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Jewish heritage tourism is a relatively new form of niche tourism which appeared in Europe in the 1990s, because of a renewed understanding of cultural and historical values of Jewish heritage. By its inclusion in tourism, Jewish heritage has become a visible component in destinations, which has led to the renovation of synagogues, opening of Jewish museums, organization of festivals, and also to the gentrification of neglected Jewish quarters in many European cities. The goal of this paper is to analyse the most common methods, selection of stakeholders, elements, research locations and spatial scope used in studies of Jewish heritage tourism. The analysis includes 28 scientific papers from databases and focuses on the research methods used in those papers. The results show that the most common methods used in studies of Jewish heritage tourism are content analysis and interviews. These methods have proven to be suitable for determining the state and representation of Jewish heritage in each destination, while for a higher level of integration of Jewish heritage in tourism, other methods are more appropriate. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research links tourism with Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) using two indicators, the environmental and the economic sustainability of the tourism sector. The objective is to understand the strategic basis of responsible behaviour in governmental tourism administrations and companies. To achieve this, an exhaustive review is made of environmental and economic sustainability in the literature about CSR in tourism. The theoretical foundations suggest that tourism is witnessing continuous attitudinal changes by consumers and companies. This research then uses a frequency-based descriptive analysis with a study of tourist perceptions of issues related to the environmental and economic sustainability of a heritage destination. A structured questionnaire was used for data collection to find the opinion of tourists during their visit to Cáceres (Spain), which is a World Heritage City. The conclusion of this research suggests that long-term sustainability, both environmental and economic, can be achieved if professionals and government officials in the sector combine and agree on joint coordinated strategies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The topic of this research is crafts in the city of Zagreb, with special emphasis on traditional and artistic crafts. The main objective of this paper is to analyse the extent to which they are recognizable by the citizens of Zagreb, as well as to emphasize their potential for the development of the cultural and creative tourism. The research was conducted in two stages in 2021. The first stage consisted in the mapping of traditional and artistic craft businesses and vacant commercial property in the city centre, and the second stage included an online questionnaire survey on a purposive sample of 179 citizens of Zagreb. In order to understand the topic of research better, additional four semi-structured interviews with selected traditional and artistic craftspeople were conducted. Research shows that the majority of respondents consider traditional crafts an important part of Zagreb's cultural identity. Furthermore, the majority of respondents believe that traditional craft businesses and their products are not promoted enough in public. Crafts represent valuable tangible and intangible heritage of the City of Zagreb and have a potential for the development of cultural tourism of Zagreb. In this sense, and following the example of similar tourist tours in the world, a craft tour could be designed based on the work of traditional and artistic craftsmen of Zagreb, with the possibility of visiting their workshops and participating in the process of making products or their parts. This would be in line with the increasing demand and desire of modern tourists to be active participants and co-creators of experience rather than just be observers of the heritage. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Tourism in Villa de Leyva as the main economic activity has influenced public management focused on tourism development where the local community perceives this activity to the benefit of the preservation of cultural heritage as the way to strengthen local investment and greater land value in a process of urban and suburban expansion. The analysis of the socio-space transformations was carried out from the geography. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In 2001, the Mexican Secretariat of Tourism (SECTUR) approved the "Pueblos Magicos" program, as a strategy to diversify tourism within the country, looking to promote small towns interested in adopting and developing tourism as part of a promotion of local development. The towns interested in applying had to have heritage assets, be these historical, cultural or natural. After 17 years of operation of the Pueblos Mágicos program, this work analyzes their development and evolution on three scales: first, the way the program has spread geographically throughout the country. Following on from this, the State of Michoacán is analyzed, since it has 8 "Pueblos Magicos" (PM), where Pátzcuaro, one of these, is chosen as a representative case study, in order to identify whether the urban improvements seen in the municipality come from this being a "Pueblo Magico". The results show that the program has included 121 towns located in 31 states, focusing mainly on a central strip of the country, showing a mismatch between the original goals of the program and its current situation. Using the increased tourist activity in Patzcuaro, the authors identify that urban improvement actions and plans focus their work on the Historical Monuments Zone (HMZ), and around the lake. The attention given by the city and its efforts to maintain an urban image in the HMZ, along with a tourist approach, may result in a lack of attention paid to infrastructure deficiencies that have appeared and not been resolved in neighborhoods and districts within the municipality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The definition of the principles regulating the use of public spaces with outdoor catering activities is part of the ongoing process of governance and enhancement of cultural tourism and urban quality in the main Italian "art cities". The urgent need to reconcile local economic development with the need of inhabitants, visitors and stakeholders must provide for appropriate methods of accessibility, perception, safety and use of public spaces. The research that focused in a few sample areas of the Historic Center of Naples UNESCO site, has defined metadesign guidelines to facilitate works, governance and procedures based on the principle of shared choices between the bodies appointed to control the permits to occupy public spaces, thus setting an experimental regulatory process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]