Tourism Review: Volume 79 Issue 7

Vietnam tourism at the crossroads of socialism and market economy

Huong Bui, Long Hong Pham, Ngoc Pham, Phuong Anh Dang, Quynh Bui, Dung Nguyen, Thuy T. Duong, Chung Nguyen, Hiroaki Saito

Vietnam has repositioned itself from a war-torn country to a popular tourist destination. Although research on Vietnam tourism has grown in number, a macro analysis of national…

Airbnb exits China: insights from platform competition

Dan Huang, Songshan (Sam) Huang

This study aims to provide insights into Airbnb’s exit from the China market, specifically from the perspective of platform competition.

Place making, authenticity and behavioral intentions in a Chinese “ancient” town

Lunchao Mou, Li Cheng, Geoffrey Wall

This study assessed the antecedents and consequences of tourists’ authenticity experience in a new ancient town in China. Based on Chinese cultural background and case study, this…

Accessible tourism: how people with vision impairment and blindness experience tourism and “see” the invisible

Nick Noghan, Peter O’Connor, Marianna Sigala

Traditionally vision-focused, tourism effectively ignores the other senses. With tourists travelling to “see” places, an understanding of how people with vision impairment or…

Minimizing conflicts between residents and local tourism stakeholders as a way to achieve sustainable tourism in Prague, Krakow and Braga

Bartłomiej Walas, Adam R. Szromek, Zygmunt Kruczek, Miroslav Rončák

There is an ongoing discussion on tools that can lead to sustainable tourism, as well as attempts to implement them. In the selection of tools, the attitudes of residents – local…

Communication for destinations’ image in crises and disasters: a review and future research agenda

María Del Pilar Pascual-Fraile, Pilar Talón-Ballestero, Teresa Villacé-Molinero, Antonio-Rafael Ramos-Rodríguez

This study aims to provide an overview, the state-of-the-art “research fronts”, the emerging themes of investigation and a research agenda of crisis communication for…