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“Tourism is based on projects of community tourism, cooperation, solidarity, and an appreciation of the great artistic heritage which is an authentic way of beauty”. World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
Unsustainable models of governance belonging to a widespread neoliberal mindset in developed countries have commonly been applied in the tourism industry. The management of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis has provided exemplary lessons regarding the application of sustainable models of governance.…
Tourism Planning in Underdeveloped Regions—What Has Been Going Wrong? The Case of Extremadura (Spain) Abstract: The article proposes a planning model to develop tourism from a holistic perspective that includes economic, population and social aspects. Following a participatory methodology, the…
Corporate cases and scandals of corruption have emerged in the hospitality industry. In Spain, the recent Criminal Code (1/2015) proposed an organisational model by developing norms of surveillance and protocols to prevent corruption. Forty-nine hotels were involved in a preliminary…
Más de un centenar de trabajos académicos son presentados anualmente en las facultades españolas con el objetivo de obtener un título de Graduado en Turismo. Muchos de ellos, se mantienen inéditos, a pesar de la utilidad de los datos que…
El objetivo de este trabajo es presentar casos de investigación centrados en el fenómeno turístico. Estos casos utilizan una la perspectiva cualitativa de análisis y recurren a los grupos focales (focus groups), ya sea en parte o en todo el…
The Royal Monastery of Guadalupe has been one of the most important religious destinations in Spain since the 14th century, when the black wooden sculpture of the Virgin Mary (sculpted in the 1st century AD) was found. It was declared…
Despite the prevalence of theories based on religious tourism, very little research has been done on educational motivation. Up until now, educational motivation has played a secondary role. Most religious tourism studies hardly mention educational motivation as a driver to…
The aim of this paper is to study the effects of the spread of the COVID-19 virus in different regions and its impact on the economy and regional tourist flows. To this end, the researchers have been guided by a…
The health crisis caused by the outbreak of the COVID-19 disease has devastated the worldwide hospitality sector. The current situation has led many countries to implement drastic rules to stop the spread of the virus. According to the Spanish health…
This paper delved into host and guests’ social exchange influences on their social and economic welfare at the International Tagus Natural Park. In this developing touristic territory, a preliminary study was surveyed in-depth. Among Portuguese and Spanish bordering villages, interviews…
