Like most websites we use cookies. This is to ensure that we give you the best experience possible.
Continuing to use www.cabi.org means you agree to our use of cookies. If you would like to, you can learn more about the cookies we use.
Log out of Leisure Tourism and My CABI.
This will :
Access to over 215,000 abstracts (including over 12,000 full text documents), 4,500 news and review articles, and over 2,850 eBook chapters
Advanced Bibliographic Search
Leisure Tourism smart searches are based on commonly researched topics, and your own requests
>>> Sign up to receive our Leisure, Hospitality & Tourism e-newsletter, book alerts, and offers <<<
15 results found
Results per page:
This chapter describes how an essential element of the development of cultural tourism in Belgium is the historical consciousness of the Belgian people. Their remarkable interest in and knowledge of the country's heritage is to be attributed to the age-long struggle their ancestors had to wage...
This chapter explains why the level of cultural tourism development and promotion varies considerably from one part of Germany to another. The decentralized nature of the German political system means that the development of cultural tourism is left effectively to the individual Länder. It...
This book presents the findings of field research undertaken in 1997 under the European Cultural Tourism Research Project managed by the European Association for Tourism and Leisure Education. It looks at the relationship between tourists and specific cultural attractions in the Netherlands. In...
This introductory chapter to this book looks at some of the basic questions surrounding the concept of culture and its use as a basis for visitor attractions in Europe. It examines the aspects of culture that attract tourists, the growing interest in culture, and the growing supply of cultural...
This paper analyses the changing nature of European cultural attractions, and examines their role in the experience economy (the economic sector that produces experiences (e.g. entertainment) for consumers). The following themes are also addressed: experience production policies; the growth of...
A case study on the Bonnefanten Museum in Maastricht, Netherlands is presented. The analysis of the visitor market was carried out through a survey of 388 museum visitors between the last week of April and the first week of May 1997 . The steps toward a new marketing policy are discussed and issues ...
A case study of Clonmacnoise, a cultural tourism attraction in the Midland East region of Ireland, is presented. The site's history, religious significance, and management are discussed. An overview of the cultural tourism market in Ireland is presented. The findings of the 1997 European...
This paper aims to provide insights into the significance of both 'global' and 'local' factors in the shaping and mediating of urban heritage tourism development, which is one element of the broader category of 'cultural tourism'. 'Representations of heritage', or 'attractions of culture', in 3...
This paper briefly introduces the history and development of the Budapest Spring Festival (BSF) in Hungary. The visitor market of the BSF as a cultural attraction is then analysed based on the European Association for Tourism and Leisure Education (ATLAS) surveys conducted in Budapest in 1997. A...
This paper presents an empirical exploration of the attraction system model, based on a survey of over 6000 tourists to cultural attractions. The results provide strong support both for the general structure of the model and for the idea that tourists are "pushed" towards attractions by their...