International Journal of Tourism Cities: Volume 5 Issue 1

Overtourism and the night-time economy: a case study of Budapest

Ivett Pinke-Sziva, Melanie Smith, Gergely Olt, Zombor Berezvai

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the phenomenon of overtourism with specific reference to the night-time economy (NTE) in Budapest, Hungary.

The ordinary – extraordinary dialectics in tourist metropolises

Leopold Lucas

Starting from the hypothesis of an ordinary/extraordinary tension that drives the link between tourist places and non-tourist places, this paper discusses the issue of tourist…

Solo travellers to city destinations: an exploratory study in Sweden

Saeid Abbasian

The purpose of this paper is to gain more insight into the phenomenon of solo travel to city destinations and attain more knowledge on the topic.

Alternative tourism and civil society in Athens

Hecate Vergopoulos

The purpose of this paper is to tackle the issue of the meaning of tourism as it is being crippled by the economic crisis in Greece.

Urban tourism as a bone of contention: four explanatory hypotheses and a caveat

Johannes Novy

The purpose of this paper is to respond to recent debates surrounding the observable proliferation and intensification of controversies and disputes surrounding urban tourism. It…

The locality of Beijing historic areas from a dynamic perspective based on geo-tagged photos

Fang Wang, Wenying Hu, Yicai Zhu, Chunyan Jiang

Due to rapid development, historic city areas are faced with urbanization damage to their characteristic urban identity besides physical deterioration and economic decay. The…

Mediating role of government initiatives and media influence between perceived risks and destination image: a study of conflict zone

Shakir Hussain Parrey, Iqbal Ahmad Hakim, Raouf Ahmad Rather

The purpose of this paper is to enlarge the current understanding of destination image in view of identified sources of risk and to investigate the mediating role of government…