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No.	Subject	Views	Date
334	Think Tank VII Tourist Perceptions of Environmentally Friendly Innova...	24870	Oct 13, 2013
334	As the environmental movement got underway and environmental awareness came into focus in the late 20th century, the tourism industry began incorporating 'environmentally friendly' efforts into their business practices. Requests for towel r... Author: Kathleen L. Andereck Year: 2007
333	Think Tank VII Innovative Technologies in Travel and Tourism - Toward...	3322	Oct 13, 2013
333	While it seems to be gradually dawning on humankind that the quality of our lives and (in extremis)survival of our and subsequent generations will depend to a significant extent on our ability and willingness to make urgent and significant ... Author: Ivo Martinac Year: 2007
332	Think Tank VII The New World of Travel 2.0: Application of Social Sof...	8416	Oct 13, 2013
332	"Web 2.0" is a term used to refer to the emerging new wave of innovation on the Internet. Some see it as a second high-tech wave, marking the recovery from the technology and Internet "bust" at the end of the 1990s (O'Reilly 2005). Character... Author: Alan A. Lew Year: 2007
331	Think Tank VII Web 2.0, Tourist Activated Networks and Sustainability...	5102	Oct 13, 2013
331	With the emergence of Web 2.0, the Internet has begun to realize its potential in supporting the tourism experience. This presentation will first identify a number of applications within Web 2.0 that are visitor oriented - from Expedia and T... Author: Daniel Fesenmaier Year: 2007
330	Think Tank VIII An Assessment of Efforts to Enhance the Quality of Lif...	3938	Oct 13, 2013
330	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
329	Think Tank VIII Will the Advent of a More Responsible Type of Tourism ...	3088	Oct 13, 2013
329	‘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
328	Think Tank VIII Tourism for Marginal Groups: Tourism as a Livelihood S...	2376	Oct 13, 2013
328	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
327	Think Tank VIII Integrating Sustainability into Tourism Education and ...	5014	Oct 13, 2013
327	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
326	Think Tank VIII Resident Support for Sustainable Tourism Policies in T...	5643	Oct 13, 2013
326	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
325	Think Tank VIII A Conceptual Ex Ante Framework for the Strategic Study...	10163	Oct 13, 2013
325	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
324	Think Tank VIII Managing Work/Life Balance Issues: An Examination of H...	3097	Oct 13, 2013
324	The purpose of this study was to identify international human resource management best practice with regard to work/life balance policies and practices within an international hotel in Auckland, New Zealand. The methodology included an anal... Author: Elizabeth Roberts, David Williamson & Carmen Cox Year: 2008
323	Think Tank VIII Assessing Whose Quality of Life: A Critical Examinatio...	3331	Oct 13, 2013
323	Almost all the academic literature on tourism impacts has focussed on the consequences of tourism for the destination and its residents. Very little attention has been paid to the impacts of tourism on tourists. Virtually all cost-benefit an... Author: Gianna Moscardo Year: 2008
322	Think Tank VIII Tourism Professionals’ Attitudes towards Climate Chang...	3550	Oct 13, 2013
322	This paper discusses three aspects of the interrelationship between tourism and climate change: the perception of the problems related to global warming by tourism professionals, their suggestions concerning possible actions that can be tak... Author: Xavier Matteucci & Dagmar Lund-Durlacher Year: 2008
321	Think Tank VIII Tourism Acting as a Factor of Integration: The Case of...	2264	Oct 13, 2013
321	Over the past years, reports over brutal, racist attacks in the former eastern states of Germany have filled the headlines of German and international media again and again. Tourism authorities in these states have complained that these att... Author: Dagmar Lund-Durlacher Year: 2008
320	Think Tank VIII Enhancing the Quality of Life through Cultural Events:...	104172	Oct 13, 2013
320	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
319	Think Tank VIII A Tool for Improving the Sustainability of Tourism Ind...	3013	Oct 13, 2013
319	The tourism industry’s interest in sustainable management has increased in exponential proportions over the past year. Substantial amounts of space in industry journals are devoted to issues such as sustainability, energy management, green b... Author: Claudia Jurowski Year: 2008
318	Think Tank VIII Shared Playgrounds: Contrasting Visitor Perspectives o...	7169	Oct 13, 2013
318	Tourism is forming an increasingly significant component of the social and economic fabric of many major cities around the world. The quality of life for the residents of a city can be both degraded and enhanced by tourism and its associated... Author: Tony Griffin, Deborah Edwards, Katie Schlenker & Bruce Hayllar Year: 2008
317	Think Tank VIII Tourism-led Amenity Migration and the Transformation o...	3516	Oct 13, 2013
317	Global economic and political change has stimulated an explosion in tourism-led migration flows resulting in unprecedented transformation in the form and condition of impacted communities (Woods, 2006). This increase in human migration to ar... Author: Alison M. Gill Year: 2008
316	Think Tank VIII Moving from Destination Marketing to Destination Manag...	70982	Oct 13, 2013
316	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
315	Think Tank VIII Linking Tourist Satisfaction to Happiness and Quality ...	5052	Oct 13, 2013
315	Dominant tourist satisfaction measures, typically tied to service quality, have recently received much criticism by senior tourism academics (Ryan, 1995; Kozak, 2001; Pearce, 2005). These prominent tourism scholars commonly refer to very sim... Author: Sebastian Filep Year: 2008

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