GEIDETUR: the research group on TOURISM at Huelva University.

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GEIDETUR: THE RESEARCH GROUP
ON TOURISM AT HUELVA UNIVERSITY
Dr. Alfonso Vargas-Sánchez
Full Professor
http://www.uhu.es/alfonso_vargas/
Head of GEIDETUR

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OUR IDENTITY
Mission Statement
“…We work to be useful to public
and private agents in the
industry, contributing to orientate its
development, especially in the
province of Huelva and Andalusia…”

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OUR IDENTITY
Vision Statement
“…We will be different because of our capacity to
penetrate into the reality of the tourist industry
for a better understanding of its needs and
changes, contributing viable new ideas and
solutions coming from the study and the
scientific research.
We will work considering public administrations,
companies and other social agents in the sector
as strategic allies, trying to be close to them,
favoring a mutual comprehension and the
generation of a trusting climate...”

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OUR IDENTITY
Principles
 We want to be a dynamic and ambitious
Group, open to innovation and pursuing the
utopia of perfection in what their members
do.
 We will not conform to stagnation,
mediocrity or to remaining in either
academic or social anonymity.
 We will always make an effort to continue
growing as research professionals. We
will not assume the existence of a limit or a
final state.

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OUR IDENTITY
Commitment
“…The results of our research have to
be published, mainly, in books and
academic journals, both national
and international, of scientific
impact. Furthermore, GEIDETUR has
to be a frequent contributor to major
national and international conferences
and scientific events…”

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HEAD
PHD
RESEARCHERS
PHD
CANDIDATES
EXTERNAL
RESEARCHERS
ADVISORY
COMMITEE
STRUCTURE

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LINES OF RESEARCH
In alphabetical order:
Corporate Social Responsibility.
Environmental management.
Industrial Tourism: mining tourism & wine
tourism (company visits).
Innovation.
Internationalization.
Knowledge management.
And…

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…POSITIONING OF “HUELVA, THE LIGHT”
+Tourists' Behaviour and Levels of Satisfaction +Residents' Perceptions
and Attitudes +Study of the Hospitality Subsector.
GROUP OF THE LIGHT: FUNCTIONING
Physics Health
Geography History Fine Arts
Strategy &
Marketing
Biology

10. OUR JOURNAL
http://www.uhu.es/publicaciones/ojs/index.php/et
ET is an international, multi-
disciplinary, refereed (peer-
reviewed), online and open
access journal aiming to promote
and enhance research in all fields
of tourism. It is the first in Spain
with this character, fully in English.
ISSN 2174-548X.

11. AND BESIDES,
WE HAVE PROMOTED A
NETWORK OF NETWORKS IN
SPAIN AND PORTUGAL…

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…REINTUR
UHU:
GEIDETUR
Network
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Network
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Network
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Other
Networks

13. REINTUR (July 2013)
35 researchers (almost all of them with PhDs)
from:
 12 Spanish universities: HUELVA, SEVILLA, PABLO DE
OLAVIDE, CÁDIZ, MÁLAGA, CÓRDOBA, JAÉN,
GRANADA, EXTREMADURA, SALAMANCA, VIGO,
CANTABRIA.
 4 Portuguese universities: ALGARVE, INUAF, ÉVORA,
UTAD.
 Belonging to the various areas of business
administration, mainly.

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http://www.uhu.es/GEIDETUR/
http://reintur.blogspot.com.es/
vargas@uhu.es