Mapping of accessibility across the EU Member States for three different sectors: local transport, long-distance transport, and tourism. Specific policies, research priorities and recommendations are made per state clusters and for the EU, which can enhance accessibility in each of the three sectors.
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This paper reviews the published articles on eTourism in the past 20 years. Using a wide variety of sources, mainly in the tourism literature, this paper comprehensively reviews and analyses prior studies in the context of Internet applications to tourism.
Main goal of the research is to present a three-stage model of designing and evaluating tourism experiences in senior mobility, named as the OEC Model. The results of stage one and three of the model considered as a more integrated approach on designing and evaluating senior tourism experiences are presented. The findings highlight the importance of a pre-stage in what concerns organizing the tourism experience (supply perspective); and a post-stage assessing senior´s perceptions after the experience (demand perspective).
Surveys ( TOURAGE project) indicate the significant potential of remote regions for senior tourism. Seniors importantly For senior respondents enjoy rest and silence. Top 5 attractions Safety, nature, historical sites, quality of services, and easy transportation connections.
Fifty European experts were asked to submit papers examining not only the major issues addressed by transport economics in the past, but also those that are likely to emerge in the future. What are the main difficulties facing transport economics? What have been the main advances and how can they help us to solve problems? What remains to be done? These papers are presented in this volume which also includes a full summary of the discussions at the Round Table.
This paper presents data from a Baja California tourist resort to show that natives hold two kinds of ethnic stereotypes of tourists. “General” stereotypes attribute very general traits to persons and are used to explain the observed behavior of tourists. The unrelated “specific” stereotypes provide precise descriptions of what tourists want and how they act in business situations: they are used as guides to conducting business with tourists. Both kinds of stereotype are based on ideas learned from others or created anew from observations. Both are tested by observation or experiment.
This paper deals with the importance of residents within place branding. The aim of this paper is to examine the different roles that residents play in the formation and communication of place brands and explores the implications for place brand management.
This study investigated travel interests, constraints to travel, and other relevant characteristics regarding persons 55 or older. The results identify significant demographic differences between travelers and non-travelers as well as differing constraints for travelers and non-travelers.