Paul Boerjan and Norbert Vanhove
Profile of world tourism today S. Medlik gives in his publication “Trends in World Tourism” a good picture of world tourism today. This publication, together with the…
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Profile of world tourism today S. Medlik gives in his publication “Trends in World Tourism” a good picture of world tourism today. This publication, together with the WTO‐publication “Tourism Compendium”, allows us to formulate a profile of world tourism today.
17e Congrès de l'AIEST 1. Dates Déférant au désir des organisateurs grecs, le Congrès a dû être reporté d'une semaine. Il se tiendra du samedi 10 au samedi 17 septembre 1966. Des…
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17e Congrès de l'AIEST 1. Dates Déférant au désir des organisateurs grecs, le Congrès a dû être reporté d'une semaine. Il se tiendra du samedi 10 au samedi 17 septembre 1966. Des précisions à ce sujet et sur les autres détails du déroulement seront communiquées prochainement aux membres de l'AIEST.
This introductory chapter synthesises an extensive and hot debate revolving around the role of precautionary doctrine in tourism fields. Although the industry faces serious risks…
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This introductory chapter synthesises an extensive and hot debate revolving around the role of precautionary doctrine in tourism fields. Although the industry faces serious risks and dangers, terrorism – just after 9/11 – situates as the most dangerous hazard and as a challenge for policymakers and practitioners. We have reviewed the pros and cons of the most important academic schools that focused on tourism security and risk perception theory. The urgency is given in creating a bridge between theory and practice in order to articulate the policies to the nature of each risk. Today risk perception theory lacks a robust methodological background that invariably led to a gridlock. Whether the demographic school advances in the multivariable correlation between class, ideology, income or education with risk perception, the sociological school lays the foundations towards a much deeper understanding of the impacts of risks in society. Rather, the radical turn – coming from a Marxist tradition – focuses on the limitations of risk perception theory. Finally, authors who form the psychological tradition, as stated in this chapter, highlight on the complexity of emotions and the inner world. All chapters in this book aim to provide fresh practical cases that reflect the socio-cultural background of the four continents.
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Mike Peters and Klaus Weiermair
The article deals with factors that act as an incentive to internationalisation of the hotels in the small‐to‐medium‐sized enterprises (SME) category in the traditional tourism…
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The article deals with factors that act as an incentive to internationalisation of the hotels in the small‐to‐medium‐sized enterprises (SME) category in the traditional tourism countries, and also discusses the obstacles to internationalisation. The “OLI” approach according to Dunning (ownership advantages, location‐specific advantages, advantages of internalisation) is tested against the results of a survey of hotelkeepers in the Alpine countries, particularly Austria. It is not just the size of the enterprise that acts as a limit on the extent of internationalisation of SMEs. Other factors that determine the attitude taken towards internationalisation include market intelligence, financing problems, the degree of entrepreneurial spirit, and the specific nature of tourism services.
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Fremdenverkehr ist ein Teil einer weltumfassenden Entwicklung zu immer engerem, immer bewussterem menschlichem Zusammenleben und wurde zu einer Erscheinung unseres sozialen…
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Fremdenverkehr ist ein Teil einer weltumfassenden Entwicklung zu immer engerem, immer bewussterem menschlichem Zusammenleben und wurde zu einer Erscheinung unseres sozialen Systems. Fremdenverkehr ist also nicht zuletzt eine gesellschaftliche Erscheinung und, wie dies in der gesellschaftlichen Entwicklung unserer Zeit begründet und allgemein feststellbar ist, tendiert er dazu, sich auszubreiten, immer weitere, breitere Gesellschaftsschichten zu erfassen, Allgemeingut zu werden. Auch hier erfolgt also eine Ablösung des strengen Individualismus durch ein auf Breitenwirkung abgestelltes, marktwirtschaftliches und gesellschaftliches System.
To explore the future visions outlined in one of the first academic books on UK tourism to venture into tourism futures. Through today’s lens, their visions are explored through…
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Purpose
To explore the future visions outlined in one of the first academic books on UK tourism to venture into tourism futures. Through today’s lens, their visions are explored through three topics: Future Markets and Destinations; Future Resources; and the Future Organization of Tourism.
Design/methodology/approach
Exploring the backstory, key drivers and tipping points of UK tourism development and tourism education during the 1960s and 1970s, they help to understand the rationale for the authors 1974 future visions of UK tourism. These visions are tested against reality, using a mixture of data, softer evidence and the authors’ judgements.
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Acknowledging the authors showed courage in presenting their future visions, when so little was known about the development of tourism, let alone tourism futures. The article highlights the successes and failures of their future visions across 20 tourism sectors, through 55 tourism forecasts. The reasons for weaknesses in some of their forecasts, and their foresight in highlighting little known issues are explored, along with key learning points for tourism futurists.
Research limitations/implications
The future visions of UK tourism were tested against data and other evidence, but this was not always possible. Therefore, the success or failures of some of the visions are based on the authors’ judgement.
Originality/value
Over the past 50 years, there has been a steady growth in tourism futures studies. Given the recent increase in awareness of history in driving futures thinking, perhaps now is the time to apply this viewpoint to previously published tourism futures studies because such reviews provide a timely reminder of the transient nature of tourism futures gazing.
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Students of tourism have long recognized the Caribbean area as a popular tourist objective. The visitors have come primarily from North America; as Burkart and Medlik ob‐served…
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Students of tourism have long recognized the Caribbean area as a popular tourist objective. The visitors have come primarily from North America; as Burkart and Medlik ob‐served, “…the principal tourist reception areas in the world lie up to about 1,000 miles or so from the generating source or, to put it another way, at about two hours flying time”. The Caribbean's large and expanding tourist trade may be attributed to, in addition to this obviously significant factor of proximity, the physical geographic factors of tropical climate, sandy beaches and varied topography. The Caribbean's cultural geographic assets include its diversity of colonial heritage and its variety of racial and ethnic populations. The unique economic and social situation of this region of the world, together with the continuing role of the U. S. as a prime generating source, will probably result in continued encouragement of and catering to this impressive tourist trade. Of particular note to students of tourism is the rising volume of cruiseship traffic within the Caribbean. This aspect of tourist trade illustrates some significant interrelationships of transport and tourism. This study's objectives are the analysis and interpretation of contemporary cruise‐ship traffic patterns, specifically in terms of studying the relationships which are apparent among various ports of origin and their related ports of call.
Tourism may be described variously because of its “close” relationships with other social sciences, including economics, politics, sociology, cultural anthropology, psychology and…
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Tourism may be described variously because of its “close” relationships with other social sciences, including economics, politics, sociology, cultural anthropology, psychology and even law and statistics. As per Wahab (1971) tourism is a “system” that relates to the sociosphere and is a complex combination of interrelated industries and trades. Although it would be very difficult to describe tourism under one definition due to its many facets, a clear concept and a precise definition of the terms related to the phenomenon of tourism is required before we proceed with the analysis of determinants and motivations of tourism in the world economy.
The tourism product has been described as the amalgam of all activities, involved in by a tourist in the process of his journey. In his own words, David Jeffries described the…
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The tourism product has been described as the amalgam of all activities, involved in by a tourist in the process of his journey. In his own words, David Jeffries described the tourist product as a “Tourist Package” which includes attractions, facilities, transportation etc. Supporting this opinion, Medlik and Middleton described a tourism product as a “complete experience from the time the tourist leaves home to the time he returns to it”. But analysing further a tourism product, one tends to equate it with the normal industrial product, such as electronic appliances or even a loaf of bread which necessity of man demands.
A few years ago, some forty years after the beginning of the first hotel and catering course in a United States University, almost simultaneously two such degree courses were…
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A few years ago, some forty years after the beginning of the first hotel and catering course in a United States University, almost simultaneously two such degree courses were established at British Universities — at the University of Strathclyde in Scotland and at the University of Surrey in England. This paper first describes the origin, background and structure of the two degrees. Secondly, it discusses briefly the concept of University education in this field.