Alon Gelbman
Biographic Data
| ID | 3100540 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alon Gelbman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alon |
| FAMILY NAME | Gelbman |
| SIGNATURE | GELBMAN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kinneret College on the Sea of Galilee |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6690-9469 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 82 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
New Dimensions of Tourism and Political Borders
This paper describes the traditional relationships between political boundaries and tourism from a bordering perspective. It then highlights the dynamics of border fluidity by examining how debordering and rebordering processes influence tourism or are influenced by tourism. The paper then analyzes the main contributions to this special issue and summarizes the main themes as cross-border cooperation in tourism marketing and development, the heri…
Exploring the role of women entrepreneurs in revitalizing historic Nazareth
In this study, we explore the role of women’s entrepreneurship in revitalizing the historic market district of Nazareth (Israel). This is a special context to examine the intersection of women’s entrepreneurship, tourism, and historic revitalization because of the complex geo-political, cross cultural, and community development setting. We examine the role of women through their practice of cultural tourism-oriented entrepreneurship and seek to u…
Routledge Handbook of Borders and Tourism
Often common sense and philosophy assume that human imaginaries begin in human immobility, so the ground of our imagined world is a fixed location. Yet, the oldest of human stories concern the relationship between mobility and immobility, and attempt to negotiate between “Here” and “Elsewhere”. The author presents a typology of these “travellers’ tales” that address human movement, as a tool to analyse their ontological and political significance…
Seaside hotel location and environmental impact
One of the most important decisions to be made in the tourism industry pertains to the location of sites, facilities, and hotels. This decision is influenced by tourist demand, local community needs, and economic benefits to stakeholders. Planners and entrepreneurs of new recreational resorts and hotels must take environmental implications into consideration as well as their responsibility in relation to them. This study addresses the relations b…
Sport tourism and peace
Peace through tourism focuses on the place of tourism in promoting peaceful relations in positive multidimensional terms. Sport events are associated to tourism in that such events provide tourists with the opportunity to engage in friendly competition and social proximity brings local sport people, teams and communities in contact with societies from around the world. The main study aim is to examine and analyze how, why, under what circumstance…
Heritage and Peacebuilding
From ideological space to recreational tourism
The forest as a leisure, recreation, and tourist space is growing in significance as part of nature-based tourism. It contributes to social and economic development, particularly in light of the global trend for more recreation and tourism in developed and developing countries. The main aim of this paper is to describe and analyze the evolution of forest development policy and its implications for the function of the forest as a recreation and le…
Cultural and behavioral differences
The aim of this exploratory study is to describe, examine, and analyze the manner in which tour guides in Israel gaze at the groups of foreign tourists they lead, in light of their close familiarity and cumulative experience with them. How do Israeli tour guides view different types of tourists, tourist behaviors, and tourist worldviews? The concept of ‘gaze’ refers to the manner in which people view the world around them. When a gaze is focused,…
Tourist lodging, spatial relations, and the cultural heritage of borderlands
This research note examines how international borders have created a unique heritage context within which a number of hotels and restaurants have flourished largely because of their border locations. A spatial typology is presented of border-located lodging and food services to include establishments that lie directly on borderlines, as well as those that are located near international boundaries and whose heritage appeal is affected by their “bi…
Re-envisioning community-based heritage tourism in the old city of Nazareth
This study specifically examines the potential for heritage tourism development to promote cross-cultural dialog in the historic old city of Nazareth (Israel). The paper focuses on a case study of a small-scale heritage tourism venture that seeks to influence tourism development in Nazareth's old city. This is an exploratory case study that uses qualitative research methods including extensive participant observation and in-depth interviews with …
Tourism along the geopolitical barrier
Island of Peace or Island of War
Border complexity, tourism and international exclaves
Heritage and Cultural Tourism
Heritage and culture have long been recognized as core components of tourism. Whether we are dealing with pilgrimages and visits to sacred sites, visits for cultural interaction with ‘other’ host s
Border Tourism in Israel
The main aim of this research is to describe and analyse cultural elements that express the symbolic landscape of Israel's border-tourism attractions. The methodology selected is based on the naturalistic approach of landscape interpretation. A descriptive analysis is provided of the symbolism of elements in two case studies of border tourism in Israel. These places have grown into unique tourist attractions, and they illustrate the conflict or t…
National and transnational borderlanders’ attitudes towards the security fence between Israel and the Palestinian Authority
Discussion Forum
Border Tourism in Israel
The main aim of this research is to describe and analyse cultural elements that express the symbolic landscape of Israel's border-tourism attractions. The methodology selected is based on the naturalistic approach of landscape interpretation. A descriptive analysis is provided of the symbolism of elements in two case studies of border tourism in Israel. These places have grown into unique tourist attractions, and they illustrate the conflict or t…
Border complexity, tourism and international exclaves
National and transnational borderlanders’ attitudes towards the security fence between Israel and the Palestinian Authority
Island of Peace or Island of War
Cultural and behavioral differences
The aim of this exploratory study is to describe, examine, and analyze the manner in which tour guides in Israel gaze at the groups of foreign tourists they lead, in light of their close familiarity and cumulative experience with them. How do Israeli tour guides view different types of tourists, tourist behaviors, and tourist worldviews? The concept of ‘gaze’ refers to the manner in which people view the world around them. When a gaze is focused,…
Routledge Handbook of Borders and Tourism
Often common sense and philosophy assume that human imaginaries begin in human immobility, so the ground of our imagined world is a fixed location. Yet, the oldest of human stories concern the relationship between mobility and immobility, and attempt to negotiate between “Here” and “Elsewhere”. The author presents a typology of these “travellers’ tales” that address human movement, as a tool to analyse their ontological and political significance…
Sport tourism and peace
Peace through tourism focuses on the place of tourism in promoting peaceful relations in positive multidimensional terms. Sport events are associated to tourism in that such events provide tourists with the opportunity to engage in friendly competition and social proximity brings local sport people, teams and communities in contact with societies from around the world. The main study aim is to examine and analyze how, why, under what circumstance…
Seaside hotel location and environmental impact
One of the most important decisions to be made in the tourism industry pertains to the location of sites, facilities, and hotels. This decision is influenced by tourist demand, local community needs, and economic benefits to stakeholders. Planners and entrepreneurs of new recreational resorts and hotels must take environmental implications into consideration as well as their responsibility in relation to them. This study addresses the relations b…
Re-envisioning community-based heritage tourism in the old city of Nazareth
This study specifically examines the potential for heritage tourism development to promote cross-cultural dialog in the historic old city of Nazareth (Israel). The paper focuses on a case study of a small-scale heritage tourism venture that seeks to influence tourism development in Nazareth's old city. This is an exploratory case study that uses qualitative research methods including extensive participant observation and in-depth interviews with …
Tourism along the geopolitical barrier
Tourist lodging, spatial relations, and the cultural heritage of borderlands
This research note examines how international borders have created a unique heritage context within which a number of hotels and restaurants have flourished largely because of their border locations. A spatial typology is presented of border-located lodging and food services to include establishments that lie directly on borderlines, as well as those that are located near international boundaries and whose heritage appeal is affected by their “bi…
Discussion Forum
National and transnational borderlanders’ attitudes towards the security fence between Israel and the Palestinian Authority
Border Tourism in Israel
The main aim of this research is to describe and analyse cultural elements that express the symbolic landscape of Israel's border-tourism attractions. The methodology selected is based on the naturalistic approach of landscape interpretation. A descriptive analysis is provided of the symbolism of elements in two case studies of border tourism in Israel. These places have grown into unique tourist attractions, and they illustrate the conflict or t…
Heritage and Cultural Tourism
Heritage and culture have long been recognized as core components of tourism. Whether we are dealing with pilgrimages and visits to sacred sites, visits for cultural interaction with ‘other’ host s
Border complexity, tourism and international exclaves
Island of Peace or Island of War
Tourist lodging, spatial relations, and the cultural heritage of borderlands
This research note examines how international borders have created a unique heritage context within which a number of hotels and restaurants have flourished largely because of their border locations. A spatial typology is presented of border-located lodging and food services to include establishments that lie directly on borderlines, as well as those that are located near international boundaries and whose heritage appeal is affected by their “bi…
Re-envisioning community-based heritage tourism in the old city of Nazareth
This study specifically examines the potential for heritage tourism development to promote cross-cultural dialog in the historic old city of Nazareth (Israel). The paper focuses on a case study of a small-scale heritage tourism venture that seeks to influence tourism development in Nazareth's old city. This is an exploratory case study that uses qualitative research methods including extensive participant observation and in-depth interviews with …
Tourism along the geopolitical barrier
Cultural and behavioral differences
The aim of this exploratory study is to describe, examine, and analyze the manner in which tour guides in Israel gaze at the groups of foreign tourists they lead, in light of their close familiarity and cumulative experience with them. How do Israeli tour guides view different types of tourists, tourist behaviors, and tourist worldviews? The concept of ‘gaze’ refers to the manner in which people view the world around them. When a gaze is focused,…
Heritage and Peacebuilding
From ideological space to recreational tourism
The forest as a leisure, recreation, and tourist space is growing in significance as part of nature-based tourism. It contributes to social and economic development, particularly in light of the global trend for more recreation and tourism in developed and developing countries. The main aim of this paper is to describe and analyze the evolution of forest development policy and its implications for the function of the forest as a recreation and le…
Sport tourism and peace
Peace through tourism focuses on the place of tourism in promoting peaceful relations in positive multidimensional terms. Sport events are associated to tourism in that such events provide tourists with the opportunity to engage in friendly competition and social proximity brings local sport people, teams and communities in contact with societies from around the world. The main study aim is to examine and analyze how, why, under what circumstance…
Seaside hotel location and environmental impact
One of the most important decisions to be made in the tourism industry pertains to the location of sites, facilities, and hotels. This decision is influenced by tourist demand, local community needs, and economic benefits to stakeholders. Planners and entrepreneurs of new recreational resorts and hotels must take environmental implications into consideration as well as their responsibility in relation to them. This study addresses the relations b…
Routledge Handbook of Borders and Tourism
Often common sense and philosophy assume that human imaginaries begin in human immobility, so the ground of our imagined world is a fixed location. Yet, the oldest of human stories concern the relationship between mobility and immobility, and attempt to negotiate between “Here” and “Elsewhere”. The author presents a typology of these “travellers’ tales” that address human movement, as a tool to analyse their ontological and political significance…
Exploring the role of women entrepreneurs in revitalizing historic Nazareth
In this study, we explore the role of women’s entrepreneurship in revitalizing the historic market district of Nazareth (Israel). This is a special context to examine the intersection of women’s entrepreneurship, tourism, and historic revitalization because of the complex geo-political, cross cultural, and community development setting. We examine the role of women through their practice of cultural tourism-oriented entrepreneurship and seek to u…
New Dimensions of Tourism and Political Borders
This paper describes the traditional relationships between political boundaries and tourism from a bordering perspective. It then highlights the dynamics of border fluidity by examining how debordering and rebordering processes influence tourism or are influenced by tourism. The paper then analyzes the main contributions to this special issue and summarizes the main themes as cross-border cooperation in tourism marketing and development, the heri…
Tourism (14 works) · Political science (12 works) · Geography (11 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Archaeology (8 works) · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (8 works) · Law (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Religious Tourism and Spaces (6 works) · Tourism geography (6 works)