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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Soltanolkotabi, Mohammad (Date of defense: 2024-04-24)
A total solar eclipse is one of the most spectacular nature’s shows and a significant motivation for many people to travel and see the totality as a once in a lifetime experience. Host communities within the path of totality ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...