International Journal of Tourism Cities: Volume 1 Issue 2

Developing the eventful city in Sibiu, Romania

Greg Richards, Ilie Rotariu

Cities are increasingly using events as an instrument for economic and social change and cultural and urban regeneration. Major events help cities to distinguish themselves, and…

A model for destination strategy assessment: an analysis of Italian urban destinations

Manuela De Carlo

This study aims to develop and validate a scale for the assessment of the quality of the meta-management process that helps urban destinations to identify potential improvement in…

The new Gold Coast Chinatown: stakeholders’ development preferences

Karine Dupre, Bixia Xu

The purpose of this paper is to study the relationship between culture-based tourism development and cultural sustainability in the established tourism destination of Gold Coast…

An attempt of a crystal ball for hotels in a gaming destination, Macao

Cindia Ching-Chi Lam, Clara Weng-Si Lei

– The purpose of this paper is to consider the issue of forecasting hotel room rate with data from 2004 onwards and the forecast horizons of 91 observations.

Application of the concept of destination brand equity: the example of two Polish cities

Magdalena Florek

– This paper has two purposes in mind: to present the model of destination brand equity as well as its managerial implications for city brand management.

An exploratory study of decision makers for choosing wedding banquet venues: push and pull motivations

Ling Guan, Yi Luo, Liang Rebecca Tang

The purpose of this paper is to identify push and pull factors that motivate decision makers to choose wedding banquet venues, and to explore the relationships between the…