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Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Sep 1, 2021
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Jun 14, 2021
The peace-through-tourism discourse has been appropriated mainly by politicians and the industry ... more The peace-through-tourism discourse has been appropriated mainly by politicians and the industry to advance their own particular interests and has been viewed as a panacea to solve the entrenched socioeconomic problems faced by nations globally today. The counter argument is put forward by those analysts who draw our attention to the perceived 'evils' of westernisation and modernisation brought about by globalisation where tourism is one of its principal components. As the paper argues questions of whether and how tourism as a whole contributes to world peace is more complex and problematic. Following a brief exploration of the concept of 'peace', this paper examines the tenuous relationship between 'tourism' and 'peace'. In so doing, it considers the theoretical arguments of diverse thinkers and assesses the strengths and weaknesses of their various positions. The paper goes on to present a fresh conceptual framework for understanding the role of tourism in building a culture of peace. It should be noted that the interpretation offered in this paper has been influenced by the authors' biographies, cultural reflections, and experiences. The paper concludes that not only complexities of tourism and international relations are often ignored in textual representations but the proposition that tourism fosters peace and tolerance appears to have been rather exaggerated.
Pan-Hellenic Conference "Marketing & Management of Tourism Enterprises: Contemporary and... more Pan-Hellenic Conference "Marketing & Management of Tourism Enterprises: Contemporary and Innovative Approaches", Crete 2008
Tourism recreation research, 2007
Niche Tourism#R##N#Contemporary issues, trends and cases, Jun 1, 2007
Much writing treats the tourist as a unitary type, confined to a touristic bubble. Attempts have ... more Much writing treats the tourist as a unitary type, confined to a touristic bubble. Attempts have been made to subdivide the tourist by developing various typologies. These approaches neglect the tourists' voice. By contrast, this paper's case study from Chalkidiki, Greece, indicates that different tourist types experience the same host community in different ways. Analysis of qualitative data from 86 British holidaymakers has led to the identification of five micro-types. Each is characterized by the dominant themes identified for their choice of holiday, types of activities, and views about the host community.
We present a working model of the compensatory eye movement system. We challenge the model with a... more We present a working model of the compensatory eye movement system. We challenge the model with a data set of eye movements in mice (n=34) recorded in 4 different sinusoidal stimulus conditions with 36 different combinations of frequency (0.1-3.2 Hz) and amplitude (0.5-8°) in each condition. The conditions included vestibular stimulation in the dark (vestibular-ocular reflex, VOR), optokinetic stimulation (optokinetic reflex, OKR), and two combined visual/vestibular conditions (the visual-vestibular ocular reflex, vVOR, and visual suppression of the VOR, sVOR). The model successfully reproduced the eye movements in all conditions, except for minor failures to predict phase when gain was very low. Most importantly, it could explain the non-linear summation of VOR and OKR when the two reflexes are activated simultaneously during vVOR stimulation. In addition to our own data, we also reproduced the behavior of the compensatory eye movement system found in the existing literature. These...
Journal On Tourism & Sustainability, Dec 1, 2020
Mountainous tourism is perceived as an effective catalyst of socio-economic development and is re... more Mountainous tourism is perceived as an effective catalyst of socio-economic development and is relied upon as a means of addressing the challenges that peripheral rural communities in Crete are facing, primarily those related to the decline of traditional industries. Studies elsewhere show that it has the potential to assist local communities, such as the mountainous village of Anogia, which is the area of research in this paper. This study examines residents’ perceptions regarding the impacts of tourism development. The limited knowledge in relation to the residents’ perspective of tourism development in mountainous areas was the driving force for undertaking this study. A qualitative method was employed for the purpose of this study. A purposive sample of 50 residents was interviewed using semi-structured and conversational interviews. The analysis of the collected data shows that mountain tourism can produce significant negative impacts as well as the expected positive outcomes. ...
Since the publication of the Brundtland Report, Our common future (1987), there has been a prolif... more Since the publication of the Brundtland Report, Our common future (1987), there has been a proliferation of guidelines on sustainability in rural areas at the international level that have gradually made their way to the centre of national policies. In this paper, thematic analysis is applied to establish the current situation in relation to sustainable tourism development in Connemara, a popular rural tourism destination on the west coast of Ireland. The area is economically highly dependent on tourism, and the environment plays an important role in attracting visitors. In-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted with representatives of organisations in the public and private sectors. The study shows little evidence of the adoption of a sustainable approach to tourism development at the local and regional levels. A key finding was lack of evidence of networking or opportunities for locals’ participation in tourism decision-making. Furthermore, the apparent absence of strong...
International Journal of Tourism Cities
Purpose COVID-19 impacts different groups and subsectors of tourism unevenly, with massive vulner... more Purpose COVID-19 impacts different groups and subsectors of tourism unevenly, with massive vulnerabilities in tourism operating systems among urban tourism areas. Different types of COVID-19 related crises depend on isolation or returning to “normal” in various urban areas. Boosting domestic tourism activities to spark resilience before international demand returns is essential to stimulating local demand worldwide. This paper aims to build upon a non-exhaustive review of the scientific literature about tourism resilience issues to see the bigger picture of tourism resilience on three levels worldwide. Design/methodology/approach This research applies a content analysis technique to collect research data from the latest scientific papers on tourism resilience issues. This study will use searching and filtering on the Scopus web database and based on the VOSviewer algorithm to identify useful insights and determine a framework for tourism resilience issues on three levels. Findings T...
Ecotourism is very much in vogue and widely contested and debated. Understanding ecotourism and i... more Ecotourism is very much in vogue and widely contested and debated. Understanding ecotourism and its impacts is subjective and depends on one’s perspective whether it is a genuine approach for sustainable development of a destination or a marketing ploy. Past interpretations place the concept on a spectrum of opinions offering both positive and negative conclusions and indicating lack of clarity of what ecotourism is and how it can be operationalised. Early studies neglected the negative aspects of this form of tourism, viewing it as a panacea for the ills of mass tourism. More recently, our attention has been drawn to the need for the protection of the natural and social environments as well as ecotourism’s contribution to the economic development in a more sustainable way. The debate on sustainable ecotourism is still ongoing and its complexities are now being recognised. The aim of this conceptual paper is to identify the main differential characteristics of ecotourism. In so doi...
Drawing upon the findings of an empirical study of ecotourism in Crete (Saatsakis, 2018), this in... more Drawing upon the findings of an empirical study of ecotourism in Crete (Saatsakis, 2018), this industry focussed paper discusses and reflects upon the development of successful ecotourism for the Island and its well-being. Greece, including the island of Crete, is strongly committed to the implementation of the 2030 agenda for the sustainable development in balancing its economic growth, protection of the environment and social cohesion, so “no one is left behindâ€. The paper is supported with evidence from research of several years in Crete and from personal experience of the first author working in the Cretan tourism industry, both in the public and private sectors (Saatsakis, 2018). Keywords: Ecotourism, Crete, Sustainability, Development, Challenges, Tourism planning
M Soteriades & G Farsari (eds) Alternative & Special forms of Tourism: Policy, Management & Marke... more M Soteriades & G Farsari (eds) Alternative & Special forms of Tourism: Policy, Management & Marketing, Interbooks, 309-326 2009
Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Sep 1, 2021
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Jun 14, 2021
The peace-through-tourism discourse has been appropriated mainly by politicians and the industry ... more The peace-through-tourism discourse has been appropriated mainly by politicians and the industry to advance their own particular interests and has been viewed as a panacea to solve the entrenched socioeconomic problems faced by nations globally today. The counter argument is put forward by those analysts who draw our attention to the perceived 'evils' of westernisation and modernisation brought about by globalisation where tourism is one of its principal components. As the paper argues questions of whether and how tourism as a whole contributes to world peace is more complex and problematic. Following a brief exploration of the concept of 'peace', this paper examines the tenuous relationship between 'tourism' and 'peace'. In so doing, it considers the theoretical arguments of diverse thinkers and assesses the strengths and weaknesses of their various positions. The paper goes on to present a fresh conceptual framework for understanding the role of tourism in building a culture of peace. It should be noted that the interpretation offered in this paper has been influenced by the authors' biographies, cultural reflections, and experiences. The paper concludes that not only complexities of tourism and international relations are often ignored in textual representations but the proposition that tourism fosters peace and tolerance appears to have been rather exaggerated.
Pan-Hellenic Conference "Marketing & Management of Tourism Enterprises: Contemporary and... more Pan-Hellenic Conference "Marketing & Management of Tourism Enterprises: Contemporary and Innovative Approaches", Crete 2008
Tourism recreation research, 2007
Niche Tourism#R##N#Contemporary issues, trends and cases, Jun 1, 2007
Much writing treats the tourist as a unitary type, confined to a touristic bubble. Attempts have ... more Much writing treats the tourist as a unitary type, confined to a touristic bubble. Attempts have been made to subdivide the tourist by developing various typologies. These approaches neglect the tourists' voice. By contrast, this paper's case study from Chalkidiki, Greece, indicates that different tourist types experience the same host community in different ways. Analysis of qualitative data from 86 British holidaymakers has led to the identification of five micro-types. Each is characterized by the dominant themes identified for their choice of holiday, types of activities, and views about the host community.
We present a working model of the compensatory eye movement system. We challenge the model with a... more We present a working model of the compensatory eye movement system. We challenge the model with a data set of eye movements in mice (n=34) recorded in 4 different sinusoidal stimulus conditions with 36 different combinations of frequency (0.1-3.2 Hz) and amplitude (0.5-8°) in each condition. The conditions included vestibular stimulation in the dark (vestibular-ocular reflex, VOR), optokinetic stimulation (optokinetic reflex, OKR), and two combined visual/vestibular conditions (the visual-vestibular ocular reflex, vVOR, and visual suppression of the VOR, sVOR). The model successfully reproduced the eye movements in all conditions, except for minor failures to predict phase when gain was very low. Most importantly, it could explain the non-linear summation of VOR and OKR when the two reflexes are activated simultaneously during vVOR stimulation. In addition to our own data, we also reproduced the behavior of the compensatory eye movement system found in the existing literature. These...
Journal On Tourism & Sustainability, Dec 1, 2020
Mountainous tourism is perceived as an effective catalyst of socio-economic development and is re... more Mountainous tourism is perceived as an effective catalyst of socio-economic development and is relied upon as a means of addressing the challenges that peripheral rural communities in Crete are facing, primarily those related to the decline of traditional industries. Studies elsewhere show that it has the potential to assist local communities, such as the mountainous village of Anogia, which is the area of research in this paper. This study examines residents’ perceptions regarding the impacts of tourism development. The limited knowledge in relation to the residents’ perspective of tourism development in mountainous areas was the driving force for undertaking this study. A qualitative method was employed for the purpose of this study. A purposive sample of 50 residents was interviewed using semi-structured and conversational interviews. The analysis of the collected data shows that mountain tourism can produce significant negative impacts as well as the expected positive outcomes. ...
Since the publication of the Brundtland Report, Our common future (1987), there has been a prolif... more Since the publication of the Brundtland Report, Our common future (1987), there has been a proliferation of guidelines on sustainability in rural areas at the international level that have gradually made their way to the centre of national policies. In this paper, thematic analysis is applied to establish the current situation in relation to sustainable tourism development in Connemara, a popular rural tourism destination on the west coast of Ireland. The area is economically highly dependent on tourism, and the environment plays an important role in attracting visitors. In-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted with representatives of organisations in the public and private sectors. The study shows little evidence of the adoption of a sustainable approach to tourism development at the local and regional levels. A key finding was lack of evidence of networking or opportunities for locals’ participation in tourism decision-making. Furthermore, the apparent absence of strong...
International Journal of Tourism Cities
Purpose COVID-19 impacts different groups and subsectors of tourism unevenly, with massive vulner... more Purpose COVID-19 impacts different groups and subsectors of tourism unevenly, with massive vulnerabilities in tourism operating systems among urban tourism areas. Different types of COVID-19 related crises depend on isolation or returning to “normal” in various urban areas. Boosting domestic tourism activities to spark resilience before international demand returns is essential to stimulating local demand worldwide. This paper aims to build upon a non-exhaustive review of the scientific literature about tourism resilience issues to see the bigger picture of tourism resilience on three levels worldwide. Design/methodology/approach This research applies a content analysis technique to collect research data from the latest scientific papers on tourism resilience issues. This study will use searching and filtering on the Scopus web database and based on the VOSviewer algorithm to identify useful insights and determine a framework for tourism resilience issues on three levels. Findings T...
Ecotourism is very much in vogue and widely contested and debated. Understanding ecotourism and i... more Ecotourism is very much in vogue and widely contested and debated. Understanding ecotourism and its impacts is subjective and depends on one’s perspective whether it is a genuine approach for sustainable development of a destination or a marketing ploy. Past interpretations place the concept on a spectrum of opinions offering both positive and negative conclusions and indicating lack of clarity of what ecotourism is and how it can be operationalised. Early studies neglected the negative aspects of this form of tourism, viewing it as a panacea for the ills of mass tourism. More recently, our attention has been drawn to the need for the protection of the natural and social environments as well as ecotourism’s contribution to the economic development in a more sustainable way. The debate on sustainable ecotourism is still ongoing and its complexities are now being recognised. The aim of this conceptual paper is to identify the main differential characteristics of ecotourism. In so doi...
Drawing upon the findings of an empirical study of ecotourism in Crete (Saatsakis, 2018), this in... more Drawing upon the findings of an empirical study of ecotourism in Crete (Saatsakis, 2018), this industry focussed paper discusses and reflects upon the development of successful ecotourism for the Island and its well-being. Greece, including the island of Crete, is strongly committed to the implementation of the 2030 agenda for the sustainable development in balancing its economic growth, protection of the environment and social cohesion, so “no one is left behindâ€. The paper is supported with evidence from research of several years in Crete and from personal experience of the first author working in the Cretan tourism industry, both in the public and private sectors (Saatsakis, 2018). Keywords: Ecotourism, Crete, Sustainability, Development, Challenges, Tourism planning
M Soteriades & G Farsari (eds) Alternative & Special forms of Tourism: Policy, Management & Marke... more M Soteriades & G Farsari (eds) Alternative & Special forms of Tourism: Policy, Management & Marketing, Interbooks, 309-326 2009
Proceedings of the ATLAS Cultural Tourism Group meeting in Barcelona, June 2003.
The 11th Hybrid Conference on 'Sustainable Tourism, Culture and Sports' aims to provide a forum f... more The 11th Hybrid Conference on 'Sustainable Tourism, Culture and Sports' aims to provide a forum for academics, emerging researchers, policy-makers, industry practitioners, marketing professionals, and destination managers to discuss the latest sustainability issues and challenges in tourism in an era of uncertainty due to climate change and Covid-19. The Conference aims to bring together leading academics, researchers, and industry experts to exchange and share their views on the current situation facing tourism. The conference will be held in Kathmandu, Nepal on 18-20 May 2022. Due to travel restrictions the conference will be hybrid to allow both online and in person participation at the same time. Details and updates on the conference are available from our website HERE