The purpose of this paper was to conduct a systematic review of the literature on the coverage of women at the Olympic Games. A total of 144 records were collected from the Web of Science database which were screened to n = 58 for in-depth examination. A content analysis was performed with the data ...

COVID-19 has had a significant impact on the functioning of many professional fields, including education. The aim of the study was to analyse what has happened in physical education in primary and secondary schools in Catalonia (Spain) during the COVID-19 pandemic. To this end, after a thorough...

Lockdown due to COVID-19 and the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games meant Olympic hopefuls experienced an uncertain and changing Olympic cycle. This paper describes the experiences of high-level and high-performance athletes amidst the disruption of the Olympic cycle caused by the...

The role of International Federation of Information Technologies and Tourism in promoting the value of information technology in tourism is described.

This article considers the effects that the internet has had on the tourism industry over the last 7 years, with reference to the availability of low cost travel, the different systems available (including Amadeus, Galileo, Sabre and Worldspan), antecedents, content providers, tourism products sold ...

Although some travel agents are pessimistic about their future, since they fear that tourists will prefer to book their travel arrangements and accommodation through the Internet, this is not necessarily the case. It is suggested that many tourists will still find dealing with travel agents more...

An account is given of the disturbing growth of sex tourism in Thailand, Cuba, the Philippines, Latin America, Jamaica, Senegal, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates and in some European countries in spite of international efforts to stop this type of tourism (especially as regards the sexual abuse of ...

This paper addresses different problems connected with economic, productive and human resources management in Catalan tourist products and services.

The need to use modern information technology, including the Internet, for tourist industry marketing and information is emphasised, with special reference to conditions in Cataluña.

The likely impact of the Internet on companies who operate tourism services such as travel agencies is described. It is asked whether the Internet will signal the end of such agencies or whether it will be used as tool to improve their service delivery.