International Journal of Tourism Cities
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Street art and creative place-making: urban tourism regeneration in Toronto, Canada
Kelley A. McClincheyThis paper aims to discuss the place-making processes of street art within the context of Toronto, Canada, and potential for street art as alternative tourism to…
The Beijing Winter Olympics is different! Or is it?: integration and revalidation of residents’ mega-event perceptions and support models
Ning (Chris) Chen, Xi Chen, Colin Michael Hall, Biyun Li, Xueli Wang, Lingen WangThis study aims to integrate and revalidate previously proposed various structural models in understanding residents’ attitudes and behaviors in relation to mega-events…
Heritage and tourism development in China's former international concessions. Tianjin as a place study
Maria Gravari-Barbas, Sandra Guinand, Yue Lu, Xinyu LiBetween 1840s and 1940s, 27 occidental concessions have been created in several cities in China which represented difficult signs and memories for Chinese. Nowadays, these…
What does the media tell us about a destination? The Cancun case, seen from the USA, Canada, and Mexico
Elizabeth Olmos-Martínez, Miguel Á. Álvarez-Carmona, Ramón Aranda, Angel Díaz-PachecoThis study aims to present a framework for automatically collecting, cleaning and analyzing text (news articles, in this case) to provide valuable decision-making…
AR and VR-based travel: a responsible practice towards sustainable tourism
Kaushik Samaddar, Sanjana MondalDrawing on the UTAUT-2 model, the study attempts to accentuate the role of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) based tourism products and services in enhancing…
Quality, expenditure, and loyalty in a cultural event: a longitudinal study
Nora L. Bringas-Rábago, Djamel ToudertThe impact of event quality on expenditure and visitors’ loyalty has been an issue seldom analyzed by festival literature. These same incidental relations were not…
Changes in the size of domestic tourists in mainland China under the impact of COVID-19
Lina Zhong, Yingchao DongThe purpose of this paper is to explore the changes of the scale of urban tourists in mainland China under the impact of COVID-19 and, specifically, the following…
Tourism and public insecurity: what are its roots?
Ana Catarina Coutinho, Wilker Ricardo NóbregaStudies examining public insecurity and tourism tend to develop their research from the tourist's perspective, thereby focusing on its consequences, which insufficiently…
Tourist walkability and sustainable community-based tourism: conceptual framework and strategic model
Peik-Foong Yeap, Melissa Li Sa LiowThis paper aims to determine the significance of tourist walkability on three community-based tourism sustainability indicators, namely, the economic, social and…
Potentials, opportunities and challenges of ecotourism development in selected historical and sacred sites of North Shewa Zone, Amhara region, Ethiopia
Habtamu Mekonnen, Sefi MekonenEcotourism has emerged as a new hope of the tourism sector and is expected to overcome past pitfalls of mass tourism. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to assess the…
How does a hotel’s hygiene protocol quality trigger guests’ revisit intention during the pandemic? Evidence from Chinese guests
Md. Tariqul Islam, Uma Pandey, Satyajit Sinha, Siti Rahayu HussinBased on the Stimulus-Organism-Response Model, this study aims to investigate how the intention of Chinese guests to revisit a hotel (response) is triggered by the quality…
Beyond the certification of smart tourism destination: insights from the city of Medellín in Colombia
Naïma Aïdi, Nathalie FabryThis paper aims to give meaning to the smart tourism destination (STD) certification, highlighting its main advantages and limitations. The case of Medellín (Colombia…
Tourism and COVID-19 in China: recovery and resilience strategies of main Chinese tourism cities
Luqi Yang, Xiaoni Li, Ana Beatriz Hernández-LaraThe purpose of this study is to investigate the recovery and resilience tourism strategies and possible future development of four main Chinese tourism cities.
Chernobyl dreams: investigating visitors’ storytelling in the Chernobyl exclusion zone
Veera OjalaLittle is known about the overall meaning of the Chernobyl exclusion zone (CEZ) from the visitors’ point of view. Conceptualizing the zone as a storyscape and its…
Genealogy tourism and city tourism in Coimbra. Proposal for a Jewish culture route
Norberto Santos, Claudete Oliveira Moreira, Luís SilveiraTourism in Coimbra today is influenced by the fact that the Univer(s)city was distinguished as a World Heritage Site in 2013. The number of visits has grown very…
Framing the tourist spatial identity of a city as a tourist product
Melita Rozman CafutaThe purpose of this paper is to develop a methodology for shaping the tourist spatial identity of the city and to take advantage of it to discover alternative urban…
“Playing tourist” in a divided city
Jada Lindblom, Christine VogtThis study aims to investigate the social and affective impacts of inviting residents of a socially divided, post-war city to “play tourist” for a day, exploring their own…
Executing a destination branding strategy: Louisville Tourism’s Urban Bourbon Trail
Robert C. Ford, John T. Bowen, Stacey YatesThe purpose of this study is to add new insights into the discussion of how a city’s destination marketing organization (DMO) can apply operand resources to act upon its…
Stakeholder perceptions of volunteer tourism community impact
Jessica Aquino, Kathleen L. AndereckThis paper aims to examine volunteer tourism (VT) experiences of three stakeholder groups in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The guiding research question is: how does VT…
What makes Indian domestic tourists crowd-friendly in the post-COVID-19 phase?
Pinaz Tiwari, Nimit ChowdharyThis study aims to explore the good crowding effect among Indian domestic travellers during the COVID-19 pandemic in the context of the city destination. This study uses…
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hybridEditors:
- Prof Andres Coca-Stefaniak
- Prof Alastair Morrison
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