International Journal of Tourism Cities: Volume 5 Issue 3

New cultures of urban tourism

Maria Gravari-Barbas, Sébastien Jacquot, Francesca Cominelli

Post-socialism and “ordinary” tourism: New Belgrade

Milos Nicic, Sanja Iguman

The purpose of this paper is to examine the emerging practices of the “tourism of the ordinary” in the wider frame of post-socialist transformation of Serbia’s capital city �…

Tourism and involvement of inhabitants in Paris

Marine Loisy

The purpose of this paper is to examine the adaptation strategies of inhabitants and the forms of participation they adopt in tourism activities in Paris. As public policies have…

Exploring new frontiers? “Neo-slumming” and gentrification as a tourism resource

Raphaël Pieroni, Patrick James Naef

The purpose of this paper is to analyse urban transformation as a tourism resource. Tourism is undeniably a powerful motor for urban transformation but in return, urban…

Boundary tourism and touristic boundaries in Marseille’s northern districts

Yannick Hascoët

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the touristic classification of the developing practices in the northern districts of Marseille (France).

Mechanisms, actors and impacts of the touristification of a tourism periphery: the Saint-Ouen flea market, Paris

Maria Gravari-Barbas, Sébastien Jacquot

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the mechanisms involved in the progressive integration of marginal and peripheral urban areas, located close to established tourist…

“Does the poor matter” in pro-poor driven sub-Saharan African cities? towards progressive and inclusive pro-poor tourism

Regis Musavengane, Pius Siakwah, Llewellyn Leonard

The purpose of this paper is to question the extent to which Sub-Saharan African cities are progressing towards promoting pro-poor economies through pro-poor tourism (PPT). It…

Promoting the image of a historic city for sustainable cultural tourism: the case of Tlemcen Capital of Islamic Culture 2011

Somia Kherbouche, Abdelkader Djedid

Focussing on the event “Tlemcen Capital of Islamic Culture 2011”, the purpose of this paper is to examine the changing perception of the city’s image, assess its durability and…

Existentialism and tourism: new research avenues

Ksenia Kirillova

The purpose of this paper is to pave avenues and stimulate further research on the intersection of existentialism and tourism. This is done by presenting the overview of the…

Exploring inbound tourists experience in Beijing, China: an online deductive approach

Yu Liu, Bingjie Liu-Lastres, Qiuju Wang, Yao-Yi Fu

Beijing is becoming one of the top global destinations but the number of international tourists to the city has been declining recently. By analyzing inbound tourists experience…

Emotional perception and historical heritage: a segmentation of foreign tourists who visit the city of Lima

Tomás López-Guzmán, Jesús Claudio Pérez Gálvez, Franklin Cordova Buiza, Miguel Jesús Medina-Viruel

The purpose of this paper is to conduct an analysis of the relationships existing among three basic constructs in the visitor’s decision-making process (motivation and…

Soundscape preferences of tourists in historical urban open spaces

Mahdi Montazerolhodjah, Mojtaba Sharifnejad, MohammadReza Montazerolhodjah

Considering that the historic city of Yazd was registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and given the necessity of improving the environmental qualities due to the increased…

Identification of common city characteristics influencing room occupancy

Sérgio Moro, Paulo Rita

National tourism offices worldwide implement marketing strategies to influence tourists’ choices. However, there is more than meets the eye when it comes to choosing a city as a…

Influential factors for intention to visit an adversarial nation: increasing robustness and validity of findings

Svetlana Stepchenkova, Andrei P. Kirilenko, Elena Shichkova

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the drivers of visitation intention, including demographic, psychographic (animosity, national attachment and consumer ethnocentrism…