International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research: Volume 2 Issue 3

Emerging tourism development for tourism and hospitality in Taiwan: Introduction to 2008 Taiwan special issue

Huei‐Ju Chen

The purpose of this Editorial is to introduce the current tourism and hospitality research interesting topics in Taiwan.

Forecasting Japanese tourism demand in Taiwan using an intervention analysis

Jennifer C.H. Min

The objective of this research is to assess whether two events, the 9‐21 Earthquake in 1999 and the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome outbreak in 2003, had a temporary or…

Night market experience and image of temporary residents and foreign visitors

Su‐Hsin Lee, Shu‐Chen Chang, Jing‐Shoung Hou, Chung‐Hsien Lin

The paper aims to differentiate the differences of both night market experience and image between temporary residents and foreign visitors in Taiwan and to explore the…

Customer satisfaction and customer characteristic in festival activity: A case of 2006 Kenting Wind Chime Festival

Chin‐Tarn Lee, Szu‐Chi Yang, Henry Y. Lo

This study is interested in the tourist satisfaction of Kenting Wind Chime Festival, as well as in tourist's characteristic and their revisiting commitment. The purpose is to…

Nature‐based tourism impacts in I‐Lan, Taiwan: business managers' perceptions

Joe Ying Chin Yang, Yu Mei Chen

The paper seeks to examine nature‐based tourism (NBT) impacts from business managers' perceptions in economic, cultural and environmental aspects and understands the relationship…

An exploratory study of types of special interest tour preferences and preference demographic variables analysis

Chieh‐Wen Sheng, Ming‐Jian Shen, Ming‐Chia Chen

The paper research objectives are: to investigate into the classification of special interest tour preferences in terms of their types and to compare whether consumers with…