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Think Tank V
Political Instability and its Effects on Tourism
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20171 | Oct 13, 2013 |
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Tourism today is second only to oil as the world’s leading export commodity, accounting for global earnings of more than $300 billion, or nearly 25 per cent of total world GNP (Poirier 2000, p30, cited in Dieke, 2000). Over the last two deca...
Author: Sarah JR Ryu
Year: 2005
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Think Tank XII
Origins, Evolution and Potential Future of the Coastal...
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20386 | Nov 06, 2013 |
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Coastal caravan parks in Australia are in decline due to the conversion of beachfront land to higher yielding forms of commercial enterprise (Prideaux and McClymont, 2006; Tourism Research Australia, 2007). The resulting reduction in accommo...
Author: Rod Caldicott & Pascal Scherrer
Year: 2012
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Think Tank X
Sustainable Tourism Networks
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20406 | Oct 13, 2013 |
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This study examines the existing pattern of stakeholder relationships representing major partners of sustainable tourism development. By utilizing a network analysis lens the study also helps us understand the impact of inter relationships ...
Author: Seldjan Timur
Year: 2010
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Think Tank XIV
Can "Slow Travel" Contribute to Sustainable Tourism?
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20428 | Jun 27, 2014 |
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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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Think Tank VII
Practical Interpretations of a Dynamic Model of Sustai...
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20512 | Oct 13, 2013 |
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"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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Think Tank XVII
Overtourism. An analysis of contextual factors contrib...
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20567 | Aug 17, 2017 |
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Tourism is a rapidly growing industry and has far-reaching economic, social and environmental impact. The rapid growth of tourism is a challenge for many destinations. But growth in tourist numbers is not the only reason for the many problem...
Author: Fabian Weber
Year: 2017
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Think Tank IX
Cross-Cultural Interaction, Capacity Building and Sust...
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20593 | Oct 13, 2013 |
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This paper reports on findings which are part of a broader research conducted under the Learning and Teaching Fellowship Award 2007/08, aimed at the assessment of innovative blended learning techniques and applied learning in alternative st...
Author: Marina Novelli
Year: 2009
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OPA award
A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Study of Sustainab...
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20739 | Jun 26, 2014 |
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Emerging tourist destinations can challenge ecological, economic, social, and quality of life barriers. These issues draw attention towards the consequences of increasing complexity that are often found as a tourist marketing system grows an...
Author: Sarah Duffy & Larry Dwyer
Year: 2014
OPA: 2014 Outstanding Paper Award Winner
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Think Tank IX
The Role of Values in Sustainable Tourism Education
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20833 | Oct 13, 2013 |
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This presentation discusses the role of values in the context of sustainable tourism education. However, it does not seek to engage in the debate about the definition of Sustainable Tourism nor the differences between this concept and Sustai...
Author: Christian Schott
Year: 2009
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Think Tank XV
The operational challenges of community-based tourism ...
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20858 | Jul 27, 2015 |
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Community-based tourism is increasingly being developed and promoted as a means of reducing poverty in developing countries assisting local communities to meet their needs through the offering of a tourism product. The Swaziland Tourism Auth...
Author: S. E. Lukhele & K. F. Mearns
Year: 2015
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Think Tank XIV
Bird-watching Routes as Collaborative Stakeholderships...
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21046 | Jun 27, 2014 |
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Although there are numerous birding trails with varying levels of success, prior to this study, little research existed as to how birding trails are designed, implemented and managed. Thus, the study posed and answered the following research...
Author: Krisztian Vas
Year: 2014
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Think Tank XVIII
Visitor management in protected areas
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21053 | Jan 07, 2019 |
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Key words: tourism management, tourism planning, visitor management, protected areas, New Zealand
Author: Julia Nina Albrecht
Year: 2018
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Think Tank XIV
Sustainable tourism, market failures and the challenge...
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21092 | Jul 07, 2014 |
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David's presentation outlines the major market failures in tourism production and consumption and questions the changing role of (public sector) governments in market regulation and ‘economic’ development. The presentation focuses specifical...
Author: David G. Simmons
Year: 2014
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Think Tank X
Rather Together? Network Effects among Students
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21175 | Oct 14, 2013 |
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Being faced with global trends that challenge the way tourism is conducted at present (Dwyer, Edwards, Mistilis, Roman and Scott, 2009; Dwyer, Edwards, Mistilis, Scott, Roman and C., 2008), educators worldwide have recognized the need to ad...
Author: Florian Aubke, Ivo Ponocny & Anja Hergesell
Year: 2010
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Think Tank VII
Tourism Resource Teams: Innovation with and for touris...
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21541 | Oct 13, 2013 |
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Communities have a variety of interest levels in tourism overall, including sustainable tourism (WTO, 2002). While we have witnessed increased awareness and discussions about sustainability and sustainable tourism, there is often a lack of s...
Author: Cynthia Messer, Ingrid Schneider & Okechukwu Ukaga
Year: 2007
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Think Tank IX
Sustainable Tourism Development Plan for the Old City ...
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21701 | Oct 13, 2013 |
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This research aims to propose a sustainable tourism development plan for the City of Nan. Since the year 2000, Nan civil society leaders, national and international stakeholders have tried to develop Nan into a world heritage destination. I...
Author: Donruetai Kovathanakul
Year: 2009
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Think Tank XI
Education as a Visitor Management Technique in Remote ...
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22098 | Oct 14, 2013 |
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Remote protected areas are often vulnerable to impacts by visitors. This is generally due to the dual implications of remoteness: a) the area's ecosystems remaining largely undisturbed by human activity (Carey, Dudley and Stolton, 2000) and...
Author: Christian Schott
Year: 2011
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Think Tank V
Resident Segments Using SUS-TAS
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22427 | Oct 13, 2013 |
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Recognizing that tools developed solely to measure perceptions of positive/negative impacts of tourism within the traditional conceptual works are insufficient, recently Choi and Sirakaya (2005) developed and tested both an innovative framew...
Author: Ercan Sirakayae, Linda J. Ingram & Hwan Suk Chris Choi
Year: 2005
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Think Tank V
Knowledge Management for Tourism Crises and Disasters
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22676 | Oct 13, 2013 |
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Tourism is especially vulnerable to disasters and, being fragmented, often its response is difficult to initiate and coordinate. It is also information intensive and when in chaos its information needs are exacerbated. The paper aims to deve...
Author: Nina Mistilis & Pauline Sheldon
Year: 2005
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Think Tank XI
Sustainable Tourism Course Structure and Associated St...
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23414 | Oct 14, 2013 |
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The author has developed and delivered Sustainable Tourism (S.T.) related courses at Institutions of Higher Education in Paris, London, Helsinki, and Parnu, Estonia over the last 10 years. The focus of the presentation would be the S.T. con...
Author: James Holleran
Year: 2011
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