Anatolia: an International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research
- England, UK : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2019
- 175-302 pages ; 25 cm.
- Anatolia: an International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research, Volume 30, Issue 2, June 2019 .
Includes bibliographical references.
New contributions in Tourism Research in the Ibero-American world -- Urban development and evolution of Valencian seaside destinations -- Magic peoples programme - its localities in phase of involvement -- Competitiveness and innovation: effects on prosperity -- Recreational value of El Valle and Carrascoy Natural Park -- Synthetic indicators and sustainable coastal tourism in Murcia, Spain -- Estimating the impact of cruise tourism through regional input-output tables -- Wine tourism in Mexico: an initial exploration -- Border medical tourism: the Ciudad Juárez medical product -- Tourism in the Blue Growth strategy: a model proposal -- Profiling cruise passengers in a Mediterranean port-of-call -- The 36th annual EuroCHRIE conference: "EuroCHRIE 2018 - Be Inspired" -- What are the reasons behind tourism boycotts? -- The tourism system -- Femininities in the field: tourism and transdisciplinarity research.
[Article Title: New contributions in Tourism Research in the Ibero-American world/ Andres Artal-Tur and Antónia Correia, p. 175-176] Abstract: Tourism is a fast growing industry, reaching 1.2 billion international travellers last year 2017, and with forecasted numbers of 1.8 billion in 2030 according to the World Tourism Organization. Latin countries in Europe and America are important destinations in the world tourism market. Spain received more than 82 international arrivals in 2017, ranked in second place in terms of arrivals and receipts in the UNWTO annual statistics. Portugal reached the distinction of Best Tourism Destination in the World in 2017 given by the World Travel Awards, recognizing the huge competitiveness and efforts that this country is making in the last years in order to continue growing as a global destination and for specific segments like rural or golf tourism for example. Latin America, with a variety of destinations and tourism specialization patterns, has been showing an important growth rate as a source and receiving region for tourism flows in this decade.;[Article Title: Urban development and evolution of Valencian seaside destinations/ Alicia M. García-Amaya,Rafael R. Temes-Cordovez,Moisés R. Simancas-Cruz and María Pilar Peñarrubia-Zaragoza, p. 177-188] Abstract: Mass tourism activity entails resource consumption and land uses usually difficult to be managed in a satisfactory way by urban planners. In practice, urbanism becomes a key tool in the design and conformation of tourist destinations, and, consequently, in their degree of success. This paper analyses the role of urbanism in the evolution of four relevant coastal destinations in the Valencian region in Spain. The aim of the research is to investigate the relationship between urban planning and tourist activity performance. Such an approach looks for opening a space of reflection for the scope of urbanism in helping destinations to achieve competitiveness and sustainability dimensions.;[Article Title: Magic peoples programme - its localities in phase of involvement/ Rosa María Angélica Shaadi Rodríguez,Leticia del Socorro Shaadi Rodríguez,Juan Ignacio Pulido-Fernández and Ismael Manuel Rodríguez Herrera, p. 189-199] Abstract: The central target of this investigation has been to identify localities in the involvement phase inside its life cycle like destinations Magic Town, pointing out the characteristics that they possess in this stage based on the model of the life cycle of Butler. The methodology was based on the analysis of the diagnoses elaborated by the Ministry of Tourism of Mexico for the Magic Villages, in which there were examined variables of competitiveness and sustainability, which provided information relating to the characteristics of the life cycle. The results reveal that localities in this involvement phase present characteristics together related to the inflow, the seasonal nature, types of attractions, the connectivity and the scarce rendering of tourist service.;[Article Title: Competitiveness and innovation: effects on prosperity/ Antonio García-Sánchez,David Siles &María de Mar Vázquez-Méndez, p. 200-213] Abstract: Competitiveness is a broad concept applied to many fields, especially economics. The study of tourism competitiveness has focused on factors that can enhance the prosperity of a destination. One of these factors is innovation. Innovation makes a destination's enterprises more advanced and efficient, therefore, more productive. The first studies about innovation in technology, consider it an incipient concept based only on activities such as internet use, but it has evolved into a wider concept changing the way of doing business. Innovation is not only an enhancer of competitiveness, it is a more relevant concept; it can be a generator of prosperity on its own because innovation in every aspect will provide a better quality of life for the destination.;[Article Title: Recreational value of El Valle and Carrascoy Natural Park/ Miguel Ángel Tobarra-González and Javier Mendoza-Monpeán, p. 215-222] Abstract: In this paper, an estimate of recreational value of El Valle and Carrascoy Natural Park is obtained by applying individual travel cost method. A consumer surplus or benefit of one visit (of one person) to this natural park has been estimated in 5.09 euros. This figure can provide information to stakeholders in order to determine recreational investments and to get a proper environment management and sustainable use of this place. As the model shows, people react to travel cost, and so, an entrance fee would reduce the number of visits in case of overcrowding. Nonetheless, given the profile of visitor, signalling and information about a proper use from an environmental point of view would be a socially preferable policy.;[Article Title: Synthetic indicators and sustainable coastal tourism in Murcia, Spain/ María Belén Cobacho-Tornel, p. 223-234] Abstract: This paper proposes the use of synthetic indicators to measure the sustainability of tourist activity in the coastal tourist areas of the Region of Murcia, providing a comparative analysis. Based on indicators proposed by the World Tourism Organization, and using hypothetical targets provided by users, the results obtained have the advantage of being easily interpretable by policy-makers, showing the strengths and weaknesses of the coastal areas of the Region of Murcia with regards to tourist activity, related to sustainability in general, and to its different dimensions in particular, which makes it possible for policy-makers to focus on those aspects which require special attention. As far as we know, this is the first study quantifying sustainable tourist activity in the region.;[Article Title: Estimating the impact of cruise tourism through regional input-output tables/ Andrés Artal-Tur,José Miguel Navarro-Azorín and José María Ramos-Parreño, p. 235-245] Abstract: In this paper we estimate the economic impact of cruise tourism with an application to the Port of Cartagena, Spain. As a novelty, we build on a newly available regional input-output (IO) framework. This allows us to compute the indirect and induced effects of cruise ship visits, which adds to the direct effects obtained from survey data. Results identify the total impact in terms of employment, wages, gross operating surplus and value added. Methodologically, the use of regional IO tables improves the accuracy of previous methodologies building on country IO Tables. Results of the investigation provide important policy recommendations to the public and private stakeholders in order to manage this rising activity.;[Article Title: Wine tourism in Mexico: an initial exploration/ Gerardo Novo,Maribel Osorio and Sergio Sotomayor, p. 246-257] Abstract: In the 1980s, the wine industry in Mexico began to define its own identity, and by the end of the 1990s wine regions started to experience the attraction of their first visitors. This fact changed the producers' perspective and enhanced the definition of products and experiences associated with tourism. This paper seeks to present an overview of the current state of the wine tourism industry in Mexico, while analyzing the conditions for its emergence and growth based on a three-stage tourism model proposed by Carmichael and Senese. The development of new wine regions, the emergence of wineries and the growing interest in the food-related tourism make the wine tourism sector a promising activity in Mexico.;[Article Title: Border medical tourism: the Ciudad Juárez medical product/ Maria Teresa Martínez Almanza,Jaume Guía Julve,Santos Alonso Morales Muñoz and María Angélica Esparza Santillana, p. 258-266] Abstract: The pursuit of cross-border health care between the United States and Mexico has been a common practice for decades. Patients in the United States are motivated to seek medical attention in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, due to several factors: affordability of treatment abroad, access to treatments not available at home, considerable cost differentiation, as well as long waiting lists to receive medical attention at home, among others. The results of 28 interviews with the main stakeholders are presented in this article, with the purpose of achieving a better understanding of border medical tourism. The results show a medical tourism product differentiated by various health care needs and the income of patients.;[Article Title: Tourism in the Blue Growth strategy: a model proposal/ Beatriz Mayén Cañavate,Juan Andrés Bernal Conesa,Antonio Juan Briones Peñalver and Pedro Anunciação, p. 267-278] Abstract: This paper aims to be a first approximation to analyze tourism along with the concept of Blue Growth in Spain and Portugal. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to validate a model, which relates nautical tourism to the three perspectives of Blue Growth: economic, social and environmental. The first section introduces the importance of the maritime and marine industry within the European Union. The next section analyzes the concept of Blue Growth and the different policies that have been prepared for their development, paying particular attention to tourism. The following, describes tourism in general and nautical tourism and finally establishes the methodology used for the development of the research, and conclusions as well as future lines of research.;[Article Title: Profiling cruise passengers in a Mediterranean port-of-call/ Annarita Sorrentino ,Marcello Risitano ,Giacomo Del Chiappa and Tindara Abbate, p. 279-290] Abstract: This study profiles cruise passengers based on their perceived satisfaction with their experience. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and K-means Cluster Analysis were applied to a sample of 419 cruise passengers interviewed in the period March-April 2013 at the port-of-call of Messina (Italy). The main factors that influenced destination satisfaction were: onshore shopping experience, transportation and tourist services, security perceptions, port-related factors, length of stay, and aesthetic perceptions of the destination. Furthermore, two clusters were identified: "independent passengers" and "organized passengers". Contributions to the body of knowledge and managerial implications are discussed and suggestions for further research are given.;[Article Title: The 36th annual EuroCHRIE conference: "EuroCHRIE 2018 - Be Inspired"/ Diego Bufquin, p. 291-293] Abstract: The EuroCHRIE, a federation of the International Council on Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Education (ICHRIE), successfully organized the 36th annual conference in Dublin, Ireland from November 7 to 9 November 2018. This year's conference theme, "Be Inspired", aimed to assemble scholars and practitioners from around the globe, in order for them to share their hospitality and tourism knowledge in a conference showcasing exceptional research and engendering critical debates. The three-day conference, which was preceded by two days of workshops and meetings, was hosted by the Dublin Institute of Technology at the Chartered Accountants House, in the heart of Dublin.;[Article Title: What are the reasons behind tourism boycotts?/ Ismail Shaheer,Neil Carr and Andrea Insch, p. 294-296] Abstract: Boycotting as a coercive tactic is common now, with Ethical Consumer Research Association (Citation2018) reporting more than 100 consumer boycotts in the last 20 years. Chatzidakis and Lee (Citation2013) explain that boycotting is a decision made by people in light of ethical concerns. Recently, the concept of boycotting has been attached to ethical (Irving, Harrison, & Rayner, Citation2002), and political consumerism (Micheletti & Stolle, Citation2008). The tourism industry has experienced its fair share of boycotts (Shaheer, Insch, & Carr, Citation2018).;[Article Title: The tourism system/ Deepak Chhabra, p. 297-302] Abstract: It is a recognized fact that a tourism system is a complex and dynamic phenomena and study of tourism requires a systems perspective to understand the bridging dynamics between demand and supply of both visiting and visited communities (Chhabra, Citation2015). Therefore, Morrison, Lehto and Day's book is an updated and a timely contribution to especially understand the supply-side dynamics of the tourism system; it offers a constructive view to resolve a vast spectrum of anomalies in the travel and tourism industry. The book is divided into four inter-connected sections: the first part focuses on destination planning, developing and controlling tourism, the second part centres on strategy, planning, branding and promotion, the third part presents factors impacting visitors and the fourth part is about travel flows, distribution and transportation.;[Article Title: Femininities in the field: tourism and transdisciplinarity research/ Elisabetta Ruspini, p. 297-302] Abstract: Does femininity influence how data is collected and how the scientific process is conducted, as well as the overall well-being of the female researcher? What factors impact on the woman researcher in the field? Do women encounter specific biases in tourism research? The book "Femininities in the Field. Tourism and Transdisciplinary Research" tries to answer these key questions by discussing the role and impact of gender in tourism studies fieldwork. The book goes beyond a simple methodological analysis, providing accounts of the challenges, biases, and complexities of being a woman, a spouse, a mother in the field of tourism research. Each chapter offers the reader an insight into a specific field which young and experienced researchers might find useful when carrying out their own research, such as the effects of gender on gaining and maintaining access in fieldwork, the issue of personal safety, and the negotiations between fieldwork responsibilities and the fulfilment of traditional gender roles (e.g. partner/spouse, mother). Moreover, the collection of essays, using international case studies from different continents (Asia, Europe, Oceania, North, Central and South America), sheds light on the complex relationship between gender, tourism and cultural diversity. All chapters, by telling us how authors actively try to understand and embrace cultural difference while doing field research, offer important suggestions for future research conducted in transcultural contexts and outline potential areas of concerns for supervisors. These are crucial issues for the multi-disciplinary and cross-cultural field of tourism.