314 |
Think Tank X
Knowledge Economies, Knowledge Making, Complexity Theo...
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1851 | Oct 13, 2013 |
This paper narrates processes associated with the development of microtourism enterprises as one part of a broader organically determined sustainable development agenda in a north eastern coastal village in Bali. The paper’s narrative is co...
Author: Gayle Jennings
Year: 2010
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313 |
Think Tank VIII
Tourism Acting as a Factor of Integration: The Case of...
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1901 | Oct 13, 2013 |
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
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312 |
Think Tank VII
Innovation in Tourism Education: Building the Capacity...
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1904 | Oct 13, 2013 |
This paper will present the findings of a recent Summit on the Future of Tourism Education held in April 2007 in Austria. The summit's goal is to identify future societal, economic, environmental, political and technological trends from 201...
Author: Pauline Sheldon
Year: 2007
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311 |
Think Tank IX
Do Chinese tourists find their in-group members more t...
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1905 | Oct 13, 2013 |
Furthermore, social identity theory suggests that people are attracted to others who are familiar to themselves because their similarity reinforces their self-image (Tajfel, 1982), and that people from collectivist culture tend to favour in-...
Author: Rui Jin Hoare, Ken Butcher & Danny O'Brien
Year: 2009
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310 |
Think Tank XII
Sustainability and policy mobility in resort destinations
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1940 | Nov 06, 2013 |
In the arena of resort development, there is a long history of destinations emulating (and seeking to surpass) one another in efforts to maintain competitiveness. In recent years, the use of “best case” examples are common tools employed to ...
Author: Alison M. Gill & Peter W. Williams
Year: 2012
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309 |
Think Tank IV
Evaluation of Tourism Events: A Critical Review with a...
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1982 | Oct 13, 2013 |
This presentation will critically review the three main sources of error in tourism event evaluation, related to the limited temporal, geographic and economic scope of current event evaluation approaches. In doing so, it will draw the attent...
Author: Jack Carlsen
Year: 2004
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308 |
Think Tank VIII
Tourism for Marginal Groups: Tourism as a Livelihood S...
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1988 | Oct 13, 2013 |
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
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307 |
Think Tank XV
Conserving biodiversity as tourism (including wildlife...
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2020 | Jul 27, 2015 |
Governments throughout Australia and elsewhere recognise that tourism is an important sector of the economy, and are encouraging its growth in a variety of ways, some more environmentally sound than others. This papers presents not the resul...
Author: Ronda J Green
Year: 2015
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306 |
Think Tank IX
Ethical Confusion and Confusion of Ethics: Unpacking t...
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2021 | Oct 13, 2013 |
For many decades authors (see Sontag, 1976, Baederholt, 2006, Chalfern, 1979, Crang, 1997) have recognised the fundamental role of photography within tourism. Many such as Urry (1999, 2002), Crouch (2000, 2002) and Crouch & Lubbren (200...
Author: Caroline Scarles
Year: 2009
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305 |
Think Tank XII
Evaluation of the accessibility of Monterrey's Tourism...
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2097 | Nov 06, 2013 |
Despite several declarations, policies and regulations that seek to protect their rights, people with disabilities still encounter several constrains that impede their full participation in society, and, in particular, their access to and en...
Author: Blanca A. Camargo, Isabel Sánchez, Fátima Guajardo & Alejandro García
Year: 2012
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304 |
Think Tank XIX
Designing sustainable tourist experiences – (how) does...
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2138 | Oct 23, 2019 |
Key words: Nature Parks, sustainable tourism, customer journey, sustainable development, behaviour change Page: 188-193 Designing sustainable tourist experiences.pdf Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ tabl...
Author: Birgit Reutz
Year: 2019
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303 |
Think Tank IX
Recreation Specialisation and Destination Image: A cas...
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2146 | Oct 13, 2013 |
Papua New Guinea (PNG) should be to Australia what Costa Rica and Belize are to the USA – a proximate and successful tourist destination that attracts sustainable numbers of tourists drawn to the extraordinary diversity of endemic wildlife,...
Author: Kevin Lyons, Kevin Markwell & Patricia Johnson
Year: 2009
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302 |
Think Tank VII
Social Responsibility and Innovation on Trafficking an...
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2157 | Oct 13, 2013 |
Ethical questions related to globalization, human rights, unfair labor practices and trans-boundary exchanges of capital and work force create ever more complex challenges for the tourism sustainability agenda. In recent years, the tourism i...
Author: Camelia Tepelus
Year: 2007
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301 |
Think Tank XV
The role of souvenir vendors in the cultural sustainab...
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2190 | Jul 27, 2015 |
The research investigated the role of souvenir vendors in sustaining the social-cultural authenticity of Chichen Itza’s host community, a Mexican UNESCO World Heritage Site (WHS) (UNESCO, 2015a). The case study evaluated the Maya-descent ven...
Author: Ady Milman
Year: 2015
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300 |
Think Tank IX
Developing a knowledge platform on value of parks for ...
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2197 | Oct 13, 2013 |
National Parks and other protected natural areas are a significant point of focus for tourism activity globally. Consequently it is important to understand the values of parks for tourism to assist with effective policy, planning and manage...
Author: Michael Hughes & Jack Carlsen
Year: 2009
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299 |
Think Tank XVI
Tourists vs Tour operators Preferences for CSR Policie...
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2220 | 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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298 |
Think Tank XIV
Welcoming Chinese Visitors and the Easternization of t...
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2222 | Jun 26, 2014 |
Tourism academics, practitioners, governments and agencies around the world are in general agreement about the future of tourism in what commentators have tagged The Asian Century. Assuming demographic and economic conditions persist, the in...
Author: Patricia C. Johnson
Year: 2014
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297 |
Think Tank VI
How Sophisticated is the level of E-Commerce Adoption ...
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2241 | Oct 13, 2013 |
The research aims to develop a conceptual model of e-commerce adoption in tourism enterprises. The paper begins with a literature review identifying the opportunities and competitive advantage for tourism enterprises associated with E-commer...
Author: Nina Mistilis & John D’Ambra
Year: 2006
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296 |
Think Tank IX
Values: Dollars, trees or feelings?
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2245 | Oct 13, 2013 |
The importance of values to tourism is but one aspect of the importance of values in human interactions with the natural environment and even more broadly to the human condition. However, attempts to understand the impact of values on behav...
Author: Denise Dillon
Year: 2009
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295 |
Think Tank XIX
Innovation Generator. Ideas for Sustainable Tourism Pr...
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2254 | Oct 23, 2019 |
Key words: Innovation generator, Sustainable tourism, Alps, projects, Switzerland Page: 208-213 Innovation Generator.pdf Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Norma...
Author: Fabian Weber
Year: 2019
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