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Tourist-cultural routes and itineraries have become one of the most widely used tools for the enhancement of cultural heritage. In this sense, national and international organisations have been concerned with recognising and promoting these products, as well as offering a conceptual framework for them. Despite the implementation of cultural tourism routes in the market, they often end up being underused or even unknown products, either due to their lack of equipment, dissemination or problems in the coordination and management of the elements that make up the route. Based on this hypothesis, the aim of this work is to offer a methodology for the evaluation of tourist routes organised into five areas of analysis (level of quality of the destination, level of promotion of the route, tourist use, impact on the destination and user satisfaction). Subsequently, the methodological proposal is applied to the route of the castles and monasteries in the province of Cadiz, offering an evaluation of the same through the study of the first three axes. As a result, the route analysed has not had a design methodology and, therefore, the results of its evaluation have been discrete. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Hail is regarded as one of the richest cities in Saudi Arabia in terms of heritage sites. The city center, where the Barzan marketplace is located, is regarded as critical to the city’s cultural tourism. The purpose of this study is to understand the traditional Barzan market rehabilitation project within the city center and its role in preserving Hail’s urban identity. According to the study, the rehabilitation of the city center presents an opportunity for urban development to boost tourism and connect various historic landmarks in a variety of ways, including the development of pedestrian routes. The study also presents and discusses several complexities and challenges that must be considered when implementing such an urban development. A multi-approach methodology is employed to investigate several urban factors and involved actors, including a social online survey and semi-structured interviews, as well as empirical data to support the study objectives. The study’s findings indicate that there is an issue with the urban solution implemented in the Barzan market on multiple levels, the most important of which is the ‘miso’ level of the city center, where several potential landmarks are neglected and isolated from the Barzan marketplace. A solution is proposed to create multiple urban spaces that can be used by the Hail community as a whole, not just those involved in the market. This would necessitate a different approach to space design, as well as changes in how the Barzan market is managed and maintained. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Purpose -- The purpose of this paper is to focus on territorial dynamics generated by five music festivals in the Emporda region (Spain) and its tourism sector. Design/methodology/approach -- Using qualitative methodology, 10 qualified informants were interviewed. Their answers were coded and analysed. Findings -- Territorial features favour the organisation of festivals. Promoters wish to offer some added value using local products. Festivals broadcast local identity to the world. Festivals' features as tourist products explain how they are perceived as innovative. Practical implications -- These existing products are being further developed to meet cultural tourism requirements. This strategy is justified by the search for innovation in a fiercely global competitive context. Originality/value -- Current paper focuses on a present product and analyses its transformation: how a territory uses an old strategy in a new way generating future opportunities for tourism sector and local economies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This paper aims to assess the relationships between tourists' negative evaluation of key management areas in the cultural city, their overall satisfaction and future intentions. More specifically, this paper proposes a covariance-based structural equations model (CB-SEM) to assess the influence of tourists' dissatisfaction caused by failures in tourist and cultural services, hygiene and infrastructure on their overall satisfaction with the cultural trip and their intentions to repeat it. Using data collected from 1500 tourists visiting Old Havana on a cultural trip, this paper confirms that a negative opinion on the management of hygiene, cleanliness and crowding is dominant in explaining cultural tourists' lower levels of satisfaction. In addition, this was found to be the only factor with a negative impact on tourists' intentions to revisit the city in the future. The results are useful for helping managers of cultural destinations to distinguish the areas that are most relevant in their attempt to promote satisfaction and loyalty in the context of cultural tourism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]