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    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 ...

    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 ...

    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 ...

    Tourist behavior in a cross-border area: the case of Nicosia, Cyprus 

    Díaz Sauceda, Judit (Date of defense: 2016-07-13)

    Tourists are crossing borders naturally when consuming an area. Therefore, cross-border tourism studies are gaining relevance. A qualitative analysis showed the lack of research on cross-border tourism from the demand side. ...

    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 ...

    Turismo rural comunitario como una propuesta metodológica de Innovación Social para comunidades en conflicto. Caso Montes de María 

    Huertas Cardozo, Netty Consuelo (Date of defense: 2016-01-29)

    The purpose of this research is to present a methodology for Social Innovation to communities in conflict (characterized by poverty, but with great natural and cultural wealth); for which it is proposed to Rural Community ...

    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 ...

    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 ...