Destination competitiveness, the environment and sustainability : challenges and cases /

• Other Authors: Kozak, Metin, 1968- (Editor), Artal-Tur, Andrés, (Editor)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2016.
• Series: CABI series in tourism management research
• Subjects: Tourism > Environmental aspects.; Sustainable development.; Tourism > Case studies. > Management; Tourism > Case studies. > Marketing; Natural Resource Economics, (New March 2000); Leisure, Recreation and Tourism Economics, (New March 2000); Marketing and Distribution.; Meteorology and Climate.; Tourism and Travel.; Case studies.; Climate change.; Destinations.; Environmental impact.; Environmental protection.; Management.; Market competition.; Marketing.; Sustainability.; Tourism.
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This book provides insights on the topic of tourism destination management, focusing on the analysis of three main issues: (1) the factors influencing destination competitiveness, (2) the environmental dimension of tourism (including climate change issues); and (3) destination sustainability. The bo...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction / Andrés Artal-Tur and Metin Kozak
• Tourism Destination Competitiveness and Innovation : The Case of the Spanish Mediterranean Coast / Antonio García Sánchez and David Siles López
• Destination Evaluation through the Prioritization of Competitiveness Pillars : The Case of Brazil / Jose Manoel Gándara and Adriana Fumi Chim-Miki
• Creativity and City Tourism Repositioning : The Case of Valencia, Spain / José María Nácher Escriche and Paula Simó Tomás
• Visual Semantics and Destination Competitiveness : The Case of Wedding Tourism in Mexico / Gerardo Novo Espinosa de los Monteros and Maribel Osorio Garcia
• The Potential Effects of Climate Change on the Tourism Industry : A Study in Turkey / Musa Pinar, Ibrahim Birkan, Gamze Tanil and Muzaffer Uysal
• Using Tourism to Mitigate Against Climate Change : The Case of the Caribbean / Kimberley Blackwood, Juley Wynter-Robertson and Nadine Valentine
• Green Economy Practices in the Tourism Industry : The Case of Limpopo Province, South Africa / Charles Nhemachena, Siyanda Jonas and Selma Karuaihe
• Environmental Resources and the Hotel Industry : The Case of Slovenia / Tanja Mihalic̆
• Ecological Modernization and Environmental Education: The Case of Turkey / Habib Alipour and Hossein G.T. Olya
• Understanding the Seasonal Concentration of Tourist Arrivals : The Case of the South of Spain / José David Cisneros-Martínez and Antonio Fernández-Morales
• Tourism Policy and the Challenge of Seasonality : The Case of the Balearic Islands / Margarita Alemany, Maria Antonia García and Ángela Aguilo
• Expenditure and Stay Behaviour of Nature-based Visitors : The Case of Costa Rica / Andrés Artal-Tur and Antonio Juan Briones-Peñalver
• Socio-economic Profile of Sustainable Tourists and Expenditure at Destinations : A Local-based Analysis in Andalusia, Spain / Pablo Juan Cárdenas-García and Juan Ignacio Pulido-Fernández
• Networking for Sustainable Cultural Tourism Activities and Dynamics : The Case of Oporto / Ivana Stević and Zélia Breda
• Facing the Challenges of Sustainability : The Case of Bulgarian Tourism / Mariya Stankova
• Conclusion / Andrés Artal-Tur and Metin Kozak.