154 |
Think Tank VIII
Resident Support for Sustainable Tourism Policies in T...
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5261 | Oct 13, 2013 |
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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153 |
Think Tank VI
Corporate Social Responsibility in the Museum Sector a...
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5291 | Oct 13, 2013 |
Out of a growing concern about the erosion of social infrastructure has come an increase in pressure on business to take up more of the responsibility in meeting community needs (Centre for Corporate Public Affairs, 2000; Loza & Ogilvie...
Author: Deborah Edwards
Year: 2006
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152 |
Think Tank X
The Importance of Networks for Innovation in Sustainab...
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5311 | Oct 14, 2013 |
This paper highlights the importance of new and established networks that underpin the innovation processes in sustainable tourism. It will draw on published literature as well as case studies to describe the various types of networks that ...
Author: Jack Carlsen, Janne J. Liburd & Deborah Edwards
Year: 2010
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151 |
Think Tank IV
Environmental Training and Measures at Scandic Hotels,...
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5313 | Dec 01, 2013 |
Hotels are traditionally geared towards providing a high-level of comfort and entertainment, as well as a broad spectrum of services, often without giving much concern to associated environmental or socio-economic impacts. Hotel companies ty...
Author: Paulina Bohdanowicz, Branko Simanic & Ivo Martinac
Year: 2004
OPA: 2004 Outstanding Paper Award Winner
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150 |
Think Tank XIX
Exploring guest book inscriptions towards understandin...
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5325 | Oct 23, 2019 |
Key words: visitor experience, guest books, Mnemba Island Lodge, Zanzibar Page: 125-139 Exploring guest book inscriptions towards understanding tourist experience at Mnemba Island Lodge.pdf Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* S...
Author: Kevin Mearns
Year: 2019
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149 |
OPA award
The Managing Local Tourism Master Class: Communicating...
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5334 | Oct 14, 2013 |
The aim of this paper is to describe an action-based research project entitled the Management Local Tourism Master Class (MLTMC) and to discuss the merits of this extension tool in building sustainable tourism management practices across loc...
Author: Dianne Dredge, Emma-Jane Ford & Michelle Whitford
Year: 2010
OPA: 2010 Outstanding Paper Award Winner
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148 |
Think Tank X
The Role of Face-to-face Communication and Networking ...
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5343 | Oct 14, 2013 |
Despite the advent of improved electronic communications technology, face-to-face communication and networking remain the most effective means of enhancing business performance and innovation, particularly for more complex products. During ...
Author: Leo Jago & Margaret Deery
Year: 2010
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147 |
Think Tank X
Climate Change Mitigation among Accommodation Provider...
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5350 | Oct 14, 2013 |
This paper explores the relationship between network membership and innovation towards more sustainable tourism development. In particular it examines the extent to which tourism businesses have introduced measures to mitigate the effects of...
Author: Tim Coles, Anne-Kathrin Zschiegner & Claire Dinan
Year: 2010
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146 |
Think Tank XII
Encouraging Environmentally Friendly Transport Mode Ch...
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5354 | Nov 06, 2013 |
The travel between home and destination is a key element of any holiday and has received increasing attention by tourism scholars as its environmental and particularly its climatic impacts have become widely recognized (Gössling 2002; Metz, ...
Author: Astrid Dickinger & Anja Hergesell
Year: 2012
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145 |
Think Tank VII
Practical Interpretations of a Dynamic Model of Sustai...
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5358 | Oct 13, 2013 |
"Operational definitions of tourism sustainability require details regarding what is to be sustained, for whom it is to be sustained, and the level at which it is to be sustained." This is the introductory sentence to "A Dynamic Model of Sus...
Author: Timothy Tyrrell & Robert Johnston
Year: 2007
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144 |
Think Tank XI
Learning Network Sustainable Tourism (LNST) for Touris...
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5361 | Oct 14, 2013 |
Since 2002 the Flemish Tourism Board, the executive agency of the Flemish Ministry of Tourism, has implemented different actions to introduce the principles of sustainable tourism into tourism education in Flanders. The general objective is...
Author: Griet Geudens & Manuel Minne
Year: 2011
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143 |
Think Tank XII
Opportunities and Obstacles for Sustainable Tourism Mo...
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5381 | Nov 06, 2013 |
Cross border destination management is characterized by some extra challenges: national, district or county interests, different administrative structures, a high impact of politics and policies, inequality of tourism infrastructures, power ...
Author: Tatjana Thimm
Year: 2012
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142 |
Think Tank VI
Corporate Social Responsibility and Marine Tourism Org...
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5404 | Oct 13, 2013 |
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has become an important issue for some governments but the tourism industry appears to be slow in adopting CSR strategies. By focusing on CSR, we argue that the implementation of CSR audits could help t...
Author: Ya-Ting Huang, David Botterill & Eleri Jones
Year: 2006
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141 |
Think Tank IV
Attitudes towards Environmental Responsibility among S...
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5408 | Oct 13, 2013 |
The first step in creating a more environmentally sound hotel industry should be a performance analysis of the hotel sector from an environmental perspective. An assessment measuring the level of environmental awareness among hoteliers and t...
Author: Paulina Bohdanowicz, Vlasta Zanki-Alujevic & Ivo Martinac
Year: 2004
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140 |
Think Tank XIX
Promoting sustainable tourist experiences and resilien...
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5420 | Oct 23, 2019 |
Key words: adapt, resilient, tourist experience, Maasai, Tanzania Page: 38-51 Promoting sustainable tourist experiences and resilient communities in the Ngorongoro Crater.pdf Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definition...
Author: Claire Louisa Fordred and Kevin Mearns
Year: 2019
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139 |
Think Tank XIV
The Bukit Jalil Legacy: Local Residents' Perceptions o...
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5489 | Jun 26, 2014 |
This paper explores local population’s perceptions of the development of the Bukit Jalil area after the 1998 Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games. The work on which this study is based is important because it provides a fundamental insight for th...
Author: Rui Qi Chong & Paolo Mura
Year: 2014
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138 |
Think Tank IX
Valuing Open Innovation Environments in Tourism Educat...
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5501 | Oct 13, 2013 |
The world has changed tremendously since the publication of Our Common Future by the World Commission for Environment and Development (1987), which elevated the concept of sustainable development from grassroots initiatives to the forefront...
Author: Janne Liburd & Anne-Mette Hjalager
Year: 2009
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137 |
Think Tank XIV
Can "Slow Travel" Contribute to Sustainable Tourism?
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5533 | Jun 27, 2014 |
Slow travel as a research field has increased in popularity in the last decade. The concept started to gain attention through online communities, and tourism researchers have become interested in the possible benefits that slow travel may ha...
Author: Tina Roenhovde Tiller
Year: 2014
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136 |
Think Tank XI
Visualising Sustainability: Reflections on Applied Stu...
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5558 | Oct 14, 2013 |
As Sontag (1979) stated, we live in an image-based world within which we are continuously bombarded with visuals in countless formats and guises. However, despite such image saturation, academic engagement whether through teaching or resear...
Author: Caroline Scarles
Year: 2011
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135 |
Think Tank XII
Causality Between Inbound Tourism and Economic Growth:...
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5613 | Nov 06, 2013 |
This paper examines the existing studies of the relationship between inbound tourism and economic growth. After a brief discussion of general economic growth theory and the reasons why a positive causal relationship may exist between export ...
Author: Mondher Sahli & Simon Carey
Year: 2012
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