Nuria Galí
Biographic Data
| ID | 3537514 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nuria Galí |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nuria |
| FAMILY NAME | Galí |
| SIGNATURE | GALÍ N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universitat de Girona |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6008-1357 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Travel influencers as online co-creators of experience
This study examines travel influencers as online co-creators of tourism experiences, adopting a psychological, non-commercial perspective by focusing on tourists’ cognitive, emotional, and social sense-making. Drawing on netnographic observation and semi-structured interviews with Iranian Instagram users, the research examines how cognitive, emotional, and social value are constructed through influencer–follower interactions and how these percept…
True-crime storytelling in walking tours
True-crime walking tours are a type of dark tourism product in which storytelling is an essential yet understudied element. This study addresses this gap by exploring storytelling in true-crime walking tours, using Jack the Ripper tours in London as a case study. Taking a qualitative approach based on participant observation and thematic analysis, it examines how narratives are constructed and delivered to visitors (method). The study highlights …
The endurance of the rural idyll. The evolution of urban-rural migrants’ images of rural areas in Mediterranean Spain
Girona como estudio de caso
This article explores the evolution of tourism in the historic city of Girona, covering the period from before the COVID19 pandemic to the post -COVID era. Through an analysis of diverse variables, significant changes in the city are observed: from a sustained period of tourism growth to a sharp decline due to the health crisis, followed by a gradual recovery that began in May 2021. In addition to the fluctuation in tourist arrivals, the study an…
Evaluating tourism scenarios within the limit of acceptable change framework in Barcelona
This article introduces an expanded Limit of Acceptable Change model, enhancing the traditional approach by incorporating various tourism scenarios and a broader range of indicators. This approach allows to gain a more comprehensive understanding and foresee the effects of diverse tourist profiles and intensities of use in Barcelona. It considers factors like motivation, origin, and accommodation type, and evaluates their effects on key sustainab…
Visitor Behavior in Museums in Times of (Covid)-19
This research aims to better understand the circumstances of museums in times of COVID-19 and investigate the reopening of museums as physical spaces for visitors’ experience. The influence of visitors’ sociodemographic and tripographic characteristics on visitor behavior, safety measures implemented by museums, and visitation experience were examined in two major art museums in Catalonia (Spain): the Dal??-Theatre Museum and the Picasso Museum. …
Historical Pathways as Promotion and Protection of the Cultural Landscape
This article reflects on the growing trend of cultural landscape appreciation and connecting landscapes with their broader heritage surroundings. It focuses on historical trails and their adjacent cultural and natural heritage as a holistic cultural landscape with a particular case from the Costa Brava. The paper links the concepts of natural scenery, identity, authenticity, coastal and cultural heritage, trails, routes and cultural tourism as th…
Impacts of Covid-19 on local tour guides
The COVID-19 health crisis has severely affected the tourism industry worldwide. Some subsectors of the industry have suffered much more than others, particularly the tour guiding profession, which has been damaged considerably. The primary role of the tour guide, which is to interact with visitors’ face-to-face, has changed significantly. The purpose of this article is to outline how COVID-19 has affected local tour guides and the guiding profes…
How do degrowth values in tourism influence the host–guest exchange? An exploratory analysis in small towns in the rurality
From a social perspective, the literature predominantly explains degrowth as a transition of values from market mediated ones towards increased conviviality and less consumption. This exploratory research is based on a case study in the small town of Besalú in Spain which is located between Barcelona and the coastal area of Costa Brava. The town has experienced an increase in visitors and more recently in apartment rentals. The study area was thu…
Overtourism
Purpose This paper aims to assess the value of impact perceptions as an indicator of social carrying capacity in the heritage town of Besalú, Spain. Additionally, it assesses the impact tourism dependence and other socio-demographic variables have on this indicator. Design/methodology/approach A literature review on social exchange theory (SET) and carrying capacity related to impact perceptions is presented. The method was a survey, with a quest…
Modeling tourist itineraries in heritage cities
Los turistas no tienen un comportamiento aleatorio en las ciudades monumentales, sino que se guan consciente o inconscientemente por unos itinerarios socialmente construidos
The social construction of the image of Girona
La humanización de las imágenes emitidas por la publicidad de los destinos turísticos monumentales
This article is based on the presentation of the results of a study on the humanisation of the image of cultural destinations, applied to the case of the city of Girona. According to the theories raised by different authors, we were interested in analyzing if the tourist images shown by the tourist publicity are influenced by romantic references typical of the dynamics of individual consumption. That is to say, if these images project a vision of…
The social construction of the image of Girona
The endurance of the rural idyll. The evolution of urban-rural migrants’ images of rural areas in Mediterranean Spain
Impacts of Covid-19 on local tour guides
The COVID-19 health crisis has severely affected the tourism industry worldwide. Some subsectors of the industry have suffered much more than others, particularly the tour guiding profession, which has been damaged considerably. The primary role of the tour guide, which is to interact with visitors’ face-to-face, has changed significantly. The purpose of this article is to outline how COVID-19 has affected local tour guides and the guiding profes…
Modeling tourist itineraries in heritage cities
Los turistas no tienen un comportamiento aleatorio en las ciudades monumentales, sino que se guan consciente o inconscientemente por unos itinerarios socialmente construidos
Evaluating tourism scenarios within the limit of acceptable change framework in Barcelona
This article introduces an expanded Limit of Acceptable Change model, enhancing the traditional approach by incorporating various tourism scenarios and a broader range of indicators. This approach allows to gain a more comprehensive understanding and foresee the effects of diverse tourist profiles and intensities of use in Barcelona. It considers factors like motivation, origin, and accommodation type, and evaluates their effects on key sustainab…
How do degrowth values in tourism influence the host–guest exchange? An exploratory analysis in small towns in the rurality
From a social perspective, the literature predominantly explains degrowth as a transition of values from market mediated ones towards increased conviviality and less consumption. This exploratory research is based on a case study in the small town of Besalú in Spain which is located between Barcelona and the coastal area of Costa Brava. The town has experienced an increase in visitors and more recently in apartment rentals. The study area was thu…
La humanización de las imágenes emitidas por la publicidad de los destinos turísticos monumentales
This article is based on the presentation of the results of a study on the humanisation of the image of cultural destinations, applied to the case of the city of Girona. According to the theories raised by different authors, we were interested in analyzing if the tourist images shown by the tourist publicity are influenced by romantic references typical of the dynamics of individual consumption. That is to say, if these images project a vision of…
The social construction of the image of Girona
La humanización de las imágenes emitidas por la publicidad de los destinos turísticos monumentales
This article is based on the presentation of the results of a study on the humanisation of the image of cultural destinations, applied to the case of the city of Girona. According to the theories raised by different authors, we were interested in analyzing if the tourist images shown by the tourist publicity are influenced by romantic references typical of the dynamics of individual consumption. That is to say, if these images project a vision of…
Modeling tourist itineraries in heritage cities
Los turistas no tienen un comportamiento aleatorio en las ciudades monumentales, sino que se guan consciente o inconscientemente por unos itinerarios socialmente construidos
Overtourism
Purpose This paper aims to assess the value of impact perceptions as an indicator of social carrying capacity in the heritage town of Besalú, Spain. Additionally, it assesses the impact tourism dependence and other socio-demographic variables have on this indicator. Design/methodology/approach A literature review on social exchange theory (SET) and carrying capacity related to impact perceptions is presented. The method was a survey, with a quest…
How do degrowth values in tourism influence the host–guest exchange? An exploratory analysis in small towns in the rurality
From a social perspective, the literature predominantly explains degrowth as a transition of values from market mediated ones towards increased conviviality and less consumption. This exploratory research is based on a case study in the small town of Besalú in Spain which is located between Barcelona and the coastal area of Costa Brava. The town has experienced an increase in visitors and more recently in apartment rentals. The study area was thu…
Impacts of Covid-19 on local tour guides
The COVID-19 health crisis has severely affected the tourism industry worldwide. Some subsectors of the industry have suffered much more than others, particularly the tour guiding profession, which has been damaged considerably. The primary role of the tour guide, which is to interact with visitors’ face-to-face, has changed significantly. The purpose of this article is to outline how COVID-19 has affected local tour guides and the guiding profes…
Visitor Behavior in Museums in Times of (Covid)-19
This research aims to better understand the circumstances of museums in times of COVID-19 and investigate the reopening of museums as physical spaces for visitors’ experience. The influence of visitors’ sociodemographic and tripographic characteristics on visitor behavior, safety measures implemented by museums, and visitation experience were examined in two major art museums in Catalonia (Spain): the Dal??-Theatre Museum and the Picasso Museum. …
Historical Pathways as Promotion and Protection of the Cultural Landscape
This article reflects on the growing trend of cultural landscape appreciation and connecting landscapes with their broader heritage surroundings. It focuses on historical trails and their adjacent cultural and natural heritage as a holistic cultural landscape with a particular case from the Costa Brava. The paper links the concepts of natural scenery, identity, authenticity, coastal and cultural heritage, trails, routes and cultural tourism as th…
Evaluating tourism scenarios within the limit of acceptable change framework in Barcelona
This article introduces an expanded Limit of Acceptable Change model, enhancing the traditional approach by incorporating various tourism scenarios and a broader range of indicators. This approach allows to gain a more comprehensive understanding and foresee the effects of diverse tourist profiles and intensities of use in Barcelona. It considers factors like motivation, origin, and accommodation type, and evaluates their effects on key sustainab…
The endurance of the rural idyll. The evolution of urban-rural migrants’ images of rural areas in Mediterranean Spain
Girona como estudio de caso
This article explores the evolution of tourism in the historic city of Girona, covering the period from before the COVID19 pandemic to the post -COVID era. Through an analysis of diverse variables, significant changes in the city are observed: from a sustained period of tourism growth to a sharp decline due to the health crisis, followed by a gradual recovery that began in May 2021. In addition to the fluctuation in tourist arrivals, the study an…
Travel influencers as online co-creators of experience
This study examines travel influencers as online co-creators of tourism experiences, adopting a psychological, non-commercial perspective by focusing on tourists’ cognitive, emotional, and social sense-making. Drawing on netnographic observation and semi-structured interviews with Iranian Instagram users, the research examines how cognitive, emotional, and social value are constructed through influencer–follower interactions and how these percept…
True-crime storytelling in walking tours
True-crime walking tours are a type of dark tourism product in which storytelling is an essential yet understudied element. This study addresses this gap by exploring storytelling in true-crime walking tours, using Jack the Ripper tours in London as a case study. Taking a qualitative approach based on participant observation and thematic analysis, it examines how narratives are constructed and delivered to visitors (method). The study highlights …
Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (11 works) · Tourism (10 works) · Geography (9 works) · Political science (6 works) · Archaeology (5 works) · Religious Tourism and Spaces (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Economic geography (3 works) · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies (3 works)