International Journal of Tourism Cities: Volume 9 Issue 4

Thoughts on Spanish urban tourism in a post-pandemic reality: challenges and guidelines for a more balanced future

Anna Torres-Delgado, Francisco López Palomeque, Josep Ivars-Baidal, Fernando Vera-Rebollo

This study aims to identify the challenges faced by urban destinations in Spain in the current transitional stage towards a new reality of tourism, caused by the outbreak of…

Examining the impact of the platform economy on Spain’s cultural destinations through the lens of free tours

Jorge Rivera-García, Asunción Fernández-Villarán, Ricardo Pastor-Ruiz

Free guided walking tours are one of the most successful tourism segments in the digital platform economy. It is beginning to be associated with negative impacts in some of the…

Events image from the host-city residents’ perceptions: impacts on the overall city image and visit recommend intention

Cecília Lobo, Rui Augusto Costa, Adriana Fumi Chim-Miki

This paper aims to analyse the effects of events image from host communities’ perspective on the city’s overall image and the intention to recommend the events and the city as a…

Exploring bibliometric evidence of Airbnb’s influence on urban destinations: emotional solidarity, Airbnb supply, moral economy and digital future

Emeka Austin Ndaguba, Cina van Zyl

This study aims to provide a cutting-edge evaluation of the sharing economy's impact within the realm of tourism and hospitality. The primary objectives guiding this research are…

Tourism gentrification and neighbourhood transformation

Jamie Siu Kam Lo, Bob McKercher

This study aims to examine the process of tourism gentrification from China tourists, a major source market, in two neighbourhoods in Hong Kong: one that has been long exposed to…

Understanding young Chinese customers’ perceptions of unsafe city image restoration after Covid-19 outbreak

Chang (Cherise) Li, Elizabeth Agyeiwaah, Alain Imboden, Younghee Maria Lee

This study aims to uncover marketing strategies to restore a positive image in times of pandemic crisis to bring tourists back to a popularly affected tourism city in China, Wuhan…

Guided tours and tourist attractions in the postpandemic world: thematic evolutions and spatial changes

Narcís Bassols i Gardella

The purpose of this paper is to widen the understanding of the shifts the tourism industry experienced as it went though the Covid-19 pandemic. To contribute to this question, an…

Sustainability orientation and sustainability performance in response to hostile environments in cultural tourism destinations

María José Ruiz-Ortega, Mateo Manuel Córcoles-Muñoz, Gloria Parra-Requena, Pedro Manuel García-Villaverde

The purpose of this study is to understand how sustainability orientation influences economic, environmental and social sustainability performance and the moderating role of…

Using geographical information systems in literary tourism: an analysis to the “An English family” novel, from Júlio Dinis

Sofia Oliveira, Helena Albuquerque

The paper aims to present a literary itinerary inspired in Julio Dinis’ novel An English Family (Uma Família Inglesa) through a comparative analysis of the places identified in…

Metaverse in the urban destinations in China: some insights for the tourism players

Jiale Zhang, Farzana Quoquab

Although the metaverse has gained popularity in recent days, research on metaverse tourism in urban destinations is still lacking. Drawing on existing cases in Chinese urban…

Cities (r)evolution in the smart era: smart mobility practices as a driving force for tourism flow and the moderating role of airports in cities

Filippo Marchesani, Francesca Masciarelli, Andrea Bikfalvi

The significance of smart mobility practices in shaping cities from a smart perspective has grown in recent years, influencing policies and the choices made by inhabitants. This…

The influence of dark tourism motivational factors on revisit intention: a moderated mediation approach

Subhadeep Bowal, Prosenjit Ghosh

In India, travellers are beginning to pay attention to dark tourism recently. This study aims to empirically investigate tourists revisit intention (TRI) to dark tourism…

The role of attributes of cycling tourism and enduring involvement in developing tourists’ place attachment

Junfeng Wang

This study aims to investigate the advancement of place attachment within the bicycle tourism context. Specifically, this study seeks to ascertain whether the four attributes of…

Police service in urban destination points: does it promote urban destination advocacy among tourists?

Rashmi Singh, Lalatendu Kesari Jena

This study aims to test an integrated model that examines the relationship between the service qualities of police at any urban tourist destination and the tourist urban…