Xperience the CITY: How to Design a Service for Air-Traveling from a Co-Creating Perspective – A Case Study for Athens, Greece & Amsterdam, Netherlands

Involving a wide range of stakeholders, both on private and public sector, the Tourism Supply Chain consists a network of tourism organizations engaged in information, combination and travel arrangement services provision . It is not only about the supply of tourism products and services but also the marketing of those as well as the creation of...

The future of Bocagrande

Most hotels in the touristic city of Cartagena, Colombia are in Bocagrande. Bocagrande is coping with several issues which affect the social economic value of the peninsula. Flooding, coastal erosion, overtopping waves and lack of accessibility are the general issues mentioned by the stakeholders. They all seem to be interrelated and therefore...

Road to Scheveningen Haven

This project is a combination of urban design, strategic urban planning and water protection in the coastal urban area of Scheveningen Haven. It focuses on tourism development, water defence, accessibility and spatial quality. Hence, the main goal of this project is to design Scheveningen Haven as a safe, accessible, attractive and lively...

Waterproof Manado: Life must be safe and secure, not only today but also in the future!

Manado City is growing, its population is increasing. This demands the city to grow outside its borders and even into the sea by using land reclamation. Introducing new challenges or making challenges bigger, which are already present. Not only growth is present in the city, going forward and becoming better and better is an on-going fight for...

Leeuwarden City Tours: A Mobile Connection

Using Leeuwarden as a starting point and focusing on the city’s existing infrastructure and distinctive characteristics, a smart phone application was developed to connect water tourists with city information. The application allows visitors to access interactive city tours using their mobile phone as a guide. The project goal was to create a...

Design and promotion of a plan good practice of sustainable tourism in the Technological University of Riviera Nayarit

This document presents a proposal for the University of Technology, Riviera Nayarit (UTRN) on the issue of sustainable tourism. The UTRN, is an educational institution whose vision is to specialize in the tourist industry. It seeks to be recognized internationally and to contribute to national development. It inquires to generate research lines...

An Intelligent Group Decision Support System for Urban Tourists: Development and evaluation of a group recommendation mechanism

A new Group Decision Support System (GDSS) has been developed that simplifies and improves group decision-making for travel consumers. Prior studies have shown that various irrational factors influence a group decision-making process. Moreover there is a lack of structured information that supports the decision process. Presently, different...

Leisure City: Transforming from traditional fishing village to sustainable oriented tourism city – the case of Penghu, Taiwan

The rapid development of tourism has become a key aspect of local economy in many cities. Meanwhile, the demand of leisure and recreational activities in the city also give urban planner another task to deal with. Combined with sustainable tourism and urban regeneration, the leisure city idea might provide a direction for sustainable urban...

Social quality in the conservation process of living heritage sites

The "UNESCO World Heritage Convention" was ratificated on November 16, 1972. Since then, both public and private sectors around the world have attached growing importance to the safeguarding and conservation of selected cultural and natural "objects", focusing on physical characteristics. World Heritage sites receive major publicity and as a...