Information and communication technologies (ICTs) for tourism purposes are still hardly used by cultural institutions in rural areas. So far, however, research focusing on the reasons behind this phenomenon has been lacking especially in a resource-theoretical context. Therefore, an own system of...

A Digital Construction of Knowledge in Dance: The Influence of Digital Means on Adolescents' Concepts of Dance and Their Potential fog Use in Physical Education Social media are continually gaining significance in adolescents' lives. Thus dance increasingly received through the media, its concept...

A smart destination puts information and communication technologies (ICT) into use to provide value to stakeholders and guests. In particular, this approach is not limited to the application of technology, but also to the necessary human and social capital in order to use this infrastructure...

Arboviral infections are an important differential diagnosis in returning travelers with fever, muscle or joint pain and rash. Arboviruses have spread widely around the globe in the last decades. The most common arboviral infections in returning travelers from tropical and subtropical areas are ...

This paper deals with the peculiarities of social media in the communication of health tourism services and analyses in particular the use of social networks by wellness hotels. The challenges that may occur when using social networks, such as Facebook, are identified. Furthermore, the contents of...

Children and adults with rheumatic diseases (RD) have a higher risk to contract infections due to the underlying disease and the frequently necessary immunosuppressive treatment (IT). The quality of life of the majority of patients with RD has remarkably improved due to IT-related reduction of...

Dengue fever with its subtle rash is today more common than malaria in travellers returning to Europe from the tropics (meta-analysis Geo Sentinel network). Up to 5% of all safari tourists experience African tick bite fever during or soon after their journey; it is caused by rickettsiae and...

Malaria remains one of the most important infectious diseases worldwide. The annual number of cases is currently estimated at around 240 million globally, of which more than 500,000 cases are fatal. The majority of malaria cases in Europe are imported from the African continent. Plasmodium...

Adolescent living environments are highly influenced by the media and virtual social networks are becoming increasingly more important as mediators of the social environment and as distinct realities. In virtual rooms adolescents can interact, present themselves, show their social embedding in...

In view of certain socio-cultural and economic meta-processes - notably demographic change, globalisation, individualisation, and the pluralisation of lifestyles - diversity and accordingly diversity management are emerging as increasingly important strategic success factors for businesses....