This article presents the results of a study focused on the meaning that pain assumes in the discourse of a group of classical dance ballerinas. To achieve this, we accessed their experiences and perceptions through a semi-structured interview, to better understand the pain that is an integral part ...

An increasing number of film and television successes such as Game of Thrones and Dracula Untold have utilised heritage sites throughout Northern Ireland. This creates an opportunity for heritage sites to expand their traditional markets and to enhance the quality of the experience tourists have on ...

Film as a medium can exert a powerful influence on its audience. A growing body of literature provides evidence that cinematic film and television drama productions can influence people's travel decisions and entice them to visit particular destinations they have seen on screen. This paper applies...

Previous literature shows that even negative portrayals of destinations in films can increase the audience's motivations to visit the depicted places. Building on these contributions, more recent studies have shown that films can play a significant role in inducing motivations for slum tourism,...

After the change in the executive in 2002, the municipality of Óbidos concentrated its efforts in promoting the town as a tourist destination of national and international attraction. In order to understand the importance of the village in a national context and its affirmation as a brand, this...

The paper aims to ascertain the current tendencies of the offer of memorable experiences by music hotels. In this context, it begins with the theoretical framework supported in the Economy of Experiences associated to the hotel industry. The results show the growing recognition of the importance of ...

The aim of this study is to explore the relationships among the concepts of serous leisure, meaningfulness, emotions, word-of-mouth and passionate desire, as antecedents and outcomes of engagement with museums. The proposed model is tested with a sample of 461 visitors (from Portugal and abroad) in ...

Enotourism ecosystem is interconnected with a vast set of cultural activities and tourism experiences linked to the wine culture. Wine routes have been the most visible aspect in endogenous resources valorization allied to region heritage identity, which are able to generate sustainability in rural ...

As a result of the growing importance of tourism in the economic and social development of the territories, tourism companies and organizations have sought to find innovative ways to offer tourist products, to adapt to the new (current) paradigm of travel. As the simple visits to places are losing...

The emerging product called gastronomic tourism is currently quite controversial, having received increasing academic attention. Gastronomic tourism is one of the visible faces of the touristic phenomenon and may be associated with great opportunities for the communities that promote it, enabling...