Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management

Organization name
Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management
Description
Tourism is an economic, social and cultural activity that contributes to economic development, improves the quality of life and promotes peace and mutual understanding between people. According to the World Tourism Organization, the tourism industry is the main source of foreign exchange and job creation for many countries, including Cyprus. According to the same source, the future of the tourism industry is auspicious, with tourist traffic around the world expected to reach around 1.6 billion by 2020. Ιn our country, the tourism industry already contributes a significant share in shaping national income (13% of Gross National Product) and employs about forty thousand workers. In Cyprus, the tourist industry includes, among others, hotel, food and tourist facilities, theme parks as well as organizations aiming at the sustainable development, promotion and management of tourist destinations.

Through the offered curriculum, the students of the Department acquire an academic background that allows them to take care of the hospitality and tourism industry in Cyprus in various managerial and administrative tasks. At the same time, the structure and content of the curriculum provides an opportunity for graduates to work in the public / wider public and semi-public sector as well as in companies / institutions in the field of services.

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241Mar-2019Tourism stocks in times of crisis: an econometric investigation of unexpected nonmacroeconomic factorsZopiatis, Anastasios ; Savva, Christos S. ; Lambertides, Neophytos ; Michael McAleer 
2422-Apr-2020Tourism, Instability and Regional Interdependency: Evidence from the Eastern-MediterraneanTheocharous, Antonis L. ; Zopiatis, Anastasios ; Lambertides, Neophytos ; Savva, Christos S. ; Mansfeld, Yoel 
24322-Nov-2023Tourist encounters with places associated with longevity and reflections from Mediterranean blue zones: An environmental psychology and Attention Restoration Theory perspectiveChristou, Prokopis A. ; Pericleous, Katerina 
244Mar-2020Tourist experience: The catalyst role of tourism in comforting melancholy, or notChristou, Prokopis A. ; Simillidou, Aspasia 
245Aug-2021Tourists' perceptions of non-human species in zoos: An animal rights perspectiveChristou, Prokopis A. ; Nikiforou, Elena S. 
24613-Nov-2020Tourists’ perceptions regarding the use of anthropomorphic robots in tourism and hospitalityChristou, Prokopis A. ; Simillidou, Aspasia ; Stylianou, Maria C. 
24725-Nov-2021Tracing El greco's echoes of antiquity: Audience interaction with online artPericleous, Katerina ; Assimakopoulou, Ianthi ; Ioannou, Andri ; Fidas, Christos ; Avouris, Nikolaos 
24830-May-2024Travel Animosity and Affinity: A Chaordic PerspectiveFarmaki, Anna ; Pappas, Nikolaos ; Karadimitriou, Christina 
249Jan-2019Travel motivation and demotivation within politically unstable nationsFarmaki, Anna ; Khalilzadeh, Jalayer ; Altinay, Levent 
250Jun-2020Travel selfies on social networks, narcissism and the “attraction-shading effect”Christou, Prokopis A. ; Farmaki, Anna ; Saveriades, Alexis ; Georgiou, Marios 
25120-Sep-2019Travel selfies underpinning narcissism?Saveriades, Alexis ; Christou, Prokopis A. ; Farmaki, Anna ; Georgiou, Marios 
25221-Nov-2008Uncharted territory : investigating individual business ethics in CyprusZopiatis, Anastasios ; Krambia-Kapardis, Maria 
2532-Jan-2019Understanding tourism policy development: a documentary analysisLiasidou, Sotiroula 
2541-Mar-2021Unpacking the complex interactions among customers in online fan pagesFarmaki, Anna ; Olya, Hossein ; Taheri, Babak 
2555-Mar-2018Unveiling the potentials of wine tourism: the way ahead for LimassolLiasidou, Sotiroula 
2562010The use of ethnography to explore tourist satisfaction antecedentsChristou, Prokopis A. ; Saveriades, Alexis 
2571-Jan-2023The use of intelligent automation as a form of digital transformation in tourism: Towards a hybrid experiential offeringChristou, Prokopis A. ; Hadjielias, Elias ; Simillidou, Aspasia ; Kvasova, Olga 
258Jul-2019Utopia as a reinforcement of tourist experiencesChristou, Prokopis A. ; Farmaki, Anna 
25917-Sep-2008Virtual social interactions: Evolutionary, social psychological and technological perspectivesMahfouz, Ahmed Y. ; Philaretou, Andreas G. ; Theocharous, Antonis L. 
26012-Jun-2019Visiting the “enemy”: visitation in politically unstable destinationsFarmaki, Anna ; Antoniou, Katerina ; Christou, Prokopis A.