International Journal of Tourism Cities: Volume 1 Issue 1

Urban management, destination management and urban destination management: a comparative review with issues and examples from New Zealand

Douglas G. Pearce

The purpose of this paper is to first outline the central thrust of two currently non-convergent but intrinsically related streams of research – urban management and destination…

Perth (Australia) as one of the world's most liveable cities: a perspective on society, sustainability and environment

Cheryl Jones, David Newsome

Rankings of the world's cities by a liveability factor have become increasingly significant in the media, among governments and city councils in the promotion of cities, as well…

Urban destination marketing in contemporary Europe – what does “good” look like?

John Heeley

The purpose of this paper is to examine urban destination marketing from a mainly practitioner standpoint, though one of its principal observations is the gap between theory and…

Impacts of city personality and image on revisit intention

Hong-bumm Kim, Sanggun Lee

The purpose of this paper is to examine the causal relationships of city personality and city image, together with the possible effect of city image on the revisit intention of…

Segmentation for urban destination: gender, place of residence, and trip purpose: a case of Nizhni Novgorod, Russia

Svetlana Stepchenkova, Mikhail I. Rykhtik, Elena Shichkova, Hany Kim, Olga Petrova

The purpose of this paper is to examine whether a priori segmentation of visitors to a large urban destination along the dimensions of gender, place of residence (domestic, former…