Tourism in Cuba is a relatively unexplored area in terms of research. Therefore, the main purpose of this article is to … shed some light on the past, present and future potential of tourism in Cuba. The author has monitored trends of tourism in … Cuba since 1994. He visited Cuba for the first time in 1997. He met President Fidel Castro in 1998, and had a brief but …

Features a realistic perspective of the current hospitality and tourism paradigm in Cuba. Previews the newly released … industry environment, education environment, workforce and change in policy. The authors made three research trips to Cuba in … 1997, 2001 and 2002. A series of elite interviews were conducted in Cuba, Jamaica and the UK with senior Cuban policymakers …

authors use both secondary and primary research sources based on fieldwork carried out in Cuba during the first semester of …

, mainly aims at analyzing the shortcomings of the planning approaches to tourism development in developing countries by … exemplifying the points made with special references to Turkey. There appears to be several defects in the planning approaches to … decentralization to develop and implement an appropriate contemporary tourism planning approach by taking into account destination …

of areas of hotel operations are outlined as well as the application and implications of microprocessors as planning aids …

Planning, both “operational” and “strategic”, relies on accurate forecasting. Planning in tourism is no less dependent … tourism industry may confidently use any of the forecasting techniques demonstrated here for their short‐term planning …

main themes – hosts′ perceptions; travel and destinations; arts, souvenirs and artefacts; and tourism planning – and seeks …

industries. The seven themes are international tourism planning; the development and operation of hotels; Europe and the Single … Market; planning issues and techniques; service improvement; finance and performance; and the psychology of management. The …