Essays about: "IMPORTANCE OF INTERNET TO THE TOURISM INDUSTRY"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words IMPORTANCE OF INTERNET TO THE TOURISM INDUSTRY.

  1. 1. A study of foreign exchange student’s consumption motivations from a food tourism perspective in Shanghai, China

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för tjänstevetenskap

    Author : Frederic Köllisch; [2019]
    Keywords : food tourism; culinary tourism; consumption; motivation; information search; china; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Despite the massive growth of the tourism industry worldwide in the past years, there is still a noticeable scarcity in scientific and scholarly literature when it comes to the phenomenon of food tourism, or simply the awareness that food and beverages play a vital role within the tourism industry. Particularly in developing countries but also in cosmopolitan cities such as Shanghai, food tourism has been widely neglected by researchers, companies and culinary establishments as a possibility for growth and improvement of the tourism machine. READ MORE

  2. 2. A study of foreign exchange student’s consumption motivations from a food tourism perspective in Shanghai, China

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för tjänstevetenskap

    Author : Frederic Köllisch; [2019]
    Keywords : food tourism; culinary tourism; consumption; motivation; information search; china; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Despite the massive growth of the tourism industry worldwide in the past years, there is still a noticeable scarcity in scientific and scholarly literature when it comes to the phenomenon of food tourism, or simply the awareness that food and beverages play a vital role within the tourism industry. Particularly in developing countries but also in cosmopolitan cities such as Shanghai, food tourism has been widely neglected by researchers, companies and culinary establishments as a possibility for growth and improvement of the tourism machine. READ MORE

  3. 3. Coping with Overtourism: Redirecting tourism consumption through social media and the Internet

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Elin Eliasson; Karla Velasco; [2018-07-03]
    Keywords : overtourism; overcrowding; challenges; social media; place demarketing; place branding; place marketing; sustainability marketing;

    Abstract : With tourism being the largest industry in Europe and one of the fastest growing sectors, the importance of sustainable tourism consumption from an economic, social, cultural and environmental aspect is vital. A problem related to growing tourism is overcrowding, also known as overtourism; a relatively new phenomenon describing destinations where hosts or guests, residents or visitors are having the perception of there being too many tourists in one place. READ MORE

  4. 4. Adoption of e-Commerce in micro tourism firms located in Umeå

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Kulturgeografi

    Author : Tatevik Gharibyan; [2016]
    Keywords : e-Commerce; micro tourism firms; SMEs; tourism;

    Abstract : A new and an effective Internet business model such as electronic commerce (e-Commerce) has obtained great importance in the tourism industry (Li & Suomi, 2008). e-Commerce has great importance also for small firms. READ MORE

  5. 5. Not only for professional utility? Leisure motivations in conference tourism

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Kulturgeografi

    Author : Alina Serdiuk; [2016]
    Keywords : conference tourism; Sweden; academics; motivations; survey;

    Abstract : Conference tourism is a young and vibrant industry, which is growing and developing at a prompt rate (Rogers, 2013). The rapid growth of conference tourism and its importance (e.g. economic benefits for destinations) caused a significant academic interest in this topic in 1990's (Yoo & Weber, 2005). READ MORE