Urban Tourism(s): Is There a Case for a Paradigm Shift?

International Journal of Tourism Cities, 2019

Academic researchers were provided with an additional forum to exchange knowledge, research and agendas on the critical study of urban tourism and tourism cities with the emergence of the International Journal of Tourism Cities in 2015. Since then, the Journal has been recognized for its outstanding contribution to the urban tourism research by numerous scholars. This recognition was embodied in prestigious academic abstracting and indexing, such as achieving the Emerging Sources Citation Index, and Scopus and SJR indices of above 0.5. International Journal of Tourism Cities also welcomed numerous international scholars to its editorial board, of which some also serve as the theme editors. Theme editors were invited to provide their insights on future research agendas in urban tourism research. With this gesture, the Journal wishes to mark the celebration of the fifth volume in the fifth year of publishing and many above mentioned recognitions, as well as acknowledging the valuable ...

The changing socio-economic conditions in the shift from the modern to the competitive, contemporary city has turned the urban realm into a space to be sold to external users, and it has brought to the steady commercial aestheticization of the collective spaces, which nowadays replaced the former public civic areas and converted them into consumerist simulacra. The steady commercialization of the urban space, and the rise of tourism as an activity associated with the main functions of the city can be arguably assessed as two of the most emblematic yet underestimated phenomenon. The academic interest on the so-called urban tourism is indeed very recent, especially if we consider the vastness and the prominence of the so-called Urban Studies and the importance of tourism as a key social, economic, and cultural factor in many different tourist destinations all over the world.

International Journal of Tourism Cities, 2022

This edited book offers a comprehensive overview on a wide array of topics relating to urban destinations and city tourism. It is uniquely positioned and creates a distinct niche in tourism research. It raises awareness on the marketing and development of tourism cities. In the main, this handbook provides an insightful overview of key theoretical underpinnings and case studies that are focused on urban tourism destinations. Its forty chapters provide a useful guide for practitioners, academics and students, who are aspiring to work in the tourism industry. The authors of this title have acquired different backgrounds, qualifications and experiences in academic writing. As a result, this publication presents distinct writing styles and approaches. Some contributing authors distinguish themselves, among others, particularly those who are capable of captivating their audiences’ attention through articulated arguments, that are presented in a clear and understandable manner. “I invite prospective readers to check out this authoritative textbook. I am very pleased to recommend Alastair M. Morrison’s and J. Andres Coca-Stefaniak’s Routledge Handbook of Tourism Cities. This edited book is a rich source of thought for everyone who wants to enhance knowledge and understanding on tourism cities”.

Research on urban tourism promotion has recently gained a considerable importance. Urban tourism promotion plays a crucial role in raising the tourism profile of the city. Given the difference of cities, it is astonishing to discover that cities' tourism promotion materials repetitively use similar slogans, phrases and expressions. This study evaluates tourism promotion of two different cities, Helsinki and Istanbul, which rely on three common selling points: 'the city between the East and West', 'the city of tolerance' and 'city size'. The study examines tourism materials by using content analysis in order to identify how these categories are used and how they represent Helsinki and Istanbul.

2017

The 6th International Tourism Studies Association (ITSA) Biennial conference was held at the University of Greenwich, London, England from 17‐19 August 2016. This was the first time that the conference had been held in Europe and it provided a unique opportunity to meet, hear from and network with tourism scholars and professionals from across Europe, Asia, Australasia, and North and South America. ITSA has a mission to encourage interaction and cooperation between developing and developed countries and the conference was successful in attracting 130 delegates from 29 countries. The main theme of the conference was 'Tourism in Contemporary Cities' with four conference sub‐themes of ‘Tourism Cities and Urban Tourism’, ‘The Chinese Market for European Tourism’, ‘River, Cruise and Maritime Tourism’, and ‘Heritage Tourism in Cities’, The subthemes were chosen to reflect the unique location of the conference on the UNESCO Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site, and London which i...

The main objectives of the Conference are to enhance our understanding of the social world, to contribute to current scholarship, to exchange and share latest developments and research findings in a broad range of disciplines within the social sciences, and to provide a forum to bring various disciplines together to debate and comment on developments in Turkey and the world.

Current Issues in Tourism, 2019

Cristina Maxim is a Lecturer in Tourism with over six years of teaching experience in various higher education institutions in the UK. She completed her PhD at Cities Institute, London with a thesis examining the planning and management of tourism in London. She also holds an MA in Public Administration and a BA in Economics, and has professional experience in teaching in higher education, research, project management, grant writing and event coordination. Her research interests include urban tourism, world tourism cities, sustainable tourism, tourism planning and management, and local government.

International Journal of Tourism Cities

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Tourism is undergoing significant changes through globalisation and new information technology. Tourism experiences are now increasingly being co-produced by tourism companies, tourists and local residents. This has significant implications for cities such as Barcelona, where there has been an explosion of new tourism products through new intermediaries such as Airbnb. As a result tourism is penetrating further into the fabric of the city, and is also being produced by the residents of Barcelona themselves. Perhaps for this reason they complain less about the negative effects of tourism than might be expected.