promoting tourism destinations in order to attract tourists. Nevertheless, potential competition/complementarity between regions … coordinate the clashing regional interests. An increasingly important force of attraction for tourists (both domestic and … negative effect on its inflows of tourists (Patuelli et al. in J Geogr Syst 15:369?402, 2013). Indeed, tourists consider, in …

important religious attractions that are an integral part of the national heritage and attract tourists who may be part of … important religious sites, monasteries and churches, which are part of the national heritage and attract tourists. The main aim …

. Timing effects analysis shows that HSR only provides higher numbers of tourists during the first year, but this is reversed …

allows, in some circumstances, the increase in the number of tourists, a decrease of stay is also possible. Moreover, as the …

tourists. Given that residents consider that the positive impacts are more significant than the negative impacts, they …