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The effects of violence on the tourism potential of Northern Ireland as measured by market research

The 1969 saw the beginning of the civil disturbances which, as we all now know, were to escalate far beyond anything that could have been imagined back in those days of relative innocence. The small down- turn in visitors in that year coincided with...

Catalogue: Seminar 1983: The importance Of Research In The Tourism Industry

Authors: Ian G. Henderson, Cathal Mullaghan

June 15, 1983

Greek tourism in the 1980s widening the market

This paper attempts to explain the thinking behind Aspect Advertising's decision to advertise the attractions of Greece as a tourist destination by using Posters at "off-peak" times of year rather than what had been the previous practice - to support...

Catalogue: Seminar 1983: The importance Of Research In The Tourism Industry

Author: Dan O'Donoghue

June 15, 1983

Choosing a country for a holiday

This paper sets out to examine the process by which people select the country in which they spend their holiday. While price and accessibility are important determinants of a country's popularity they are no more than first hurdles in the race for...

Catalogue: Seminar 1983: The importance Of Research In The Tourism Industry

Authors: Christine Gray, Marion Herbert

June 15, 1983

It's not (just) what you say, it's (also) the way that you say it

The 'paper' which we are presenting is not really a paper at all - it is largely a compilation of video recordings illustrating consumers talking about holidays, and their response to a selection of holiday advertising. This written paper is designed...

Catalogue: Seminar 1983: The importance Of Research In The Tourism Industry

Authors: Margaret Boston, Geraldine Moll

Company: Ogilvy

June 15, 1983

Nations and vacations

This paper deals with people's attitudes toward nations and vacations. Attitudes were detected and measured in terms of the affective meaning of concepts. Such issues are not trivial, since people may evaluate highly (or poorly) a given country, and...

Catalogue: Seminar 1983: The importance Of Research In The Tourism Industry

Author: Gabriele Morello

June 15, 1983

Determinants of tourism flows in Europe

The Austrian National Tourist Office is installing a Marketing Information System (MIS). The aim of this MIS is to ameliorate the information flow of the everyday work and to develop a budget allocation model. The construction of the allocation model...

Catalogue: Seminar 1983: The importance Of Research In The Tourism Industry

Author: Hans Mikulicz

June 15, 1983

Evaluating tourism at a 'last frontier'

This paper describes the first comprehensive survey of travel conducted in the Northern Territory of Australia. As with many countries with small populations but many features of national and historical interest to travellers, tourism is very...

Catalogue: Seminar 1983: The importance Of Research In The Tourism Industry

Authors: David T. Bottomley, George Rennie

June 15, 1983

Research into the complex nature of the holiday choice process

The paper puts forward the twin views that: A) the consumer does not normally take into consideration all the potential alternatives, nor does he make all the decisions necessary in any positive sense - many of the decisions are foregone conclusions....

Catalogue: Seminar 1983: The importance Of Research In The Tourism Industry

Author: Peter B. Hodgson

June 15, 1983

The contribution of research to new product development in package tour operating

This paper describes the varying roles of market research in the development of new package holiday products and the contribution research has made to this process at Thomson Holidays. Following a short introduction, the paper goes on to discuss the...

Catalogue: Seminar 1983: The importance Of Research In The Tourism Industry

Author: Cathy Riley

June 15, 1983