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Think Tank VIII
A Conceptual Ex Ante Framework for the Strategic Study...
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11517 | Oct 13, 2013 |
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The area of sport event tourism has been growing over the last years, which led to an increasing amount of research that has analysed both the economic and social impacts of sport events. Whereas a substantial amount of ex post assessment fr...
Author: Nico Schulenkorf
Year: 2008
OPA: 2008 Runner Up
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Think Tank VIII
Resident Support for Sustainable Tourism Policies in T...
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6990 | Oct 13, 2013 |
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During the last two decades, there has been increased focus on topics related to various aspects of sustainable tourism. Believing that sustainable tourism can be a serious alternative that can remedy some of the negative impacts associated ...
Author: Ercan Sirakaya-Turk, Muzzo S. Uysal & Turgut Var
Year: 2008
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Think Tank VIII
Integrating Sustainability into Tourism Education and ...
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6700 | Oct 13, 2013 |
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The focus of this paper is to provide an overview of the current sustainability content in Irish tourism programmes and the identification of key trends in this regard. It is based on extensive research of secondary and tertiary education s...
Author: Jane Stacey, Sheila Flanagan, Kevin Griffin & Anna Tottle
Year: 2008
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Think Tank VIII
Tourism for Marginal Groups: Tourism as a Livelihood S...
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3318 | Oct 13, 2013 |
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Since the report of the Brundtland Commission was published 1987 (WCED 1987), sustainable development has been incorporated into the policies of many international organizations and the legislation of jurisdictions throughout the world. Nev...
Author: Teresa C.H. Tao & Geoffrey Wall
Year: 2008
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Think Tank VIII
Will the Advent of a More Responsible Type of Tourism ...
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4265 | Oct 13, 2013 |
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‘Responsible’ tourism is all the rage nowadays. Parallel to the offer commercialized by specialized tour operators on the sustainable niche, traditional tour-operators have also begun to claim the sustainability of their offer. One can henc...
Author: Maud Tixier
Year: 2008
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Think Tank VIII
An Assessment of Efforts to Enhance the Quality of Lif...
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5301 | Oct 13, 2013 |
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Quality of life studies are usually either objective or subjective in nature. Objective quality of life studies concentrate on social indicators whereas subjective quality of life studies attempt to assess the perceived satisfaction that in...
Author: Turgut Var, Erhan Ada, Gökce Ozdemir & Deniz Hasirci
Year: 2008
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