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Think Tank XVII
Lack of transparency - a barrier for the diffusion of ...
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655 | Aug 17, 2017 |
Throughout the last two decades, the tourism industry has changed due to the revolutionary development in the realm of information and communication technologies (ICT) (Amaro & Duate, 2013; Law et al., 2004; Minghetti & Buhalis, 2010...
Author: Sven-Olaf Gerdt, Elisa Wagner & Gerhard Schewe
Year: 2017
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Think Tank XVII
The Role of Tour guide for Sustainable Tourism with th...
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4428 | Aug 17, 2017 |
The emergence of information technology has a profound impact on tourism industry. Today, visitors are more inclined to have searched the Internet to gain more pre-tour knowledge for the destinations than before. The advances of the various ...
Author: Daisy Suk-fong FUNG
Year: 2017
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Think Tank XVII
Managing open rock art sites for tourism, in the centr...
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1313 | Aug 17, 2017 |
Rock art is found across the world and is a unique heritage which is divided into three main categories; rock paintings (pictographs), rock engravings, (petroglyphs), and geoglyphs (natural objects used as designs) (Anati, 1993; Clottes, 199...
Author: Claire Louisa Fordred & Kevin Mearns
Year: 2017
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Think Tank XVII
Investigating the impact of climate change on the tour...
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2208 | Aug 17, 2017 |
The tourism sector is vital for the development of small island developing states. However, climate change can negatively impact on tourism demand and affect these economies both on the economic and social level. The purpose of this study is...
Author: Sheereen Fauzel, Boopen Seetanah, Robin Sannassee & Robin Nunkoo
Year: 2017
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350 |
Think Tank XVII
Investigating the relationship between FDI and Tourism...
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1348 | Aug 17, 2017 |
This paper employs a dynamic time series econometrics framework, namely a vector error correction model (VECM), to investigate the link between foreign direct investment (FDI) and tourist arrivals in Mauritius for the period 1980-2015. The r...
Author: Sheereen Fauzel, & Boopen Seetanah
Year: 2017
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Think Tank XVII
Making hotel guests voluntarily waive daily room cleaning
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1195 | Aug 17, 2017 |
Tourism is the fourth largest economic contributor globally and outperforms the growth of the world economy (United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), 2013). But tourism growth comes at a cost. Not surprisingly, therefore, tourism i...
Author: Sara Dolnicar & Ljubica Knezevic Cvelbar & Bettina Grun
Year: 2017
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348 |
Think Tank XVII
Responsible tourism and innovation practices by touris...
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1517 | Aug 17, 2017 |
Responsible tourism incorporates economic, environmental and social imperatives in accordance with ‘sustainable tourism’ notions (Booyens & Rogerson, 2016a). This research argues that tourism firms need to innovate in order to be economi...
Author: Irma Booyens and Christian M. Rogerson
Year: 2017
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347 |
Think Tank XVI
Communicating sustainability values of wine producers
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2444 | Jul 02, 2016 |
This paper examines visual design language used in the New Zealand wine industry to communicate values of sustainability. The contribution critically discusses how industry values are physically manifested in and communicated through imager...
Author: Tobias Danielmeier
Year: 2016
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346 |
Think Tank XVI
Responsible High Performance Sport Travel – Opportunit...
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2273 | Jul 02, 2016 |
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Author: Kerstin Heuwinkel
Year: 2016
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Think Tank XVI
The influence of environmental attitudes and concerns ...
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1416 | Jul 02, 2016 |
This study investigates environmental attitudes and concerns of Germans tourists towards climate change. Furthermore it analyses if there are attempts to neutralise air travel emissions by means of voluntary carbon-offsetting. Past research...
Author: Isabell Wulfsberg, Dirk Reiser, Volker Rundshagen & Nicolai Scherle
Year: 2016
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Think Tank XVI
Navigating Evolving Global Trends in Financial Crime: ...
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2709 | Jul 02, 2016 |
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Author: Verity Anne Greenwood
Year: 2016
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Think Tank XVI
Tourists vs Tour operators Preferences for CSR Policie...
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2534 | Jul 02, 2016 |
There is an increasing concern for environmental and social issues among international travelers. As a consequence, many tourist corporations have been exploring the implementation of Social Responsibility (SR) policies as a tool to gain co...
Author: Jorge E. Araña, Gianluca Goffi & Carmelo J. León
Year: 2016
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342 |
Think Tank XVI
The role of sustainability communication in the attitu...
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1303 | Jul 02, 2016 |
The extensive growth of the tourism sector entails both beneficial economic contribution and negative environmental and socio-economic impacts. In order to protect the resources tourism is based upon, greater levels of sustainability are ne...
Author: Christina Tölkes
Year: 2016
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341 |
Think Tank XVI
Tourists’ attitude towards and willingness to pay for ...
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1537 | Jul 02, 2016 |
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Author: Isabel Lissner & Marius Mayer
Year: 2016
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340 |
Think Tank XVI
The impact of CSR activities of family businesses on c...
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5339 | Jul 02, 2016 |
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Author: Zehrer Anita
Year: 2016
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339 |
Think Tank XVI
Decolonising tourism education through Indigenisation:...
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1096 | Jul 02, 2016 |
Businesses committed to corporate social responsibility (CSR) are guided by policy that focuses on the integration of social and environmental concerns in all aspects of business strategy and practice (Lund-Durlacher, 2015). This paper cons...
Author: Tamara Young & Amy Maguire
Year: 2016
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338 |
Think Tank XVI
Crowdsourcing – New Ways of an efficient Corporate Soc...
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1952 | Jul 02, 2016 |
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Corporate Sustainability (CS) play a more and more crucial role in the development of hotel business. A study of the French hotel company Accor shows, that sustainability is a determining factor of ...
Author: Matthias Straub
Year: 2016
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337 |
Think Tank XVI
The Act of Giving – Understanding CSR in Myanmar in a ...
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3507 | Jul 02, 2016 |
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Author: Nicole Häusler & Kathrin Dischereit
Year: 2016
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336 |
Think Tank XVI
CSR and tourism practices in communities near mines: A...
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1134 | Jul 02, 2016 |
There has always been a disparity between active mining and tourism mainly due to the socio-economic and environmental impacts of mines on both the adjacent resident communities and the areas taken up by the mining operation. Although herit...
Author: Felicite A Fairer-Wessels
Year: 2016
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335 |
Think Tank XVI
Third sector organisations and stakeholders in tourism...
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2217 | Jul 02, 2016 |
This paper identifies and explains roles, functions and structures in visitor management of protected areas in nature-based tourism in New Zealand. Establishing the benefits and disadvantages arising from the implementation of any particula...
Author: Julia N. Albrecht
Year: 2016
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