Social tourism as a modest, yet sustainable, development strategy: policy recommendations for GreeceRecent findings from social tourism research and evidence from its practice have shown that social tourism has multiple benefits, both for individual participants and host-communities within destinations. The...
Over a decade after hurricane Katrina, the effects of the disaster are often visible. “We have moved from shock capitalism to disaster tourism” Catrina tells me, referring to Naomi Klein’s brilliant bookShock Doctrine. Construction is everywhere. “I am becoming a boat punk.” Wolvie confesse...
Social media aggregators enable you to showcase UGC prominently, harnessing the persuasive impact of peer recommendations. By featuring real-life experiences and testimonials, you enhance your brand’s credibility and encourage prospective customers to convert. Community engagement and brand validation ...
food processing, and tourism – think Galgorm. The town centre boasts a mix of independent shops, national chains, and the Fairhill Shopping Centre, so there is a lot going on in the city – and by extension a lot of opportunities for your business’ social media strategy. ...
Finally, the Section “Discussion” provides a brief conclusion and policy recommendations. Literature review Current status of research on sustainability assessment in rural societies Objective measurement tools are necessary to determine the ability of rural sustainable development projects to achieve their ...
This data can be used to personalize recommendations in a smart tourism application. Our approach is based on flow centrality metrics typically used in social network analysis: flow betweenness, flow closeness and eccentricity. These metrics are useful to discover relevant nodes within the network ...
2023a). In addition, happiness is expressed when tourists have a favorable attitude towards the destination, and this transforms into word of mouth or recommendations marketing strategies (Cuesta-Valiño et al. 2022a). In turn, these feelings are idealized, reinforced, and reproduced by the ...
In the initial Tweet, the user asked for recommendations about a theme park in Orlando. Without being tagged or mentioned, the Loews team jumped at the chance to serve as an on-demand concierge by sending her the information she needed. The result of their random act of kindness? Increased...
Top articles of 2023 Sections Figures References Abstract Introduction Theoretical framework, literature review, and research hypothesis Research methods Results analysis Discussion Conclusions and policy recommendations Data availability Notes References Acknowledgements Author information Ethics declarations Additional...
Since October 2023, Australia has already prohibited smartphone use in public schools. The new ban would extend to all devices and settings for children. Although the government has not yet legislated the ban or specified details like the targeted age groups and platforms, it’s initial step is...