Le tourisme métropolitain

The Smart City Ecosystem as an Innovation Model: Lessons from Montreal

“…In an urban setting, the tourist is often confined to a limited area. In Montreal for instance, as in many large cities, the main tourist attractions are concentrated in the downtown area (Pilette & Kadri 2005), where traffic is very dense. In this context, tourists' informational needs are high because they need to learn about places to visit, travel options, costs, and access times.…”

La metrópoli cultural y turística: ¿una nueva cara de la globalización?

“…However, the construction of this image took place throughout the 20th century in a very particular context, defense of French Canadian culture and identity. Indeed, as stated by several authors (Prevost, 2000;Dufresne, 2001;Pilette and Kadri, 2005), Montreal's Winter Carnival, organized by the Montreal Snow Shoe Club five times between 1883 and 1889, was an important period in the history of the tourism and cultural development of the metropolis. The event was promoted outside the Canadian territory and the Carnival was widely promoted in the United States.…”

Journal of Tourism & Hospitality

“…Cities like Bilbao, Barcelona, Singapore have become the epitome of urban shift towards tourism and leisure combining urbanism, tourism and new economy to assert the "creative economy" [14,17]. Pilette and Kadri [18] have used the term "ice cream economy" to express the development of events and limited-duration tourism products that drive the urban tourism.…”

“…Kadri and Pilette [18] call "Ice Cream Economy" the constant need for new products and events offer renewal in order to maintain a destination's attractiveness. This reflects Hannigan [20] arguments on the Fantasy City, in which tourism and leisure play a growing role in cities economy.…”