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The imbalance between supply and demand is a pressing issue in the development of the tourism industry. Understanding the coupling coordination relationship and impact mechanism of supply-demand in the tourism system can help achieve high-quality tourism development. This study focuses on the Yangtze River Economic Belt (YREB) as the research area, quantifies the tourism supply index (TSI) and tourism demand index (TDI) from 2011 to 2020 using the tourism development index model, calculates the coupling coordination degree (CCD) of TSI and TDI based on the coupling coordination model, and explores the factors influencing the CCD using the geographic detector. The findings indicate that: (1) The TSI and TDI in various provinces show fluctuation but exhibit an overall upward trend. (2) There were apparent spatial disparities of the CCD, with a distribution characteristic of high in the east and low in other regions. The CCD gradually improved, with its gravity center slowly shifting toward the southwest. All provinces entered the intermediate stage of tourism development since 2014. (3) Basic service guarantee, consumption drive, and innovation drive are identified as the dominant factors influencing the CCD. The study can provide valuable insights for tourism coordination and sustainable development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract The imbalance between supply and demand is a pressing issue in the development of the tourism industry. Understanding the coupling coordination relationship and impact mechanism of supply-demand in the tourism system can help achieve high-quality tourism development. This study focuses on the Yangtze River Economic Belt (YREB) as the research area, quantifies the tourism supply index (TSI) and tourism demand index (TDI) from 2011 to 2020 using the tourism development index model, calculates the coupling coordination degree (CCD) of TSI and TDI based on the coupling coordination model, and explores the factors influencing the CCD using the geographic detector. The findings indicate that: (1) The TSI and TDI in various provinces show fluctuation but exhibit an overall upward trend. (2) There were apparent spatial disparities of the CCD, with a distribution characteristic of high in the east and low in other regions. The CCD gradually improved, with its gravity center slowly shifting toward the southwest. All provinces entered the intermediate stage of tourism development since 2014. (3) Basic service guarantee, consumption drive, and innovation drive are identified as the dominant factors influencing the CCD. The study can provide valuable insights for tourism coordination and sustainable development.

The study seeks to answer the question of how the counties of Szeklerland, Harghita, Covasna and Mureș in Romania have changed in recent years, primarily between 2017 and 2022, in the middle of which period the pandemic which began in 2020, triggered various difficulties. Data from the Romanian National Statistical Institute were used in the research, providing insights into the changes in tourism in Romania and Szeklerland. The data include yearly changes, such as changes in the number of accommodation establishments, their occupancy rates or the number of guests arriving at the establishments, as well as monthly breakdowns, which are mainly necessary for the analysis of seasonality. The results obtained from the secondary data analysis used in the study reflect the nature of the difficulties faced by the tourism sector during the pandemic period and the trends in the efficiency of tourism supply in the period preceding and following the pandemic. The 2010s have clearly been a year of step-by-step development and minor successes in tourism, culminating in 2019 in terms of the turnover of accommodation in Szeklerland. During this period, a number of new tourist units opened their doors, with 35,889 new beds added in Transylvania between 2012 and 2022 and 2,427 new beds added in Szeklerland between 2012 and 2022. After a good period for the sector, a slight change in trend started in 2020, mainly due to the fact that tourists started to prefer trips that require less personal contact with other tourists, but also due to a significant change in their accommodation needs, with an increase in both the number of accommodation units and the number of beds for higher quality accommodation types, while the opposite is observed for lower quality accommodation types.

The tourism market is the economic space in which all transactions in the form of tourism consumption and production take place. Although competition is the main instrument that defines a free market economy, nevertheless in the tourism market it is necessary for the state to intervene by establishing certain regulations concerning the provision of tourism services by hoteliers and tourism intermediaries in order to ensure the protection of tourists as consumers of tourism services. The tourist market is a complex and dynamic market, which is constantly subject to both endogenous and exogenous factors, such as economic, political, social, legislative, psychological, natural, geographical, military and health factors. In Romania, the tourism market has shown trends of decline, stagnation or growth under the influence of factors specific to the Romanian economy, the aim of this paper being to highlight these aspects.

Sustainable tourism development in island destinations is closely linked to the positive attitude of the local people. And the full participatory approach of the islanders depends on the compatibility of the desired benefits with the perceived benefits, in line with the scope of social change theory. In this respect, this study was conducted in the Comoros, where no research on sustainable tourism has been carried out before although the attractive physical environment draws a significant number of visitors. The study was conducted with multiple research methods. First, a document review of visitor data was done to determine the tourism potential of the Comoros. Then, survey statements were compiled from the relevant literature and 504 local people were surveyed to measure their perception of sustainable tourism. Explanatory factor analysis, correlation analysis, independent t-test and variance analysis were performed in accordance with the research problematic regarding the data obtained. The analysis results show that all dimensions are interrelated and that the environmental dimension is the most important. While there was no significant difference in age and gender characteristics and perceptions of sustainable tourism, it was determined that there was a significant difference in monthly income, education level, city of residence (island) working status sector of employment and marital status of the participants and their perceptions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

While destination image remains among well-researched themes in the tourism literature, studies on its determinants have largely focused on demand-side factors. The current study investigates the influence of supplyside factors in explaining the image of Ethiopia as a destination. Quantitative data were gathered from 399 international tourists through a structured questionnaire using a convenient sampling technique. Hierarchical linear regression was employed as a major data analysis tool. Findings from analysis of cognitive images of tourists revealed that, though the factors of destination resources, infrastructural elements, political and economic factors and human aspects significantly determine the country's image as a tourist destination, the predictive power of tourism resources is far greater than the combined ability of all the other determinants. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The relevance of this paper is that that covid-19 outbreak, which has been announced by WHO (World Health Organization) on the 30th of March, 2020 and two years later still has continuous effect over most of the world, has caused blockages in all economic sectors, but tourism and its supply chain has been affected the most. The conducted research explores innerorganizational alterations within the tourism supply chain (TSC) management, though the prism of tour operators, in times and post pandemic. Tourism supply chain management strategies have already been adopted by many large tourism service providers, such as hotels and airlines. Therefore the article‘s main focus is on successful tour-operator change management within the chain, addressing the key elements. Study results present the impact caused by the outbreak on touroperators in Lithuania and accordingly suggest the template for resilience. Furthermore, an interview based systematic crisis resilience model for tourism supply chain management is introduced. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The accelerated development of information and communication technologies (ICTs) has had an impact on the way tourism is carried out today. The concept of smart cities and smart destinations is gaining momentum, which also requires smart consumers, i.e., informed, communicated, and connected. In this sense, the application of the value chain concept to tourism implies reconsidering the weight of digital technologies in its structure and, therefore, in the decision-making process of current and potential tourists. The study aims to demonstrate the need and convenience of incorporating technology as an innovative factor in the management process of the tourism value chain and its contribution to the positioning of the destination, taking the city of Cuenca (Ecuador) as a case study. The contributions are, firstly, the ICT adoption as an innovation factor in the value chain. In addition, through a survey of foreign tourists, it was verified that ICTs are a trend as a personalized communication channel, which contributes to valuing the integral tourism offer of the territory. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

New tourism destinations and product supply are increasingly popular strategies among industry players to create competitiveness. The tourism industry has become more vibrant since globalization merged with technological changes, thus influencing human travel movements, lifestyles, and current trends. The purpose of the study was to systematically review and analyse the elements of new tourism destination products and the importance of sustaining the tourism industry. The following five primary methodological steps were used in the review processes: review protocol; formulation of research questions; systematic searching strategies based on identification, screening, and eligibility on Web of Science (WoS) and Scopus databases; quality appraisal and data extraction; analysis. Seven major themes were discovered, based on the thematic analysis: (a) Responsibilities and involvement, (b) Geography and resources, (c) Innovation, (d) Diversification, (e) Trend and travel pattern, (f) Sustainability, and (g) Marketing. The findings provide academics with a basic reference in scientific and design-related frameworks for examining new destinations and tourism products. The study also offers a guide for destination operators and industry stakeholders to be adopted for future destination development and management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The tourism market is the economic space in which all transactions in the form of tourism consumption and production take place. Although competition is the main instrument that defines a free market economy, nevertheless in the tourism market it is necessary for the state to intervene by establishing certain regulations concerning the provision of tourism services by hoteliers and tourism intermediaries in order to ensure the protection of tourists as consumers of tourism services. The tourist market is a complex and dynamic market, which is constantly subject to both endogenous and exogenous factors, such as economic, political, social, legislative, psychological, natural, geographical, military and health factors. In Romania, the tourism market has shown trends of decline, stagnation or growth under the influence of factors specific to the Romanian economy, the aim of this paper being to highlight these aspects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The intersection between circulatory migratory travel and connections to the ancestral home constitutes diaspora tourism. Where there is a growing body of literature on diaspora tourism, the tendency has been to focus on demand side interactions and omit supply side perspectives. Using a conceptual framework underpinned by demand and supply side analyses, this paper provides a more comprehensive examination of diaspora tourism, focusing on tourism flows between the Guyanese diaspora in Toronto and their homeland. The study employs a mixed-method approach and the results show that there are significant misalignments between demand and supply that need to be addressed if Guyana is to reap optimal benefits from its largest visitor segment, the diaspora market. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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For better development of alternative tourism supply in mountain tourism destinations it is necessary to identify and evaluate tourism attractions that could be better valorised when creating tourism products. It is an essential part of the destination analysis to determine perception of local population and tourists when evaluating tourism attractiveness. Olympic Mountain Bjelašnica in Bosnia and Herzegovina is a representative case study of mountain tourism destination, whose recent phase of tourism development is characterized by a variety of tourism supply that allows practicing many forms of tourism with the dominance of the winter tourist season and the skiing tourism of mass character. The principal aim of the study is to determine the differences in the evaluation of tourism attractions of alternative tourism in tourism supply of Bjelašnica within and between group of local residents and tourists. Direct survey was conducted during the summer 2016 and sample included 98 local residents and 111 tourists. Results show: a) tourists evaluate most of attractions higher then local residents, b) some attractions are higher evaluated by younger and more educated local residents, c) older tourists evaluate cultural and historical heritage better, while tourists with college degree are most satisfied with tourism and recreational infrastructure considering the age, gender and level of education, and d) all clusters of attractions are rated as more attractive by tourists who stay at purpose-built mountain tourist resort Babin Do, compared to those in Bjelašnica's villages. Results can be applied as a guideline to raise local residents' awareness of tourism attractions and developing more specific tourism supply that will address not solely mass tourism, but also alternative forms of tourism.

Seasonality is a widely recognised and accredited phenomenon known to cause an imbalance in tourism activity throughout the year, prompting tourist destinations, both public and private, to consider how best to plan the use of their resources. One way of mitigating the economic imbalances that seasonality can cause is to find strategies for seasonal adjustment, such as travel programmes aimed at the elderly. This paper analyses the seasonality of tourism activity in some EU countries, and in particular in Spain. Different indicators are used to compare the results and carry out a sensitivity analysis. The study then focuses on tourism programmes for the elderly in Spain to see whether this type of programme helps to alleviate the seasonality of tourism activity. To corroborate this, an econometric model is specified and estimated, which enables the scope of these programmes to be compared.

This article explores Airbnb accommodation spatial distribution and it estimates the main determinants of its location choice. It employs spatial bivariate correlations and spatial econometrics to understand the heterogeneous spatial relationship between established hotels and Airbnb for three kinds of local tourism destinations: sun and beach, nature-based, and city. The case study concerns the Canary Islands where a good mixture of these attractions can be found. The main conclusion drawn is that Airbnb regulation needs to distinguish the kind of tourism. More precisely, Airbnb supply overlaps established hotels in city tourism, but it does not so clearly in sun and beach nor nature-based destinations. Airbnb supply matches tourist visits spatial distribution better than established hotels in city and nature-based destinations, but not in sun and beach destinations, where the incumbent hotels are closer to the tourism resources. Finally, the results from the spatial econometrics model shows that population size and the number of tourist visits matters as determinants of Airbnb location. However, the main determinant is price, which has got a much larger elasticity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The presented study is aimed at solving the following problems: what product is offered by agritourism farms, what is the typology of agritourism farms in terms of the products offered, and do the specific attributes of a website correspond to the specific attributes of provided services? The present study was conducted for a set of agritourism farm websites. From a total of 574 websites subjected to inspection testing, 287 websites were hosted on a paid server with a ccTLD domain, and 287 websites were hosted on a free server with an assigned free domain. Each website was described using 35 diagnostic variables. The achieved score was subsequently normalised using the zero unitarisation method. Based on the observations made in the present study, it can be concluded that the website development technique translates into the nature of activities conducted by a farm, as the form of the offer presentation online translates into what a tourist can expect directly on the farm. The study revealed that underdeveloped, amateurish websites are used to promote traditionally understood family agricultural farms which offer an opportunity to work on the farm. This knowledge is of importance for tourists worldwide, as tourists should not be afraid of the amateurish websites of agritourism farms, as they advertise genuine rural agricultural farms offering accommodation. Based on the results, a new typology of agritourism farms demonstrated that specialised farms with modern websites typically offer more extensive tourism opportunities and have more available beds at their disposal. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Tourism has become an economic industry, explained by rapid growth in tourist numbers and recorded tourism revenues. Tunisia and Morocco have both carved themselves into the north African tourist market. There are no two difference in the fact that tourist attractions shared by all the countries of the Maghreb have played an important role in tourism development. However, it is worth emphasizing that the Tunisian and Moroccan government's attitudes since independence have greatly served the sector. Through this paper we aim to analyze the economic impact of tourist activity in Tunisia and Morocco is positive and contributes to accelerating economic development while Algeria remains far from what is achieved by neighboring countries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The tourist market is extensive and internally complicated, and the processes on it are constantly developing. Contemporary development trends in tourism, occurring both on the demand side (motives of trips) and supply (tourist offers), affect the structure of the tourism market, leading to unusual tourist behavior, thus contributing to the emergence of so-called controversial tourism. The aim of this study is to identify controversial areas of the tourist market, based on elements of its subject structure. The paper presents the issues of the tourism market structure, an attempt to interpret and the scope of controversial areas of this market. Then, the analysis of the controversial tourism site was carried out in the aspect of particular elements of the tourism market, i.e. in relation to tourist demand, tourism supply and socio-economic policy in the field of tourism. It was also pointed out that the motives for practicing controversial tourism overlap with other forms and types of tourism.

In Romania, a country of rich touristic heritage, the total contribution of tourism to the 2014 GDP was 4.8% and, according to the country report published by the World Tourism and Travel Council (WTTC), this contribution is expected to rise to only 5.1% over the next decade. Obviously, for an emerging economy with a high touristic endowment this current condition cannot be satisfying. In this paper we intend to accomplish a specific analysis of the tourism market evolution after its EU accession. Our undertaking starts from two complementary questions: How did the Romanian tourism market develop, following the country’s EU accession? Are there any tourism development gaps between the country’s counties? Our research includes assessments of both the touristic demand and supply by counties and the municipality of Bucharest, as well as of the county groupings resulted from a cluster analysis using 6 indices (2 for demand, 2 for supply and 2 aggregate ones). The assumptions we start from are that a positive impact has been induced on Romania’s tourism after its accession into the EU, but in terms of its regional development, major development gaps between counties still persist and even deepen.

Cultural heritage is an important element of the presentation of an area, the bearer of identity of a certain community and one of the most important resources of cultural tourism. It can become a generator of development with the help of a well thought-out tourism valorisation strategy. Cultural heritage research in the context of cultural tourism is a new topic in Croatia, in the same way that the phenomenon of cultural tourism has become a global phenomenon in the last twenty years. The aim of this study is to analyse the attitudes of tourists, excursionists and directors of Međimurje tourist boards about the potential valorisation of immovable cultural heritage in Međimurje; in order to identify the most important cultural and heritage sites, so that they would be valorised more successfully. The attitudes of tourists and excursionists were obtained with the help of a questionnaire, and attitudes of the directors of tourist boards with the help of in-depth interviews. The research has shown that tourists are not familiar enough with the cultural heritage of Međimurje, that the region has good tourism potential that is not well utilised, that there are several cultural heritage sites in Međimurje that are included in the tourism supply, but that most of the heritage sites are still not valorised for the purposes of tourism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Globalization characterizes the economic, social, political, and cultural spheres of the modern world. Tourism has long been claimed as a crucial force shaping globalization, while in turn the developments of the tourism sector are under the influences of growing interdependence across the world. As globalization proceeds, destination countries have become more and more susceptible to local and global events. By linking the existing literature coherently, this study explores a number of themes on economic globalization in tourism. It attempts to identify the forces underpinning globalization and assess the implications on both the supply side and the demand side of the tourism sector. In view of a lack of quantitative evidence, future directions for empirical research have been suggested to investigate the interdependence of tourism demand, the convergence of tourism productivity, and the impact of global events. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study analyses variations in the operational setting in the context of nature-based tourism (NBT) and draws much needed attention to the supply side of this sector by segmenting the NBT service providers based on their setting preferences. This paper focuses on the setting of NBT as an important alternative avenue for understanding the operational context of NBT supply. This approach is subsequently empirically explored through a national survey among the NBT service providers in Sweden. The data analysis demonstrates that the companies can be rather clearly clustered based on the variations in the perceived importance and impact of NBT setting components. This study therefore helps in understanding the role of a commercial setting in explaining NBT supply, which has a potential to not only contribute to developing the research of this sector further but also help in avoiding possible conflicts with other natural resource users and improve its overall management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

For better development of alternative tourism supply in mountain tourism destinations it is necessary to identify and evaluate tourism attractions that could be better valorised when creating tourism products. It is an essential part of the destination analysis to determine perception of local population and tourists when evaluating tourism attractiveness. Olympic Mountain Bjelašnica in Bosnia and Herzegovina is a representative case study of mountain tourism destination, whose recent phase of tourism development is characterized by a variety of tourism supply that allows practicing many forms of tourism with the dominance of the winter tourist season and the skiing tourism of mass character. The principal aim of the study is to determine the differences in the evaluation of tourism attractions of alternative tourism in tourism supply of Bjelašnica within and between group of local residents and tourists. Direct survey was conducted during the summer 2016 and sample included 98 local residents and 111 tourists. Results show: a) tourists evaluate most of attractions higher then local residents, b) some attractions are higher evaluated by younger and more educated local residents, c) older tourists evaluate cultural and historical heritage better, while tourists with college degree are most satisfied with tourism and recreational infrastructure considering the age, gender and level of education, and d) all clusters of attractions are rated as more attractive by tourists who stay at purpose-built mountain tourist resort Babin Do, compared to those in Bjelašnica's villages. Results can be applied as a guideline to raise local residents' awareness of tourism attractions and developing more specific tourism supply that will address not solely mass tourism, but also alternative forms of tourism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article investigates whether the presence of immigrants represents an opportunity for Italian tourism firms to increase the number of establishments and their employees. To this scope, we focus on the hotels and restaurants sector where a great amount of revenues comes from the tourist expenditure. The investigation is conducted at both the nationwide level and, separately, for Centre-Northern and Southern provinces. As estimation technique, in order to deal with the potential endogeneity problem, we will proceed with the two-stage least square method. The results strongly support a positive relationship between the provincial share of immigrants and the number of tourism establishments and their employees. This relationship seems to be stronger for southern provinces. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

As society develops, the status of tourism changes from being socially desirable to being a necessity. No less so is this for those who have various physical and other disabilities. This paper examines secondary data derived from Italian sources to illustrate both the demand for tourism from those with disabilities, and the factors that both inhibit and enhance the opportunities they have for participation in tourism. It provides a geographical assessment of tourism provision within Italy and identifies areas of good and poor provision for this market segment. Implications for tourist providers are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nature-based tourism is often perceived as one of the easiest and readily-available tools for regional development and diversification of rural economies, and Sweden is not an exception. Successful tourism development, however, depends on various amenities, which vary with region. This article, based on a national survey among nature-based tourism service providers in Sweden, discusses general characteristic of Swedish nature-based tourism supply, reveals the most important natural amenities from the supply perspective and discusses the patterns of their regional variation. It is further investigated how distributions of various amenities is related to the density of nature-based tourism operations across regions. The scope of the analysis includes three levels: country, land and county. Results show that nature-based tourism in Sweden is a highly diversified sector, which demonstrates significant north-south variations, visible on the level of the three lands. On the level of counties, natural and human-made amenities are comparable in their power to predict distribution of NBT operations, suggesting that the border between NBT and other forms of tourism is not as distinct as is often imagined. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

In the context of trends and challenges of halal tourism on global level, this article analyses potential of halal tourism in the overall tourist offer of Republic of Croatia as „Halal-friendly destination“. Tourism is one of the most important industries of the Republic of Croatia therefore it is essential to constantly improve existing products as well as creating new ones. This article focuses on the process of extending and improving tourism supply through its adjustments to needs and expectations of the "Islamic tourist" who is primarily the buyer for „halal tourism products and services“. These trends create new possibilities for diversification of Croatia's tourism supply and its product portfolio. „Halal tourism“ concept, as a specific way of communication with market niche motivated for tourism expenditure based on religious feelings, might become one of competitive advantages especially through building network of all stakeholders. For example, development of halal tourismis an opportunity for promotion and placement of Croatian halal products through halal food offerings in HoReCa channel. Analysis of tourism supply of the Republic of Croatia as halal-friendly destinationis contextualized on several levels as following: comparison of tourism supply of the Republic of Croatia as halal-friendly destinationaccording to criteria of Crescentrating, identifying the potential of halal niche in the overall tourism supply in the Republic of Croatia and establishing the level of networking for all important tourism stakeholders as an important prerequisite of business effectiveness. Using extensive literature review, primary research using structured surveys among halal tourism services providers is conducted. Main research goal is to examine attitudes of current halal tourism services providers in the Republic of Croatia in order to further explore possibilities and limitations that focusing on this concept might result with. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Tourism index is an indicator that demonstrates the market positions of settlements, on the basis of aggregating the demand and supply databases of the tourism market. A novelty of this methodology is that it allows the demonstration of the touristic performance of different settlements and regions with the application of one index. The purpose of our study is to demonstrate the theoretical background of the indicator and its application at the settlement and territorial levels of the Hungarian tourism sector. In addition to the index values it is also possible to monitor the further environmental relations system of tourism, including correlations with the settlement network or special geographical areas. The index also allows geographical and spatial development/regional typification and classification.

The city of Split is increasingly showing its cruising valorisation opportunities thanks to its geocommunication position, harbour infrastructure, cultural and historic heritage and the diversity of its tourism supply. Cruising tourism, as a form of modern tourism receives characteristics of strong element of tourism development in certain tourist destination. City of Split, along with some other ports in the Mediterranean, base its development opportunity also on the development of cruising tourism. It is known that cruising tourism has a positive effect on economic growth, image and development of tourist destination, while disadvantages of cruising are its’ impact on local residents, stationary tourists and environment. The increase in both the number of cruise liner arrivals and tourists visiting a particular port creates the presumptions for the development of special forms of tourism supply and for its valorisation outside the main tourist season. Investing in new reception facilities in port aquatorium of the city of Split creates new possibilities for acceptance of ships with greater capacity. This creates new opportunities for increasing of cruise ships arrivals and increasing of tourist visits of Split tourist destination. Joint actions of local authorities and all operators of tourism offer can contribute so that Split tourist destination becomes recognizable as an international destination of cruising tourism. The main goal of this paper is to show the impact of cruising tourism on the improvement of brand image of Split and impact on prolongation of tourism season of Split tourist destination. This paper particularly evaluates the contribution and impact of cruise tourism in the overall development of tourism and the positive economic effects of tourism on the city of Split.

Tourism is a phenomenon that can contribute to the economic success of a city or even to its social dynamism, so that in recent years there is an increasing trend and active promotion of the tourism industry in many cities in Europe, Romania also trying to align with the European trends. Urban tourism as a category of tourism resources and activities within a city is a complex and multifunctional form of tourism. Its development is directly influenced by the permissiveness of local, regional and national policy but lately also by the new marketing and tourism promotion strategies and actions and by the proper receptivity of these strategies. This study aims at analysing quantitatively and qualitatively the urban tourism phenomenon (tourism supply and demand) in Craiova city, the county seat of Dolj and an urban growth pole of the Oltenia development region, in order to highlight the tourism market trends and to obtain a tourism diagnosis. The prognosis of the tourism activity done by using the TALC model can help the authorities, who started to focus on this sector, which was less capitalized in the city due to the functional economic profile focused initially on industry and commerce.

The development and competitiveness of a tourism destination is subject to its ability to attract tourists - willing to visit the place - and tour operators - willing to promote the destination. This ability depends on a number of factors affecting the image of the destination. A literature review reveals that most of the studies referring to tourism destinations focus on the factors attracting tourists, i.e. the demand side and very few on the factors attracting the supply side. The objective of this paper is to identify, for the case of island destinations, the common factors i.e. those which affect both demand and supply side and hence determine what we shall be referring to as the destination's Basic Image and the specific factors i.e. those which affect one of the sides only and hence, together with the Basic Image, determine what we shall be referring to as the destination's Specific Images as perceived by the two sides respectively. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Analogous to national economic statistics, national tourism statistics communicate the sizes of various tourism activities for individual countries. The World Tourism Organization annually compiles the national tourism statistics for most countries of the world. An analysis of the completeness of country reports discloses how extensive the Systems of Tourism Statistics (STS) are for 209 countries. Reporting countries are grouped into five tiers according to the extent of their STS. The study finds only 11% of countries fall in the most comprehensive STS tier, while 57% fall in the least extensive STS tiers. Logistic regression is employed to identify factors predicting tier membership and 2 among 12 are found to be significant predictor variables: Global Competitiveness and Political Freedom-Civil Liberties. This suggests which countries in higher tiers might assist tiers 4-5 countries in extending their STS. Additional recommendations for improving the extent of the world's tourism statistics are presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper will investigate the characteristics of the supply of dark tourism in London, UK through an examination of the identified main dark sites in London, UK. Our methodology is based on web analysis of the presence of marketed and non-marketed dark tourist sites in London, their web visitation, the level of their commercialization and the characteristics which place them in the various scales as categorized in current literature. We identified that London offers a much more entertainment-focused tourism experience rather than accurate historical and authentic sites which utilized major aspects of dark tourism for purposes such as commemoration or remembrance. The authors found this surprising given London’s long and often dark history. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Given the characteristics of the tourist industry in Cuba, the new stage that opens for relations with the United States and the opportunity that is the growth of visitors from this country, it is necessary to determine the gap between the Cuban tourist facilities and the US tourist market demand. To do so, the analytic-synthetic and hypothetical-deductive methods were applied, as well as interviews to experts and documentary review. The research characterizes the Cuban tourist facilities in terms of the variables product, price, communication and distribution and the profile of the American traveler from a social-psychographic segmentation made by the Travel Industry Association of America and National Geographic Traveler. Through this, inconsistencies between the Cuban tourist facilities and The US tourist demand were identified. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aimed to develop a specific assessment method focused on the tourism potential of the rural-mountain and boundary contact areas. Once elaborated, the model was employed within three appropriate territories of Cluj, Bistri?a and Bacău counties (Romania), who's investigated administrative units, were repeatedly ranked into hierarchical order according to the different tourist categories, invested with numerical values. In order to reach its goals, several objectives were assigned, from awarding the components of the primary and secondary tourism supply certain scores, proposing scales and calculating values, to comparing the results and identifying best rated tourism potential categories, units and areas. With respect to the research methodology, the most commonly used methods dealt with observation, analysis and synthesis along with comparison, cartographical, statistical and mathematical techniques. Therefore, main results regarded both proposal and testing the evaluation model, highlighting values and ranging territorial units in concordance with the tourist attractiveness power. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]