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Amsterdam to Cruises: ‘Party Time Is Over’
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Barcelona’s ‘Bold Strategy’
The meteoric rise of tourism in Barcelona dates back to when the Catalan city hosted the Olympic Games in 1992
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Connection as the key to inner-city quality
The future of retail and inner cities are closely linked. This requires new approaches and collaborations.
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Overtourism offside
Professor of New Urban Tourism Ko Koens on the contribution of applied research to finding sustainable solutions for overtourism.
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BNR podcast
After the corona crisis, cities are once again flooded with plane loads of tourists. Good news for local entrepreneurs, but residents are mostly left with the burden and notice little of the benefits.
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Inholland onderzoekt: wijkgerichte aanpak voor waardevol stadstoerisme
Hoe laat je toeristische ontwikkelingen binnen een stad beter aansluiten op de wensen van de bewoners? 5.000 inwoners van Amsterdam, Rotterdam en Barcelona geven antwoord op deze vraag in de eerste onderzoeksresultaten van het Expertise Network Sustainable Urban Tourism, specifiek over de beleving van toerisme in genoemde Europese steden. De resultaten werden 23 mei gepresenteerd tijdens de lancering van ENSUT, een initiatief van Ko Koens, lector New Urban Tourism bij Hogeschool Inholland.
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Inholland University of Applied Sciences presents research at the ITB in Berlin
Between 7 and 9 March Berlin hosted the ITB, Europe’s largest tourism trade fair. Ko Koens, Professor of New Urban Tourism, Iris Kerst and Annemarie van Klaveren were there to promote the Expertise Network Sustainable Urban Tourism(ENSUT)
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Considering How Data and Visibility Could Support more Engagement-led Socio-Spatially Inclusive Pride Events
As a strategy to better manage the social-exclusionary impacts of overtourism, urban decision-makers in Amsterdam are looking at the physical spreading of events to better manage crowds, mobility and anti-social behaviour
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Place Exploratation & Sense Making Tool
AuthorRoos Gerritsma The Place exploration and sense making tool was designed by…
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Overcrowded Amsterdam: Striving for a Balance Between Trade, Tolerance and Tourism
Amsterdam is known worldwide for its historical beauty, liberal lifestyle and tolerant atmosphere.
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Amsterdam residents and their attitude towards tourists and tourism
In Amsterdam, the phenomenon of overcrowding is increasing, and tourism is one of the causes.
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The social construction of touristification. Residents’ perspectives on mobilities and moorings
On 25 October 2013, the Barcelona city council restricted access to Park Güell, the work of famous catalan modernist architect antoni Gaudí.
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Agenda Conscious Destinations
The tasks for the Leisure, Tourism & Hospitality – the hospitality domain – are large. The domain grew until the Covid crisis worldwide, where it generated 10% of the global GDP.
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The SmartCulTour Toolkit
The SmartCulTour Toolkit was created by, for and with all partners in the SmartCulTour project.
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Envisioning the futures of cultural tourism
his article reflects on the Costa Rican experiences with ecotourism by assessing the positive and negative environmental, economic and social impacts of ecotourism development at four tourist destinations—Manuel Antonio, Monteverde, Tortuguero and ASCOMAFOR.
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Striving for a Balance Between Trade, Tolerance and Tourism
Amsterdam is known worldwide for its historical beauty, liberal lifestyle and tolerant atmosphere
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Reframing Urban Tourism
Ko Koens, professor of New Urban Tourism, argues for the latter. In his inaugural lecture on 2 June, he outlined the possibilities of a radically different perspective.
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Welcome City Lab Trend Book #5
Welcome City Lab is an innovation platform dedicated to urban tourism