Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to test a number of hypotheses concerning the differences between senior and non‐senior travelers in the particular context of holiday rentals. A further aim is to provide exploratory evidence for these differences. Design/methodology/approach – A...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to reconstruct and analyze the long history of Tourism Review and try to outline the future of this journal. Design/methodology/approach: The authors show that Tourism Review has been a good example of multiple life cycles over time and of survival by...

This article examines Swiss people's transport means preferences in journeys over 100km. The study is based on a conditional survey research technique. When the decision criteria/ preferences are viewed from an angle that is independent of (and thus generally valid for) any choice of means of...

Switzerland with its seven million inhabitants, of which 20,1 % (BfS 2001) are non‐Swiss citizens, ranks among the top seven nations with respect of income per capita. Due to its wealth as well as its small size, the travel intensity of Switzerland is comparably high. Because it always had a...

In many tourism country destinations the dominant structure is that of small‐to‐medium enterprises (SMEs). They are prevalent for example in the hotel trade, travel agencies, tourism transport systems and the many tourism‐related attractions. In contrary, in new destinations in emerging...

This paper presents the result of a document review on leisure and travel developments in mature Central European markets. Based on an extensive analysis of (1) socio‐demographic developments, (2) developments with regard to changing values, (3) developments with regard to the economic...

Volatile demand: Demand in tourism is increasingly volatile. The reasons can be found in the unpredictable behaviour of the consumer and the development of the market. The requirements of potential visitors are changing at an ever faster pace. Although the long term growth trend for tourism is...

As announced earlier, the next AIEST Congress will take place in Moscow/Russia from 27th August — 1st September 2006. The theme of the Congress is “Dealing with volatile demand in tourism — how can marketing become more efficient and effective?”