Managing World Heritage Site stakeholders: a grounded theory paradigm model approach

Identifying stakeholder perspectives and worldviews on sustainable urban tourism development using a Q-sort methodology

“…In this paper, we use the concepts of individual and collective worldviews to better understand the complexity that urban tourism destinations face in recognizing, accounting for and benefitting from varying stakeholder perspectives on destination development and management, in the context of sustainable urban tourism development and overtourism. As such, the paper contributes to the limited body of work on this topic (Lew, 2017;Seyfi, Michael Hall, & Fagnoni, 2018) and could contribute to improving urban tourism governance practices on the ground.…”

Creating Tourism Destinations of Underground Built Heritage—The Cases of Salt Mines in Poland, Portugal, and Romania

“…Regardless of the point of view, many studies argued its impact as a powerful force in the construction and maintenance of a national identity since it relies upon the historic symbols of the nation as a means of attracting tourists [22]. This kind of tourism is important for many countries as a potential tool for poverty alleviation and community economic development, including former industrial cities affected by shrinkage [15,22,23]. As a part of cultural tourism, an industrial heritage tourism, which refers to "the development of tourist activities and industries on man-made sites, buildings and landscapes that originated with industrial processes of earlier periods" [24] is directly applicable to salt mines.…”

Deciphering Islamic theocracy and tourism: Conceptualization, context, and complexities

“…The use of events for promotion and development purposes is also highly circumscribed. Cultural events mainly shaped around religious events are the preferred focus (Hassibi & Sayadabdi, ; Seyfi, Hall, & Fagnoni, ; Ziaee & Amiri, ). The influence of religious policies can be seen in the hosting of leisure events.…”

“…In these systems, encouraging secular tourism is a hotly debated and sensitive issue and tourism outside the pilgrimage and religious spectrum is mostly viewed as a form of globalization and a threat which undermines the "soul" of Islamic values and norms and erodes religious devoutness (Al-Hamarneh & Steiner, 2004;Martin, 2008;Neumayer & Plümper, 2016;Seyfi, Hall, & Fagnoni, 2019;Timothy & Iverson, 2006;Turner, 2009;Zamani-Farahani & Henderson, 2010). Developing some forms of contemporary secular Western style tourism in theocratic countries can create tensions between economic and social development goals and may lead to the discouragement of tourism by various branches or level of government given its perceived adverse impact on local communities (Henderson, 2003(Henderson, , 2009) and/or backlash by communities (Martin, 2008;Neumayer & Plümper, 2016).…”