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Think Tank XVIII
Deconstructing mass tourism with “upscale, all-year-ro...
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4121 | Jan 07, 2019 |
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Key words: local residents, seasonality, mass tourism, sustainability, tourism development
Author: Tina Šegota
Year: 2018
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Think Tank VIII
Integrating Sustainability into Tourism Education and ...
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4112 | Oct 13, 2013 |
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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
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Think Tank VII
Envisioning Sustainable Tourism Futures: An Evaluation...
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4058 | Oct 13, 2013 |
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Methods for researching the future have grown both in variety and rigour, offering new opportunities for understanding sustainable tourism. This paper discusses the value of futures research as a tool for envisioning and planning sustainable...
Author: Pierre Benckendorff
Year: 2007
OPA: 2007 Outstanding Paper Award Winner
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Think Tank VI
Corporate Social Responsibility and Travel & Tourism B...
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4057 | Oct 13, 2013 |
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This paper discusses some economic, social, and environmental “hard issues” for the travel and tourism (T&T) industry with the aim of shedding some light on little discussed aspects of industry corporate social responsibility (CSR) with ...
Author: David Stipanuk
Year: 2006
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Think Tank XIV
Bird-watching Routes as Collaborative Stakeholderships...
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4041 | Jun 27, 2014 |
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Although there are numerous birding trails with varying levels of success, prior to this study, little research existed as to how birding trails are designed, implemented and managed. Thus, the study posed and answered the following research...
Author: Krisztian Vas
Year: 2014
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Think Tank V
Using Theories of Stigma Management and Impression Man...
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4027 | Oct 13, 2013 |
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Researchers have noted that impression management is key to tourism crisis management planning and recovery (Ritchie et al., 2003:201); indeed, some have suggested that “crisis management is as much about dealing with human perceptions about...
Author: Bonalyn Nelson
Year: 2005
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Think Tank IX
The role of values in sustaining the hospitality labou...
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4014 | Oct 13, 2013 |
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The role of human resources in sustaining hospitality enterprises has long been recognized (Hjalager und Andersen 2001; Baum 2007). Personnel are considered vital for the delivery of touristic experiences, thus being a central ingredient of ...
Author: Anja Hergesell, Ulrike Bauernfeind & Dagmar Lund-Durlacher
Year: 2009
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Think Tank X
Drowning with Tourism? Stakeholder Perspectives from T...
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3998 | Oct 13, 2013 |
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Climate change and its impacts on nations, regions and populations as well as its anthropogenic causes have become one of the prevailing issues of global society and, hence, subject to ongoing debates among e.g. the natural, political and s...
Author: Anna Huebner
Year: 2010
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Think Tank XIV
Current Global Initiatives to Address the Sustainabili...
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3969 | Jul 07, 2014 |
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A number of ongoing and new initiatives aim at the tourism sector with the intention of improving sustainability within the sector and through tourism in other economic and social activities. Dirk's presentation reflects on UNWTO’s position ...
Author: Dirk Glaesser
Year: 2014
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Think Tank XII
Opportunities and Obstacles for Sustainable Tourism Mo...
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3965 | Nov 06, 2013 |
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Cross border destination management is characterized by some extra challenges: national, district or county interests, different administrative structures, a high impact of politics and policies, inequality of tourism infrastructures, power ...
Author: Tatjana Thimm
Year: 2012
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Think Tank VI
Corporate Social Responsibility in the Museum Sector a...
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3951 | Oct 13, 2013 |
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Out of a growing concern about the erosion of social infrastructure has come an increase in pressure on business to take up more of the responsibility in meeting community needs (Centre for Corporate Public Affairs, 2000; Loza & Ogilvie...
Author: Deborah Edwards
Year: 2006
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Think Tank IX
Sustainable Tourism Principles Reflected in Award-Winn...
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3941 | Oct 13, 2013 |
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There has been increased attention given to sustainable tourism monitoring and evaluation efforts, including corporate policies, guidelines and codes of conduct as well as certification programs (e.g., Dodds and Joppe 2005; Font and Harris ...
Author: Stuart Levy & Donald Hawkins
Year: 2009
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Think Tank VII
Innovations in Volunteer Tourism: A Case Study of Fund...
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3936 | Oct 13, 2013 |
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The popularity of volunteer tourism as a form of alternative tourism has grown significantly over the past decade (McGehee, and Norman, 2002). Volunteer tourists can now be found throughout the world participating in a wide array of social, ...
Author: Kevin Lyons
Year: 2007
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Think Tank XIII
Sustainable Tourism in Kerala - Chances for Local Comm...
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3934 | Nov 06, 2013 |
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The Indian state Kerala is positioned by Kerala Tourism as a sustainable tourism destination for domestic and foreign markets (cf. Jean-Francois 2011). Indeed sustainable tourism projects take place and are conducted either by NGOs like Kaba...
Author: Tatjana Thimm
Year: 2013
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Think Tank IV
It's Mostly About Me: Reasons why Volunteers contribut...
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3888 | Oct 13, 2013 |
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This paper contributes to the debate by reporting on inital findings from a wider study of volunteers in museums and art museums that was designed to empirically explore volunteer motivation, expectations, values and commitment. The aim of t...
Author: Deborah Edwards
Year: 2004
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Think Tank XIV
Heritage Trails through Dolenjska and Bela krajina in ...
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3870 | Jun 26, 2014 |
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One of the beneficial methodologies for growing and developing a level of tourism which is sustainable and enhances the totality of local and regional environments is a multi-stakeholder approach to tourism development. In this paper, we pre...
Author: Marko Koscak
Year: 2014
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Think Tank XIII
Regional Collaboration as the Conduit for Sustainable ...
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3843 | Nov 06, 2013 |
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Sustaining rural America is one of today's pressing issues. With the decline of family operated farms and the move away from traditional extraction industries, word about the benefits of developing tourism in rural communities and regions is...
Author: Paige P. Schneider, Cynthia S. Deale & Svitlana Iarmolenko
Year: 2013
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Think Tank VIII
Linking Tourist Satisfaction to Happiness and Quality ...
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3789 | Oct 13, 2013 |
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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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Think Tank IV
Sustainability and Mass Destinations: Challenges and P...
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3783 | Oct 13, 2013 |
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In year 2001, the Government of the Balearic Islands decided to establish a tourism tax, named "ecotax", as an important measure to achieve a more sustainable tourism model for the islands. This paper analyses the background of the ecotax, t...
Author: Antoni Serra Cantallops
Year: 2004
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Think Tank XIII
Local Residents' Involvement in Rural Tourism: The Cas...
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3768 | Nov 06, 2013 |
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Community involvement is regarded as a significant factor for the development of rural tourism. In Malaysia, cooperatives are used as a catalyst to achieve community development through community involvement. This paper focuses on the involv...
Author: Uma Thevi Munikrishnan, Sushila Devi Rajaratnam, Paolo Mura & Vikneswaran Nair
Year: 2013
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