International Journal of Tourism Cities: Volume 7 Issue 2

Analysis of Barcelona’s tourist landscape as projected in tourism promotional videos

Alexandra Georgescu Paquin, Aurélie Cerdan Schwitzguébel

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the tourist landscape as represented in Turisme de Barcelona’s YouTube tourism promotional videos, looking at the landscape’s tangible…

City or beach hotel? Location as a determinant of customer satisfaction and room rate

Ivan Alvarez Leon, Anais Cavallin, Nuria Louzao

This research aims to reveal that accessibility of hotels to major points of attraction in the urban–territorial continuum of Catalonia, with its urban and coastal landscapes, has…

The use of signage as a tool for social integration in tourist cities: examples of relevant cases in Catalonia

Daniel Imbert-Bouchard Ribera

This paper aims to expose the evolution in the use of the so-called reception tools and tourist information that are present at the time of consumption of a trip towards an…

Destination central district: the representation of the conflict

Damián Macías Rodríguez, Blanca Del Espino Hidalgo, María Teresa Pérez Cano

The purpose of this paper is to represent the conflict of touristification in the central district of Seville to evaluate the dimension of the problem. Therefore, it focuses on…

P2P rooftop rentals in Barcelona: a descriptive analysis

Oriol Anguera-Torrell, Jordi Arcos-Pumarola, Aurélie Cerdan Schwitzguébel, Laia Encinar-Prat

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the disruption potential on the daily life of Barcelona’s residents of HolaPlace, a new peer-to-peer (P2P) marketplace for terraces and…

Rotterdam and the question of new urban tourism

Peter Nientied

This paper aims to discuss tourism development, tourism policy development and its challenges in Rotterdam through the lens of “new urban tourism”, reviewing the relevance of the…

The Airbnb effect on areas subject to urban renewal in Valencia (Spain)

Alicia María García-Amaya, Rafael Temes-Cordovez, Moisés Simancas-Cruz, María Pilar Peñarrubia-Zaragoza

In the past decade, urban tourism has increased worldwide as a result of the development of peer-to-peer (P2P) accommodation platforms such as Airbnb, causing a major disruption…

Christmas markets in city centers: how do they impact local residents and businesses?

István O. Egresi, Bianca Sorina Răcăşan, Stefan Dezsi, Marin Ilieş, Gabriela Ilieş

Christmas markets have more recently become important tourist attractions in Europe. The purpose of this study is to understand how does this recurring event impact local…

Critical success factors of street food destinations: a review of extant literature

Delly Mahachi Chatibura

The purpose of this study is to review the critical success factors (CSFs) of street food destinations, given the limited attention awarded to such research in the food and…

Two decades of evolution in tourism competitiveness: a co-word analysis

Amanda de Paula Aguiar-Barbosa, Adriana Fumi Chim-Miki, Metin Kozak

The objective of this study was to analyze the evolution of tourism competitiveness over the years, ascertaining the state of the art and the degree of consensus among scholars on…

Restrictions’ acceptance and risk perception by young generations in a COVID-19 context

Claudia Seabra, Miral AlAshry, Kevser Çınar, Irfan Raja, Manuel Reis, Najma Sadiq

The purpose of this study is to analyze the impact of the acceptance of national governments’ restrictions imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic on the citizens’ safety perceptions…

The effective responses of a tourism and gaming city towards the devastating effects of pandemic: a case study of Macao

Ut Lon Im, Ching-Chi Cindia Lam, Erdan Ma

COVID-19 has hard-hit the global economy when the majority of developed countries could not demonstrate effective resolutions even a year after the outbreak. This study aims to…

Cultural capital and destination image: Insights from the Opera House tourist

Adrian Guachalla

This paper aims to identify the factors that foster an interest in opera and Opera Houses as a specific form of cultural capital and how the Opera House tourist constructs images…

The prospects for dark (troubles) tourism in Belfast, NI

Greg Ironside, Kieran James

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the prospects of Belfast as a Tourism City with a special focus on dark (troubles) tourism.

Retail change in a context of an overtourism city. The case of Lisbon

Pedro Guimarães

The excess of tourism in some destinations has led to the discussion of overtourism. One of the sectors that most interacts with tourism is retail, a key element in the experience…