Tourism Review: Volume 71 Issue 1

Research in a culturally diverse world: reducing redundancies, increasing relevance

Pietro Beritelli, Sara Dolnicar, David Ermen, Christian Laesser

This paper aims to identify means and ways to reduce redundancies and increase relevance in tourism research in a culturally diverse and globalised world.

Factors affecting entrepreneurial opportunities recognition in tourism small and medium sized enterprises

Tayebeh Nikraftar, Elahee Hosseini

The purpose of this paper is to examine the antecedents of entrepreneurial opportunity recognition.

Tourism service quality and destination loyalty – the mediating role of destination image from international tourists’ perspectives

Mamoun N. Akroush, Luai E. Jraisat, Dina J. Kurdieh, Ruba N. AL-Faouri, Laila T. Qatu

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between tourism service quality and destination loyalty through investigating the mediation effect of destination image in…

Travel companions and activity preferences of nature-based tourists

Joseph S. Chen, Wei Wang, Nina K. Prebensen

This paper aims to reveal the similarities and variances in activity patterns among those traveling alone and with a different mix of travel companions in the context of…

Toward extending creative tourism: participatory experience tourism

Anne de Bruin, Daniela Angelina Jelinčić

While the “creative turn” in everyday life has led to rapid development of creative tourism, not all forms of creative tourism use the same intensity of creative involvement. It…

The role of different stakeholders in destination development

Raija Komppula

This paper aims to highlight the crucial role of individual people, entrepreneurs and other stakeholders in the development of a tourist destination during its life cycle. The…