Innovative Approaches to Tourism and Leisure

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxiii

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2. Cultural Heritage Tourism Management

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Portuguese Heritage in the UAE: Authenticity in Archaeology and Tourism

      • Adriaan De Man

      Pages 3-15

   3. Routes and Itineraries as a Means of Contribution for Sustainable Tourism Development

      • Giusy Cardia

      Pages 17-33

   4. Human Development Tourism: Utilizing Cultural Heritage to Create a Universal Culture

      • Anastasia Moira

      Pages 35-49

   5. Importance of Indoor Aerial Filming for Creative Industries (CIs): Looking Towards the Future

      • Virginia Santamarina-Campos, Blanca de-Miguel-Molina, Marival Segarra-Oña, María de-Miguel-Molina

      Pages 51-66

   6. Museum Tourism: A Comparative Study on the Royal Museum of Greenwich and the Ironbridge Gorge Museum

      • Ahmad Zuned

      Pages 67-87

   7. Cluj-Napoca European Youth Capital: Why to Attend a Major Event

      • Cristina Fleşeriu, Smaranda Adina Cosma, Marius Bota

      Pages 89-99

   8. Tourism Impacts of International Arts Festivals in Greece. The Cases of the Kalamata Dance Festival and Drama Short Film Festival

      • Vasiliki Georgoula, Theano S. Terkenli

      Pages 101-114

   9. European Policy on Culture and Prospective Synergies: A Mission not so Impossible

      • Sofia Boutsiouki

      Pages 115-131

   10. Tourism and Ethnic Identity Development: The Impact of “Heritage Greece” Program

       • D. Gavrili-Alexandris, G. Katsas

       Pages 133-143

   11. The Perception of European Identity Through the Cultural & Educational Tourist Experience of Greek Students

       • Savvas Makridis, Vasiliki Papageorgiou, Spyridon Alexiou

       Pages 145-157

   12. ‘Extremely Far and Incredibly Quiet’ Block 27—The  Jewish Pavilion—Shoah: Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, Poland

       • Architect Tal de Lange

       Pages 159-166

3. Smart Tourism—Current ICT Developments of Tourism in a Sustainability Context

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 167-167

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   2. How New Technologies Influence the Perception of Athens as a Tourist and Cultural Destination

      • Efthymia Sarantakou, Paris Tsartas, Christina Bonarou

      Pages 169-172

   3. Evaluation of E-Service Quality in the Hotel Sector: A Systematic Literature Review

      • Anna Kourtesopoulou, John Kehagias, Alkistis Papaioannou

      Pages 173-191

   4. The Impact of Website Persuasiveness on Luxury Hotels Financial Performance

      • Konstantinos Koronios, Panagiotis Dimitropoulos, Athanasios Kriemadis

      Pages 193-203

   5. The Importance of Search Engine Optimization for Tourism Websites

      • Agisilaos Konidaris, Erato Koustoumpardi

      Pages 205-218

   6. Multi-Criteria Decision Making in the Evaluation of the Thematic Museums’ Websites

      • Katerina Kabassi, Aristotelis Martinis

      Pages 219-221

   7. The Impact of Social Media on the Lodging Performance of Five Star Hotels in Malta

      • Simon Caruana, Gabriella Farrugia

      Pages 223-243

This book examines the many ways in which innovative technologies represent a powerful development tool for the tourism and leisure sector and presents novel strategies based on these technologies that foster sustainable tourism management and promote sustainable destinations. The aim is to elucidate the ways in which ICTs can be used to create a high-quality experience for citizens and visitors while ensuring the wise, ecologically sound management of human and natural resources. Attention is also focused on the globalized environment in which these advances are occurring, and on the impacts of broader social, economic, and political forces in transforming our understanding of "tourism" in the era of online devices. The book is based on the proceedings of the Fourth International Conference of the International Association of Cultural and Digital Tourism (IACuDiT) and is edited in collaboration with IACuDiT. It will have broad appeal to professionals from academia, industry, government, and other organizations who wish to learn about the latest perspectives in the fields of tourism, travel, hospitality, culture and heritage, leisure, and sports within the context of a knowledge society and smart economy. 

• cultural tourism
• innovation in tourism
• ICTs in tourism
• sustainability in tourism
• destination marketing in tourism
• smart tourism
• tourism entrepreneurship
• tourism marketing
• tourism and leisure
• Fourth International Conference IACuDiT
• IACuDiT 2017

• IACuDiT and Technological Educational Institute (TEI) of Athens, Athens, Greece

  Vicky Katsoni

• Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

  Kathy Velander

​Vicky Katsoni is an Associate Professor in the Tourism Department of the Technological Educational Institute (TEI), Athens, Greece. She also teaches on the MSc program in Tourism Management at the Greek Open University and is academic supervisor of the e-Tourism Module at the National Kapodistrian University of Athens, Distant Learning Programs. She holds a PhD in Tourism Marketing Management and ICT Applications in Tourism, an MBA, a BA (Hons) in Economics, and a BSc in Tourism Management. She has published nine books on tourism in both Greek and English, as well as authoring chapters in edited volumes and numerous papers in highly academic journals. She is President of the nonprofit International Association of Cultural and Digital Tourism (IACuDiT.org) and an editorial board member for many journals in tourism and marketing. Her research interests include tourism marketing, cultural tourism, e-tourism, and tourism consumer behavior and she has participated in several European and national research projects.

Kathy Velander has nearly 30 years of experience in teaching, research, and consultancy and is involved in projects worldwide, advising communities on how, when, and where to develop ecotourism. Her emphasis is on capacity building, developing ecotourism experiences and products, and helping communities to address their training needs. Her work has spanned projects in Colombia, Honduras, Ecuador, Nepal, and Fiji. Within Europe she helped produce a development strategy for the Setomaa eco-villages project in Estonia and was consultant researcher on improving the competitiveness of community-based tourism in Estonia and Finland. Her work in the UK has included teaching sustainability concepts to local communities and researching various aspects of tourism events and initiatives. On this basis, she has developed a Tourism Resource Auditing Methodology (TRAM) to assist decision making on whether tourism is the best way forward in
encouraging sustainable livelihoods. This process is now being used in the Scottish Scenic Routes initiative.

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