Today, the tourism industry has altered from a steady structure to a dynamic one in order to match the emerging needs, wants and demands of tourists. Given this, understanding the motivations of tourists is key to designing ...

Competitive environment enhanced the importance of tourist destination marketing recently. Developments in technology such as Internet and social media enable tourists to increase their knowledge about destinations more ...

Internet, as a marketing medium in the tourism industry, is a very valuable destination marketing tool. Different tourism authorities and organizations serve as marketing and service providers. They benefit from the use ...

Fethiye, ancient Telmessos, is the most important city of ancient Lycia; its exact date of establishment cannot be ascertained as yet (Aygen, 1988). However, the double ss in the last syllable of the name suggests that it ...

Pamukkale, also called Castle of Cotton, offers a highly picturesque and unique mix of natural beauty with its amazing limestone formations. Pamukkale (Hierapolis) is designated as a mix of cultural and natural heritage ...

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Given the importance of event organisations within a specific tourism destination, the main objective of this paper is to introduce the 2005 Universiade Summer Games held in Izmir, Turkey, as a case study, which will be ...

Information gathering has fundamental effects on travel-related decision-making process. When destinations use the Internet effectively, they possibly enjoy more successful destination marketing processes, more concentrated ...

Public authorities and the private tourism sector at the destinations have long recognized the benefits of diversifying the portfolio of attractions with special events and festivals. Therefore, the special events and ...

Purpose - The purpose of this study is to propose a definition and model of social sustainability within the ambit of systems theory and to test it on hospitality e-distributors. The study suggests that social sustainability ...