International Journal of Tourism Cities: Volume 3 Issue 4

Tourism in contemporary cities: 6th ITSA Biennial Conference

Samantha Chaperon

Evaluation of the image of a coastal tourism destination in Brazil

Francisco Antonio dos Anjos, Melise de Lima Pereira, Florença Fiedler Pichler Von Tennenberg

In order to offer a theoretical and empirical contribution to the theme, the purpose of this paper is to assess the tourist image of the destination Balneário Camboriú, Santa…

Medical tourism in Nigeria: a multivariate analysis of challenges faced by patrons

Hafeez Idowu Agbabiaka, Emmanuel Olufemi Omisore, Oluwafemi Odunsi

The purpose of this paper is to examine multivariate analysis of challenges faced by patrons of medical tourism in Lagos metropolis, Nigeria.

Factors affecting European tourists’ satisfaction in Nha Trang city: perceptions of destination quality

Cong Chi Le, Dam Xuan Dong

The purpose of this paper is to provide a deeper understanding of the different factors of destination quality in explaining European tourist satisfaction in Nha Trang city, which…

Factors influencing patronage of traditional festivals in Sub-Saharan Africa

Hafeez Idowu Agbabiaka, Abiodun Adebola Omoike, Emmanuel Olufemi Omisore

Festivals in many regions of the world are sources of attraction to tourists. Festivals have become of great significance to many people especially in areas where tradition, norms…

Urban tourist motivations: why visit Ljubljana?

Sanja Bozic, James Kennell, Miroslav D. Vujicic, Tamara Jovanovic

The purpose of this paper is to develop a new perspective on urban tourist motivations by applying the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) model to help to understand how tourists…

New urban tourism and new urban citizenship: researching the creation and management of postmodern urban public space

Tom Mordue

In recent decades western cities have slowly evolved to extend their cultural offer to “the postmodern mixing of public and commercial culture” (Richards, 2014, p. 120) as a major…

Destination web reputation as “smart tool” for image building: the case analysis of Naples city-destination

Roberto Micera, Raffaele Crispino

Grounded in destination web reputation, the purpose of this paper is to propose a methodological framework for the analysis of the destination image-building process, where the…

Positioning maps: a conjoint analysis tool for festival or event application

Cine van Zyl

The purpose of this paper is threefold: first, to describe a novel tool (conjoint analysis (CA)) for application by explaining the theory behind it; second, how the tool was…

Factors influencing the tourists’ intention to select sustainable tourism destination: a case study of Penang, Malaysia

Zurina Mohaidin, Koay Tze Wei, Mohsen Ali Murshid

The purpose of this paper is to examine the factors of environmental attitude, motivation, destination image, word-of-mouth, and perceived service quality to predict the tourists’…

Toward a better understanding of experience during trips: impact on satisfaction, destination attachment and word-of-mouth

Hager Turki, Dalia Amara

The purpose of this paper is to reinforce the experiential paradigm from which academics and practitioners currently explain consumer decision making in touristic activities. More…