International Journal of Tourism Cities: Volume 3 Issue 1

Tourism demand of a WHS destination: an analysis from the viewpoint of gastronomy

Jesús Claudio Pérez Gálvez, Mónica Torres-Naranjo, Tomas Lopez-Guzman, Mauricio Carvache Franco

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the attitude declared by the tourists towards the local gastronomy as a variable of tourist interest in a WHS destination. Gastronomic…

Retro-methodologies: insights for city tourism research

John Robert Pearce, Philip L. Pearce

The purpose of this paper is to explore the applicability of older methodologies to contemporary city tourism research.

Let’s go cycling: an analysis of tourists’ experience on online user-generated content

Weisheng Chiu, Ho Keat Leng

The purpose of this paper is to explore cycling tourists’ experience in Singapore using an exploratory case study.

Attributes of the Blumenau (Brazil) brand from the residents’ perspective, and its influence on the decision to stay in the destination

Fabrícia Durieux Zucco, Clóvis Reis, Sara Joana Gadotti dos Anjos, Samara Jane Effting, Melise de Lima Pereira

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the attributes of Blumenau city brand, from the residents’ perspective and its relation to their intention to remain living there.

Exploring the dimensions of place branding: an application of the ICON model to the branding of Toronto

Giannina Warren, Keith Dinnie

The purpose of this paper is to explore the place branding dimensions of a city undergoing a concerted effort to build a distinctive brand for itself.

Will their absence make a difference? The role of local volunteer NGOs in home-stay intermediation in Ghana’s Garden City

Esi Akyere Mensah, Elizabeth Agyeiwaah, Alexandru O. Dimache

The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in home-stay arrangements in Ghana’s cultural city, Kumasi, and further assess NGO…

Attractiveness of the United States as a travel destination for the Russian tourist in the era of strained bilateral relations

Svetlana Stepchenkova, Elena Shichkova

The purpose of this paper is to examine the attractiveness of a global tourism destination when the country of that destination and the country that provides the source market are…

Reinventing the Local in Tourism: Producing, Consuming and Negotiating

Guillaume Tiberghien