Journal of Tourism Futures: Volume 2 Issue 1 , Open Access

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Can tourism confidence index improve tourism demand forecasts?

Valeria Croce

The link between confidence and economic decisions has been widely covered in the economic literature, yet it is still an unexplored field in tourism. The purpose of this paper is…

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Airbnb: the future of networked hospitality businesses

Jeroen Oskam, Albert Boswijk

Although networked hospitality businesses as Airbnb are a recent phenomenon, a rapid growth has made them a serious competitor for the hospitality industry with important…

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Past, present and future of tourist tracking

Tatjana Thimm, Ralf Seepold

The purpose of this paper is to find out tourism movement patterns via the tracking of tourists with the help of positioning systems like GPS in the rural area of the Lake…

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An effort to develop accessible tourism in Greece and Turkey: the MEDRA project approach

Aristotelis Naniopoulos, Panagiotis Tsalis, Dimitrios Nalmpantis

The purpose of this paper is to develop accessible tourism in two areas of Greece and Turkey. The areas of Drama in Greece and Mersin in Turkey have cooperated in the frame of…

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“Chill or thrill”: the impact of the “polarity paradox” on hospitality and tourism

Anna De Visser-Amundson, Annemieke De Korte, Simone Williams

In a society of abundance, complexity, uncertainty and secularisation, consumers seek extreme market offerings. They thereby avoid the grey middle ground and rather seek white or…

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Accessible tourism: the golden key in the future for the specialized travel agencies

Gamze Özogul, Günseli Güçlütürk Baran

The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the comprehension of the importance of “Accessible Tourism” for the specialized travel agencies by proposing suggestions and key…

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Planning an accessible expo 2020 within Dubai’s 5 star hotel industry from legal and ethical perspectives

Stephanie Morris, Scolah Kazi

The purpose of this paper is to provide an understanding of the accessibility laws currently in effect in the United Arab Emirates and, specifically, Dubai. Further, it recommends…

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The future of food tourism

Ian Yeoman, Una McMahon-Beatte

The authors identify five driving forces of changes that are shaping the discourses about food tourism. The paper aims to discuss this issue.

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Cover of Journal of Tourism Futures

ISSN:

2055-5911

Online date, start – end:

2015

Open Access:

open access

Editors:

  • Albert Postma
  • Stefan Hartman
  • Ian Yeoman