Alternative tourism: new forms of tourism in Bethlehem for the Palestinian tourism industry

Finding oneself while discovering others: An existential perspective on volunteer tourism in Thailand

“…For the past several decades, tourists from high-income countries have increasingly turned to alternative forms of travel that, in theory, deliver rewarding experiences and promise beneficial economic, environmental, and social outcomes for destination communities (Isaac, 2010;McGehee, 2002;Pearce, 1992). The fastest growing example of this shift towards alternative travel experiences is volunteer tourism, which ''makes use of holiday-makers who volunteer to fund and work on social or conservation projects around the world and aims to provide sustainable alternative travel that can assist in community development, scientific research or ecological restoration" (Wearing, 2004, p. 217).…”

The role of social media, user generated platforms and crowd sourcing in the development of tourism destinations

“…Among the twenty five selected paper, four of them indicate the importance of the crowdsourcing and social media in the DMOs (Haugland et al, 2011;Alegre and Garau, 2010;Bosangit et al, 2009;Yoo and Gretzel, 2009). Most of the authors have modified the outcomes of social media and crowdsourcing in the performance of the tourism services (Williams and Soutar, 2009;Isaac, 2010;Lemelin et al, 2010;Canadi et al, 2010;Xiang and Gretzel, 2010;Kim et al, 2009;Dwyer, Edwards et al, 2009;Tussyadiah and Fesenmaier, 2009;Wong and Yeh, 2009;Jopp et al, 2010;Inversini and Buhalis, 2009;Tumas and Ricci, 2009). Results of the Table 3, demonstrates description of the major conclusions according authors.…”

“…The positive impact of social media and crowdsourcing contexts for the performance in the tourism services Williams and Soutar, 2009;Isaac, 2010;Lemelin, Lemelin et al, 2010;Canadi et al, 2010;Xiang and Gretzel 2010;Kim et al, 2009;Dwyer et al, 2009;Tussyadiah and Fesenmaier 2009;Wong and Yeh, 2009;Jopp et al, 2010;Inversini and Buhalis 2009;Tumas and Ricci, 2009 The positive impact of the social media and crowdsourcing technologies to make facilitate tourism brand of destinations Marzano and Scott, 2009;Zapata et al, 2011;Hong, 2009;Prayag and Ryan, 2011 The positive impact of the crowdsourcing and social media for the guest interaction. Lau, 2010;Minnaert, 2009;Minnaert et al, 2011;Au et al, 2010;Diedrich and García-Buades, 2009. investigate in the area of the tourism industry through open innovation and other associated tools.…”

Alternative Tourism Development: A Theoretical Background

“…The formal way to explain the connection between tourism and peace is, to assure that the cross-cultural international tourism nurtures harmonious relations. Peace tourism can contribute to reconciliation of two nations and generally of juxtaposed groups of people in conflict situations, securing their co-existence (Isaak, 2010).…”

“…There are several facets of alternative tourism that nurture societal and ecological restructuring, naturally of interest would be ecotourism, sustainable tourism, pro-poor tourism (PPT), fair trade, community-based tourism, peace through tourism, volunteer tourism and justice tourism (Isaak, 2010) . Eco-tourism is acknowledged as one of the best ways to conjoin economic development with environmental sustainability.…”