Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between various forms of income/wealth and tourism departures in selected European Union (EU) countries. Design - The design of this study is based on analysing quarterly data on incomes, house prices, net financial assets,...

This paper analyses the use of the main e-tourism platforms by European tourists. A computer-aided Web interview (CAWI) was used to conduct the research in 19 European countries: Germany, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France, Holland, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia,...

This proceedings includes seven papers which try to elucidate recreation and tourism phenomena relevant for policy and management of forest and nature areas. These papers discuss policy and research on access of ethnic minority groups to natural areas, public preferences for structural attributes...

Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is considered an international health issue, as the number of risk areas and reported cases across Europe, Russia, and parts of Asia continues to increase. The incidence of TBE has fluctuated considerably from year to year in many countries, but in the past decade the...

This paper presents a detailed review of the European bus and coach travel sector, emphasizing the trends during the period 1970-2000, the EU policy framework for road-based passenger transport, and its effect on the sector. A series of country case studies (UK, France, Germany, Sweden, Denmark,...

Estimates of U.S. demand for travel to Western Europe (including the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, Austria and Denmark) are calculated using a gradual switching regression procedure (GSRP) based on the U.S. annual data of visits from 1960-85. The two benefits of this procedure...

The efforts that have been made during the 1990s to develop new methods to analyse tourism and tourism-related employment, standardise and ensure the relevance of tourism statistics systems, increase consistency between the various systems in place at an international level, and create awareness...

The introductory section presents a comprehensive survey of the survey methods and of the results of 15 surveys of European holiday taking. The methodological differences and the resulting effects are also pointed out. A table presenting the survey data completes this section. The 15 essays are...

Planning considerations and restraints as they affect tourism projects in London, Paris, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Munich, Vienna and Rome were compared. The different methods of planning for tourism, the methods of dealing with particular problems and providing the necessary atmosphere in the cities...