ABSTRACT
Cities have been among the most significant of all tourist destinations since urbanization began (Edwards, Griffin, & Hayllar, 2008). City areas are distinctive and complex places characterized by four commonly accepted qualities: a high density of physical structures, people, and functions; social and cultural heterogeneity; economic multifunctionalism; and a physical centrality within regional and interurban networks (Pearce, 2001). Present-day tourism occupies substantial amounts of space within urban destinations via tourist-historic urban cores, museums of all kinds, urban waterfronts, theme parks, and specialized precincts (Edwards, et al., 2008).
