International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research: Volume 6 Issue 2

Island tourism: destinations: an editorial introduction to the special issue

Jenny Cave, Keith G. Brown

This editorial aims to situate the papers chosen for this special issue within academic literature and identify their contributions to new knowledge.

North Atlantic island destinations in tourists' minds

Thorhallur Gudlaugsson, Gunnar Magnússon

This study seeks to investigate the image that tourists visiting Iceland in the summer months have of Iceland as a tourist destination, and whether the positioning of Iceland, the…

Human resource management in tourism: a small island perspective

Tom Baum

Conceptually, this paper aims to consider the nexus created when the characteristics of the tourism sector workplace environment intersect with the contextual influences of the…

Navigating through tourism options: an island perspective

Annmarie Nicely, Radesh Palakurthi

Sustainable tourism demands a positivistic and holistic look at the true costs and benefits of the industry to host communities. To aid leaders in starting the process, the…

Come visit, but don't overstay: critiquing a welcoming society

Godfrey Baldacchino

This paper aims to conceptualize and illustrate how some island societies – in spite of their apparent openness, vibrant tourist economies and generally welcoming disposition �…

Segmenting the market of first‐time visitors to an island destination

Sean Hennessey, Dongkoo Yun, Roberta Macdonald

The purpose of this study is to segment the market of first‐time visitors based on the activities travelers engage in while at a destination using demographics, socio‐economic…

Visitor interactions with hotel employees: the role of nationality

Girish Prayag, Chris Ryan

This paper aims to report the results of a study into visitor evaluations of interactions with hotel employees in Mauritius. Given that the island's core tourism product is based…