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No.	Subject	Views	Date
314	Think Tank VIII Destination Competitiveness and Policy Making for Pove...	7008	Oct 13, 2013
314	This paper has five aims. First, to discuss the Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index (TTCI) and the method of its construction. If the TTCI is to have policy significance it is essential that its components be identified and analysed as ... Author: Larry Dwyer Year: 2008
313	Think Tank VIII A Framework for Work-Life Balance Practices in the Tou...	3983	Oct 13, 2013
313	This paper addresses the key issues surrounding the debate over work-life balance. It provides an overview of current thinking in the general work environment, with specific focus on the issue within the tourism industry. This paper present... Author: Margaret Deery & Leo Jago Year: 2008 OPA: 2008 Outstanding Paper Award Winner
312	OPA award A Framework for Work-Life Balance Practices in the Tou...	4778	Oct 13, 2013
312	This paper addresses the key issues surrounding the debate over work-life balance. It provides an overview of current thinking in the general work environment, with specific focus on the issue within the tourism industry. This paper present... Author: Margaret Deery & Leo Jago Year: 2008 OPA: 2008 Outstanding Paper Award Winner
311	Think Tank VIII Lifestyle Oriented Small Tourism [LOST] Firms in the F...	5181	Oct 13, 2013
311	Lifestyle has been oft cited in the literature as the main motivation for those establishing or acquiring tourism related businesses in attractive destinations. However, the term has many different dimensions and connotations, both positive... Author: Jack Carlsen & Alison Morrison Year: 2008
310	Think Tank VIII Sustaining through Gastronomy: The Case of Slow Food M...	8094	Oct 13, 2013
310	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
309	Think Tank VIII Education’s Impact on Cultural Distance Perception: Th...	3523	Oct 13, 2013
309	As an international tourism destination, Turkey serves mostly European tourist markets due to her closeness to European markets. Turkey and Europe has a long shared history of relationships. However, Turkey and Turkish people have a rather b... Author: Yasin Boylu, Asli D. A. Tasci & William C. Gartner Year: 2008
308	Think Tank VIII Emerging Green Tourists: Their Behaviours and Attitudes	5160	Oct 13, 2013
308	The concerns are varied and are not necessarily important to all tourists and the influence they have on sustaining the industry is unknown. For years the tourism industry has used a number of mechanisms in an attempt to green operators. The... Author: Sue Bergin-Seers & Judith Mair Year: 2008
307	Think Tank VIII Employment of the Disabled Workforce in the Hospitalit...	9363	Oct 13, 2013
307	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
306	Think Tank VIII Environmental Education and Ecotourism: A Case Study o...	8943	Oct 13, 2013
306	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
305	Think Tank VIII Responding to Climate Change in Australian Resort Hote...	6668	Oct 13, 2013
305	Extensive infrastructure and client expectations of luxury will mean that their carbon footprint and water usage is likely to exceed significantly that of average urban households. Often located in coastal or riverine settings, they are vuln... Author: Charles Arcodia & Chantal Dickson Year: 2008
304	Think Tank IX Cultural values in sustainable tourism: Conflicts betw...	34443	Oct 13, 2013
304	This paper evaluates cultural conflicts between indigenous groups, recreation users and management agencies over the appropriate amenity use of protected areas in the USA, Australia and New Zealand. It assesses both social values conflicts ... Author: Heather Zeppel Year: 2009 OPA: 2009 Outstanding Paper Award Winner
303	OPA award Cultural values in sustainable tourism: Conflicts betw...	9423	Oct 13, 2013
303	This paper evaluates cultural conflicts between indigenous groups, recreation users and management agencies over the appropriate amenity use of protected areas in the USA, Australia and New Zealand. It assesses both social values conflicts ... Author: Heather Zeppel Year: 2009 OPA: 2009 Outstanding Paper Award Winner
302	Think Tank IX Courchevel, an outstanding alpine ski resort at a turn...	8417	Oct 13, 2013
302	“Courchevel is first and foremost one among the founding elements of the huge touristic complex of les Trois Vallées in France. Linked to the neighbouring Allues and Belleville valleys by a 3,000 acres network area of regularly packed and ma... Author: Daniel Tixier Year: 2009
301	Think Tank IX Tourism Relationship Model and Intermediary for Sustai...	6103	Oct 13, 2013
301	This paper proposes a simple model that depicts the relationship between community and extra-community stakeholders that will enable the effective development of sustainable tourism. “Sustainable tourism” in this paper is defined as tourism ... Author: Asami Shikida, Mami Yoda, Akiko Kino & Masayuki Morishige Year: 2009
300	Think Tank IX The Role of Values in Sustainable Tourism Education	4341	Oct 13, 2013
300	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
299	Think Tank IX Ethical Confusion and Confusion of Ethics: Unpacking t...	2682	Oct 13, 2013
299	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
298	Think Tank IX Community based sustainable tourism: Quality of life a...	8200	Oct 13, 2013
298	This paper explores the concept of quality of life (QOL) as perceived by residents in tourism destinations and examines differences in perceptions of QOL among culturally different destinations. The perceived QOL of local community is an imp... Author: Yvette Reisinger & Kwang-Soo Park Year: 2009
297	Think Tank IX Cross-Cultural Interaction, Capacity Building and Sust...	10970	Oct 13, 2013
297	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
296	Think Tank IX Achieving Sustainability in Business Events; Challengi...	3931	Oct 13, 2013
296	Achieving sustainability is a challenge for all of society, but one that may prove especially problematic for the business events sector. Tourism in general and the business events industry in particular may be even more susceptible than oth... Author: Judith Mair & Leo Jago Year: 2009
295	Think Tank IX Recreation Specialisation and Destination Image: A cas...	2726	Oct 13, 2013
295	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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