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What is Destination Management Organization

Exploring Niche Tourism Business Models, Marketing, and Consumer Experience
Marketing organizations that promote certain locations as attractive destinations with the intention of encouraging tourists to visit them.
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Serial Killer Tourism: Education and Entertainment!?
Titanilla Virág Tevely (Alexandre Lámfalussy Faculty of Economics, University of Sopron, Hungary) and Árpád Ferenc Papp-Váry (University of Sopron, Hungary)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-7242-2.ch010
Abstract
Dark tourism consists of a wide range of subsections, and this chapter focuses on a less explored part of it, serial killer tourism. The demand side's fascination with death and murderers from led to diverse tourism offer types, such as museums and walking tours. This research gives an overview of these attractions and an answer to why people are visiting them. To understand the topic, three research questions were formed: What is the reason behind serial killer tourism? What type of attractions are the most attractive? and What is the attitude of the consumers. Based on the research, visitors want to be educated, to prepare to face the dark reality, but also want to be entertained. By exploring this topic, tourism professionals will get insight into the visitors' motivations, how and who to promote these attractions, and how to develop new tourism products.
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Management of Quality, Satisfaction, and Loyalty of Rural Destinations
The imaginary core of the destination. It coordinates activities in destination.
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