The collection and evaluation of data on tourists’ spatial behavior can be difficult because of the labor intensive nature of methods such as large surveys, traffic and people counts, travel diaries, and observation. Global Positioning System (GPS) technology affords the opportunity to...

We study the provision of information to tourists in a probabilistic setting. Specifically, we provide answers to three hitherto unstudied questions in the tourism literature. We first delineate a continuous-time Markov chain (CTMC) model of a tourist information center (TIC) and then we compute...

We first delineate a general model that accounts for the common features of sightseeing trips to city attractions and to locations such as lakes and parks. Next, we use the theory of discrete-time Markov chains (DTMCs) to formalize this general model and then we compute the one-step transition...

We first delineate a general model that accounts for the common features of sightseeing trips to city attractions and to locations such as lakes and parks. Next, we use the theory of discrete-time Markov chains (DTMCs) to formalize this general model and then we compute the one-step transition...

According to statistics, 2007 brought benefits to Romanian tourism, registering a number of almost 7 million tourists accommodated in touristic units of Romania. Yet, the percentage of foreign tourists was only of 22.2% in all, their number of housing being of 17.4%. The fact that Romania has...

This paper addresses the question of the value attached by residents of tourist places to the wealth of cultural heritage in their city. Particular attention is given to the impact of various types of information (ranging from traditional to advanced ICT sources) on the residents’ valuation of...

Greece has been a popular tourist destination for many decades. Tourism is one of the biggest contributors to the country's GDP, able to compete on a worldwide scale and achieving remarkable progress through the years. According to the Bank of Greece official statistics, the number of tourists...

The crisis had a deep impact on every fields of the life. Still, given the fact that tourism has been seen as an inevitable part of life, despite the economic crisis the number of tourism arrivals and overnight stays has been increasing in season as well in offseason. This paper focuses on...

The sustainable development and level of satisfaction of tourists with elements of tourist offer of destination are important factor in the competitiveness of destination on the tourist market. Through the field research, the degree of satisfaction of tourists with elements of tourist offer of...

Increasing Asian visits to the sites of Western Culture have placed in the foreground of discussion how is the Western heritage presented in guidebooks. Yearly more than 10 million Asians visit Europe; the number of tourists originating in the Far East has in particular increased in East Central...