Accessible tourism: an integrated model of the behaviour of tourists with disabilities in a destination 

    Gassiot Melian, Ariadna (Date of defense: 2016-07-26)

    People with disabilities face a series of constraints when visiting a tourism destination. These constraints have a disproportionate effect on their behaviour compared to those without disabilities. The first article of ...

    Branding regional destinations: an integrated stakeholders perspective 

    Piva, Elisa (Date of defense: 2019-07-15)

    This doctoral thesis explores the brand development process of regional destinations in depth, focusing on the supply-side perspective and the concept of brand identity, as well as the perceptions of stakeholders involved ...

    Communicative action in collaborative governance: striving for consensus to create knowledge and make collective decisions 

    Palomares Cano, Xavier (Date of defense: 2018-09-28)

    This thesis adopts Habermas’s theory of communicative action to explore how consensus-oriented actions contribute to knowledge creation and collective decision-making in collaborative governance processes. Through studying ...

    Competitivitat del turisme religiós en el marc contemporani. Els espais sagrats i el turisme 

    Aulet Serrallonga, Sílvia (Date of defense: 2012-11-16)

    The main aim is to define the concept of religious tourism in order to understand the complex nature of this phenomenon. Firstly, we analyze the concept of sacred, and especially the relationship with sacred spaces as main ...

    Defining the effect of service quality measurement on service design procedures: mixed methods analysis of four performing arts festivals in Catalonia, Spain 

    Arévalo-Montealegre, Camilo (Date of defense: 2023-01-23)

    Evidence suggests that customer satisfaction relates directly to engagement, loyalty, and wordof- mouth. Moreover, a growing body of literature in the cultural tourism sector recognises the importance of guaranteeing ...

    Desarrollo de un destino de turismo médico en el contexto de la frontera México-Estados Unidos: el caso de Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México 

    Martínez Almanza, María Teresa (Date of defense: 2016-07-15)

    La asistencia sanitaria es uno de los temas primordiales del siglo XXI. Los problemas relacionados con la atención médica contemporánea han generado una creciente demanda de servicios de pacientes extranjeros. En el marco ...

    Evaluation of the role of Iran National Museum in the cultural tourism in Iran 

    Salek Farokhi, Omid (Date of defense: 2019-05-27)

    There has always been a controversy in relevant studies about the role of the museum in the tourism industry, particularly in cultural tourism has always remained controversial in relevant studies. The studies which have ...

    Food consumption of Chinese outbound tourists in Spain 

    Lin, Jiayi (Date of defense: 2017-12-15)

    This dissertation aims to understand the food consuming behaviours of international tourists in their long-haul travel. This thesis is presented as a compendium of publications, which the first one intents to build a new ...

    Food tourism in rural areas: the case of cheese in Vall de Boí, a World Heritage Site 

    Fusté Forné, Francesc (Date of defense: 2016-06-03)

    Food tourism is a type of tourism that over recent years has been achieving a greater interest by academics and tourism professionals, and evidently also as a tourist motivation. The framework of the thesis is based on ...

    Furthering social exchange theory in the study of resident impact perceptions: three approximations to the limits to tourism growth 

    Muler González, Vanessa (Date of defense: 2020-11-25)

    This thesis links the limits of tourism growth and social exchange theory (SET) through tourism impacts perceptions of residents. SET has been the most widely used theory to explain the perceptions by residents of tourism ...

    La imatge turística del Pirineu català: el cas de la Vall de Camprodon 

    Noguer i Juncà, Ester (Date of defense: 2014-07-21)

    This doctoral thesis will try to identify all structural elements that form the tourist landscape of the Valley of Camprodon, primarily from the tension between tradition/modernity vectors and between the nodes/semiologic ...

    Incidencia de la reputación online en la ocupación y rentabilidad hotelera: estudios de caso en Latinoamérica 

    Moya Sánchez, Daissy Hatblathy (Date of defense: 2018-12-18)

    Purpose: To prove the incidence of online reputation in the occupation and profitability of hotels in Latin America. Methodology: Based on the information provided by the Hotel Chain GHL, financial and online reputation ...

    Innovación y co-creación como impulsores de la participación de los jóvenes en la gobernanza sostenible del turismo 

    Andreu Aparicio, Herminia (Date of defense: 2023-11-21)

    This research is an exciting immersion into the world of co-creation and its potential to drive innovation in sustainability within tourism and heritage education. Through the methodology of participant observation in the ...

    La formación en patrimonio cultural en los estudios de Grado en Turismo. El caso de los estudiantes de Barcelona 

    Molero Mateo, Sonia (Date of defense: 2019-12-17)

    The purpose pursued with this study is that future graduates develop the skills and professional abilities that the sector requires. Human capital is considered as a key element in the tourism system. It reveals, however, ...

    Le système touristique comme un facteur de développement local dans les moyennes villes à travers des attractifs: le cas de Fafe au Portugal 

    Freitas da Mota, Catarina (Date of defense: 2016-07-18)

    In this thesis carried through the Doctorate Programm about Tourism from the University of Girona, we decided to investigate whether the tourism system could be considered as a factor in local development in medium-sized ...

    Mitjans digitals i públics escènics. La relació entre el públic i el producte cultural a través de la xarxa. Cas d'estudi: Festival Temporada Alta 

    Baraut, Ingrid (Date of defense: 2017-07-26)

    The aim is to determine how the media environment affects the way in which live performance is received, distributed, and participated in. Based particularly on media and cultural convergence, the study analyses contemporary ...

    Sentidos e significados dos Jogos Olímpicos Rio 2016 

    Silva, William Cléber Domingues (Date of defense: 2016-06-20)

    Aquesta recerca ha tingut com a objectiu investigar els sentits i significats dels Jocs Olímpics Rio 2016. Per això, s’ha realitzat un estudi de cas amb diferents grups d’anàlisi seleccionats per a la recerca. D’entre els ...

    Service quality approach in development of children's visit model. Case study Golestan Palace Museum, Tehran, Iran 

    Hosseini, Seyedeh Yasamin (Date of defense: 2019-06-03)

    This is an investigation that wants to study about the perspective of service quality for young audiences at a cultural place such as museum. These types of projects allow us to obtain direct feedback from children as young ...

    The analysis of tourist destinations’ influence in international student mobility 

    Quintero Morán, Karla Romina (Date of defense: 2023-12-15)

    The ability for places to become meaningful, to generate bonds, sometimes without awareness, tends to create attachments that are developed and reproduced over time. Attachment to the environment is often considered to be ...

    The perceived value, satisfaction and loyalty of the demand for cultural heritage destinations 

    Moreno Manzo, Jessenia (Date of defense: 2023-09-20)

    This doctoral thesis focuses on the studies of tourist destinations with heritage characteristics to investigate the perspectives of the perceived value of the tourist demand and to explore the direct relationships that ...