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

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. …