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Think Tank XIV
Influence of Assets and Capital Structure on the Perfo...
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4796 | Jun 26, 2014 |
The global economic and financial crisis could be seen as old news according to the UNWTO’s data on international tourist arrivals. Europe recorded a solid 5% growth in 2013, and Mediterranean countries performed even better with 6% growth i...
Author: Kir Kuščer & Domen Trobec
Year: 2014
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273 |
OPA award
Active community participation in nature conservation ...
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4819 | Jul 27, 2015 |
This paper provides a conceptual framework of community- based nature conservation and tourism (CBC-T). The following themes are guiding discussions in this study, i.e.: land rights of local communities in and around protected areas; communi...
Author: Jones Muzirambi & Kevin Mearns
Year: 2015
OPA: 2015 Outstanding Paper Award Winner
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272 |
Think Tank XII
Slow Travellers - Who Are They, and What Motivates Them?
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4840 | Nov 06, 2013 |
Tourism’s contribution to global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is estimated to be around 5% and is forecast to grow rapidly, to around 16% of global emissions by 2020. Future strategies for mitigation must address the levels of demand for t...
Author: Derek Robbins & Jaedong Cho
Year: 2012
OPA: 2012 Outstanding Paper Award Winner
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271 |
Think Tank XIV
Sustainability and the Politics of Place in Resort Des...
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4865 | Jun 26, 2014 |
The nature of a resort will reflect the varying coalitions, partnerships and discourses that emerge from the relative power of actors within the dominant political regime (Gill 2007). In this paper we examine the evolving discourse around th...
Author: Alison M. Gill & Peter W. Williams
Year: 2014
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270 |
Think Tank XV
The role of souvenir vendors in the cultural sustainab...
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4906 | 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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269 |
Think Tank XVI
CSR in Medical Toursim – new markets, new responsibili...
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4979 | Jul 02, 2016 |
Governments, hospitals, clinics and facilitators go about their business of marketing health tourism to international patients and their relatives. While they focus on making money researchers should ask questions about changes raised by th...
Author: Kerstin Heuwinkel
Year: 2016
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268 |
Think Tank IV
Tourism focused NGO's - An Online Content Analysis
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4985 | Oct 13, 2013 |
The number of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) increased from 31,246 to 37,281 (19.3%) between 1990 and 2000, (Human Development Report, 2002). The importance of NGOs is documented in United Nations Local Agenda 21 Chapter 27, 'Strength...
Author: Meng-Mei Chen & James Holleran
Year: 2004
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267 |
Think Tank VIII
Tourism-led Amenity Migration and the Transformation o...
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5004 | Oct 13, 2013 |
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
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266 |
Think Tank XV
Perceptions of local communities participation in rura...
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5024 | Jul 27, 2015 |
In order to maximize the benefits and minimize the costs, rural communities should be able to participate actively in all aspects of tourism, including planning and management. The main purpose of this study is to evaluate the local communit...
Author: Limpho Lekaota & Jarkko Saarined
Year: 2015
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265 |
Think Tank VI
Corporate Social Responsibility and Employees in Susta...
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5027 | Oct 13, 2013 |
The concept of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has developed significantly over the last decade and has taken on a myriad of meanings. For many companies, it is a philosophy that helps guide their actions in the external environment. E...
Author: Margaret Deery & Leo Jago
Year: 2006
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264 |
Think Tank VIII
A Framework for Work-Life Balance Practices in the Tou...
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5038 | Oct 13, 2013 |
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
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263 |
Think Tank XVII
The Role of Tour guide for Sustainable Tourism with th...
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5063 | Aug 17, 2017 |
The emergence of information technology has a profound impact on tourism industry. Today, visitors are more inclined to have searched the Internet to gain more pre-tour knowledge for the destinations than before. The advances of the various ...
Author: Daisy Suk-fong FUNG
Year: 2017
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262 |
Think Tank XV
Social Representations of Tourist Selfies: New Challen...
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5085 | Jul 27, 2015 |
A number of recent incidents have focussed media attention on the phenomenon of tourist selfies, described their negative consequences for tourist destinations and identified a number of challenges for tourist site managers. This paper repor...
Author: John Pearce & Gianna Moscardo
Year: 2015
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261 |
Think Tank X
Re-thinking Resort Growth and Governance: An Evolution...
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5133 | Oct 13, 2013 |
Rapid growth in resort areas, combined with environmental and market stresses, has recently created concern amongst resort decision-makers about future paths of development. Growth models have operated effectively in maintaining resort comp...
Author: Alison M. Gill & Peter W. Williams
Year: 2010
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260 |
Think Tank XIV
Exploring the Relationship between General Environment...
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5139 | Jun 26, 2014 |
These challenges raise the questions of how to determine who is environmentally friendly, i.e. who is potentially part of this group acknowledging the range and diversity in environmental behaviours and their uptake. An alternative approach ...
Author: Anja Hergesell
Year: 2014
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259 |
Think Tank IV
After the Sydney Olympic Games: Sustainable Infrastruc...
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5180 | Oct 13, 2013 |
Olympic Games epitomize the definition of a mega event, due to the size and scope that these events have in terms of participation, worldwide viewing and infrastructure development. However with the commercialization of these events over the...
Author: Sacha Reid
Year: 2004
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258 |
Think Tank XIII
City Slicker to Roo Carer: The Journey of a Wildlife V...
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5190 | Nov 06, 2013 |
The level of interest and participation in voluntourism has progressively become a major sector in contemporary tourism. The notion of combining a novel and pleasurable tourism experience with the fulfillment of contributing a worthwhile cau...
Author: Eunice Tan
Year: 2013
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257 |
Think Tank XIV
The Prospects for Sustainable Tourism in Vanuatu in th...
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5224 | Jun 26, 2014 |
This paper explores the feasibility for Vanuatu of implementing several key international recommendations for policy-makers for the sustainable development (SD) of national tourism sectors (UNEP-WTO, 2005). It shows that the remarkable fragm...
Author: Valentina Dinica
Year: 2014
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256 |
Think Tank VII
Innovative Technologies in Travel and Tourism - Toward...
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5243 | Oct 13, 2013 |
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
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255 |
Think Tank VIII
Tourism Professionals’ Attitudes towards Climate Chang...
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5249 | Oct 13, 2013 |
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
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