{"title":"Internet and organization of the industry in tourism : a focus on the distribution of travel and tourism services","authors":"C. Longhi","doi":"10.1504/IJLTM.2009.025155","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJLTM.2009.025155","url":null,"abstract":"This paper analyses the impact of internet on the organisation of industry and the market dynamics in the tourism activities, focusing in the European scene. Tourism incorporates many features of the contemporaneous information and communication economy. Even if e-tourism still stands for a small share of the whole tourism activity, the paper establishes that the internet basically explains the organisation of the activities and markets that emerge today. A relevant analytical framework able to apprehend these dynamics is first defined. The concept of sectoral system of production and innovation is shown to provide a relevant analytical framework to grasp the basic changes of the tourism industry. The paper enlightens on this basis the evolution resulting from the emergence of e-tourism and the uses of internet, their impacts on the coordination of the activities and the markets, with a special focus on the European case.","PeriodicalId":162328,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Leisure and Tourism Marketing","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116284521","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Medical tourism: an analysis with special reference to its current practice in India","authors":"Babu George, A. Nedelea","doi":"10.1504/IJLTM.2009.025157","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJLTM.2009.025157","url":null,"abstract":"By now, medical tourism has grown as a formidable multinational industry in its own right. For at least a decade, people from all around the world have been travelling to other countries to obtain medical, dental and surgical care while, at the same time, touring, vacationing and experiencing the attractions of the countries that they are visiting. With countries like India, Mexico, Singapore, Brazil, Argentina, Greece, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Peru, Hungary, Israel, Jordan, Lithuania, Malaysia, South Africa, Thailand and the Philippines actively promoting it, its future is sure to be bright. The present paper summarises the salient features of the medical tourism business with a specific examination of its current practice in India. The domestic healthcare industry in India is trying all out to grab its pie from the evolving global demand for affordable healthcare. This silent revolution is worth capturing since it is widely anticipated that India will soon emerge as a major medical tourism hub.","PeriodicalId":162328,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Leisure and Tourism Marketing","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129644832","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"E-commerce solution as a support to business activities of the large hotels in Croatia: a survey","authors":"Ram Herstein, Eugene D. Jaffe","doi":"10.1504/IJLTM.2009.021987","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJLTM.2009.021987","url":null,"abstract":"An increasing number of marketers support the idea that places can and should be marketed as brands. Yet, despite growing interest in place branding, most research on place image focuses on large geographical and political units such as cities, regions and countries, with relatively little investigation into tourism destinations such as zoos, museums, shopping centres and sport facilities. This paper aims to explore leisure branding through a case study of a leading leisure organisation, the Zoological Center in Tel Aviv – Ramat Gan, Israel, popularly known as the Safari. This paper relates to the change of the brand concept from a zoo to a safari and how new products are developed to target different segments.","PeriodicalId":162328,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Leisure and Tourism Marketing","volume":"644 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116636546","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A conjoint analysis regarding influencing factors of golfers' preferred driving ranges in Korea","authors":"Sun-hwan Hwang, Doyeon Won","doi":"10.1504/IJLTM.2010.029586","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJLTM.2010.029586","url":null,"abstract":"This study was to investigate what Korean golfers prioritise when choosing an outdoor driving range. For the purpose of the current study, four attributes were chosen, namely range size, monthly fee, facility condition, and location (travel distance). The results of the conjoint analysis with 279 active Korean golfers revealed that Korean golfers put more weight on facility condition, followed by range size, travel distance, and monthly fee, when choosing an outdoor driving range. An ad hoc sensitivity analysis was conducted to quantify how any change of a given driving range may affect its market share.","PeriodicalId":162328,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Leisure and Tourism Marketing","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127527051","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Economic factors affecting tourism marketing in Greece","authors":"Karagiannis Stefanos, A. Nedelea","doi":"10.1504/IJLTM.2009.021993","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJLTM.2009.021993","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents an attempt to extend the evaluation process of the structural characteristics of the Greek tourist market and their outcome, especially with regards to the pricing policy of hotel services. Under this framework, we use a combinational analysis of factors of the theory of finance. Techniques used in financial analysis, empirical results produced by previous research work undertaken in the area of international tourist demand, as well as current discoveries in the structure of Greek tourist market, aim at the extraction of useful conclusions, both for the Greek tourist industry and for tourist policy planning.","PeriodicalId":162328,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Leisure and Tourism Marketing","volume":"121 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123282121","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Influence factors of wellness tourism on revisit intention","authors":"Sameh Tebourbi, Khouloud Neifar","doi":"10.1504/IJLTM.2018.10018261","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJLTM.2018.10018261","url":null,"abstract":"This paper aimed to identify the factors that affect consumers' behavioural intention to visit hotels by applying the theory of planned behaviour and the push and pull model, the popular typology of tourist motivation. This study used a survey data of 200 tourists who visited a hotel in Tunisia. The theoretical model was tested and confirmed via structural equation modelling (SEM). Results indicated that 'behavioural beliefs', 'subject norm' and 'pull factors', appeared to be significant predictors to behavioural intention. Marketing implications of the study are discussed.","PeriodicalId":162328,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Leisure and Tourism Marketing","volume":"74 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121677383","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Destination image: an overview and summary of selected research (1974-2008)","authors":"Azlizam Aziz, N. A. Zainol","doi":"10.1504/IJLTM.2011.037185","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJLTM.2011.037185","url":null,"abstract":"Destination image area have been studied in over than three decades and have contributed to the management and marketing purposes in many tourism field. Sixty destination image journals beginning from 1974 to 2008 were collected in order to summarise and provide a useful overview to destination image researchers specifically and tourism researchers generally.","PeriodicalId":162328,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Leisure and Tourism Marketing","volume":"64 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115944079","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Consumerism of highly qualified employees: cultural explication in the contexts of globalisation and local culture","authors":"N. Anuradha","doi":"10.1504/IJLTM.2009.025156","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJLTM.2009.025156","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":162328,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Leisure and Tourism Marketing","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134028735","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Managing urban parks and gardens in developing countries: a case from an Indian city","authors":"P. Chaudhry, V. Tewari","doi":"10.1504/IJLTM.2010.029588","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJLTM.2010.029588","url":null,"abstract":"The Chandigarh City of India is known for its urban parks, gardens and well planned landscaping. In a research case study undertaken during 2002-2006, an assessment about the annual recreational value of this city's urban greenery was made by using travel cost method on the domestic tourists. The consumer surplus per visit enjoyed by domestic tourists was estimated. Governments in developing countries are generally facing resource crunch for the maintenance of existing parks/gardens and for the creation of new ones. A mechanism of charging a proper entrance fee for the city's parks and gardens has been discussed by meaningfully utilising this consumer surplus on one hand and revenue generation for the local administration, on the other. The results of the study would be useful for green space and urban land use planning as well as for overall sustainable urban development.","PeriodicalId":162328,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Leisure and Tourism Marketing","volume":"112 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122327170","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Wellness consumers in India: an attitude-based segmentation study","authors":"S. Singh, Sapna Singh","doi":"10.1504/ijltm.2020.10033653","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijltm.2020.10033653","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":162328,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Leisure and Tourism Marketing","volume":"40 4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134026531","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}