Over the years, the evolution of the air transport sector has determined important changes in the tourism industry. One of the consequences of the liberalization of air transport has been the development of the "hub-and-spoke" system, used by traditional airlines in order to be more efficient in...

Introduction: This paper analysis the spatial dynamics of the development of tourism industry in a leading tourism destination in Portugal. Previous studies focused on the spatial dynamics of the tourism industry had shown that, at the very begin, hotels and tourism facilities are located in the...

Purpose – The current study focuses on the effects of different degrees of attention to information provided by VR tourism. The purpose of this study was to explore the impact of VR tourism on potential tourists’ intention to visit, and provided an analysis of how information about a tourist...

The research aim of this paper was to investigate the possibility of improving the marketing strategy for Elounda (Crete) region, as a destination for congress tourism, by examining the effects of destination’s image, destination’s personality and behavioural intentions to congress tourism...

The modulator character of the touristic product allows for a great flexibility when constituting a personalized offer. Otherwise the assembly of the touristic product can be achieved by its consumer himself. The majority of the components of the touristic product (the touristic patrimony, the...

Tourism marketing has gone through fundamental changes: the pursuit of global strategies based on strategic alliances, the breakdown of commercial borders and advances in new technology have all facilitated the commercialisation of tourism products. Challenge set by computerized...

The specific of the touristic product and its quality depend to a large extent on the professional ability of the service staff (kindness, solitude, punctuality, promptness). Aspects related to professional ethics (correctitude, trust, honesty) are seen by the consumer as inseparable from the...

The purpose of the study is to analyse the changing role of tourism intermediaries in the distribution chain. Globalisation and the development of ICTs have undoubtedly changed both business practices and strategies as well as industry structures. They are also creating new rules governing...

Innovations in information and communication technologies (ICT) in recent decades have had profound implications for tourism services, promotion, or distribution. We apply a Structural Equations Model (SEM) to analyse the relationships between the characteristics of tourists visiting Amsterdam,...

Purpose – Although researchers have long recognized customer revisit intention as an important post-purchase outcome, less attention has been given to revisit intention in the tourism context. Additionally, the effect of wayfinding satisfaction on tourist revisit intention has been largely...