


Issue release: 30 June 2025
Issue release: 30 June 2025
Issue release: 30 June 2025
Green hotels are becoming increasingly popular as more and more people become conscious of the impact of their travel on the environment. There are several certifications known as Green Building Certificates given to hotels all over the world to encourage them to move towards eco-friendly attitude. Having a certification is often considered as a marketing tool. These certifications are often internationally known. Although green hotel has been gaining in popularity by both hotel business and tourist demand in Thailand, there is limited information whether tourists are willing to pay more, and if so, how much more. This research studies tourists’ willingness to pay for staying in green hotel. The method for the study employs the hedonic pricing model to investigate hotel attributes in the determination of hotel room rates in Phuket, Thailand. The hotel attributes studied include green leaf certification, hotel star, the distance of hotel from the nearest beach, the distance of hotel from the city centre and other facilities of the hotel such as breakfast, meeting room, internet access, shuttle service, fitness centre, pool, and restaurant. The results show that tourists are willing to pay up to 68 percent premium for staying in green hotel. In addition, hotel star rating and some facilities such as free breakfast, fitness centre and shuttle service also have positive effects on room rates. However, the further away the hotel from the beach the lower the room rate.
Issue release: 30 June 2025
This study explores how Metaverse technologies can be applied to wine tourism. First, the background section reviews sensory mapping and experience economy theories and introduces the definition of Metaverse, technologies related to wine tourism, and differences from traditional tourism. Second, the research analyzes the application scenarios of immersive vineyard tours, simulated wine-tasting environments, online cultural activities, remote wine knowledge learning, experiential shopping, visitor interaction, and post-tour experience sharing. This study adopts a qualitative approach based on a literature review to explore these themes. Then, the changes of Metaverse technology on tourism organization are proposed, including benefit sharers, co-creation of tourism product value, personalized product customization, virtual digital communication, virtual product promotion, technology bridging, and non-fungible token (NFT) wine investment. Meanwhile, possible problems and coping strategies for Metaverse wine tourism are discussed. Finally, suggestions and practical guidance for future research are presented to promote the further development of the field.
Issue release: 30 June 2025
This article addresses the study of people with mobility disabilities, analyzing their inclusion in both the social sphere and functional diversity within the areas with the greatest accessibility to cultural tourism. The main objective of this study is to understand and justify the visits of people with disabilities to tourism in Chile, analyzing the underlying causes of this phenomenon and how research can contribute to improving the quality of life of people with disabilities in their leisure time. This allows us to know and justify the different causes of Chilean tourism, according to the documentary review to support the quality of life of people with disabilities in the pastime. In this work, a series of analyses is proposed in different tourist spaces of the National System of Protected Wild Areas (of Chile), starting from the number of visitors with disabilities, depending on a select group of Chilean tourism; however, all people who enjoy the activities are available and not reserved. It is not an easy task to generate available results through the activity of accessible cultural tourism. In some criteria of the cause of disability, such as deficits (or deficiencies) in some disability type (physical, sensory, intellectual, psychosocial, and multiple), the different characteristics of functional diversity and obstacles create a greater need to transform equality for all types of tourist activities. In conclusion, they allow us to approach visitors with disabilities to observe and argue for cultural quality as strategies for participation and inclusive tourism.

Prof. Hung-Che Wu
Nanfang College, Guangzhou
China
Indexing & Archiving
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