International Journal of Tourism Cities: Volume 2 Issue 1

The impact of destination websites and cultural exposure: a comparison study of experienced and inexperienced travelers

Chulmo Koo, Namho Chung, Dan J. Kim, Sunyoung Hlee

As a growth of the competition between cities in Asia effective tourism marketing of the city cultural tourism product will become increasingly important. Cultural exposure to a…

Identifying core determinants of tourism demand in Hong Kong inbound markets

Elizabeth Agyeiwaah, Raymond Adongo

– The purpose of this paper is to identify the core factors that determine tourism demand in four inbound markets of Hong Kong.

Old walls, modern city: research on urban memory of disappearing ancient Beijing city walls

Fang Wang, Yaoyao Peng, Hsiao Chieh Wang, Fan Yin

Ancient city walls are typical linear space elements of Beijing that represent the transformation of urban form over the past 800 years and have greatly influenced the memory of…

Towards developing a model to assess the experience of visitors of the Janadriyah festival, Saudi Arabia

Tarek Sayed Abdelazim, Abdallah Ali Alajloni

– The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the experience of visitors with the Janadriyah festival.

Tourism conversion and place branding: the case of the Olympic Park in Montreal

Romain Roult, Jean-Marc Adjizian, Denis Auger

Many Olympic cities are faced with the challenge of converting various remaining infrastructures after the Games have been held. These infrastructures, often imposing and highly…

Rethinking urban destination marketing

John Heeley

The purpose of this paper is to trace the emergence of a dominant paradigm from within which academics and practitioners alike currently describe and otherwise explain urban…