A former tourism industry general manager turned academic provides reflections on aspects of his PhD experience. In …, from that of a ‘booster’ to the development of a more holistic perspective relating to tourism planning. Secondly, and … related to the first issue, he laments the great divide separating tourism practitioners and academics. From his experience as …

The Tourism Knowledge Map is part of a larger project that develops a web portal entitled The Tourism Knowledge Base …. On this web site the users will be offered comprehensive information about the organizations in Austria providing tourism … for launching an efficient search operation in tourism‐centred databases accessible on the internet. The underlying method …

Purpose This paper aims to identify means and ways to reduce redundancies and increase relevance in tourism research in …. Findings Challenges in today’s tourism research world are identified and ways of how to deal with them are shown. Some of those …

Purpose – This paper aims to show the economic impact of congress tourism and the sectors involved. In South Tyrol … congress tourism may be considered niche tourism. It does not concern the South Tyrolean valleys, where tourist impact is high …

Purpose – Travel motivation has received considerable attention in the tourism literature. Although motivation is only … one variable explaining tourist behaviour, it is regarded as one of the most important. Hence, nature‐based tourism … seeks to examine this issue. Design/methodology/approach – The Delphi study among tourism experts attempts to quantify the …

. This segment, defined with several terms (eco‐tourism, nature‐based tourism, responsible tourism …), is potentially a very … identified as “4L tourism” (landscape, leisure, learning and limit), which could provide the mature destinations to innovate the …

Purpose – Tourism in Antarctica is rapidly growing and diversifying, which raises concerns about its impacts and the … robustness of the current regulatory regime. Focusing on the analysis of past developments and trends of Antarctic tourism, this … paper aims to describe the future opportunities for tourism in Antarctica. Design/methodology/approach – Using literature on …

tourism research that will aid tourism planning and management authorities in the face of growing environmental pressures …

important step for maintaining a sustainable tourism business in rural areas. Originality/value – The paper aims at contributing …