Papers by Efthymia Sarantakou
Applied Sciences, 2021
In the recent past, sustainable development has been considered a major issue for urban and regio... more In the recent past, sustainable development has been considered a major issue for urban and regional studies. Adaptive reuse appears to be a practical solution for sustainable urban development. Beyond and in addition to a conceptual base consistent with circular economy and sustainability principles, how do we know if adaptive reuse is actually sustainable, provided that it constitutes a multidisciplinary and multilevel process? The present study aims at evaluating, in as much as feasible quantitative terms, adaptive reuse practices sustainability. This was attained using a set of indicators, developed combining PESTLE (the Political, Economic, Technical, Social, Legal, and Environmental aspects) and SWOT (the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) approaches, of which the results were subjected to evaluation by experts (pairwise comparisons), following the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). The indicators representing strengths and opportunities of the process were calculated to be of higher value (overall level of final cumulative indicators values; 70.4%) compared with indicators representing weaknesses and threats. Enhancing strengths and opportunities and counteracting weaknesses and threats contribute making the potential of adaptive reuse practices in urban sustainability more evident. Among analysis dimensions, political and economic aspects rank first, followed by environmental, socio-cultural, technological-technical, and legal aspect. The empirical results of this paper serve as a useful reference point for decision-making and policy formulation addressing adaptive reuse practices in sustainable development strategies.
International Journal of Islands Research, 2020
Wine tourism is a type of special-interest tourism which has recorded a remarkable growth over th... more Wine tourism is a type of special-interest tourism which has recorded a remarkable growth over the past few years, creating challenges and opportunities for wineries and wine regions to diversify and gain a competitive advantage. Many wine regions around the world – including several island destinations such as Tenerife, Sicily, Santorini, Corsica, Sardinia – have recognised the economic benefits of wine tourism, although much effort is needed to transform a wine region into a wine tourism destination. Within this framework, this paper aims to explore the level of wine tourism development in the Greek island of Crete. To achieve this objective, a survey was conducted in the wineries which participate in ‘Wines of Crete’, a network of 32 wineries operating in the island. Results indicate that most wineries in Crete have engaged in wine tourism, providing multiple experiences to their visitors, as their owners recognise significant benefits to their wineries and the island. However, they have not managed yet to exploit the full potential of wine tourism, proposing specific measures for its further development. Findings and discussions of this study are useful both to wine industry practitioners and to academic researchers interested in wine tourism.
Current Issues in Tourism, 2019
Since the summer of 2015, many islands in the Aegean received an unprecedented wave of refugees a... more Since the summer of 2015, many islands in the Aegean received an unprecedented wave of refugees and migrants, which created a series of immediate, short term and long term social, humanitarian and economic issues (UNHCR. (2015). The sea route to Europe: Mediterranean passage in the age of refugees. Retrieved from https://goo.gl/8URK97). This paper aims to study and analyse the effects of refugees’ inflows and the implications of the volunteers’ presence on the islands of Chios and Lesvos (Greece) through a primary research, as well as the reactions of the stakeholders involved. A primary qualitative research with the use of semi-structured interviews has been conducted between October 2016 and March 2017. The sample of the research was selected by random sampling and it involved 122 participants who were separated in two groups: a) representatives of state bodies and local authorities as well as local entrepreneurs and b) independent volunteers and members of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO). The main findings of the primary research showed a negative attitude of the local stakeholders as to the effects of the refugees’ inflows on the economic and social life of both islands and, therefore, on tourism. The research recorded a positive attitude towards the islands and their local societies on behalf of the volunteers and NGO members, as well as their intention to revisit the islands in the future as tourists.
Tourism Planning and Development, 2019
This paper critically examines the ways in which overtourism exacerbates as a result of the proli... more This paper critically examines the ways in which overtourism exacerbates as a result of the proliferation of new, non-institutionalized forms of tourism accommodation and their impacts on land uses, spatial planning and landscape management, using the case study of Santorini, Greece. The longstanding practice of policy favouring intensive exploitation of small-scale land ownership, for tourism and second residence development, has played a catalytic role in the dominant model of tourism development, escalating the fragmentation of Greek territory and Greek tourism space; largely on the margins of national regional plans and coupled with lack of proper controls or regulation of tourism land uses, it has proven especially detrimental to the Greek landscape. This paper describes, analyses and discusses such processes and their mechanisms, in the case of the island of Santorini, in light also of the recent proliferation of new forms of non-institutionalized tourism accommodation intensifying phenomena of overtourism and further impinging on spatial and landscape planning, use and management.
Economic expansion indirectly promotes class diversification at the neighbourhood scale with a co... more Economic expansion indirectly promotes class diversification at the neighbourhood scale with a consequent reduction of social divides at the regional scale. To verify this working hypothesis, the present study investigates class diversification at both spatial scales in a Mediterranean city (Athens, Greece) using the European Socioeconomic Classification based on population census data referring to 1991–2001, a phase of economic expansion and intense urban sprawl preceding the 2004 Olympic games. Results of multivariate analysis and diversity indexes outline a local-scale social mix associated to suburban expansion, and regional-scale class segregation, reflecting an increasing polarization in affluent and economically deprived urban districts. The contrasting pattern at the two spatial scales results in a complex social geography with class diversification and moderate changes over time in the economic spatial divide between urban and neighbouring rural areas. These findings contribute to design scale-dependent policies reducing social inequalities and improving quality of life in urban areas. Future paths for socio-spatial processes were delineated for sprawling metropolitan regions under economic expansion and discussed in the light of future demographic trends in both developed and emerging countries.
Tourismos, 2017
Cities everywhere, and especially those located in coastal areas, grow and change rapidly, reconf... more Cities everywhere, and especially those located in coastal areas, grow and change rapidly, reconfiguring in many cases through successful urban development strategies. Tourism specialization is considered a driver of urban transformation and environmental change. A key challenge facing cities for years to come will be understanding the critical role that tourism plays in urban policies and planning process. Our study focuses on Urban Political Ecology (UPE) as an emerging framework for analysis of socio-environmental change in metropolitan areas. Specifically, it allows to examine political, social, and ecological processes together with interests, power and relations shaping patterns and processes of urban change. After providing a brief review of UPE and how it expands toward tourism issues, the article examines Benidorm (Spain), Venice (Italy) and Mykonos (Greece) as representative examples of fast-growing, tourismspecialized Mediterranean urban areas. The case studies illustrate how tourism specialization has been for a long time a driver of change closely linked to urban processes. We conclude that UPE allows a comprehensive analysis of tourism's role, problems and potentials in the context of complex socioeconomic dynamics, contributing to identify effective policies governing future urbanization processes in coastal cities.
Journal of Tourism Research, 2017
Current paper focuses on the new business models which changed and affected the tourism industry.... more Current paper focuses on the new business models which changed and affected the tourism industry. The scope is to identify the relative framework and the operation of these new business models by describing their operation and their actual evolution, even though the research is limited in this particular field. The evolution of peer – to peer business models and sharing economy platforms altered the opportunities for the potential customer and impacted the industry in various ways. As a result, local authorities tried to react to the new circumstances mainly by creating the appropriate legal framework. The responses took place at national, regional or even local level. The paper discusses these approaches as well as the impacts that sharing economy has on the Greek tourism industry.
We investigate the relationship between land-use changes (1987–2007) and the spatial distribution... more We investigate the relationship between land-use changes (1987–2007) and the spatial distribution of the average declared income of resident population in a southern European metropolitan region (Athens, Greece) as a contribution to the analysis of suburbanization processes in the Mediterranean region. To demonstrate that urban expansion is accompanied with multiple modifications in the use of the surrounding non-urban land, we developed a computational approach based on spatial indexes of landscape configuration and proximity as a result of changes in the local socio-spatial structure. Diversity in the use of land surrounding built-up parcels in the Athens’ metropolitan region increased significantly between 1987 and 2007, reflecting a progressive fragmentation of the exurban landscape. The percentage of forests and (high-quality) natural land surrounding built-up parcels increased from 8.1 to 9.4 % between 1987 and 2007. The reverse pattern was observed for (low-quality) sparsely vegetated areas, declining from 65 to 47 %. Large built-up parcels were surrounded by a higher percentage of natural land than small parcels. The largest increase over time in forest and natural land surrounding built-up parcels was observed in municipalities with high per capita declared income, and the reverse pattern was observed for sparse vegetation. Our results demonstrate that scattered urban expansion determines a polarization in suburban areas with high-quality and low-quality natural amenities. Sprawl increases economic inequality and socio-spatial disparities contributing to a spatially unbalanced distribution of natural amenities with higher consumption of high-quality land.
Ο σχεδιασµός τουριστικών καταλυμάτων, σε µεγάλο βαθµό, καθορίζεται από τις στρατηγικές του τουρισ... more Ο σχεδιασµός τουριστικών καταλυμάτων, σε µεγάλο βαθµό, καθορίζεται από τις στρατηγικές του τουριστικού μάρκετινγκ. ¨Όλο και περισσότερο το ξενοδοχείο πρέπει να προσφέρει εµπειρίες, και να αφηγείται ιστορίες στις οποίες ο τουρίστας – επισκέπτης θέλει να συμμετέχει. Οι παράγοντες που επηρεάζουν το σχεδιασμό ενός καταλύματος, είναι οι κυρίαρχες σε κάθε περίοδο απαιτήσεις της τουριστικής αγοράς, ο ανταγωνισµός, και η εξέλιξη της τεχνολογίας, αλλά και το θεσμικό πλαίσιο κάθε χώρας. Στην περίπτωση της Ελλάδας, όπου κυριαρχούν οι μικρές και πολύ μικρές τουριστικές επιχειρήσεις, οι οποίες παραδοσιακά είχαν περιορισμένη ικανότητα στο να παρακολουθούν τις τάσεις της ζήτησης, η μεγάλη μάζα της αρχιτεκτονικής του τουρισμού διαμορφώνεται κυρίως από το πλαίσιο – και τις παρεκκλίσεις που δίνει η δυνατότητα εκμετάλλευσης της μικρής ιδιοκτησίας γης και των προδιαγραφών της τουριστικής νομοθεσίας. Το άρθρο επιχειρεί έναν κριτικό σχολιασμό της αρχιτεκτονικής του τουρισμού στην Ελλάδα μέσα από την εξέλιξη του εφαρμοσμένου θεσμικού πλαισίου. Μεθοδολογικά, το ζήτημα εξετάζεται με την παράθεση ανά χρονικές περιόδους, από τη δεκαετία του 1940 έως και σήμερα, της εφαρμοσμένης κρατικής πολιτικής που επηρέασε την διαμόρφωση της αρχιτεκτονικής των τουριστικών καταλυμάτων. Τα πεδία που εξετάζονται είναι το πλαίσιο δόμησης, χωροθέτησης καθώς και η συνολική διαδικασία αδειοδότησης των τουριστικών καταλυμάτων, όπως αυτά λειτουργούσαν μέσα στη συνολική τουριστική πολιτική κάθε περιόδου. Ως βασικά στοιχεία σχολιασμού σε κάθε χρονική περίοδο, σχολιάζονται ο εναλλασσόμενος ρόλος του κράτους, των επιχειρήσεων του τουρισμού, των μελετητών και των τουριστών στη διαμόρφωση των κυρίαρχων αρχιτεκτονικών προτύπων και η έννοια του αρχιτεκτονικού σχεδιασμού μέσα από το θεσπισμένο πλαίσιο προδιαγραφών.
Η παρούσα εισήγηση μελετά τη διαχρονική επίδραση της εφαρμοσμένης κρατικής πολιτικής για την προσ... more Η παρούσα εισήγηση μελετά τη διαχρονική επίδραση της εφαρμοσμένης κρατικής πολιτικής για την προστασία της πολιτιστικής κληρονομιάς σε έναν ώριμο ελληνικό προορισμό. Το άρθρο εστιάζει στην προστασία των πόρων της υλικής κληρονομίας που συνδέεται με τους περιορισμούς στη δόμη- ση. Αρχικά επισημαίνεται ότι η θεσμική προστασία αποτελεί απαραίτητο συστατικό στη διαδικασία βιώσιμης διαχείρισης των πολιτιστικών πόρων. Κατόπιν επιχειρείται μια καταγραφή της εξέλιξης του θεσμικού πλαισίου προστασίας της υλικής κληρονομιάς στην Ελλάδα. Σε δεύτερο επίπεδο γίνεται η διαχρονική κριτική ανάλυση του εφαρμοσμένου θεσμικού πλαισίου προστασίας της υλικής κληρονομιάς στην Αίγινα από το 1950 έως σήμερα. Συμπεραίνεται ότι η επισήμανση και η αναγνώριση των πολιτιστικών στοιχείων υλικής κληρονομιάς της Αίγινας, αρχικά από τους ειδικούς και κατόπιν από το κράτος με τη μορφή της προστασίας, αποτέλεσε τη βάση για μια σειρά πολιτιστικών πόρων. Ειδικότερα προκύπτει ότι το εφαρμοσμένο θεσμικό πλαίσιο διατήρησης επηρέασε με ποικίλους τρόπους τη διαμόρφωση των κύριων πολιτιστικών προϊόντων και κατά συνέπεια την εξέλιξη του συγκεκριμένου τουριστικού προορισμού.
This paper presents the evolution of spatial planning as it was implemented in Greece since the e... more This paper presents the evolution of spatial planning as it was implemented in Greece since the end of the 2nd World War in connexion to its influence in the shaping and growing of Greek tourist destinations. The paper acknowledges that the spatial planning policies implemented and the spatial status that they form are proven to be crucial factors in the organizational model followed by the Greek tourist destinations. The lack of a consistent and complete planning for the Greek tourist destinations, which would have developmental dimensions, results to the application of incoherent and, in many cases, controversial policies that affects their evolution and prospects. As a consequence, referring to specific time periods based on the philosophy on the shaping of the tourist destination proves to be a very difficult task, since tourism policies have shown over time a wide discordance between the intentions of state planning and the policies implemented at a local level through a large number of legal exceptions. Moreover, there is an obvious lack of uniformity and consistency on the policies applied by a large number of competent authorities, such as the Greek Tourism Organization (GNTO), the Ministry of Culture, The Ministry of Environment, Regional and Local Authorities. In the long term, this inconsistency that prevails in the applied spatial and urban policies has served small properties and local interests and, consequently, the dominance of an indigenous "non-industrial" model of tourism development. The article concludes with the examination of complicated issues that spatial planning has to deal with during this current period of economic crisis in Greece.
This study assesses trends (1960–2010) in forest cover over a Mediterranean metropolitan region (... more This study assesses trends (1960–2010) in forest cover over a Mediterranean metropolitan region (Attica, Greece) with the aim to investigate the role of local contexts promoting changes in the use of land. Forest cover decreased in a spatially heterogeneous manner over the study period determining a land-use structure coherent with the Von Thunen mono-centric model. We used a multivariate exploratory analysis of 26 contextual variables to identify changes in the urban spatial structure at the local scale. The shift from a land-use structure based on urban–rural and cropland-forest polarizations in the early 1960s to a pattern based on the polarization in medium-density, mixed urban/agricultural areas and low-density, sparse forest land has been observed in the last 50 years. Urban expansion into rural land and the establishment of protected areas in economically marginal and remote districts has been identified as relevant drivers of landscape transformation in the area. Our study demonstrates that land-use changes driven by expansion of dispersed settlements may consolidate mono-centric urban structures. A concentric land-use distribution around the central city is compatible with urban sprawl and may be indirectly supported by ‘green belt’ regional planning and environmental policies protecting high-quality natural land.
This study illustrates an original approach to assess city hierarchy in metropolitan regions and ... more This study illustrates an original approach to assess city hierarchy in metropolitan regions and to investigate urban gradients using local-scale socioeconomic data. By linking land-use to the diversification in the level of land imperviousness, we consider fragmentation and diversity in the use of land to distinguish urban from rural areas. We applied an entropy function to a map of land imperviousness in Athens' metropolitan region, Greece, with the aim to classify municipalities into urban and rural types based on Shannon diversity and Pielou evenness indexes. Urban areas are hypothesized to have higher diversification in the degree of imperviousness than rural areas. Principal Component Analysis and Canonical Correlation Analysis were used to verify the spatial coherency between land imperviousness and the distribution of urban land-use. Land imperviousness Pielou index increased linearly with both diversity in the use of land and ancillary variables assessing the urban gradient (population density and distance from the inner city). Our study identifies urban and rural municipalities respectively as the most and the less diversified in terms of land-use and imperviousness intensity, with suburban areas ranking in-between. Pielou evenness index applied to land imperviousness maps and the notion of land-use diversification are promising tools to monitoring city hierarchy along urban gradients.
Like in many international destinations, so follows in Greece that the launching of various forms... more Like in many international destinations, so follows in Greece that the launching of various forms of cultural tourism has been for many decades one of the basic pillars of the dominating literature as regards the desired touristic development model in fully formed as well as developing destinations of Greece. However, the transition from a heliotropic to a cultural tourism doesn’t seem to be such a feasible, in some cases at least, prospect. In general, the efforts were focused on the country’s rich and scattered archeological as well as cultural stock, systematically setting aside the potential of forming a series of cultural products targeted towards a wider market of a “generic” cultural tourist which could strengthen the differentiation of the touristic offer and become an element of competitive advantage for the destinations. The present article looks into the challenges and prospects which are created through the introduction of newer and more enriched forms of cultural tourism in order to reform and reinforce the provided touristic experience in fully developed Greek destinations, so as to achieve their re-promotion towards international markets.
Greek Economic Outlook, 2015
Entrepreneurship in tourism depends on several parameters regarding taxes and growth, environment... more Entrepreneurship in tourism depends on several parameters regarding taxes and growth, environment, culture, transportation, security, etc. Any policies that the state implements in these areas create a framework which has a specific orientation (less or more friendly to private or public investment, a specific size of investment, etc). However, such orientation only becomes understood retrospectively, since the “Greek reality” presents many contradictions and a wide inconsistency between the intentions declared by the central state strategy and the policies implemented through a number of exemptions at a local level.1 This article refers to the new framework created during the current period 2010-2014, under certain circumstances and with specified objectives. Within the economic crisis, which was translated into the State’s and bank system’s lack of liguidity, the focus was shifted from the economic incentives to spatial and urban planning benefits, to the effort to simplify the processes and the mechanisms of planning and environmental licensing and to the creation of a series of new tourist products that emphasize the tourist real estate.
Journal of Tourism Research, 2015
The existence of tourism resources is a key factor and competitive advantage for countries who tr... more The existence of tourism resources is a key factor and competitive advantage for countries who try to be developed. Τhe shift to a more sustainable tourism development underlined the need to create new tourism products, which would match the shift from "quantitative" demand to a more "qualitative" one. The pursuit of sustainability through SIT development and planning is in the framework of the current study.
Books by Efthymia Sarantakou
by Paris Tsartas, Nikolaos Trihas, Kyriaki Glyptou, PANAGIOTA DIONYSOPOULOU, Ioanna Farsari, Sofia Avgerinou Kolonias, Efthymia Sarantakou, Nikolaos Vagionis, Magdalini VASILEIOU, Polyxeni Moira, eleftheria gkrimpa, Stella Kostopoulou, Sofoklis Skoultsos, and Maria Partalidou Εκδόσεις Παπαζήση, Dec 2017
Ο Συλλογικός αυτός Τόμος, αποτελεί μια συστηματική προσπάθεια καταγραφής και χαρτογράφησης των Ελ... more Ο Συλλογικός αυτός Τόμος, αποτελεί μια συστηματική προσπάθεια καταγραφής και χαρτογράφησης των Ελλήνων Επιστημόνων οι οποίοι εμπλέκονται ακαδημαϊκά, εκπαιδευτικά και ερευνητικά στον επιστημονικό χώρο του Τουρισμού και της Τουριστικής Ανάπτυξης. Είναι όμως και μια προσπάθεια αναλυτικής διερεύνησης και ανάδειξης των κυριότερων θεματικών πεδίων των ερευνητικών ενδιαφερόντων τους. Οι συμβολές των Ελλήνων Επιστημόνων, οι οποίες συγκροτούν την ύλη του τόμου: – Καλύπτουν το σύνολο των ερευνητικών πεδίων στα οποία επικεντρώνονται οι σύγχρονες τουριστικές σπουδές. – Διερευνούν τις εξελίξεις οι οποίες προκύπτουν στη μελέτη του τουριστικού φαινόμενου στον σύγχρονο κόσμο. – Επιβεβαιώνουν την αναγκαιότητα διεπιστημονικής προσέγγισης της τουριστικής ανάπτυξης και εκπαίδευσης. – Καταγράφουν το εντυπωσιακό εύρος των ζητημάτων τα οποία απασχολούν την σύγχρονη πραγματικότητα του Τουριστικού Τομέα και της Τουριστικής Αγοράς. – Αναδεικνύουν πληθώρα θεμάτων τα οποία αφορούν ειδικότερα τις αναγκαίες προτεραιότητες της ελληνικής τουριστικής πολιτικής. – Επισημαίνουν εμφατικά ότι η χώρα διαθέτει ένα εντυπωσιακό και υψηλού επιπέδου ανθρώπινο δυναμικό στο πεδίο του Τουρισμού και της Τουριστικής Επιστήμης. – Προτείνουν άμεσα και έμμεσα αλλαγές στις προτεραιότητες του συστήματος Τουριστικής Εκπαίδευσης της χώρας. Για όλους τους παραπάνω λόγους, ο εν λόγω Συλλογικός Τόμος, αποτελεί ένα σύγχρονο εκπαιδευτικό εγχειρίδιο και παράλληλα μία ολοκληρωμένη διεπιστημονική μονογραφία για τον Τουρισμό και την Τουριστική Ανάπτυξη.
Book Chapters by Efthymia Sarantakou
Nova Science Publishers, Dec 2016
This book focuses on tourism sectors and models the latest trends in tourism activity while provi... more This book focuses on tourism sectors and models the latest trends in tourism activity while providing a new vision for contemporary tourism economy. Tourism is a sector confronting new challenges for advanced and developing economies. Despite global challenges, tourism continues to be a dynamic sector stimulating social and economic development. Moreover, many scientific challenges are identified in order to model and explain countries tourism sectors, regional and local conditions of tourism and territories sustainability. In addition, a set of models is provided in this book, contributing to a new vision for contemporary tourism economies, showing new tendencies in this sector and following a scientific approach concerning new policy design aimed at understanding and explaining a new philosophy carried out by governments in terms of the management of the tourism sector. On the other hand, the private sector of economic business opportunities considering the perspectives of tourism are also considered. This book serves as an excellent guide for agents either in public or private sector buildings on the associated scientific methodologies concerning their strategic planning. Therefore, the aim of the present book is to provide some contribution to the areas highlighted above. Table of Contents: Preface | Chapter 1. The Portuguese Tourism Market: A Model => pp. (João Albino Silva, Manuel Alberto M. Ferreira, José António Filipe, and Manuel Coelho, Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Algarve, Portugal, and others) | Chapter 2. The Geography of Tourism in Europe: Exploring Countries and Regions of Higher or Lower Development of Tourism in the Period of Crisis => pp. 21-42 (Kostas Rontos, Luca Salvati, Maria-Eleni Syrmali, Ioannis Vavouras, and Efstratia Karagkouni, Department of Sociology, University of the Aegean, Mytilene, Greece, and others) | Chapter 3. Anti-Commons, Regulation and Tourism: How to Avoid the Economic Destruction of Value => pp. 43-64 (José António Filipe, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Business Research Unit (BRU-IUL) and Information Sciences, Technologies and Architecture Research Center (ISTAR-IUL), Lisboa, Portugal) | Chapter 4. Islands and Tourism: A Comprehensive Framework for the Development of a “New Tourism” Model => pp. 65-78 (Dimitrios Lagos, Eleni Kitrinou, Kostas Rontos, and Mihail Diakomihalis, Department of Management and Administration, University of the Aegean, Mytilene, Greece, and others) | Chapter 5. Tourism Development Models in Greece: Trends and Challenges in an Effort to Change the Paradigm => pp. 79-96 (Paris Tsartas, Efthymia Sarantakou and Alexios-Patapios Kontis, Department of Business Administration, University of the Aegean, Chios, Greece, and others) | Chapter 6. Anti-Commons in Tourism: Evidence from Portugal and Bulgaria => pp. 97-114 (José António Filipe and Desislava Yordanova, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Business Research Unit (BRU-IUL) and Information Sciences, Technologies and Architecture Research Center (ISTAR-IUL), Lisboa, Portugal, and others) | Chapter 7. HealthWWWCare. Total Globalization of Healthcare => pp. 115-134 (Paulo Sintra, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, ISCTE-IUL, BRU-UNIDE, Lisboa, Portugal) | Chapter 8. Neuromarketing Applied to Tourism: An Introductory Vision => pp. 135-150 (José Chavaglia, José António Filipe, and Manuel Alberto M. Ferreira, ipdois neurobusiness, São Paulo, Brazil, and others) | Chapter 9. Mega-Sporting Events: Their Emerging Importance for Tourism and Societies and the Need for their Strategic Enrolment in Regional Planning => pp. 151-162 (Petros Rontos, B.A in Physical Science and Sports, MBA, ING HELLAS and University of the Aegean, Athens, Greece) | Chapter 10. The Integration of Greece in the System of International Tourist Operations (1945-1974): A Quantitative Analysis => pp. 163-180 (Savvakis Manos and Nikolakakis Michalis, Department of Sociology, University of the Aegean, Greece, and others) | Chapter 11. About some Stylized Facts on Tourism: A Multidimensional Scaling Approach => pp. 181-194 (António Bento Caleiro, Departamento de Economia, Universidade de Évora, Portugal) | Chapter 12. Data Driven Marketing Decision Making: An Application of DEA in Tourism Marketing Channels => pp. 195-214 (Alexios-Patapios Kontis and Dimitrios Lagos, Department of Marketing, Technological Education Institute of Central Greece, Greece, and others) | Chapter 13. Sport Events Tourism: A Perspective Analysis for the Tourism Sector => pp. 215-230 (Teresa Palrão and José António Filipe, Universidade Europeia - Laureate International Universities, ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal, and others) | Chapter 14. An Organization Design Redefinition for the Tourism Sector Using Design Thinking: Sustainable Hotels Case Study => pp. 231-272 (David Lamelas, José Lamelas and José António Filipe, Nova School of Business & Economic, Portugal, and others) | Chapter 15. Sociability and the Intention to Return to a Hostel => pp. 273-284 (Paulo Rita, Ana Brochado and Rita Marques, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Business Research Unit (BRU-IUL), Lisboa, Portugal, and others) | Chapter 16. Sky Commons as a Basis to Explore the Touristic Potential of the Alqueva Area (Portugal) => pp. 285-302 (Áurea Rodrigues and José António Filipe, Universidade Europeia, Lisboa, Portugal, and others) | Chapter 17. Management Style Preference and its Impact on Employee Job Satisfaction in Independent Hotels: An Exploratory Study => pp. 303-320 (Rebecca Bennett and Miguel Moital, Department of Events & Leisure, Faculty of Management, Bournemouth University, UK) | Chapter 18. Energy Use in Hotels: Environmental Policies towards a Sustainable Greek Tourist Product => pp. 321-358 (Katerina Parpairi, Architect (N.T.U.A.), M.Phil., Ph.D. (University of Cambridge), Tutor at the Hellenic Open University, Greece) | Chapter 19. The Perceived Image of Cape Verde => pp. 359-374 (Pedro Quelhas Brito, Antónia Correia and José Luís Barros, Faculdade de Economia da Universidade do Porto, Portugal, and others) | Advisory Committee | About the Editors and Authors | Index
In book: Innovative Approaches to Tourism and Leisure, Jan 2018
New technologies play a pivotal role within the travel and tourism sector, especially by affectin... more New technologies play a pivotal role within the travel and tourism sector, especially by affecting the tourism distribution channels, by transforming the tourist experience and, also, by influencing drastically the tourists’ perception towards destinations. Aim of the present study is to discuss how new technologies influence the perception of Athens as a tourist and cultural destination.
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