Institut de Recerca en Turisme (INSETUR): Enviaments recents
Ara mostrant els elements 1-20 de 28
El turismo como contexto para la transformación personal
ENG- This work focuses on the human dimension of tourism, specifically on its potential to be a context of personal transformation. The main objective of the work is to investigate the deep meaning of travel based on the ...
Patrimonio biocultural: el papel de la mujer indígena en la salvaguarda del patrimonio alimentario del Imbabura Geoparque Mundial UNESCO en Ecuador
ENG- This doctoral thesis analyzes the interaction between indigenous women from the Imbabura Geopark in Ecuador and the preservation of biocultural heritage. Biocultural heritage includes beliefs, knowledge, and practices ...
Eclipse chasing and sustainable tourism development. Case study: three solar eclipses in Spain in 2026/27/28
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 ...
The analysis of tourist destinations’ influence in international student mobility
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 ...
Innovación y co-creación como impulsores de la participación de los jóvenes en la gobernanza sostenible del turismo
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 ...
The perceived value, satisfaction and loyalty of the demand for cultural heritage destinations
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 ...
World heritage brand personality comparative analysis
Currently, World Heritage Sites (hereafter, WHSs) are perceived as a prominent tourism brand, a fact that encourages many countries to increase their listed WHSs (Su & Lin, 2014) so that they may benefit from the use of ...
Defining the effect of service quality measurement on service design procedures: mixed methods analysis of four performing arts festivals in Catalonia, Spain
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 ...
Furthering social exchange theory in the study of resident impact perceptions: three approximations to the limits to tourism growth
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 ...
Turismo de base comunitaria y emprendimiento indígena. El papel de la gobernanza tradicional en la gestión de empresas de base comunitaria turísticas en Oaxaca, México
This doctoral thesis aims to contribute to the development of an emerging theory of community-based tourism (CBT), defining it as community-driven governance (CDG) and as social entrepreneurship, both analyzed as dimensions ...
Branding regional destinations: an integrated stakeholders perspective
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 ...
La formación en patrimonio cultural en los estudios de Grado en Turismo. El caso de los estudiantes de Barcelona
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, ...
Evaluation of the role of Iran National Museum in the cultural tourism in Iran
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 ...
Service quality approach in development of children's visit model. Case study Golestan Palace Museum, Tehran, Iran
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 ...
Turismo sostenible y desarrollo: análisis del desarrollo turístico sostenible colombiano mediante el estudio de la efectividad de los programas de asistencia al desarrollo como modelos de ayuda a la sostenibilidad local
The identification of cases that allow to identify if the relationship between international cooperation and tourism can be generator of good practices, in order to design a methodological tool to analyse and evaluate ...
Incidencia de la reputación online en la ocupación y rentabilidad hotelera: estudios de caso en Latinoamérica
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 ...
Communicative action in collaborative governance: striving for consensus to create knowledge and make collective decisions
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 ...
Food consumption of Chinese outbound tourists in Spain
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 ...
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
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 ...
Le système touristique comme un facteur de développement local dans les moyennes villes à travers des attractifs: le cas de Fafe au Portugal
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 ...
