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New experiences in nature areas: architecture as a tool to stimulate transformative experiences among visitors in nature areas?
Ben WielengaThe purpose of this paper is to share architecture as a tool that is increasingly implemented in nature areas and its potential for stimulating transformative experiences among…
Leveraging inter-tourists interactions via chatbots to bridge academia, tourism industries and future societies
Davide Calvaresi, Ahmed Ibrahim, Jean-Paul Calbimonte, Emmanuel Fragniere, Roland Schegg, Michael Ignaz SchumacherThe tourism and hospitality sectors are experiencing radical innovation boosted by the advancements in Information and Communication Technologies. Increasingly sophisticated…
Future strategies for promoting tourism and petroleum heritage in Khuzestan Province, Iran
Sahar Amirkhani, Neda Torabi Farsani, Homa Moazzen JamshidiIndustrial tourism not only strives to preserve industrial heritage, but can also be a strategy for being familiar with the history of industry and attracting tourists to new…
Geoparks – learnings from Australia
Alan Briggs, Ross Dowling, David NewsomeThis study aims to provide an overview of the current socio-political geopark situation in Australia and set this into a global context. In addition, the authors consider this…
Mindful tourism: nothing left behind–creating a circular economy society for the tourism industry of Krabi, Thailand
Pimlapas Pongsakornrungsilp, Siwarit PongsakornrungsilpThis research aims to demonstrate how the circular economy is employed to drive the sustainability of the tourism industry in Krabi, Thailand, through the concept of mindful…
Fashioning tourism future for visiting large cities
Louisa Yee Sum LeeLarge cities are and will continue to become important tourism destinations in foreseeable future. Tourists' motives of the present is the prognosis for their future tourists'…
Prioritizing the barriers to tourism growth in rural India: an integrated multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) approach
R.K. Jena, Yogesh DwivediTourism is one of the upcoming service industry in India with high potentials for future growth, particularly in rural areas. Many potential barriers are affecting the growth of…
Tourism development, entrepreneurship and women's empowerment – Focus on Serbian countryside
Darko B. Vukovic, Marko Petrovic, Moinak Maiti, Aleksandra VujkoThe starting premise of this study is that women's empowerment is the goal for self-realization and that the support that comes from local tourism stakeholders represents an…
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2055-5911Online date, start – end:
2015Journal’s owner:
Stichting Stenden Hogeschool(opens new window)Open Access:
open accessEditors:
- Albert Postma
- Stefan Hartman
- Ian Yeoman