Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Urban Tourism"”.
-
User-centred design of smartphone augmented reality in urban tourism context.
… applications have considerable potential for tourism. Recently, the number of studies discussing the optimal placement and layout of AR content increased. Results, however, do not scale well to the domain of urban tourism, because: 1) in any urban destination, many objects can be augmented …
-
Designing engaging experiences with location-based augmented reality games for urban tourism environments.
… provide new forms of experiences for travel and tourism. With the recent developments like Pokémon Go and a prediction of 420 million downloads per year by 2019, the mobile game market is one of the fastest growing fields in the sector. Location-based AR games for mobile devices make use of …
-
The role of small tourism businesses in urban tourism development: A case study of Indianapolis
… model by investigating the dimensions of small tourism businesses and to explore if these characteristics predict support of tourism development in Indianapolis, Indiana. Based on the review of literature, a number of variables were identified for use in the study. A proposed model was developed …
-
Marketing cities for tourism: developing marketing strategies for Istanbul with lessons from Amsterdam and London.
The tourism sector is relatively competitive, with many destinations competing with each other to attract potential tourists. Destinations,such as urban areas,need to besold with a greater emphasis on marketing activities. In fact, as a bundle of products consumedby a range of tourists with …
-
TERRITORIAL STIGMA AS A TOURIST COMMODITY. THE CASE OF SCAMPIA IN NAPLES.
… 2007; 2023; Schultz Larsen & Delica, 2021), urban tourism in marginalized areas (Frenzel et al., 2015; Freire-Medeiros, 2013; Gravari-Barbas, 2017; Le Gallou, 2018), and the commodification of stigmatized goods and practices within consumer culture (Sandikci & Ger, 2010; Kosut, 2006; Merkel, …
-
A Comparison of Travel Behaviors of African American and White Travelers to an Urban Destination: The Case of New Orleans
… American and White traveler behaviors in the urban tourism context is sparse. This study examined the differences between African American and White travelers who visited the city of New Orleans. Specifically, the study investigated demographic variables (income and gender) for their …
-
Postmodern tourism as signification: definitional constructs of authenticity in the context of tourism and their influence on the urban tourist experience
… definitions affect their preference for urban tourism and preferred urban attractions, employing quantitative methodology. Authenticity has been explored in a wide range of tourist activities, from traditional tourist activities like visiting museums or historic sites to more popular …
-
Beneath The Ruin Bars: A Philosophical And Empirical Journey Through The Multi-Layered Tourism Milieu Of Budapest's Party District
Urban tourism transforms not only the economic and physical landscape of cities but also the affective, symbolic, and perceptual dimensions of place. This dissertation examines the tourism milieu of Budapest’s District VII, focusing on Inner Erzsébetváros, the historically Jewish Quarter, as a site …
-
Tourism and the development of 'creative' urban areas: evidence from four non-central areas in London
… widely acknowledged, but their relationship with tourism has to date received little attention. The present research explores the role creative industry clusters play in the development of urban tourism, aiming to enrich debates on urban tourism, creative clusters and urban form. The research pays …
-
Post-communist capital city tourism representation:a case-study on Bucharest
The focus of the project is on the tourism representations of Central and Eastern European post-communist capital cities and the process of representation. Drawing from a number of academic fields such as urban tourism, culture, marketing, and media, as well as original primary and secondary …
-
Tourism and urban regeneration : an analysis of visitor perception, behaviour and experience at the quays in Salford
… in many industrial areas inthe 1970s and 1980s, tourism has featured extensively in urban and waterfrontregeneration policy because of its ability to generate substantial economicbenefits to destination communities. There is now an extensive literaturecovering urban tourism and dockland …
-
Don't be a tourist ! : imagining a post-touristification Berlin
This thesis studies how an emerging form of urban tourism can manifest itself in the city within the section of the Berlin block. Tourists and locals have traditionally been conceptualized as binary, inhabiting separate parts of the city and following their own individual agendas. In recent years …
-
Drawing the line : spatial street vendor management in Ho Chi Minh City
A lack of consensus exists among urban planners and government officials on what to do with the complex issue of informal street vending and sidewalk usage, with cities often turning to ineffective licensing or harmful street clearance. This paper seeks to address this unfulfilling dichotomy by …
-
Evaluating commercial signs in historic streetscapes: the effects of the control of advertising and signage on user’s sense of environmental quality
… and evaluation of users from different urban contexts. The aim of this study is to identify those aspects related to the operation of commercial signage controls and physical characteristics of commercial signs and buildings that should be taken into account in the development of a …
-
Strangers in the city: an assessment of the urban tourist experience
… as accrued by tourists. The assessment of urban tourist experience embraces three distinct concepts that discern this work from previous approaches to date. Namely, that tourist experience consists of behaviour and meaning, with either part incomplete without the other. This then, incurs …
-
Norms and Space: Understanding Public Space Regulation in the Tourist City
… question by exploring the intersections between urban tourism and public space regulation. I argue that public space regulation substantially differs from the tourist to the non-tourist zone. This thesis contradicts the common belief that public space regulation may vary from city to city, but …
-
Prosuming visuality, authenticity and urban exploration within tourist experiences
… discussion around sustainability and slow tourism in the tourist decision making process to the use of visual media to explore, understand and co-create tourist spaces, investigating related tourist subcultures and counter-cultural destinations. In particular the work focuses on Urban …
-
Geografia, percepção e turismo: uma análise integrada do roteiro para pedestres no centro histórico de João Pessoa.
… study consisted in analyzing the elements of the urban touring space on the central area of João Pessoa, emphasizing its historical, political and cultural aspects that permeate the relationship between urban planning and touring planning. Its subject of investigation concentrates on the Route for …