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No full textThis chapter, by Jesús Barreal Pernas and Gil Jannes, deals with gastro-tourism in Spain and studies the international tourist profile in the Spanish wine and olive oil Protected Destinations of Origin (PDOs). Specifically, the study focuses on regions that have such PDOs and examines the differences and similarities among the profiles of international tourists that visit them. The study concludes with a classification of four clusters according to demographic, travel and motivational characteristics of tourists in the particular area.Depto. de Economía Financiera y Actuarial y EstadísticaFac. de Ciencias Económicas y EmpresarialesTRUEpu
Planning and development of gastronomic tourism in Albania: an exploratory study of visitor perceptions, experiences, and destination image
No full textThe development of destination branding in former communist countries in eastern and south-eastern Europe has been a growing area of interest in recent years. Tourist arrivals to Albania have increased from 3.6 million in 2014 to 5.9 million in 2019 (INSTAT, 2020). Whilst previous studies on Balkan tourism have examined cultural heritage, health tourism and economic development, research on gastronomic tourism remains emergent, especially in Albania.
In this chapter we examine the role of gastronomic tourism in the planning and development of tourism in Albania. Our focus is on the construction of perceptions of Albania as a tourism destination. To conduct our analysis, we investigated the perceptions previous and potential tourists on the availability, accessibility, quality and cost of gastronomic tourism offers in Albania. In addition, the planning and development of gastronomic tourism in Albania needs to take into account regional competition both within Albania and with its neighbouring competitor countries.
Drawing from Lai et al (2019), we establish a research framework that considers cognitive and affective factors; perceived and projected brand image; and, intention and positioning effects. We apply this framework to analyse the relationship between gastronomic tourism and tourism development (including rural development), cultural identity, food narratives, and destination image. A non-probability sample of n = 114 participants answered an on-line survey comprising quantitative and qualitative question about initial perceptions, previous gastronomy experiences, trip satisfaction, spending, and travel behaviours.
Our findings indicate that previous visitors expressed satisfaction with gastronomy experiences. Affordability, diversity, quality, traditions, and freshness were favoured. Landscape and culture combine to form a ‘mental map’ in the construction of perceptions of Albania that reinforces its image as an under-explored, budget travel destination. The implications for planning and development of tourism in Albania are discussed.
The chapter proceeds as follows: First, we provide an overview of the tourism context of Albania, including the scale of tourism activity and recent policy, planning, and development initiatives. We note the current challenges facing tourism development in the country. Next summarise and syntheses previous research and literature on gastronomic tourism as it relates to the Balkan region and to Albania in particular. We then briefly explain our methodology. The results and discussion are presented in which we unpack numerous themes which emerge to illuminate how visitor perceive of Albania as a tourism destination generally, and more particularly the role that gastronomic (food and drink) tourism options and activities play in the construction of these destination images. Finally, we discuss the implications for tourism policy and planning in Albania and make recommendations for future actions to encourage tourism development
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Tourism Planning and Development in the Middle East
No full textGiven the historical and cultural richness of countries in the Middle East region, as well
as the economic development many have exhibited in recent years, tourism planning
and development gains much significance for both scholars and practitioners.
Turbulence, conflicts and crises exhibited in the area add further dimensions that need
to be incorporated in tourism strategies and planning, and be taken into consideration
by experts at an institutional, corporate and educational level. Furthermore, in order
to effectively deal with aspects of sustainability, visions and strategies in the region
need to build upon good practices. As a result, a greater understanding is required of
the factors influencing decision-making on tourism matters as well as on the impacts
and implications of sustainable tourism development.
This book, written by an international team of experts, addresses the need to examine
tourism development and planning in the Middle East from a sustainability perspective
by embracing case studies and examples from the region. Through its collection of
chapters, the book considers tourism planning and development from the economic,
socio-cultural, environmental and regulatory perspectives of sustainability. Thus,
the book advances understandings of the positive and negative impacts of tourism
development as well as how turbulence, crisis, synergies and the top-down and
bottom-up approaches to tourism development are connected to different problems
and implications for local communities, the region and the relationship of the Middle
East with the rest of the world.
An essential resource for tourism practitioners, decision-makers in private and public
organisations, government bodies and consultants, not only from the Middle East, but
for all those who want an encompassing view of global tourism
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
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