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Culture and Tourism in a Smart, Globalized, and Sustainable World

7th International Conference of IACuDiT, Hydra, Greece, 2020

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 2021

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Editors:
  1. Vicky Katsoni

    1. University of West Attica, Athens, Greece

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  2. Ciná van Zyl

    1. University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa

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  • Embraces ICT as a powerful development tool
  • Presents strategies and campaigns for smart tourism
  • Offers numerous examples from the whole spectrum of cultural and heritage tourism

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Table of contents (49 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxi
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  2. Sports Tourism

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Sport Tourism: An Analysis of Possible Developmental Factors in Sport and Recreation Centers

      • Georgia Yfantidou, Charalampos Spiliakos, Ourania Vrondou, Dimitris Gargalianos, Antonia Kalafatzi, Eleni Mami
      Pages 3-24

    3. Cycling Tourism: Characteristics and Challenges for the Developments and Promotions of a Special Interest Product

      • Elina Tsitoura, Paris Tsartas, Efthymia Sarantakou, Alexios-Patapios Kontis
      Pages 25-42

    4. Evaluating the Economic Impact of Active Sports Tourism Events: Lessons Learned from Cyprus

      • Achilleas Achilleos, Christos Markides, Michalis Makrominas, Andreas Konstantinides, Rafael Alexandrou, Effie Zikouli et al.
      Pages 43-54

    5. The Effects of PUSH and PULL Factors on Spectators’ Satisfaction Attitudes. A Mediation Analysis of Perceived Satisfaction from a Small-Scale Sport's Event

      • Konstantinos Mouratidis, Maria Doumi
      Pages 55-70

    6. Strategic Negotiation Factors in Participating at Recreational Sport Activities Aiming at the Well-being and the Presentation of Perma Scale for the Greek Population

      • Georgia Yfantidou, Alexia Noutsou, Panagiota Balaska, Evangelos Bebetsos, Alkistis Papaioannou, Eleni Spryridopoulou
      Pages 71-83

    7. Exploring Scuba Diving Tourism Sector in Malta and Its Sustainable Impact on the Island

      • Simon Caruana, Tiffany Sultana
      Pages 85-103

    8. eSports Tourism: Sports Tourism in a Modern Tourism Environment

      • Ioannis A. Nikas, Ioulia Poulaki
      Pages 105-115

    9. Nostalgia Sport Tourism: An Examination of an Underestimated Post-event Tourism Proposal

      • Ourania Vrondou
      Pages 117-126

    10. The Role of Sports Tourism Infrastructures and Sports Events in Destinations Competitiveness

      • Dália Liberato, Pedro Liberato, Catarina Moreira
      Pages 127-144

  3. Sustainable Tourism

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 145-145
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    2. Case Study Protocol for the Analysis of Sustainable Business Models

      • Joaquin Sanchez-Planelles, Marival Segarra-Oña
      Pages 147-170

    3. Examining the Relationship Between Tourism Seasonality and Saturation for the Greek Prefectures: A Combined Operational and TALC-Theoretic Approach

      • Thomas Krabokoukis, Dimitrios Tsiotas, Serafeim Polyzos
      Pages 171-184

    4. Sustainable Tourism Development in the Ionian Islands. The Case of Corfu Island

      • Konstantinos Mouratidis
      Pages 185-200

    5. Sustainable Tourism; Vector of the Social and Solidarity Economy: Case of Region Souss Massa, South of Morocco

      • Asma Edaoudi, M’bark Houssas, Abdelhaq Lahfidi
      Pages 201-213

    6. Overtourism and Tourism Carrying Capacity: A Regional Perspective for Greece

      • Sophia Panousi, George Petrakos
      Pages 215-229

    7. Tourism Transportation Services Provided on the Principle of Sharing Economy

      • Radka Marčeková, L’ubica Šebová, Kristína Pompurová, Ivana Šimočková
      Pages 231-250

    8. Integration of Sustainable Practices in Firms: The Specifics of the Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Sectors

      • Inés Díez Martínez, Ángel Peiró Signes
      Pages 251-266

  4. Trending World Changes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 267-267
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About this book

This book gathers the proceedings of the 7th International Conference, with the theme “Culture and Tourism in a Smart, Globalized and Sustainable World,” held on Hydra Island, Greece, on June 17–19, 2020, published with the support of the International Association of Cultural and Digital Tourism.

Highlighting the contributions made by numerous writers to the advancement of tourism research, this book presents a critical academic discourse on sustainable practices in the smart tourism context, improving readers’ understanding of, and stimulating future debates in, this critical area. In addition to the knowledge economy and the concept of smart destinations, the book addresses new modes of tourism management and development, as well as emerging technologies, including location-based services, the Internet of things, smart cities, mobile services, gamification, digital collections and the virtual visitor, social media, social networking, and augmented reality.

 


Editors and Affiliations

  • University of West Attica, Athens, Greece

    Vicky Katsoni

  • University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa

    Ciná van Zyl

About the editors

Vicky Katsoni is Associate Professor at the Tourism Management Department of the University of West Athens, Greece, and she is also teaching at the Greek Open University. She has published 12 books on tourism, chapters in edited volumes, and numerous papers in highly academic journals. She is the president of the non-profit “International Association of Cultural and Digital Tourism” (IACuDiT) and a member of the Editorial Board of many scientific journals in tourism and marketing.


Ciná van Zyl has been active in the last 3 decades either in academic teaching, creating training programs, curricula, and syllabus or in a managing capacity as Head of the Department of Applied Management at the University of South Africa, Pretoria. She is currently a task team member of the College of Economics and Management Sciences Innovation Hub, a registered community engagement project empowering small-medium enterprises (SMEs) in the community.    



Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Culture and Tourism in a Smart, Globalized, and Sustainable World

  • Book Subtitle: 7th International Conference of IACuDiT, Hydra, Greece, 2020

  • Editors: Vicky Katsoni, Ciná van Zyl

  • Series Title: Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72469-6

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-72468-9Published: 22 June 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-72471-9Published: 23 June 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-72469-6Published: 21 June 2021

  • Series ISSN: 2198-7246

  • Series E-ISSN: 2198-7254

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXXI, 762

  • Number of Illustrations: 21 b/w illustrations, 146 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Industries, Environmental and Sustainability Education, IT in Business

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