The Tourist Review: Volume 53 Issue 2

Plaidoyer et propositions pour la creation d'un observatoire geopolitique du tourisme

Georges Cazes

Prof. Georges Cazes of the Sorbonne University of Paris proposes the founding of a “geopolitical observatory for tourism”. He feels that this proposal is justified by the growing…

Destinationsmanagement im ländlichen raum — das beispiel eifel (Deutschland)

Albrecht Steinecke, Norbert Haart, Peter Herrmann

The authors propose an interesting model which describes the success factors and formative principles for customer‐oriented supply (DESIRE model). They illustrate the steps which…

Quality in the macroeconomic system of tourism

Mara Manente, Maria Carla Furlan

The authors' approach to quality is in contrast to the usual view found in economics. They analyse the quality of tourism as a system which includes final consumption…

Les stations de neige de l'avenir

Luigi Gaido

Professor Gaido analyses the future of the winter sports resort in the Alps. He explains the reasons for the stagnation on the demand side on the base of empirical results. He…

Guests' satisfaction with tourism services: A case of health resorts in Slovenia

Anton Ogorlec, Boris Snoj

First part introduces typical tourist programs of health resorts in Slovenia, their competitive advantage and possible routes of development. In the second part certain elements…

Origen, desarrollo y consolidación de un líder hotelero: Sol meliá, 1956–1997

Carmelo Pellejero Martínez, Inmaculada Martin Rojo

Actualmente, Sol Meliá es la compañía líder en el mercado español por su oferta en hoteles urbanos, vacacíonales, y de reuniones y convenciones. Además de dominar la industria…

Nationalpark‐tourismus in Chitawan (Nepal)

Ulrike Müller‐Böker

A future‐oriented study of behaviour and of the effects on the structure of tourism in Nepal of increasing numbers of tourists, using seasonally adjusted criteria.