Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to highlight the different realities blended together in community-based tourism … discussion of power and empowerment in community-based tourism with storytelling. Design/methodology/approach – The fictional … narrative of Pandora’s box is used as a metaphor for power and empowerment in community-based tourism, which can leave …

Sustainability has become an important topic and concept in relation to tourism planning and development. For … sustainable tourism development to be successful stakeholders must be involved in the process. The questions that should be … considered though are: (1) who should be considered stakeholders in tourism development, and (2) how should planners and …

calculating comparative budget key figures and by conducting efficiency computations. Two benchmarking phases are conducted in … successfully completed. The two conducted phases of the benchmarking clearly showed that the choice of indicators guarantees a … holistic view of the situation of the DMOs. The tested benchmarking tool can be labeled as qualitatively valid. Originality …

Tourism is an area with poor statistical coverage. In most countries, only frequency for the hotel trade are monthly … instruments have therefore been introduced to document tourism developments faster, more comprehensively and taking a broader view …. This article is based on a recently concluded study on instruments used in monitoring the tourism market (Schmid 2003). A …

/methodology/approach Questionnaire data were collected from 220 senior tourism business members in Iran. Findings The results show that an individual … opportunity recognition. Because the data were limited to tourism industry, future studies need to validate these findings in … recognition ability, it is critical for tourism businesses to invest in developing and enhancing individual ability. Originality …

‐to‐act variables” were positively related to the appreciation of sustainability in daily purchases, vacation purchases, and tourism … provider profiles. The importance of history and culture in relation to tourism purchases was also examined. Sustainability … orientation in daily purchases also correlated to vacation purchases and appreciation of tourism providers with sustainability …

has been focused on sustainable development, and many standardization tools and benchmarks have been developed to ensure … sustainable tourism and hospitality practices, there is a lack of attention concerning consumers’ awareness of, demand for and …

and semi-structured interviews with destination stakeholders from a prominent tourism action group. The primary research … where the focus is on local tourism policy development. Originality/value The paper provides an innovative conceptualisation …

Purpose – This paper examines the leadership practices of two Brazilian regional tourism organisations (RTOs) using an …. However, it was found to operate in isolation from government and other key tourism stakeholders. Originality/value – This … paper draws together the regional tourism management and leadership literature, making both theoretical and applied …

characteristics influence tourism expenditure in 14 emerging urban-cultural cities in Andalusia (Spain). Design …/methodology/approach This analysis was carried out using an ordinary least squares method, which measures influence on tourism expenditure based … tourism expenditure in these destinations. The findings provide stakeholders in these destinations with information for the …