International Journal of Tourism Cities: Volume 9 Issue 3

Brand assets: a prerequisite to promoting a developing destination

Zhansaya Turgambekova, Metin Kozak, Antonia Correia

The purpose of this study is to develop and test a practical model to identify a developing destination’s assets. Using the existing destination branding concepts and theories in…

The Beijing Winter Olympics is different! Or is it?: integration and revalidation of residents’ mega-event perceptions and support models

Ning (Chris) Chen, Xi Chen, Colin Michael Hall, Biyun Li, Xueli Wang, Lingen Wang

This study aims to integrate and revalidate previously proposed various structural models in understanding residents’ attitudes and behaviors in relation to mega-events before the…

Accessible heritage cities

Tin Doan, Hai Nguyen

This viewpoint note aims to discuss the challenges and the suggestions of using assistive technologies to improve the accessibility for travellers with disabilities and their…

Does tourism flow in cities drive green practices in the current smart city trajectories? Empirical evidence from Italy

Filippo Marchesani, Francesca Masciarelli

The concept of a smart city is becoming more closely linked to tourism destinations. The relationship between the environment, sustainability and tourism has become more…

An examination of tourists’ pre-trip motivational model using push–pull theory: Melbourne as a case study

Daria Soldatenko, Elisa Zentveld, Damian Morgan

To succeed in a competitive tourist market and attract more foreign tourists, it is essential to have a clear understanding of what travellers are seeking and endeavour to meet…

Determinants of tourism participation of Yoruba traditional and festival of class (Eyo and Ojude-Oba) in southwestern Nigeria

Hafeez Idowu Agbabiaka, Olufemi Emmanuel Omisore, Omotayo Ben Olugbamila

Every community with the potential to organize a festival aims to actualize increased participation to transform the community image and socio-cultural cohesion. Hence, this study…

A conceptual framework on finding the nexus between sustainability and desired outcomes for smart cities – the moderating role of green leadership

George Kofi Amoako, Theresa Obuobisa-Darko, Kwasi Dartey-Baah, Genevieve Sedalo

This paper aims to focus on the nexus between sustainability and desired outcomes for smart cities. The main focus is on how green leadership influences the relationship between…

Co-creating a city brand image based on cultural identity: the case of Cali and the Salsa music and dance scene

Norberto Muñiz-Martínez

This paper explores Salsa co-creation processes in the city of Cali, Colombia. The purpose of this paper is to uncover the processes of bottom-up and top-down place governance at…

Measuring visitor flows using mobile positioning data in three Hungarian second-tier cities

Zoltán Kovács, Melanie Smith, Zhanassyl Teleubay, Tamás Kovalcsik

The research analyses the spatial-temporal behaviour of international visitors using mobile positioning data (MPD) in three second-tier cities in Hungary: Szeged, Debrecen and…

Imaginaries about intangible cultural heritage and tourism in Mexican Bajio cities

Driselda P. Sánchez-Aguirre, Ilia Alvarado-Sizzo

The purpose of this paper is to compare the imaginaries of Generation Z inhabitants of heritage cities in the Mexican Bajio regarding their city of residence and the institutional…

PSR_ti model, an adapted pressure-state-response (PSR) framework for measuring tourism impacts: the case of Madrid

Diana Gómez-Bruna, Clara Martín-Duque, Aurkene Alzua-Sorzabal, Aurora Ruiz-Rua

Assessing the impacts generated by tourism has become an essential element for the industry’s sustainability. The increasing intensity of the impacts and the need to evaluate them…

From text to insights: understanding museum consumer behavior through text mining TripAdvisor reviews

Ivan Burkov, Aleksei Gorgadze

This study aims to determine consumer satisfaction dimensions that lead to a willingness to share positive emotions through the study of TripAdvisor users’ reviews on St…

Understanding place identity in urban scale Smart Heritage using a cross-case analysis method

Shiran Geng, Hing-Wah Chau, Elmira Jamei, Zora Vrcelj

Smart Heritage is a recently established discourse that entwines smartness and the heritage discipline. Studies have shown that place identity is at the core of value-based…

Social media sites and nightlife tourism: an empirical study of tourist decision-making on nightlife entertainment consumption

Chayanon Phucharoen, Surarak Wichupankul, Nichapat Sangkaew, Kristina Stosic

This paper aims to investigate the effect of tourists’ social media usage when planning trips on the probability of tourists consuming nightlife activities and their spending on…

Bridges: a tourist attraction and iconic element at urban cities’ tourism promotion websites

Lázaro Florido-Benítez

The nuclear purpose of this research paper is to analyse representative bridges around the world as a tourist attraction and iconic element through destination marketing…

Key performance indicators in short-term rental accommodation

João Pardinha, Jorge Mota, Rui Augusto Costa

The boom of new players in the accommodation sector has led to an increase in the level of competitiveness and has highlighted the importance of using key performance indicators…

Dental tourism: factors influencing travelers’ revisit intention to the Mexican border

Karen Ramos, Onesimo Cuamea

The purpose of this study is to find out the factors that influence dental travelers’ revisit intention (RI) to Tijuana, Mexico.

TALC: the role of TMM on loyalty intention and financial literacy as confounding variable in destination rejuvenation stage

Ika Barokah Suryaningsih, Sumani, Rahmad Solling Hamid, Tria Putri Noviasari

This study aims to examine the role of the tourism marketing mix (TMM) and the perceived quality of tourism services on tourist satisfaction and loyalty intention in marine…