The tourism industry worldwide faces seasonal fluctuations of demand. These fluctuations
are attributed to diverse factors–mainly climatic conditions, human decisions, inertia or …

This article focuses on the identification and explanation of the attitudes of a sample of urban
residents toward tourism development on Crete and their grouping with respect to these …

Despite the increasing research on residents' attitudes toward tourism development, there is
limited research on other community groups' perceptions of various tourism matters. The …

Focusing on the island of Crete, the study on which this paper is based recognises the
importance of tourism for the economy. Due to extreme resource utilisation by mass tourism …

The paper analyses two issues that have characterised tourism development in Greek
insular and coastal areas in the period 1970&# x2013; 2000. The first issue concerns the …

Crete, the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean and the largest Greek island, is a highly
heterogeneous region which has experienced rapid tourism development since the mid-to …

The size of the tourism workforce has grown rapidly to the extent that today, travel and
tourism is considered to be the world's largest employer. The potential of tourism for …

Past research has demonstrated that island tourism is mainly developed along the coast,
and that hinterland areas face inherent disadvantages in developing their tourism industry …

Tourism in Crete is an irreversible phenomenon that has resulted in a process of change
under the form of modernisation. This modernisation has both positive and negative …

One of the most important Issues of research in tourism is the exploration of residents'
attitudes in local communities, since viable and sustainable tourism development can only …