• People with disabilities and Cultural Tourism: an unfinished reality 

      Lázaro Fernández, Yolanda; Rubio Florido, Isabel (Universidade da Coruña, 2013)
      [Abstract] At the beginning of this century speak of the existence of the Right to Leisure should not be something surprising since this law is a social achievement recognized in many important statements by international ...
    • The evolution of gender inequality in tourism employment in Spain 

      Sigüenza, M. Carmen; Brotons, Matilde; Huete, Raquel (Universidade da Coruña, 2013)
      [Abstract] While investment in women's human capital in the tourist industry has increased in recent years and it seems that discrimination in access to managerial positions has fallen, we can still find different situations ...
    • Tourism and inequality in Gran Canaria; notes for analysis 

      Moreira Gregori, Pedro Ernesto; Román García, Concepción (Universidade da Coruña, 2013)
      [Abstract] Gran Canaria has one of the tourist / inhabitant highest percentages in the world; we analyze the perceptions of residents regarding this phenomenon, emphasizing the perception of inequality in the distribution ...
    • Tourism education and research in Spain from a gender perspective 

      Iñiguez Berrozpe, Tatiana; Plumed Lasarte, Marta; Latorre Martínez, María Pilar (Universidade da Coruña, 2013)
      [Abstract] Despite women are a very relevant collective for the Tourism sector in Spain, as they nourish in higher percentage than men both professional and academic fields, they keep on being under-represented in positions ...
    • Tourism: a new post-recession scenario 

      Puertas Cañaveral, Inmaculada; Paniza Prados, José Luis (Universidade da Coruña, 2013)
      [Abstract] Boosted by better world wide economic conditions, international tourism has recoverd more quickly than expected from the effects of world financial recession and the economic recession since 2008. In the context ...
    • Urban strategies in tourist places. Cases of Madrid and Barcelona 

      Crespi Vallbona_Montserrat; Domínguez Pérez, Marta (Universidade da Coruña, 2013)
      [Abstract] The current promotion of cities, their new role as active agents in a globalized world, has led to the creation of new forms of urban identity that reverse inside these leading cities in the urban consequences. ...
    • World Heritage vs. Tonameca tourism, Oaxaca, Mexico 

      Rodiles Hernández, Sofía Lorena (Universidade da Coruña, 2013)
      [Abstract] This paper deals with the problems of a community that is thrown into a tourism project, without being taken into account, expropriating land from the federal government to expand the road and then develop a ...