum experience of generation Z in Göbeklitepe Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (IF 1.967) Pub Date : 2023-05-31 Volkan Genc, Anil Bilgihan, Seray Gulertekin Genc, Fevzi Okumus
This study investigates whether AR innovations will positively contribute to the visiting intentions of young people. We collected data from 402 Gen Z participants in the museum at Göbeklitepe, one...
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Medical Tourism and Inequity in India: The Hyper-Commodification of Healthcare Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (IF 1.967) Pub Date : 2023-04-28 Radhika Sharma, Amit Datta
Published in Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (Vol. 22, No. 2, 2024)
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Rethinking the anthropology of love and tourism Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (IF 1.967) Pub Date : 2023-04-24 Alek Andika, Warlim
Published in Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (Vol. 21, No. 5, 2023)
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“Murder in mykonos”: potentials and limitations of crime fiction literary tourism in Greece Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (IF 1.967) Pub Date : 2023-04-21 Konstantinos Solakis, Konstantinos Bellos
ABSTRACT Crime fiction literature is enjoyed worldwide for its intriguing mysteries and cultural references depending on the author's nationality or where the narrative takes place. The rising marketing trend of crime fiction literature significantly impacts literary tourism. Famous writers and their works are exploited by destination management organizations and used as a marketing tool; however,
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Conservation, land conflicts, and sustainable tourism in Southern Africa: contemporary issues and approaches Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (IF 1.967) Pub Date : 2023-04-19 Fellix Rimba, Budi Rahmah Panjaitan
Published in Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (Vol. 21, No. 4, 2023)
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Eurocentric cultural theme parks in Japan: domestic tourists’ perspectives on place branding Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (IF 1.967) Pub Date : 2023-02-17 Atsuko Hashimoto, David J. Telfer, Kyoko Telfer
ABSTRACT During the Bubble Economy era, cultural theme parks were constructed in rural Japan for economic rejuvenation. These cultural theme parks or gaikoku mura (foreign villages) embrace foreign cultures and landscapes rather than rollercoasters. They offer Japanese tourists the foreign travel experience adapted and modified for the Japanese market. Set within place-based branding, imaginaries,
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Ageism in tourism: an intergroup contact theory approach Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (IF 1.967) Pub Date : 2023-02-16 Krisztina Kolos, Zsófia Kenesei
The diversity of tourists in terms of age poses challenges for the tourism industry; tourist experience may be hindered by stereotypes and prejudices directed at older people. This study introduces...
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Social involvement and adaptation to the 1960s tourist boom on Ibiza Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (IF 1.967) Pub Date : 2023-02-12 Ronald James Cooper Smith, Joan Carles Cirer-Costa
ABSTRACT It is common to see that the academic analysis carried out on many accelerated tourism growth processes includes qualifications such as ‘dependent development’, ‘social and cultural impoverishment’, ‘destruction of social networks’, etc. In this article we present a detailed analysis of one of the fastest and most dramatic tourist booms in the Mediterranean, which occurred on the island of
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European route of industrial heritage – three perspectives of sustainable development Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (IF 1.967) Pub Date : 2023-02-02 Mateusz Naramski, Adam Ryszard Szromek, Krzysztof Herman
In this paper, the authors present the results of a survey conducted on the European Route of Industrial Heritage (ERIH), whose goal was to evaluate how sustainable development is progressing from ...
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Understanding continuous sharing behavior of online travel community users: a case of TripAdvisor Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (IF 1.967) Pub Date : 2023-01-25 Luqi Xin, Guanghui Qiao, Zhilong Shao, Tingting Jiang, Congding Wen, Yi Zhong, Zhixuan Li
ABSTRACT Given the rapid development of the internet, the prospects for the online travel industry are promising, and online travel communities (OTCs) have become an invaluable platform for people exchanging travel information and making related decisions. However, the mobility and continuous sharing behavior of online travel community users has become a major source of uncertainty in platform management
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Motivation, co-creation, mental well-being and cross-cultural differences: the case of thalassotherapy in Turkey Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (IF 1.967) Pub Date : 2023-01-25 Gülseren Yurcu, Ecem Nur Yuncu, Zeki Akıncı
The focus of this study is to examine the role of cultural differences in the co-creation-mediated relation between thalassotherapy and mental well-being. The study aims to find: (a) key components...
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Cultural heritage tourism in Granada. A multilayer perceptron approach Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (IF 1.967) Pub Date : 2023-01-12 José Valverde-Roda, Miguel Á. Solano-Sánchez, Lucía García-García, Minerva Aguilar-Rivero
ABSTRACT This study aims to ascertain the connection between the sociodemographic characteristics (gender, age, educational level and income) and consumption habits in the destination (overnight(s), planned daily spend) of tourists interested in cultural Heritage with their preferences and sensations regarding this tourism typology, taking as the basis fieldwork in a tourist destination that has two
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A post-pandemic look at short-term tourist accommodations and World Heritage Site management Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (IF 1.967) Pub Date : 2023-01-03 Ahmadreza Shirvani Dastgerdi, Giuseppe De Luca
Overtourism is a novel and complicated phenomenon that has hastened the rapid expansion of short-term tourist accommodations (STTA) in many European art cities. This study aims to establish a link ...
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Moving lifestyle migration beyond the sun: a eudaimonic well-being approach Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (IF 1.967) Pub Date : 2023-01-01 Paşa Mustafa Özyurt
ABSTRACT Lifestyle migration studies have gained increasing attention from various disciplines, yet the eudaimonic well-being approach is a neglected research area in the relevant field. This study examines international lifestyle migrants’ eudaimonic motivations and experiences, thus focusing on beyond the widely investigated external factors such as climate and economic conditions. To this end, using
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Travelling Servants: Mobility and Employment in British Travel Writing 1750–1850 Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (IF 1.967) Pub Date : 2022-12-22 Aneta Lipska
Published in Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (Ahead of Print, 2022)
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Stuck with tourism: space, power and labor in contemporary Yucatán Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (IF 1.967) Pub Date : 2022-12-20 Maximiliano Korstanje
Published in Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (Ahead of Print, 2022)
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Illusion and Disillusionment: Travel Writing in the Modern Age Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (IF 1.967) Pub Date : 2022-12-18 Daniel Majchrowicz
Published in Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (Ahead of Print, 2022)
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Education abroad: bridging scholarship and practice Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (IF 1.967) Pub Date : 2022-12-18 John J. Bodinger de Uriarte
Published in Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (Vol. 21, No. 6, 2023)
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The World is Our Classroom. Extreme Parenting and the Rise of Worldschooling Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (IF 1.967) Pub Date : 2022-12-18 Fabiola Mancinelli
Published in Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (Vol. 21, No. 6, 2023)
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A study of the affective motives of city industrial heritage tourists: a case study from Tianjin, China Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (IF 1.967) Pub Date : 2022-11-21 Yinan Zhang, Peihua Shi, Liqin Wang
ABSTRACT Tourism is an important way that industrial heritage can be utilised. Tourism can reduce the economic pressure on the government, allowing it to preserve industrial heritage. The motivation of industrial heritage tourists remains under-researched, and in particular the affective motives. As a result, the development model of industrial heritage tourism in China cannot meet tourists' needs
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From place disruption to attachment: another perspective for international student mobility Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (IF 1.967) Pub Date : 2022-11-09 Karla Quintero, Konstantina Zerva
ABSTRACT Places can hold the most significant experiences of peoples’ lives, and place attachment rests in these people-place meaningful connections. Traveling abroad for international students is a mobility where changes and mixed emotions entangle to one another. It represents distancing and loosening ties from a familiar place (home) and creating and connecting new ones with another place (host
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‘The lady ghost’ in the Recoleta Argentinian graveyard: dark tourism and ghostly narrative itineraries Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (IF 1.967) Pub Date : 2022-10-31 María Inés Palleiro, Maria Eugenia Peltzer
ABSTRACT This article deals with the legend of ‘The lady ghost’ connected with the supernatural apparition of a young woman in Argentinean graveyards. This legend, similar to other ones which can be found in different parts of the world, presents an interweaving with historic events, such as the tragic decease of real Argentinian women, whose funeral monuments attract dark tourism. Some of these monuments
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Exploring the perceived conflicts by rural residents in relation to the expansion of the second-homes Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (IF 1.967) Pub Date : 2022-09-30 Hamdollah Sojasi Qeidari, Alireza Moeini, Hamid Shayan, Mostafa Mohammdi Abdevand
ABSTRACT This research aims to discover and analyze the perceived conflicts by the villagers regarding the expansion of the second-homes. For this purpose, a qualitative methodology has been adopted to investigate the subject. Accordingly, the rural tourist destination of the Binalood region in northeastern IRAN are selected as the sample. Then, based on the qualitative analysis conducted by the grounded
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Attitudes towards development of tourism among young citizens of a tourism city Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (IF 1.967) Pub Date : 2022-09-21 Zygmunt Kruczek, Adam R. Szromek, Michał Żemła
One of the dilemmas of contemporary tourism is to reconcile the intensive development of tourism with comfortable coexistence with residents. However, the perception of this phenomenon can vary, es...
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Fethiye: Turkey’s ‘Little Britain' – residential tourists’ identity and relationships Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (IF 1.967) Pub Date : 2022-09-08 Ross Bennett-Cook
ABSTRACT This paper examines the Turkish resort town of Fethiye’s large British population of permanent residents, who have added to the physical and cultural character of the town. To understand why these individuals decided to relocate to Fethiye, and what their lives are like in the town, 17 semi-structured interviews with British residential tourists were conducted. The paper reveals a complex
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Tourism as creative destruction: place making and resilience in rural areas Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (IF 1.967) Pub Date : 2022-08-23 Ellen Ying Xue
ABSTRACT This paper develops a new theoretical framework for understanding rural spatial change under the creative destruction of rural commodification and tourist consumption activities. In the context of tourism as creative destruction, place making is used as a theoretical tool to elaborate on positive spatial change in rural areas, and resilience is regarded as a new perspective for rural change
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Multiculturalism in Japan halal tourism: localizing the concept of halal Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (IF 1.967) Pub Date : 2022-08-08 Shobichatul Aminah, Brisbania Ayu Saraswati Bhakti
ABSTRACT Since 2014, Japan has been developing halal tourism in order to increase the number of tourists. The halal tourism project emphasizes Japan’s need to understand the halal concept in order to provide appropriate facilities. This research discusses how the halal concept as a foreign culture is understood to provide Muslim-friendly facilities and halal products’ guarantee. This study uses mixed
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Tourist behavior: the essential companion Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (IF 1.967) Pub Date : 2022-08-06 Ondrej Mitas
Published in Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (Vol. 20, No. 6, 2022)
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Study abroad and the quest for an anti-tourism experience Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (IF 1.967) Pub Date : 2022-07-27 Desmond Wee
Published in Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (Vol. 21, No. 1, 2023)
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Social tourism: global challenges and approaches Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (IF 1.967) Pub Date : 2022-07-23 Guanghui Qiao, Yating Cao
Published in Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (Vol. 21, No. 2, 2023)
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Modelling pilgrim-tourist experience in Hindu religious destinations: an Interactive Qualitative Analysis Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (IF 1.967) Pub Date : 2022-07-12 J. H. Jyotsna, L. Prakash Sai
ABSTRACT The study aims to shed new light on the key influencing factors and expected outcomes of the Hindu pilgrimage experience and develop a mental model for analysing the interrelationships among those factors. A robust methodology called Interactive Qualitative Analysis based on Systems Theory is used to understand the different aspects of such an interconnected system as pilgrimage involving
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Millennials, spirituality and tourism Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (IF 1.967) Pub Date : 2022-07-07 Pariksheeta Puri, Amit Datta
Published in Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (Vol. 21, No. 1, 2023)
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Cultural immobilities and the virocene: mutating the crisis Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (IF 1.967) Pub Date : 2022-06-20 Maximiliano E. Korstanje
Published in Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (Vol. 21, No. 2, 2023)
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Cross-cultural aspects of tourism and hospitality: a services marketing and management perspective Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (IF 1.967) Pub Date : 2022-06-20 Yuan Wang, Yali Gao, Rasha Faraj
Published in Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (Vol. 21, No. 5, 2023)
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Doing gender in events: feminist perspectives in critical event studies Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (IF 1.967) Pub Date : 2022-06-16 Louise Platt
Published in Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (Vol. 20, No. 5, 2022)
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Handbook of social tourism Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (IF 1.967) Pub Date : 2022-06-16 Qingwen Chen, Ming Yan
Published in Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (Vol. 20, No. 6, 2022)
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Cosmopolitanism and Tourism: Rethinking Theory and Practice Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (IF 1.967) Pub Date : 2022-06-13 Walter E. Little
Published in Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (Vol. 20, No. 5, 2022)
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Tourism and coastal & maritime cultural heritage: a dual relation Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (IF 1.967) Pub Date : 2022-05-19 Margarida Ferreira da Silva, Jordi Vegas Macias, Steve Taylor, Laura Ferguson, Lisa P. Sousa, Machiel Lamers, Wesley Flannery, Filomena Martins, Carlos Costa, Cristina Pita
ABSTRACT Coastal and Maritime Cultural Heritage (CMCH) is an important asset in coastal areas. However, this heritage has been exposed to several environmental and human-created threats. This paper presents three European coastal regions with relevant CMCH and important tourism destinations: Ria de Aveiro (Portugal), the Small Isles (Scotland, UK) and Marsaxlokk (Malta). The paper draws attention to
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From religious tourism to nostalgic pilgrimages. Reflections from Mexico Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (IF 1.967) Pub Date : 2022-05-14 Ilia Alvarado-Sizzo, Carmen Mínguez
ABSTRACT By exploring the origin, motivation, and behaviour of visitors to the Saint Francis celebration in Real de Catorce (Mexico), this article exposes the link between religious tourism and nostalgic tourism in the case of regional migrants. The methodology was designed to use triangulation of three methods: questionnaires, informal conversational interviews, and direct observation. The results
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‘Our forest-our home’: leisure and tourism among the Bedouin minority in southern Israel Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (IF 1.967) Pub Date : 2022-04-26 Emir Galilee, Havatzelet Yahel, Gal Oren
ABSTRACT This article examines leisure and in-country tourism patterns of a Bedouin minority population in a semi-arid desert in southern Israel. This study is the first of its kind to focus on an Israeli minority’s outdoor recreational activities in forests using extensive quantitative and qualitative methods conducted among the Negev Bedouins in 2019–2020. The findings indicate that alongside the
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The destination attachment cycle. The case of academic tourism Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (IF 1.967) Pub Date : 2022-04-24 Montserrat Crespi-Vallbona, Ester Noguer-Juncà, Lluís Coromina
ABSTRACT Tourist satisfaction is a crucial issue for managers of tourism destinations. Scholars have analysed the motivations for academic tourism, but there is a lack of research on the emotional bonds with the destination. This study confirms the existence of a cycle with different stages of attachment and detachment with regard to destination, based on four phases: enchantment, coexistence, fatigue
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Residents’ perceptions towards sustainability of cultural resources: the case of great inn Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (IF 1.967) Pub Date : 2022-04-06 Hale Özgit, Çiğdem Yücelen, Nafiya Güden, Shiva Ilkhanizadeh
ABSTRACT Destinations that have become trademarks have significantly accelerated the promotion of the country and the economy, thereby enhancing further the importance of cultural tourism. Far too little attention has been paid to the domestic products of handicraft, which is a source of cultural heritage. The purpose of this study is twofold. It aims to reveal the contribution of domestic products
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Designing visual communication to encourage conscientious tourism Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (IF 1.967) Pub Date : 2022-03-08 Natalie Underberg-Goode, Jesslyn Parrish
ABSTRACT This article examines the visual communication potential and efficacy of the Portal to Peru project to prepare future study abroad and other tourists for ethical and conscientious tourism encounters. Portal to Peru is a Website project that provides visitors with exhibits, digital stories and interactive novels, and access to the permanent collection based on the Center for Traditional Textiles
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Travel beyond place: touring memories and displaced homecoming Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (IF 1.967) Pub Date : 2022-03-07 Andreja Trdina, Maruša Pušnik
ABSTRACT The article examines how practices of remembering and recurring patterns of mobility to the same place work to consolidate one’s sense of home and belonging. The authors investigate how experiences of at-homeness are reinvented through touring memories and practices of personal memory tourism. Repeated travels to diverse personal memory sites are analysed through the personal, autobiographic
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Impacts of COVID-19 on local tour guides Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (IF 1.967) Pub Date : 2022-03-03 Núria Galí
ABSTRACT The COVID-19 health crisis has severely affected the tourism industry worldwide. Some subsectors of the industry have suffered much more than others, particularly the tour guiding profession, which has been damaged considerably. The primary role of the tour guide, which is to interact with visitors’ face-to-face, has changed significantly. The purpose of this article is to outline how COVID-19