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Defining Luxury and High-End Tourism – Reflections on the Key Issues and Market Trends
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The article aims to familiarise the reader with the concept of luxury tourism (high-end tourism), trace relevant global consumer trends and to look at the relationship between luxury tourism and sustainable development. The authors rely on the literature that refers to the concept of luxury or high-end tourism, strategic documents published by supranational and national tourism organizations, and a pilot comparative analysis of selected tourist products from the luxury tourism sector. The article is for illustrative purposes only.
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17951/b.2023.78.0.21-37
Date of publication: 2023-06-28 14:28:07
Date of submission: 2023-05-07 13:02:30
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