Cultural Tourism in a Digital Era: First International Conference IACuDiT, Athens, 2014 (Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics)

Vicky Katsoni

ISBN 10: 3319158589 / ISBN 13: 9783319158587

Published by Springer, 2015

About this Item

Hardcover, xii + 417 pages, NOT ex-library. Signs of mild wear, book is clean and bright with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps, firmly bound. Issued without a dust jacket. -- Contents: Part I: Consumers' View on Today's Tourism Industry -- Views of Greek Mountain Travelers on Mountain Tourism During Summertime: A Questionnaire Web-Based Analysis / Natali Dologlou; Preferences and Behaviors of the Elder People Resting in Valuable Natural Areas / Jan Zawadka; Interrelationships of Service Quality, Customer Satisfaction, Corporate Image and Customer Loyalty of Malaysian Hotel Industry / Boon Liat Cheng; Egyptian Tourism with the Expected Water Scarcity Crisis / Sameh A. Refaat; Concept of Classification of Tourist Motivation Factors / L.A. Koziol; Part II: Cultural Tourism Today -- Art in the Globalised Era: A Disembodied Journey with Traces in the Past / Spiros Polimeris; Russian Artistic Gymnastics as a Sports Tourism Product: Some Observations and a Research Agenda / Elizabeth Booth; Greek Museums on the Web / V. Vrana; Rose and Olive Heritage in Bulgaria and Greece: A Comparative Study / Vesselin Loulanski; Promotion of Cultural Heritage Tourism in Chokhatauri District in Georgia / Eka Devidze; Application of a Cultural Landscape Tourism Marketing Management Approach in a Mountainous Area / Vicky Katsoni; Approaching the Monuments of the 'Other': A Model for Their Presentation / Vasiliki Mitropoulou; Pilgrimage in Georgia / Tinatin Kublashvili; Wandering as the Determinant of Identity and Difference in Ancient Greek Literature: The Paradigm of Herodotus and Pausanias / Pitropou Ekaterini; Motivations and Experiences of Museum Visitors: The Case of the Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom / Raymond Powell; Part III: Heading Towards a Digital Model of Tourism -- Game-Based Learning and Lifelong Learning for Tourist Operators / R. Pace; Effectiveness and Impact of Intellectual Property Rights: The Case of Digital Content Industry of Taiwan / Chih-cheng Lo; 'Clinical Risk' of a Research Project: Communication Processes / Daniela Dato; Crowdsourced Heritage Tourism Open?Data, Small-Data and e-Participatory Practices as Innovative Tools in Alps Cultural Heritage Topic: Information Technology and e-Tourism / Daniele Villa; Digital Divide and Its Potential Impact on Cultural Tourism / Christian Maurer; Reflections of Destinations on Social Media / Gökce Özdemir; An ICT-Based Competence Framework to Facilitate Intercultural Competence Continuous Professional Development / Simon Caruana; Web 2.0 Enhancing Role in Heritage Interpretation Based on Constructivist Learning Theories / Vlassi Eirini; Xperience the CITY: The City of Destination as an Integrator and Its Role in Co-creating Travel Experiences / Evangelia G. Dougali; Part IV: Tourism Product from an Alternative Perspective -- Civilized Observers in a Backward Land: British Travellers in Greece, 1832?1862 / Pandeleimon Hionidis; Agritourism as a Form of Recreation for Students / Agata Balinska; Effect of Visiting Friends and Relatives on Expatriates' Destination Knowledge: Abstract / Chris Dutt; Visitor Attraction Management: Is There Space for New Thinking Despite the Crisis? The Cases of Buckingham Palace and the Museum of Acropolis / G. Aspridis; Tourism Business Sector Stance in Front of a Sport Tourism Development: Focusing on Crete / Leonidas Gaitanakis; Planning the Sustainable Tourist Development of Zakynthos Island: A Methodological Framework / E. Kapsaski; Sentiment Analysis of Hotel Reviews in Greek: A Comparison of Unigram Features / George Markopoulos; Development of Tourism in Apulia Region and Training of Tour Operators / Isabella Loiodice; Natural and Cultural Resources as a 'Vehicle' for Paving Alternative Local Tourist Development Paths: A Participatory Methodological Framework / M. Panagiotopoulou; Feasibility Study of Creating Audio Tourism with Emphasis on Urban Sounds / Mohammad Hossein Tamjidi.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cultural Tourism in a Digital Era: First International Conference IACuDiT, Athens, 2014 (Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics)
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3319158589
• ISBN 13: 9783319158587
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

This book covers the entire spectrum of cultural and digital tourism and presents the latest findings, examples and cases, highlighting innovations for the tourism industry from both an academic and a practical point of view. The book invites readers to discover ongoing developments and recent trends in fields like heritage and museum management; sports tourism; tourism economics and policy; e-marketing and e-business; and many other fields, making it of value to researchers in tourism management, practitioners and policymakers alike. The book was edited in collaboration with the International Association of Cultural and Digital Tourism - IACuDiT - and includes the proceedings of the First International Conference on Cultural and Digital Tourism.

About the Author

Dr.Vicky Katsoni is an Assistant Professor at the Tourism Department of the Technological Educational Institute (TEI) of Athens, Greece and she is also teaching at the Greek Open University at the MSc program of Tourism Management. She holds a PhD in Tourism Marketing Management and ICT Applications in Tourism, an MBA and a BA (Hons) in Economics. She has participated in several European and National research projects and her research interests include tourism distribution channels, digital tourism, tourism marketing, medical tourism and consumer behavior. She has published 7 books on tourism, chapters in edited volumes, and numerous papers on highly academic journals. She is the president of the “International Association of Cultural and Digital Tourism”, and is member of the Editorial Board of many journals in tourism and marketing.