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Transcending Borders in Tourism Through Innovation and Cultural Heritage

8th International Conference, IACuDiT, Hydra, Greece, 2021

  • Offers diverse strategies and campaigns for sustainable tourism

  • Presents numerous examples from the whole spectrum of cultural, gastronomic, and heritage tourism

  • Outlines developing tourism products, services, and strategies to stimulate innovation

Part of the book series: Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics (SPBE)

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Table of contents (61 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxiii
  2. The Role of Tourism in Sustainable Development

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Spatial Analysis of Cultural Resources and Their Contribution to the Sustainable Tourism Development of Greece

      • Christos Amoiradis, Efstathios Velissariou, Maria Stankova, Thomas Poulios
      Pages 3-31
    3. Committed and Non-committed Policy Regimes in a Sequential Mixed Hotel Duopoly

      • Flávio Ferreira, Fernanda A. Ferreira, Paula Odete Fernandes
      Pages 91-103
    4. Evaluating Economic Sustainability of Nautical Tourism Through Brand Equity and Corporate Performance

      • Eleonora Santos, Ines Lisboa, Catia Crespo, Jacinta Moreira, Teresa Eugenio
      Pages 105-118
    5. Segmenting the Generation Z Cohort Based on Evaluation of Hotel’s Environmental Policy

      • Irene Kamenidou, Spyridon Mamalis, Evangelia-Zoi Bara, Ifigeneia Mylona, Stavros Pavlidis
      Pages 119-132
  3. Tourism—Catalyst for Regional Development

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 183-183
    2. Are Tourism Ventures Included in Business Accelerators Fulfilling Their Financial Expectations?

      • Daniel Badulescu, Ramona Simut, Alina Badulescu
      Pages 203-214
    3. A Targeted Multi-parameter Approach of Greek Start-Ups, Related to Tourism, Culture, and Leisure

      • Konstantinos Giannopoulos, Paris Tsartas, Konstantinos Anagnostelos
      Pages 215-226
    4. The Strategy of Tourism Products Complementarity in Destination Promotion: Eurocity Chaves-Verín

      • Dália Liberato, Anabela Peixoto, Pedro Liberato, Elisa Alén
      Pages 227-238
    5. Exploring Stakeholders’ Perspectives on Hotel Design

      • Panagiota Anastasiadou, Efthymia Sarantakou, Evridiki Maniati, Evangelia Tsilika
      Pages 239-255
    6. The Visitor in Slovak Rural Tourism in Turbulent Times

      • Andrej Malachovský
      Pages 275-289

About this book

This book features the proceedings of the 8th International Conference of the International Association of Cultural and Digital Tourism (IACuDiT). Held on the Hydra Island in Greece in September 2021, the conference's lead theme was “Transcending Borders in Tourism through Innovation and Cultural Heritage”.

Highlighting the contributions made by numerous writers to the advancement of tourism research, this book presents a critical academic discourse evolving tourism products and services. It also deals with strategies that help stimulate economic innovation and growth, and promote knowledge transfer. Selected chapters also deal with innovation, creativity, and change management in all aspects of tourism, culture, and heritage. A crucial focus is also placed on embracing ICT as a powerful development tool along with strategies and campaigns for smart tourism. It offers numerous examples from the whole spectrum of cultural and heritage tourism, including art, innovations in museum interpretation and collections management, cross-cultural visions, gastronomy, film tourism, dark tourism, sports tourism, and wine tourism.

Keywords

  • Culture
  • Tourism
  • Globalization
  • Sustainable World
  • Tourism Management
  • Tourism Studies
  • Technological Innovation
  • Sustainability

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of West Attica, Athens, Greece

    Vicky Katsoni

  • Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania

    Andreea Claudia Şerban

About the editors

Vicky Katsoni is a Professor in e-Tourism at the Tourism Management Department of the University of West Attica, Athens, Greece. She holds a Ph.D. in Tourism Marketing Management and ICT Applications in Tourism. She is the President of the nonprofit “International Association of Cultural and Digital Tourism” (IACuDiT.org), Director in several  European and National research projects such as Horizon 2020, Erasmus + KA2, Cost, etc. Prof. Katsoni has Edited 16 handbooks on Tourism Marketing Management and is a member of editorial boards of several international journals in the field of tourism.

Andreea Claudia Șerban is Professor and Director of Doctoral School of Economics at the Department of Economics and Economic Policies, Faculty of Theoretical and Applied Economics, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania. She is Editor of the Global Journal of Business, Economics and Management, Reviewer, and Member of the editorial boards of some international journals. Her areas of research interest include sustainable development, smart development, knowledge economy, labor market, education, and demographic issues.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Transcending Borders in Tourism Through Innovation and Cultural Heritage

  • Book Subtitle: 8th International Conference, IACuDiT, Hydra, Greece, 2021

  • Editors: Vicky Katsoni, Andreea Claudia Şerban

  • Series Title: Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92491-1

  • 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 2022

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-92490-4Published: 28 April 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-92493-5Due: 12 May 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-92491-1Published: 27 April 2022

  • Series ISSN: 2198-7246

  • Series E-ISSN: 2198-7254

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXXIII, 1036

  • Number of Illustrations: 23 b/w illustrations, 192 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Tourism Management, Sustainability, IT in Business, Innovation and Technology Management, Tourism Economics

Buying options

eBook USD 169.00
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  • ISBN: 978-3-030-92491-1
  • Instant PDF download
  • Readable on all devices
  • Own it forever
  • Exclusive offer for individuals only
  • Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout
Softcover Book USD 219.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
This title has not yet been released. You may pre-order it now and we will ship your order when it is published on 12 May 2023.
Hardcover Book USD 219.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)