Competitive strategies and policies for tourism destinations [[electronic resource] ] : quality, innovation and promotion / / Flora Maria Diaz-Perez, editor

• Pubblicazione: Hauppauge, N.Y., : Nova Science Publishers, c2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (226 p.)
• Disciplina: 910.68/4
• Soggetto topico: Tourism
• Altri autori: Díaz PérezFlora María
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- COMPETITIVE STRATEGIESAND POLICIES FOR TOURISMDESTINATIONS: QUALITY,INNOVATION AND PROMOTION -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- TOURISM PRODUCT: CONCEPTUALISATIONAND CHARACTERISTICS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. BACKGROUND -- 3. CONSUMPTION OF TOURISM SERVICES -- 4. THE CONFIGURATION OF THE TOURISM PRODUCT -- THE COMPONENTS OF TOURISM PRODUCTION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- PERFORMANCE STRATEGIES FOR MATURESUN AND SAND DESTINATIONS. THE CASEOF THE BALEARIC ISLANDS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THE CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR AND THE FUTURE OF THEDESTINATION -- 3. THE CASE OF THE BALEARIC ISLANDS -- REFERENCES -- COMPETITIVE STRATEGIES FOR TOURISMDEVELOPMENT IN THE CENTRAL COASTALREGION OF ANGOLA -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. LOCAL KNOWLEDGE REGARDING THE TOURISMDEVELOPMENT OF THE REGION -- 3. EVALUATION OF TOURISM RESOURCES AND HUMANCAPITAL -- 3.1. Evaluation of Tourism Resources -- 3.2. Human Capital in the Tourism Sector -- 4. GENERAL PROPOSALS FOR DEVELOPING URBAN,COASTAL AND INTERIOR TOURISM -- 4.1. Proposals for Urban and Coastal Tourism -- 4.2. Proposals for Tourism in Interior Areas -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- EVALUATING THE ROLE OF EUROPEAN UNIONPREACCESSION INSTRUMENTS IN THECOMPETITIVE TOURISM DEVELOPMENTOF THE LATEST ACCESSION COUNTRIES:THE HUNGARIAN EXPERIENCE -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. TOURISM DEVELOPMENT AND THE STRUCTURAL FUNDS -- 3. THE PRE-ACCESSION INSTRUMENTS -- 4. EVALUATION METHOD AND RESEARCH APPROACH -- 5. PRE-ACCESSION TOURISM ALLOCATIONS IN HUNGARY -- 5.1. Demand-Driven Programming: Tourism DevelopmentThrough PHARE-Regional Development Programmes (1992-1997) -- 5.2. PHARE Cross Border Co-Operation (CBC) Programming(1995-2006) -- 5.3. PHARE Accession-Driven Programming (1998 - 1999) -- 5.4. PHARE - Special Preparatory Programming For The EU StructuralFunds, SAPARD And Phasing Out (2000-2006). ; CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- HUMAN CAPITAL, INNOVATIONAND PRODUCTIVITY IN THE HOTELAND RESTAURANT SECTORIN MEDITERRANEAN TOURIST COUNTRIES -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. HUMAN CAPITAL, INNOVATION AND PRODUCTIVITY -- 3. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE HOTEL AND RESTAURANTSECTOR -- 4. COMPETITIVENESS OF THE SECTOR -- 4.1. The Components of Human Capital -- GENERAL TRAINING -- SECTOR-SPECIFIC TRAINING -- COMPANY-SPECIFIC TRAINING -- 4.2. Innovative Businesses -- 4.3. Productivity of The Sector -- 5. IDENTIFICATION OF PRODUCTIVITY FACTORS -- CONCLUSION -- ANNEX -- REFERENCES -- INNOVATIVE CAPACITY IN TOURISMDESTINATIONS: AN APPLICATIONTO SPANISH DESTINATIONS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE TOURISM SECTOR -- 3. CHARACTERISTICS OF INNOVATION -- 4. THE INNOVATIVE CAPACITY OF DESTINATIONS -- 4.1. The Technological Focus of Innovation in Tourism -- 4.2. Spaces/Destinations, Knowledge, Skills and Learning -- 5. HYPOTHESES, METHODOLOGY AND STATISTICALSOURCES -- 6. RESULTS ANALYSIS -- 6.1. Innovation in Regions -- 6.2. Innovations in Spain's Tourism Clusters -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- TOURISM MARKET SEGMENTATIONAND IMPLICATIONS FOR TOURISM POLICY1:THE CASE OF RURAL TOURISM IN LA PALMA -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THE IMPORTANCE OF TOURISM TO THE ECONOMYOF LA PALMA -- 3. BACKGROUND -- 4. EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS -- Some Considerations on In-Destination Expenditure -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- LANDSCAPE CHARACTER, GEOGRAPHICALINFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES ANDINNOVATING TOURISM DESTINATIONS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THEORETICAL DISCUSSION: THE STATE OF PLAYCONCERNING LANDSCAPE AND TOURISM -- 2.1. Landscape and Specific Production of the Travel Industry -- 2.2. The Character of Landscape Character and Travel-OrientedManagement -- 2.2.1. Strategic Objectives: A Proposal -- 2.2.2. Rooting Objectives in the Landscape. ; 3. GITS AS SYSTEMS SUPPORTING DECISIONS -- 3.1. Complex Social Engineering to Produce Paradise -- 3.2. Identity, Character, Qualification and Other ProductiveConditions -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- TOURISM LAND USE MANAGEMENT INTENERIFE'S ISLAND PLAN (PIOT): TOURISM,LANDSCAPE AND AGRICULTURE TERRACES -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. SPECIFIC CASE STUDY: THE ISLAND OF TENERIFE'S LANDUSE MANAGEMENT PLAN (PIOT PIOT) -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS FORTHE DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT OF TOURISTROUTES. LANDSCAPE AS A STRATEGIC VALUEIN NEW TOURISM AND LAND POLICY*† -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 1.1. Differentiation -- 1.2. Equilibrium -- 1.3. Information as Innovation -- 1.4. Information as Strategy -- 1.5. Landscape Units and the Territorial Project: ConstructingLoyalty -- 2. THE MODEL -- 2.1. Design and Management of Tourist Routes. The Barranco DelRío Water Basin in the Anaga Rural Park on Tenerife (CanaryIslands, Spain) -- 2.2. Method -- Defining the Object. The Destination of the Travel -- The Network as a Dynamics. The Path as a Connector -- Characterisation. Landscape Elements -- What is Visible to the Visitor -- Landscape Quality as a Value in Route Design -- Visibility and Invisibility as a Management Tool -- The Construction and Deconstruction Required for the Destination -- Value Transfer as a Measure of Travel -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.
• Titolo autorizzato: Competitive strategies and policies for tourism destinations
• ISBN: 1-61324-260-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910824613603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Tourism and hospitality development and management.