... 25 09 2020 09 02 2021 14 05 2021 06 06 2021 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2021 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Tourism Airbnb Text-mining COVID Inside Airbnb publishes web-scraped data on Airbnb listings in a large number of cities...

...Gebeyaw Ambelu Degarege; Brent Lovelock Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify pathways to improve the performance and competitiveness of Ethiopia's tourism sector using coffee as one essential tourism experience, thereby improving the socio-economic conditions of the local communities...

.... However, no study related to the tea and coffee museum experience exists in the tourism literature. Thus, investigating the tea and coffee museum experience will fill the current gap in the literature in terms of determining the aspects of the tea and coffee museum experience. Faruk Seyitoğlu can...

... of the qualities of the festival. Festival Tourism Motivation Cultural event Theatre festival More specifically, Williams and Bowdin (2007) have focussed on the International Festival of Edinburgh (UK) to analyse the management of festivals and their evaluation processes. Prentice and Andersen (2003...

...Irit Shmuel; Nir Cohen Purpose This study aims to examine changes in the discourse concerning Israeli tourism to Turkey between 2000 and 2014. Design/methodology/approach Drawing on the concept of geographic imagination and using a critical cultural discourse analysis of travel stories...

...John Holland McKendrick; James Bowness; Emmanuelle Tulle Purpose This paper aims to reflect on the nature of “parkrun tourism” and the challenges this presents to the understanding of sports tourism. Design/methodology/approach The contradictions and contested terrain of sports tourism...

...Spyros Avdimiotis; Ioulia Poulaki Purpose The purpose of this paper is to re-establish the role of Airbnb platform in the contemporary tourism destination management. Given the fact that sharing economy is mega-trend with various impacts at any destination, the paper’s purpose is to underline...

...Liz Sharples Purpose This study aims to apply the relatively new concept of customer experience management (CXM) to the pre-consumptive stage within a cruise tourist’s journey. Design/methodology/approach The work will apply CXM to the tourism sector and, in particular to the cruise market...

...Hamed Mohammed Almuhrzi; Hamed Ibrahim Al-Azri Purpose The purpose of this conference report is to provide an overview of the Second UNWTO/UNESCO World Conference on Tourism and Culture: Fostering Sustainable Development. Design/methodology/approach This is a conference report that provides...

... designers and managers in hospitality to improve service design and ensure effective service recoveries. Originality/value This paper introduces a novel approach for assessing host–guest interactions in tourism based on a real-time emotional assessment of service and relationship quality in hospitality...

... can be made at this point. However, the sample size is sufficient to examine the proposed model and understand the differences between the two resident segments (Emirati nationals vs expats) and to compare the differences in behavior between everyday leisure and tourism-related leisure activities...

...Hugues Seraphin; Anca C. Yallop; Alexandru Capatîna; Vanessa GB Gowreesunkar Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the link between history (heritage) and tourism marketing (destination branding). More specifically, the paper focusses on how heritage is used by private- and public...

...Peita Hillman; Brent D. Moyle; Betty Weiler Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore the benefits and drawbacks of visual methods, specifically architectural drawings, for assessing locals’ perceptions of proposed tourism development in a cultural tourism precinct. Design/methodology...

... on a qualitative study using several methods: a netnography, two focus groups and the critical incident technique. Our exploratory research has enabled us to identify the main motivations behind the choice of the couchsurfing experience as a form of sustainable tourism. Findings The obtained results show six...

...Maria Della Lucia; Giovanna Segre Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of intersectoriality within the cultural, creative and tourism industries in Italian local development. Design/methodology/approach The research design builds on the literature on culture-led...

..., in context of tourism sector, service quality (courtesy, hospitality etc). positively impacts the customer satisfaction; at the same time, features such as aesthetics of hotel and price of the room and other services also play an important role in overall satisfaction of the tourist. Hence, customer...

... and Gilmore (2011) postulate as necessary for experientializing one’s business. Beardsworth and Bryman (1999) refer to the process where a theme and a brand become coterminous in their expressions as “reflexive theming”, and branding and theming in tourism studies are closely related (Viken and Granås...

... with a virtue ethic approach. Stephen F. Haller can be contacted at: shaller@wlu.ca 15 09 2015 09 01 2016 04 11 2016 21 11 2016 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Tourism Rights Deontology Virtue ethics...

...Harald Pechlaner; Christian Nordhorn; Xenia Poppe Purpose This paper aims to deduce and present an extended hospitality approach. In developed countries, hospitality is increasingly linked to tourism; in times of migration and increased refugee flows, the accompanying social, economic...

...Hidayet Kislali; Mihalis Kavaratzis; Michael Saren Purpose – This paper aims to contribute to conceptualization of destination image (DI) and shed light on the overlooked socio-cultural aspects of tourism along with recent technological changes. It endeavours to develop a framework...