comes to top attractions, churches as tourist facilities, are poorly attended and do not get almost no direct tourism income …. In this paper, after the introductory explanations of basic terms related to religious tourism and pilgrimage, we explore … the basic features of religious tourism in Croatia, both on tourist attractions, as well as on the tourist demand. It also …

Modern tourism expands through cultural experience, which is reflected in economic, ecological and socio …-cultural effects on destinations. Event tourism is a growing market segment and represents a challenge for all destination stakeholders … event tourism due to its coastal geography and rich cultural and historical heritage from antique, medieval and new age …

This study's main objective is to explore residents' perceptions of film-induced tourism and the impacts of filmmaking … Valdevez and Estremoz were similar, some significant differences were found. Considering that destination managers and tourism … development authorities aim to plan for optimal tourism development, and at the same time wish to minimize the negative impacts of …

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 main city and surrounding areas along the coast. Then, the …

the variables corporate size, number of guests, and tourism revenue, and a positive relation with the variables corporate …

The tourism worldwide is continuously making high development ascent and the same is a result of the expansion in the … also the construction of numerous new facilities, which together affects the competition on the international tourism … market, where Republic of Macedonia also gives its national tourism product. This paper pays special attention to the hotel …

Is tourism an opportunity for lagging countries in the elusive quest for growth (Easterly, 2002)? Recent empirical … evidence suggests that the answer is a cautious yes. Aggregate cross-country data show that tourism specialization is likely to … fundamental determinants of economic growth (Acemoglu et al., 2001) and ask whether previous positive results of tourism on growth …

Tourism has been considered as an instrument for urban and regional "development" policies for many countries … together and tourism facilities become a more important part of the urban appearance. Cities are unique and each destination … important issue from the view of planners and policy makers is to understand how they would develop the tourism associated with …