ARTICLES

    from the editor-in-chief

TEJ VIR SINGH

1

Nature's Unique Cybernetics – The Valley of Flowers

    EDITORIAL

BRUCE PRIDEAUX

5

Cyber-tourism: A New Form of Tourism Experience

    ARTICLES

DIMITRIOS BUHALIS and PETER O’CONNOR

7

Information Communication Technology Revolutionizing Tourism

B. VIJAYAKUMAR and DILEEP M. RAO

17

Traditional Medical Practices and Information Technology: A Study of Customer Relationship Management in Ayurveda Tourism

BRUCE PRIDEAUX and PETRA SINGER

27

Space Tourism – A Future Dream or a Cyber-tourism Reality?

P. BENCKENDORFF, G. MOSCARDO and L. MURPHY

37

High Tech versus High Touch: Visitor Responses to the Use of Technology in Tourist Attractions

JOHN BEECH, ANDREW RIGBY, IAN TALBOT and SHINDER THANDI

83

Sport Tourism as a Means of Reconciliation? The Case of India–Pakistan Cricket

SEJUNG MYUNG, ALASTAIR M. MORRISON and J. STEPHEN TAYLOR

49

The Effectiveness of Convention and Exhibition Websites: A Transatlantic Comparison and Future Scenario

MALCOLM COOPER and NEIL J. MACNEIL

61

Virtual Reality Mapping: IT Tools for the Divide Between Knowledge and Action in Tourism

SCOTT A. FORRESTER and SHALINI SINGH

69

Contrived Landscapes: Simulated Environments as an Emerging Medium of Tourism Destinations

SAJID ANWAR and JOHN HAMILTON

77

Tourism into the Future – Towards 2020, and Beyond

GLENN F. ROSS

87

Cyber-tourism and Social Capital: Ethics, Trust and Sociability

    RESEARCH PROBE

BOB McKERCHER

97

Destinations as Products? A Reflection on Butler’s Life Cycle

    RESEARCH NOTE

DIYAH B. ERNAWATI and RARA SUGIARTI

103

Developing an Accessible Tourist Destination Model for People with Disability in Indonesia

    CONFERENCE REPORTS

JULIO ARAMBERRI

107

2005 Biennial Conference: International Academy for the Study of Tourism, Beijing, China

SYED AHMAD RIZWAN and MASOOD A. NAQVI

111

New Tourism for Asia-Pacific

    BOOK REVIEWS
JOHN SPLETTSTOESSER
115 Ocean Travel and Cruising: A Cultural AnalysisBy Arthur Asa Berger
MICHAEL FAGENCE
115 Issues in Cultural Tourism StudiesBy Melanie K. Smith
JOAN C. HENDERSON
116 Wine, Food and Tourism Marketing
Edited by C.M. Hall
PETER GRABOWSKI
117 Safety and Security in Tourism: Relationships, Management and MarketingEdited by C.M. Hall, D. Timothy and D.T. Duval
DONALD GETZ
118 Convention Tourism: International Research and Industry PerspectivesEdited by Karin Weber and Kaye Chon
TREVOR SOFIELD
119 Rejoinder
  121 About the Contributors
  123 Author Index


 
 
 
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