Architecture ; Europe ; Museum ; Tourism ; Urban area ; Urban economy
The aim of flagship-museumss is to attract large numbers of visitors and to boost urban tourism and the cultural economy. in the context of deindustrialisation, which can be observed in most western cities during the late 20th and early 21st century
, the creation of flagships-museums is often seen as opportunity to foster urban renewal and revitalization through public-private partnership.
Air transport ; Europe ; Tourism ; Traffic ; Transport ; Urban planning
As a result of deregulation politics, Europe air traffic has experienced a rapid growth of low cost airlines since the mid 1990s. this trend goes along with a boom in European city tourism and increasing inter-urban competition. As a result
of these dynamics, urban planners face a set of social, economic and ecological challenges.
Behaviour ; Cultural studies ; Florence ; Italy ; Post-modernism ; Toscana ; Tourism ; Urban area
Urban tourism has become a mass phenomenon and is not restricted to highly educated tourists any more. Therefore, the way the city is gazed upon is changing. the article discusses theses changes with reference to Urry's concept of the tourist gaze
using florence/Italy as an example. It is shown that urban tourism in postmodern times is characterised by a diversity of different gazes. Finally, the chances and limitations of Urry's concept are discussed. the article is based on results of an ongoing
Cultural studies ; Germany ; Infrastructure ; Tourism ; Urban area
Urban tourism has undergone a quite dynamic development during the 90ies, which had been induced by new entertainment and leisure offers like musicals, events and urban entertainment centres. Especially the Top-Destinations in Germany known as magic
Experiencing rapid growth during the past few decades urban tourism has become a major economic resource for european cities. We can observe important changes concerning both the supply side of city tourism and the visitor practices of consumption
. Whereas urban tourism used to be a privileged form of traditional cultural travel in former centuries with an increasing importance of business travel during the twentieth century, it combines now multi-fold motives for travel activities. For this reason