Tourism Management: New Research

TOURISM MANAGEMENT: NEW RESEARCH......Page 5
NOTICE TO THE READER......Page 6
CONTENTS......Page 7
PREFACE......Page 9
ABSTRACT......Page 13
INTRODUCTION......Page 14
THE TOURISM INDUSTRY IN VIETNAM: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES......Page 15
THE CHINESE AND AMERICAN INBOUND MARKETS......Page 17
CHINESE TOURISTS IN THE ASIA CONTEXT......Page 18
WESTERN MARKETS AND U.S. TOURISTS......Page 19
Culture......Page 21
The Relationship between Culture and Perceptions......Page 22
Service Quality - Host Attributes and Performance......Page 25
Questionnaire Design......Page 27
Methods of Analysis......Page 28
Socio-Demographic Profiles of American and Chinese Tourists......Page 29
The Travel Characteristics of American and Chinese Tourists......Page 30
Cultural Values......Page 34
Perceptions of Service......Page 36
Chinese and American Cultural Values......Page 39
Chinese and American Perspectives Towards Service Quality......Page 42
CONCLUSIONS......Page 44
REFERENCES......Page 46
ABSTRACT......Page 53
INTRODUCTION......Page 54
An Evolutionary Perspective of Community Tourism......Page 55
Theories of Modernization and [under]Development......Page 56
Modernity and the Chinese Perspective of Community Tourism......Page 57
METHODOLOGY......Page 59
Findings at Nanshan of Sanya City......Page 61
Findings at Wan’an of Huangshan City......Page 64
Implications for Community Tourism Development......Page 67
CONCLUSION......Page 71
REFERENCES......Page 72
ABSTRACT......Page 77
ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION OF TOURISM TO THE STATE ECONOMY......Page 78
TOURISM’S CONTRIBUTION TO REGIONAL VICTORIA......Page 79
REGIONAL TOURISM POLICY......Page 80
REVIEW OF LITERATURE......Page 82
Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and Their Efficiency in Spatially Highlighting the Resident Attitudes Inside the Tourism Product Regions......Page 84
Procedure......Page 87
Participants......Page 88
Materials......Page 91
Results......Page 92
GENERATION OF ATTITUDINAL MAPS......Page 94
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION......Page 96
REFERENCES......Page 99
ABSTRACT......Page 103
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 104
2.1. Choice in Tourism......Page 106
2.2. Revealed Preferences vs. Stated Preferences......Page 108
2.3. Tourist Destination Choice......Page 114
3.1. Methodology......Page 116
3.2. Sample, Data and Variables......Page 118
4.1. Estimation of the Individual Parameters......Page 121
4.2. Formation and Characterization of Segments......Page 122
5. CONCLUSIONS......Page 128
REFERENCES......Page 129
INTRODUCTION......Page 135
PROPERTIES OF VISION......Page 137
VISION DEVELOPMENT......Page 138
VISIONING IN THE CONTEXT OF STAGNATED DESTINATIONS......Page 139
THE RESEARCH......Page 142
VISIONING PROCESS AND KEY DECISIONS......Page 144
Stage 1. Diagnosing and Action Planning......Page 145
Phase II - Action Taking......Page 151
Phase III – Evaluation and Declaration......Page 153
CONCLUSION......Page 156
REFERENCES......Page 158
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 161
2. TOURISM DEMAND: MODELLING AND FORECASTING......Page 162
2.1. Modelling and Forecasting Demand......Page 163
3.1. Tourism Supply......Page 166
3.2. Organization of the Tourist Industry......Page 167
4. MACROECONOMIC EFFECTS OF TOURISM......Page 169
5.1. The Non-Economic Effects of Tourism......Page 171
5.2. Sustainability and the Carrying Capacity......Page 172
5.3. Cost-Benefit Analyses and Economic Assessments of the Environmental Externalities of Tourism......Page 173
6. CONCLUSION......Page 175
REFERENCES......Page 176
INTRODUCTION......Page 191
Hotel Facilities......Page 193
Ship Facilities......Page 194
1. Operation Phases......Page 195
2. Allocation of Costs......Page 196
4. Estimate of Benefits with each Cost Element......Page 198
6. Risk Assessment and Management......Page 200
1. Establish the Context......Page 202
2. Identify Hazards......Page 203
3. Analyse the Risks Associated with the Hazards......Page 204
4. Evaluate and Prioritise the Risks......Page 205
5. Treat the Risks......Page 206
A PROPOSED COST-BENEFIT RISK ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGYAND A CASE STUDY......Page 208
Step 3: Model Cost Elements......Page 209
Step 4: Rank the Cost Elements......Page 211
Step 5: Estimate the Likelihood and Consequences of Possible Hazards......Page 214
Step 6: Propose Control Measures to Reduce the Risks Associated with the Significant Hazards......Page 215
CONCLUSION......Page 219
REFERENCES......Page 221
I. INTRODUCTION......Page 223
2.1. Efficiency Evaluation Model......Page 225
2.2. Regression Model......Page 227
3.1. Data Description......Page 229
3.2. Empirical Results......Page 231
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 234
REFERENCES......Page 235
INDEX......Page 237