Essays on Tourism Research

Edited by Margarita Kefalaki and Gregory T. Papanikos

ISBN: 978-960-6672-24-8, 470 pages, Hardback

First published in 2007 by ATINER

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Table of Contents

1.	Tourism Research: An Introduction Kefalaki, M. & Papanikos, G.T.	1
PART I: Tourism Policy and Development
2.	Reaching the Independent Traveller: Product Distribution Issues for Aboriginal Tourism Enterprises in Remote Australia Schmallegger, D. & Carson, D.	13
3.	Geotourism: Antecedents, Present and Future Hose, T.A.	31
4.	A Conceptual Model of Tourism Development Facilitated by Low-Cost Airlines Mitas, O. & Kokkinou, A.	51
5.	Medical Tourism: A New Way of Traveling Menvielle, L.	67
6.	Rural Tourism Stakeholders and their Difference in Approaches Fotiadis, A. & Michalko, G.	81
7.	Sustainability of Handicrafts and Tourism: The Sample of Beypazari District Soylemezoglu, F. & Erdogan, Z.	93
8.	Technologies of the New Hotel Room Maraouch, F.	99
PART II: Tourism Marketing
9.	Mending Tourism Policy: Human Directed Advertising and Management Mileva, S. & Gesiou, S.	121
10.	Economic Development for Remote Communities – Can 4WD Tourism Help? Taylor, A. & Carson, D.	133
11.	Understanding Repeating Travel Phenomenon: A Segmentation Approach Moreno Pacheco, P. & Gonzalez Rodriguez, Mª R.	147
12.	Impacts of Resource Perception of Residence Area on the Evaluation of Preferred Destination Abroad - Focusing on Personal Value and Lifestyle Kim, M.H., Kim, E.J. & Kim H.B.	163
13.	MultiObjective Tourist Tour Design Caballero Fernandez, R., Gonzalez Lozano, M., Molina Luque, J. & Rodriguez Diaz, B.	179

14.	Are Wine Lovers Wine Tourists?An Analysis of the Tourism Behaviour of Visitors to Wine Festivals in Austria Geißler, R., Peters, M. & Williams, P.	191
15.	The Culinary Culture of Yalvac Erdogan, S. & Agca, H.	205
16.	Golfing Tourism and its Benefits towards Greek Tourism Industry Nachmias, S.N. and Kyriakidou, N.	217
17.	Handicrafts Produced for Tourism Activities in Turkey and their Importance for Advertising of the Country Sanli, H.S., Kayabasi, N.& Cittir, T.	231
18.	A Competitive Analysing of Promotion Activities at Extension of Tourism Planning: A Case Study of Turkey Sahbaz, P.R.	241
19.	The Food and Beverage Tourism Behavior of Neophylic and Neophobic Tourists in Rural Areas of Taiwan Tseng, T.H., Shen, C.C. & Chen, Y-C	257
20.	Evileyebeads Produced in Turkey and their Contributions to Tourism Yazicioglu,Y. & Sanli, H.S.	273
PART III: Tourism Management
21.	Adopted Planning Practices by the Greek Hospitality Industry: Empirical Findings Koufopoulos, D.N., Gkliatis, I.P. & Argyropoulou, M.	291
22.	Managing the Social, Financial and Environmental Issues of Sustainable Travel Offers Tixier M.	313
23.	The Role of Strategic Alliance in Determining the Relationship between Customer’s Perception to Alliance Companies and Hotel’s Brand Equity Lee J.W. & Kim H.B.	339
24.	The Effects of Partner Selecting Criteria on the Perception of Strategic Alliances Outcomes in Hotels Hwang S.Y., Kim S.H. & Kim S.	355
25.	Effects of the All-Inclusive System Applied for the Tourism of Bodrum District on the Sector of Souvenir Etikan S., Guner B. & Soylemezoglu F.	371
26.	A Study of General Managers’ Career Path and their Career Path Chun H., Kim M., Song Y. & Park H.	385
27.	The Price Competitiveness of Tourism Destinations: A South African Case Study Haarhoff, R.	401
28.	Spa Tourism: A Country Comparison Wisnom, M. & Brezina, S.	415
PART IV: Food and Beverages
29.	An Evaluation of the Hygiene Status of Four and Five Star Hotel Kitchens in Ankara Cakiroglu, F.P. & Ucar, A.	425
30.	The State of Academic Staff’s having Holiday and their Nutrition Habits on Holiday Ozcelik, A.O., Surucuoglou, M.S., Ucar, A. & Akan, L.S.	433
31.	Hygienic Rules to be Observed at the Food and Beverages Departments of Accommodation Enterprises Ozcelik, A.O., Surucuoglu, M.S. & Ozdogan, Y.	449
32.	The “Food Safety” Perceptions of the Food and Beverages Personnel Working at Accommodation Enterprises: Kusadasi (Turkey) Sample Cakiroglu, F.P. & Tas, B.	461