Marketing Tourist Destinations in Emerging Economies

Part I: Destination attributes and features.- Chapter 1: Nature and scope of destination marketing in emerging economies.- Chapter 2: Marketing mix strategies of emerging tourist destinations: the case of Indonesia.- Chapter 3: Special events and destination marketing strategies in emerging economies in Asia.- Chapter 4: Competitiveness of emerging economies as tourist destinations.- Part II: Travel behaviour and ICT applications in destination marketing.- Chapter 5: Travel to emerging tourist destinations: motivations and decision-making processes.- Chapter 6: Service quality, tourist satisfaction and destination loyalty in emerging economies.- Chapter 7: Destination distribution systems and travel disintermediation in emerging economies.- Chapter 8: The progress of ICT applications in destination marketing in emerging economies.- Part III: Destination marketing process and activities.- Chapter 9: New approaches to market segmentation, targeting and positioning: the case of Maribojoc, Bohol, Philippines.- Chapter 10: Homecoming events and diaspora tourism promotion in emerging economies: the case of the  year of return 2019 campaign in Ghana.- Chapter 11: Destination branding slogans and their impacts on tourist arrivals: the case of the Philippines.- Chapter 12: Opportunities and challenges of globalization for ASEAN destinations through the one belt one road initiative.- Chapter 13: Marketing emerging tourist destinations during crisis and pandemics.

Ishmael Mensah is a Professor of Tourism and Hospitality Management and Ghana Director of the Confucius Institute at the University of Cape Coast. He is also an external expert at Hunan City University.

Kandappan Balasubramanian is an Associate Professor with the School of Hospitality, Tourism and Events, Taylor's University, Malaysia.


Mohd Raziff Jamaluddin, is a senior member of the Faculty of Hotel and Tourism Management in the biggest university in Malaysia, Universiti Teknologi MARA.Gina Alcoriza is an Assistant Professor and the program chairperson for the Tourism Management programme at the University of Santo Tomas-Legazpi, Legazpi City, Philippines.
Vanessa Gaffar is an Associate Professor of marketing in the Faculty of Economics and Business Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia. She is currently a Vice Dean for Academic Affairs.


S. Mostafa Rasoolimanesh is an Associate Professor at the School of Hospitality, Tourism & Events, at Taylor's University. Mostafa is an editorial board member of more than 10 reputed tourism and hospitality journals.