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Author : Turgut Var, Erhan Ada, Gökce Ozdemir & Deniz Hasirci
School/Work Place : Izmir University of Economics, Turkey (Turgut Var, Erhan Ada, Deniz Hasirci), Yasar University, Turkey (Gökce Ozdemir)
Contact : turgut.var@izmirekonomi.edu.tr
Year : 2008

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 individuals report experiencing in their lives. The assessment of efforts to enhance the quality of life in Mordogan in terms of social indicators; decreasing unemployment rate and poverty of local people will be the focal point of the study.


List of Articles
No. Subject Viewssort Date
6 Think Tank VIII Sustaining through Gastronomy: The Case of Slow Food M... file 7951 Oct 13, 2013

This paper is conducted within the interpretive paradigm, using subjectivist, non-positivist, qualitative approach to research started out of writer’s personal motivation after being exposed to a couple of Slow Food conviviums in the recent ...

Author: Miha Bratec 

Year: 2008 

5 Think Tank VIII Environmental Education and Ecotourism: A Case Study o... file 8742 Oct 13, 2013

In this paper we take the standpoint that environmental education and ecotourism are highly related and depend on each other, and that ecotourism cannot be achieved without proper environmental education. Furthermore, in order to achieve qu...

Author: Mojca Arsenijevic & Marko Bohanec 

Year: 2008 

4 Think Tank VIII Employment of the Disabled Workforce in the Hospitalit... file 9171 Oct 13, 2013

Employment is one of the important requirements for the integration of disabled people to daily life. The tourism industry is one of Turkey’s important industries with a great potential for growth. However this growth must be a planned and ...

Author: Sabah Balta & Murat Bengisu 

Year: 2008 

3 Think Tank VIII A Conceptual Ex Ante Framework for the Strategic Study... file 9974 Oct 13, 2013

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 

2 Think Tank VIII Moving from Destination Marketing to Destination Manag... file 70635 Oct 13, 2013

This paper provides a case study of how a tourism organisation has interpreted the change from a ‘marketing’ to a ‘management’ approach in destination development. It begins by looking at what the literature has said about destination manag...

Author: David Foster 

Year: 2008 

1 Think Tank VIII Enhancing the Quality of Life through Cultural Events:... file 103907 Oct 13, 2013

The Wadden Sea Festival in Denmark is based on the idea of integrating the coastal environment in the presentation of contemporary art. Specifically, unique tidal differences are utilized to stage a range of performances. The Wadden Sea Fest...

Author: Janne J. Liburd & Anja Hergesell 

Year: 2008 

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