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No.	Subject	Views	Date
62	Think Tank IX Revitalizing Community Values through Railway Regenera...	10016	Oct 13, 2013
62	This paper presents a tourism research and education approach for the optimization of social capital invested in community action in support of railway tourism in the Asia Pacific region. The main hypothesis of the research is that railway r... Author: Ian Chaplin Year: 2009
61	Think Tank X Sustainability: What Matters to Students, Educators, a...	10032	Oct 13, 2013
61	As climate change gains global attention from events like the summit in Copenhagen held during December of 2009, the need for sustainable tourism is more important than ever; with comprehensive education in sustainability concepts and practi... Author: Cynthia S. Deale & Nelson Barber Year: 2010
60	Think Tank V Ideas for A(u)ction: Tourism Risk Management	10080	Dec 14, 2013
60	As a contribution to BEST Education Network ThinkTank V, Managing Riskand Crisis for Sustainable Tourism, the following paper has been prepared in two parts. The first part of the paper focuses on the idea that an appropriate model can be de... Author: Scott K. Cunliffe Year: 2005 OPA: Keynote Speech
59	Think Tank VI Corporate Social Responsibility and Travel & Tourism B...	10208	Oct 13, 2013
59	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
58	OPA award Stakeholder involvement, culture and accountability in...	10215	Oct 13, 2013
58	Following its historical rise and fall, America’s first industrialized polluted landscape garnered federal and local support to remedy its near destruction. Today, the Blackstone Valley is a pragmatic example of translating theory into pract... Author: Robert Billington, Veronica Cadoppi & Natalie Carter Year: 2006 OPA: 2006 Outstanding Paper Award Winner
57	Think Tank X The Managing Local Tourism Master Class: Communicating...	10230	Oct 13, 2013
57	The aim of this paper is to describe an action-based research project entitled the Management Local Tourism Master Class (MLTMC) and to discuss the merits of this extension tool in building sustainable tourism management practices across loc... Author: Dianne Dredge, Emma-Jane Ford & Michelle Whitford Year: 2010 OPA: 2010 Outstanding Paper Award Winner
56	Think Tank X Innovation of and in Informal Actor Network	10302	Oct 13, 2013
56	How the informal sectors create and share innovation in gaining competition is very important in tourism development. Commonly, informal sectors are embedded in their routines and lack of innovation capacities. Based on the case of pedicab ... Author: Maya Damayanti Year: 2010
55	Think Tank XII Micro-Mobility Patterns and Service Blueprints as Foun...	10411	Nov 06, 2013
55	This paper proposes the use of micro-mobility patterns and service blueprints in visitor management planning. Using a nature-based conservation area and visitor attraction in Wellington, New Zealand, as a case study, micro-mobility patterns ... Author: Julia Albrecht Year: 2012
54	Think Tank VII Destination and Enterprise Management for a Tourism Fu...	10413	Oct 13, 2013
54	A key element of a successful tourism industry is the ability to recognize and deal with change across a wide range of key factors and the way they interact. Key drivers of global change can be classified as Economic, Social, Political, Tec... Author: Larry Dwyer, Deborah Edwards, Nina Mistilis, & Carolina Roman Year: 2007
53	Think Tank IX Courchevel, an outstanding alpine ski resort at a turn...	10419	Oct 13, 2013
53	“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
52	Think Tank X Sustainable Tourism Networks	10650	Oct 13, 2013
52	This study examines the existing pattern of stakeholder relationships representing major partners of sustainable tourism development. By utilizing a network analysis lens the study also helps us understand the impact of inter relationships ... Author: Seldjan Timur Year: 2010
51	Think Tank IV Integration of Theory and Practice in Hospitality Sust...	10659	Oct 13, 2013
51	This brief paper describes a new educational model developed at Ecole hoteliere de Lausanne (EHL) to link theory and practice, or more specifically, coordinate learning opportunities between the classroom (Sustainable Tourism) and current pr... Author: James Holleran Year: 2004
50	Think Tank XIV Leadership at the Nexus: Exploring the Connection betw...	10711	Jun 26, 2014
50	The development of sustainable and competitive tourism destinations is contingent upon many factors including the creation of inclusive policy (Pforr, 2006), the development and implementation of strategic plans (Jordan, Vogt, Kruger, and Gr... Author: Whitney Knollenberg & Nancy Gard McGehee Year: 2014
49	Think Tank XIII Assessing the Impact of Rural Tourism Development on t...	10749	Nov 06, 2013
49	Past literature has posited that tourism is one of the fastest growing sectors and has been signified as an attractive investment proposition. Rural tourism sector has been actively promoted by the Malaysian government and currently, it is c... Author: May-Chiun Lo, Vikneswaran Nair, Peter Songan & Helen Lee HuiHui Year: 2013
48	OPA award Using Tourism to Build Social Capital in Communities: ...	10788	Nov 06, 2013
48	Despite considerable discussion about how tourism could or should contribute to sustainable destination development, there is little evidence that the practice of tourism planning or development has altered in any significant way in the last... Author: Gianna Moscardo, Andrea Schurmann, Elena Konovalov & Nancy G. McGehee Year: 2013
47	Think Tank VI The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: CSR, Film and Tourism....	10810	Oct 13, 2013
47	This paper reports on an element of an ongoing research project undertaken since 1999 in relation to the effects of film-induced tourism on a small community based in North Yorkshire, England, namely Goathland. Goathland is better known to ... Author: Sue Beeton Year: 2006 OPA: 2006 Runner Up
46	Think Tank VI Stakeholder involvement, culture and accountability in...	10910	Oct 13, 2013
46	Following its historical rise and fall, America’s first industrialized polluted landscape garnered federal and local support to remedy its near destruction. Today, the Blackstone Valley is a pragmatic example of translating theory into pract... Author: Robert Billington, Veronica Cadoppi & Natalie Carter Year: 2006 OPA: 2006 Outstanding Paper Award Winner
45	Think Tank VIII Environmental Education and Ecotourism: A Case Study o...	11114	Oct 13, 2013
45	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
44	Think Tank XIV Can "Slow Travel" Contribute to Sustainable Tourism?	11285	Jun 27, 2014
44	Slow travel as a research field has increased in popularity in the last decade. The concept started to gain attention through online communities, and tourism researchers have become interested in the possible benefits that slow travel may ha... Author: Tina Roenhovde Tiller Year: 2014
43	Think Tank V Political Instability and its Effects on Tourism	11321	Oct 13, 2013
43	Tourism today is second only to oil as the world’s leading export commodity, accounting for global earnings of more than $300 billion, or nearly 25 per cent of total world GNP (Poirier 2000, p30, cited in Dieke, 2000). Over the last two deca... Author: Sarah JR Ryu Year: 2005

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