Tourism Research in Ibero-America

Preface

Andres Artal-Tur, Antonia Correia and Maria Pilar Jimenez-Medina

Introduction: New contributions in Tourism Research in the Ibero-American world

Andres Artal-Tur and Antonia Correia

1. Urban development and evolution of Valencian seaside destinations

Alicia M. Garcia-Amaya, Rafael R. Temes-Cordovez, Moises R. Simancas-Cruz and Maria Pilar Penarrubia-Zaragoza

2. Magic peoples programme - its localities in phase of involvement

Rosa Maria Angelica Shaadi Rodriguez, Leticia del Socorro Shaadi Rodriguez, Juan Ignacio Pulido-Fernandez and Ismael Manuel Rodriguez Herrera

3. Border medical tourism: the Ciudad Juarez medical product

Maria Teresa Martinez Almanza, Jaume Guia Julve, Santos Alonso Morales Munoz and Maria Angelica Esparza Santillana

4. Competitiveness and innovation: effects on prosperity

Antonio Garcia-Sanchez, David Siles and Maria de Mar Vazquez-Mendez

5. Recreational value of El Valle and Carrascoy Natural Park

Miguel Angel Tobarra-Gonzalez and Javier Mendoza-Monpean

6. Synthetic indicators and sustainable coastal tourism in Murcia, Spain

Maria Belen Cobacho-Tornel

7. Estimating the impact of cruise tourism through regional input-output tables

Andres Artal-Tur, Jose Miguel Navarro-Azorin and Jose Maria Ramos-Parreno

8. Profiling cruise passengers in a Mediterranean port-of-call

Annarita Sorrentino, Marcello Risitano, Giacomo Del Chiappa and Tindara Abbate

9. Wine tourism in Mexico: an initial exploration

Gerardo Novo, Maribel Osorio and Sergio Sotomayor

10. Tourism in the Blue Growth strategy: a model proposal

Beatriz Mayen Canavate, Juan Andres Bernal Conesa, Antonio Juan Briones Penalver and Pedro Anunciacao