Almatourism - Journal of Tourism, Culture and Territorial Development

Almatourism - Journal of Tourism, Culture and Territorial Development, is an electronic journal of Scientific and Didactical Campus of Rimini and the Advanced School of Tourism Sciences of Alma Mater Studiorum, an innovative platform for study and research between culture and development in the various disciplinary fields of tourism in English (compulsory) and in mother language (optional).

Editor: Fiorella Dallari (University of Bologna)

Steering Committee: Guido Candela (University of Bologna), Marcella Gola (University of Bologna), Paolo Sorcinelli (University of Bologna)

Advisory Board: Sandhya Anveker (M.S. Ramaiah Institute Of Management, Bharathiyar University, IN), Thomas Baum (Strathclyde Business School, UK), Laurent Bourdeau (University of Laval, CDN), Dimitrios Buhalis (School of Tourism, Bournemouth University, UK), Richard Butler (Strathclyde Business School, UK), Roberto Cellini (University of Catania, IT), Eugene Ch'ng (Heritage and Cultural Learning Hub, University of Birmingham, UK) Caterina Cirelli (University of Catania, IT), Alan Clarke (University of Pannonia, HU), Luigi Coccia (University of Camerino, IT), Tiziana Cuccia (University of Catania, IT), Simon Darcy (University of Technology Sydney, AU), Margarita Dritsa (University of Atene, GR), Amareswar Galla (University of Brisbane - Australian National University, Canberra, AU), Silvia Grandi (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, IT), Maria Gravari-Barbas (IREST - University Paris 1 Panthéon - Sorbonne, FR), Andrew Goetz (University of Denver, USA), Matías Gonzales Hernandez (University of Las Palmas, E), Piergiorgio Landini (University of Pescara, IT), Wided Majdoub (University of Sousse, TN), Carlos Manera (University of Baleari, ES), Monica Meini (University of Molise, IT), Yoel Mansfeld (University of Haifa, IL), Claudio Minca (University of London, UK), Monica Morazzoni (IULM, IT), Lorena Mosnja Skare (University of Pula, HR), Cláudio Jorge Moura de Castilho (Federal University of Pernambuco, BR), Jocelyn Napoli (Université Paul Sabatier - Toulouse III, FR), Peter Nijkamp (Vrije University Amsterdam, NE), Marina Novelli (University of Brighton, UK), Gloria Pungetti (University of Cambridge, UK), Juan Ignacio Pulido Fernández (University of Jaén, ES), Carmen Maria Ramos (Network UNESCO of Cultural Tourism Untref/Aamnba, Buenos Aires, AR), Greg Richards (Centre for Leisure, Tourism and Society, UWE, Bristol, UK), Franco Salvatori (Italian Society of Geography, IT), Giusto Traina (University Paris 1 Panthéon - Sorbonne, FR), Jordi Tresserass Juan (University of Barcellona, ES), Anna Trono(University of Salento, IT), Angelo Turchini (University of Bologna IT), Francois Vellas (Capitole - Toulouse I, FR) Gabriele Zanetto (University of Venice “Ca’ Foscari”, IT)

Expert Committee: Antonio Barone (Phoenicians' Route, IT), Hervé Barré (UNESCO), Silvia Berti (European Institute of Cultural Routes), Enzo Finocchiaro (Province of Rimini, IT), Gianluigi Pelloni (The Rimini Centre For Economic Analysis – RCEA, IT), Michel Thomas Penette (European Institute of Cultural Routes), Cristina Ravara Montebelli (Museo della Marineria di Pesaro W. Patrignani, IT), Marielle Richon (UNESCO), Paolo Rondelli (Council of Europe), Vincent Zammit (Centre for Cultural and Heritage Studies Malta).

Assistant Coordinator: Daniela Calanca (University of Bologna)

Journal Managers: Gianluigi Di Giangirolamo (University of Bologna), Massimiliano Ghedini (University of Bologna)

Vol 1, No 4 (2011)

Editorial	PDF
Fiorella Dallari	I-II

Essays

Geography and Tourism	PDF
Giacomo Corna Pellegrini	01-09

The importance of English language skills in the tourism sector: A comparative study of students/employees perceptions in Croatia	PDF
Moira Kostic Bobanovic, Jasmina Grzinic	10-23

Expanding the higher education experience: international summer schools in tourism	PDF
Fiorella Dallari, Silvia Grandi, Valeria Macchini	24-36

Articles and reports

Rimini’s Civic Museums: promoting the town’s cultural heritage	PDF
Angela Fontemaggi, Orietta Piolanti, Erica Dall'Ara	37-44

Building a user?driven academic library	PDF
Alessandra Citti	45-50

Our Future's Past: Sustainable Cultural Heritage in the 21st Century	PDF
Gianluigi Di Giangirolamo	51-52

Observatories / Laboratories

The European Summer School of Tourism Sciences VALORTUR in Paris	PDF
Aurora Amelio et al.	53-61

Book Reviews

Book’s Suggestion January- June 2011	PDF
Davide Bagnaresi, Gianluigi Di Giangirolamo	62-65

Stefano Piastra, La casa rurale nella Vena del Gesso romagnola	PDF
Roberta Curiazi	66-68

Elisa Bignante, Geografia e ricerca visuale. Strumenti e metodi	PDF
Daniela Calanca	69-71

Panajiota Assimakopoulou-Atzaka, Christina Papakyriakou, Anastasia P. Pliota, Byzantium-Early Islam. Cultural heritage management: Shared experience beyond boundaries	PDF
Fiorella Dallari	72-74

Biographies

Giacomo Corna Pellegrini Spandre, Geographer and man of knowledge	PDF
Mario Casari	75-80

Events

Forthcoming events	PDF
Daniela Calanca, Davide Bagnaresi	81-85

ISSN 2036-5195
Registered at Rimini Court, n. 24 on the 21st November, 2008.