Tourism Review: Volume 57 Issue 3

Die vorhersage touristischen verhaltens auf der grundlage von lebensstil‐ und schichtmodellen

Werner Georg

Since the 80s of the last century in German Sociology, a discussion has taken place referring to the question of the persistence of class‐related social inequality or new…

Focus and mechanisms of control used by German tour operators in their relationships with hotels

Rita D. Medina‐Muñoz, Diego R. Medina‐Muñoz

Hotels offer a product of strategic interest to tour operators as far as it determines the cost of a package vacation to a great extent, while it also significantly influences the…

Modeerscheinung oder strategische notwendigkeit? Destinatiosbenchmarking am beispiel alpiner wintersportorte

Matthias Fuchs

The paper emphasises the increasing importance and the role of destination benchmarking for the tourism industry. The first part of the paper critically discusses an existing…

Report on the mission to evaluate the repercussions of international events on the French tourism industry

Philippe Callot

In the mission letter dated October 10th, 2001, the French Secretary of State for Tourism asked the Inspectorate General of Tourism to conduct an evaluation on the impact of…

Tourism policy — between competitiveness and sustainability: The case of Bruges

Norbert Vanhove

Tourism policy is a generic term with many interpretations. For too long time tourism policy has been identified with promotion of the public sector. Nowadays the content is much…

Kooperationen auf dem kur‐ und bädermarkt — der fall Deutschland

Georg Bleile

Concentration and elimination on the suppliers' side are the result of increasing competition on open markets. Co‐operating with the intention “we are stronger in commune” is a…

Call for papers

The next AIEST Congress will take place just one year before the Summer Olympics in Athens (Greece). It is primarily for this reason that we have chosen “Sport and Tourism” as the…