Towards a Smart Tourism Business Ecosystem based on Industrial Heritage: research perspectives from the mining region of Rio Tinto,Spain

The implications of the study provide suggestions for future improvements relating to the development of industrial tourism destinations. The possibility of ‘re-using’ the old industrial and mining heritage could favour the development of an economic opportunity to the recession that affected most industrial regions after the 1960s. This paper is focused on the field of industrial heritage tourism management (IHTM) to deepen the knowledge about its business ecosystem. The IHTM is chosen because a number of evidences highlight the interconnections that exist between this field and the business ecosystem concept. To explore these interconnections, the purpose of this article is to define a frame of analysis based also on the emergent initiative of smart tourism and to set up a theoretical framework not only used to the case study of the region of Rio Tinto mine in Spain, but also used as a policy instrument to suggest propositions for recommending new paths for future studies.     

试析不丹旅游产业的成就与问题

不丹与我国领土接壤,是中国旅客旅游目的地国之一。近年来,中不关系包括经济关系与政治关系不断增进,尤其是旅游业因特色旅游资源和高端旅游产品快速发展,成为我国专家学者关注的重要研究内容。但不丹旅游业也面临诸多发展问题,这是由其旅游资源本身特点,旅游产品发展过程中因政策问题、资金问题造成的人为困难等决定的。为解决本国旅游业发展中的问题,不丹政府应与企业界通力合作,推动不丹旅游业的可持续发展。     

北戴河滨海旅游发展历程研究

北戴河作为中国近代旅游业的摇篮,已有百余年的发展历史,是中国滨海旅游发展的典型代表。本文在分析北戴河旅游开发历史的基础上,将北戴河旅游发展历程分为初始开发、发展繁荣和转型提升三个阶段,通过对各阶段发展特征的分析发现,北戴河滨海旅游发展在需求构成、旅游设施及产品形态、空间布局等方面表现出显著的时代特征。     

浅谈中蒙两国旅游业的合作与发展

中蒙两国是友好邻邦,自建交以来,两者双边贸易得到持续稳定的发展。近年来,随着旅游业在两国国民经济中的地位日渐突出,同时,两国在区位、交通、资源禀赋、外交政策、发展需求等多方面的优势,使得两国在旅游业的发展上存在各自独特的差异,同时又极具互补性。所以加强两国在旅游业上的合作和发展,这对中蒙两国的友好合作,对亚洲乃至世界安全和发展来说都是举足轻重的。     

Characteristics of a Medical Tourism Industry: The Case of South Korea

This study investigates the process involved in developing a medical tourism industry in South Korea as a case country, one of the fastest growing countries with strong potential in the medical tourism industry. It analyzed 252 articles on medical tourism posted on the websites of the Korean Tourism Organization and the Korean International Medical Association. Both sources are highly representative portal websites for medical tourism in the country. The article aims to enhance understanding of medical tourism as a new growth industry while identifying its key developmental characteristics and makes valuable suggestions for the industry that can be reflected to other countries. The study contributes theoretically and practically by examining the unique and updated characteristics and process of positioning of this recently emerging field in the global tourism industry.     

婺源乡村旅游可持续发展与徽派古民居保护

在分析婺源乡村旅游发展和徽派古民居保护现状与存在问题的基础上，研究了婺源乡村旅游可持续发展与徽派古民居保护之间的关系，提出了两者协调发展的对策，包括旅游开发与古民居保护利益共享；坚持政府主导、市场化运作；拓展旅游产品；完善古民居保护立法和加强旅游可持续发展与古民居保护的宣传、教育等。     

Developing a conceptual framework for slow travel: a grounded theory approach

This paper discusses the sociocultural phenomenon of slow travel and explores and clarifies definitional issues. The 30-year-plus antecedents of slow travel are examined. A literature review shows a concentration on four key features: slowness and the value of time; locality and activities at the destination; mode of transport and travel experience; and environmental consciousness. Links to the slow food and slow city movements are discussed, and evidence that slow travel is an important emergent form of tourism in Europe, accounting for 10% of the holiday market, is provided. A grounded theory approach continues the exploration, involving 23 in-depth interviews with practitioners and academics, which revealed that their core requirements for slow travel centred on slowness, the travel experience and environmental consciousness. There was a lack of consensus about the eligibility of car travel and high-speed rail. Slow travel is seen as a group of associated ideas rather than as a watertight definition; it is a mindset about travel rather than a tangible product and concentrates on lack of speed rather than slowness per se. The conclusion shows it to be a growing part of the sustainable tourism paradigm and proposes a working definition of slow travel.     

Residents' perceptions of the environmental impacts of tourism in the Lake Bosomtwe Basin,Ghana

This study investigates residents' perceptions of tourism's physical impacts in the Lake Bosomtwe Basin in Ghana. Data were based on a resident survey conducted in the basin in January 2006. Residents perceived both positive and negative impacts of tourism development, but were more inclined to the positive side. Based on the findings, it is recommended that the district assemblies in partnership with the Ministry of Tourism should start managing the impacts, and also educate the local population on the dangers of underestimating the negative impacts of tourism on the environment.     

The business model and balanced scorecard in creative tourism: the ultimate strategy boosters

Despite the various studies on creative tourism, little managerial frameworks such as a business model and a balanced scorecard are investigated for this new phenomenon. The overall image that emerges from the literature is ambiguous and fuzzy. Also, many activities known as creative tourism experiences may provide new participative experiences but rarely include a creative process. This study covers a whole aspect in designing a feasibility test model for creative experiences based on balanced scorecard through qualitative content analysis and as the essence of that, a Business Model by content validity and clustering analysis. Analysis of data by the mentioned methods reveals that four perspectives and 13 critical success factors are essential for the feasibility of a creative tourism experience. In addition, 22 indicators in 3 main dimensions determine the success of a creative tourism business model. This study is part of a growing body of research focused on discovering hidden aspects of creative tourism.