Contemporary
Issues in Tourism: Perspectives and Challenges
Edited
by Nicolas Papadopoulos
ISBN: 960-6672-00-X, 230 pages, Hardback
First published in 2006 by ATINER
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Table of Contents
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List of Contributors |
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The Promise and the Challenge of
Tourism Research: An Introduction Dr.
Nicolas Papadopoulos, Editor
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SECTION I:
Consumers and Tourism Destinations
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A Historical Review of
Tourism Destination Image Research: From the Observations of
Aristotle, to the Branding of Place Statia
Elliot |
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Nationality-Based
Market Segmentation of Tourists Jan
Mřller Jensen |
35 |
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Tourist-Consumer Behavior in Ruey-Li Area, Han Chein Lin, Tsui-Ying
Huang, and Chiung-Hua Wang, |
53 |
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“Product-Country
Image” and “Tourism Destination Image”: An Integrative Review, Implications,
and Agenda for Research Statia
Elliot and Nicolas Papadopoulos SECTION II:
Events, Regions, and Development |
63 |
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The
Event Life Cycle Approach – The Long Robert Kaspar |
83 |
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An
Overview of Festival and Event Development in Modern Yong Joe Zhou and John Ap |
101 |
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Cultural
Tourism and Regional Development in Inland Portugal Eduardo Brito Henriques SECTION III: How the Insiders Feel: Managers and Employees in Tourism |
113 |
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Hotel Quality
Factors by the Analytic Hierarchy Process Mehpare Timor and Seyhan
Sipahi |
133 |
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The
Importance of Job Satisfaction in Services Marketing and the Case of Simav Eynal Thermal Company Serpil Yilmaz,
Murat Caylak, and Murat Ozcan |
147 |
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How
Does Business Ethics Affect Job Satisfaction of Employees? Empirical Evidence
from International Tourist Hotels in Chien-Wen Tsai and Hui-Ying
Chung SECTION IV: Infrastructure: The Backbone of Tourism |
159 |
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The
New Relationships between the Global Distribution Systems (GDS) and the
Travel Industry Players in Eric Viardot |
175 |
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Network
Analysis as a Tool for the Investigation of Structural Characteristic of
Drive Tourism Destinations Hsin-Yu Shih |
193 |
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Pottery,
Pride and Prejudice: Assessing Resident Attitudes to Linda Phillips and Peter Schofield |
209 |