Editor’s note – special issue, 5th International Tourism Congress | Francisco Dias

How do organic farmers view tourism? perceptions of farmers in Alt Empordà (Catalonia) | Xosé A. Ernesto-López & M.ª Belén Gómez-Martín

Innovation, e-commerce and state | Ana Pedrosa Augusto

The legacy of transhumance in the national park of Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise (Italy): rediscovery and exploitation | Maria Avram & Luca Zarrilli

The municipalization of tourism and qualification of human resources | João Manuel Teixeira Gomes, Manuel António Brites Salgado & José Alexandre Vaz Martins

Weather, climate and tourist behaviour: the beach tourism of the Spanish Mediterranean coast as a case study | Emilio Martínez-Ibarra & M. Belén Gómez-Martín

Financial assessment of performance in the hotel industry | Catarina Rosa Nunes & Maria João Cardoso Vieira Machado

Coastal tourism development and sustainability practices in Pattaya, Thailand | Lei Tin Jackie Ong

Benefits of group dynamics in personal and social development | Elsa Maria Costa Ventura Ramos & Patrícia Isabel Silva Marques

Sustainable tourism development: the role of international organizations |Wafaa Nasser & Myriam Donsimoni

Touristic groups in Azores: the Finnish case | Luís Silveira

The evolution of the image of Spain as a tourist destination | Marta Plumed Lasarte

Tourist experience – metamorphic expectations and experiences in tourist’s personal development: the case of the historic steam train in the Alto Douro wine region | Vânia Maria de Matos Salvador & António Sérgio Araújo de Almeida

Factors with a greater impact on the level of innovation in the hotel industry in Spain | Antonio Manuel Martínez-López & Alfonso Vargas-Sánchez

Religious tourism: devotion or business opportunity? | Aida Maria Oliveira Carvalho

Tourists’ satisfaction with Santiago de Compostela during the holy year 2010 | Fidel Martinez Roget & Ewa Pawlowska

21st Century Cascais: how the waves of time forged a cultural heritage also enjoyed by tourists | Cristina Carvalho

The competitiveness of tourism destinations through the restaurant industry | Francisco Javier Aragón Cánovas