Purpose - The purpose of this research is to analyse the causes that have led to a rather fragmented view of quality management among tourism marketing organisations in Germany. The aim is to identify and to interpret the relevant societal cultural factors underpinning German management. The...

The aim of this chapter is to introduce tourism development in Australia. First, we show how tourism has been developing economically and how, despite an overall recent Australian economic slowdown, tourism development has been positive. We provide a brief profile on tourism relevant key figures...

The aim of this chapter is to analyse the impact that tourism makes in the lifecycle of disaster recovery. A review of the literature on disaster lifecycle models identifies that there are no integrated models which combine the research domains of disaster recovery and tourism crisis management....

The aim is twofold: First, we draw on organizational behavior, strategic management, and events literature, to conceptualize the event workforce as highly functional and contract-based heterogeneous, the event organization as temporary and project-based structure with high fluctuation of paid...

The paper examines which travel risks are more salient for tourists' destination choice. An integrated travel-decision risk typology with survey data from 835 potential tourists is developed and tested. Specifically, this paper explores the interplay of risk types, tourist attributes and...

High volumes of tourists often pose a threat to tourism and decrease the quality of life for local residents, particularly in attractive urban tourism places. Yet, to date only a few solution-oriented studies have attempted to alleviate the over-tourism problems and to improve the...

As tourism researchers continue to search for solutions to determine the best possible forecasting performance, it is important to understand the maximum predictivity achieved by models, as well as how various data characteristics influence the maximum predictivity. Drawing on information...