How Tourism Communities Can Change Travel Information Quality

Largely ignored by research, online travel communities have already changed the travel behavior of the younger generation. They retrieve and exchange information prior to travelling and share their experiences afterwards. This paper presents some empirical evidence that the quality of the information retrieved justifies their behavior. The evidence is embedded in a larger framework and a set of hypotheses that establish a relationship between the choice of a travel information system and attributes of information quality. The paper argues that relevant attributes of information quality are timeliness, completeness, structure and personalization. Three studies support our proposition that a traditional discussion-based online tourism community provides more timely, more complete and more personalized information than a commercial guidebook. A major deficiency is particularly their lack of structure, but also the other attributes of information quality can be improved by more advanced online tourism communities. A second section thus proposes that a) Wiki communities improve timeliness, completeness and structure of online communities b) personal spaces improve the structure and the personalization of traditional online tourist communities and c) Mobile communities provide higher quality information than traditional online tourist communities

Innovation in Tourism Planning

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Systemic Design Method Guide for Policymaking: a Circular Europe on the Way

This volume aims at clarifying the role of Circular Economy according to a sustainable development and how policymakers can target it effectively in their activities. It is a guide to Systemic Design as a key methodology to establish sustainable regional action plans towards a Circular Economy. As the result of an intense dialogue between people who present different perspectives and seek for a common language in the current complexity of policymaking and designing, this is the first of a three book series published across a four-year period (2016–2020) as part of the RETRACE Project funded by the Interreg Europe Programme

Adventure tourism in the Kwazulu-Natal Province : identification of hotspots and mobile knowledge

This research focused on adventure tourism in KZN. The adventurer traveller is interested in remote pristine hotspots. A concern is that irresponsible behaviour on the adventurer’s part could lead to the destruction of the fragile natural environment, as well as negatively interfere with the local traditional cultural values. Adventure hotspots were identified by using the functionalities of a GIS. These findings were validated by tourism practitioners in KZN. The researcher also proposed a practical solution that could improve or enhance the behaviour of adventurers. Existing media were collated into information prompts. These information prompts were categorised in tables that could be linked to a mobile GIS environment. The researcher then examined the framework requirements for a mobile GIS. This resulted in a set of seven criteria that brought together the core essentials required for the conceptual framework of a mobile GIS device dedicated to the adventurer in KZN.GeographyM.A. (Geography

Immigration in Greece following the closure of the Balkan route in March 2018. A critical review of the response in Health and Protection needs of refugees and migrants.

Η παρούσα μελέτη διερευνά και αξιολογεί την αποτελεσματικότητα της ανθρωπιστικής δράσης στην Ελλάδα, κατά την περίοδο μετά το κλείσιμο της Βαλκανικής οδού και τη Συμφωνία Ε.Ε.-Τουρκίας το Μάρτιο του 2016 έως και το 2017 - περίοδο κατά την οποία η Ελλάδα αναγκάστηκε να επαναπροσδιορίσει την μεταναστευτική της πολιτική - ενώ επικεντρώνει το ενδιαφέρον της στους τομείς της υγείας και της προστασίας. Αποκαλύπτει δε ότι, παρά το σχετικά μικρό αριθμό των ωφελούμενων, υπήρξαν σημαντικά κενά ως προς τη συνάφεια και τις δυνατότητες της απόκρισης, και πως οι ίδιοι οι μετανάστες βρέθηκαν εκτεθειμένοι σε επισφαλείς για την υγεία και τη ζωή τους συνθήκες και αντιμέτωποι με παραβιάσεις των ανθρωπίνων και νομικών τους δικαιωμάτων. Η ανεπάρκεια στην απόκρισης, πέρα από τις σύμφυτες αδυναμίες του Ελληνικού συστήματος, ανακλά την επιρροή του Διεθνισμού και της κοινής Ευρωπαϊκής μεταναστευτικής διακυβέρνησης στον εθνικό σχεδιασμό και στην εθνική μεταναστευτική πολιτική.The study thesis in consideration attempts a critical analysis on the effectiveness of the humanitarian response in Greece in the period following the closure of the Western Balkan route and the EU-Turkey Agreement in March 2016 and up to November 2017 -a period when Greece had been forced to re-gear its migration approach- targeting protection and health for migrants. It reveals that, although the number of beneficiaries was relatively small and Greece, with the assistance of the EU and other stakeholders, had invested a lot of resources on the relative response, there had been serious drawbacks and failures in terms of coherence of assistance and capacity of services, while migrants had been exposed to health and life-threatening risks and violations of their human and legal rights. Insufficiency of response, further to deficiencies inherent in the Greek system, reflects the impact of internalization and EU-migration governance on national planning and migration policy

A place-based approach to migrant integration

This Science for Policy report focuses on urban and territorial strategies promoted by the EU Cohesion Policy during the 2014-2020 programming period, namely Sustainable Urban Development (SUD), Integrated Territorial Investment (ITI) and Community-led Local Development (CLLD), and explores whether and how they may contribute to the integration and inclusion of international migrants in the local context. The study illustrates the findings of the Joint Research Centre (JRC) Exploratory Research Activity (ERA) International migrants in Functional Urban Areas. How strategies of sustainable urban development can foster the integration of migrants?, which integrates two analytical approaches, with in-depth case studies based on local data and performed by local academics complementing the analysis carried out at EU-level

Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED11):Book of Abstracts

The ICED series of conferences is the Design Society's "flagship" event. ICED11 took place on August 15-18, 2011, at the campus of the Danish Technical University in Lyngby/Copenhagen, Denmark. The Proceedings of the conference are published in 10 individual volumes, arranged according to topics. All volumes of the Proceedings may be purchased individually through Amazon and other on-line booksellers. For members of the Design Society, all papers are available on this website. The Programme and Abstract Book is publically available for download

ESPON Project 2.3.1., Application and effects of the ESDP in Member States. First Interim Report

This First Interim Report includes the initial results of the project "Application and Effects of the ESDP in the Member States" within the ESPON Programme 2000-2006. The focus of the study is the application of the European Spatial Development Perspective (ESDP), which was adopted at the Potsdam European Council meeting in May 199