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No.	Subject	Views	Date
23	Think Tank XVIII Indigenous destination development: Nudging key player...	3435	Jan 07, 2019
23	Key words: Key players, sustainable tourism impact, tourism planning Author: Astrid Frischknecht, Celiane Camargo-Borges & Celeste Wilderom Year: 2018
22	Think Tank XVIII Visitor management in protected areas	12270	Jan 07, 2019
22	Key words: tourism management, tourism planning, visitor management, protected areas, New Zealand Author: Julia Nina Albrecht Year: 2018
21	Think Tank XIV Sustainable Tourism Mobility: Recommended Strategies f...	5113	Jun 26, 2014
21	Transport is a vital and integral component of the tourism system yet it contributes the most emissions in tourism (Dubois, Peeters, Ceron, & Gössling, 2011; Peeters & Dubois, 2010). In line with the global concerns for sustainabilit... Author: Diem-Trinh Le-Klähn Year: 2014
20	Think Tank XIV The Development of a National Tourism Research Agenda ...	7495	Jun 26, 2014
20	A national research agenda identifies the research priorities that need to be addressed to “inform future policy and service delivery” by government and “for use by academics and practitioners to stimulate research, partnerships and collabor... Author: Leo Jago & Margaret Deery Year: 2014
19	Think Tank XIV Stakeholder Collaboration and Contestation in Tourism ...	4039	Jun 26, 2014
19	Since Timor-Leste gained its independence in 2002, tourism has been promoted by both government and NGOs as a means to create jobs, build businesses, create income for national and local economics and improve regional economic imbalances (Ti... Author: Sara Currie & Lindsay Turner Year: 2014
18	Think Tank XIV Exploring Youth Perspectives on Quality of Life and To...	3512	Jun 26, 2014
18	The concept of Quality of Life (QoL) is implicit in conceptualisations of tourism, especially those used to develop and guide tourism policy and planning. At the individual level it is assumed that travel offers a number of different ways to... Author: Anna Blackman, Gianna Moscardo, Andrea Schurmann & Laurie Murphy Year: 2014
17	Think Tank VIII Community Actions to Engage Local Residents in Tourism...	8893	Dec 19, 2013
17	This paper explores the residents’ knowledge of community actions to engage local members in tourism planning and development in the King Cobra Village of Thailand. The degree of participatory ability which is associated with the public atti... Author: Kitsada Tungchawal Year: 2008
16	Think Tank V Ideas for A(u)ction: Tourism Risk Management	9304	Dec 14, 2013
16	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
15	OPA award Using Tourism to Build Social Capital in Communities: ...	10159	Nov 06, 2013
15	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
14	Think Tank VII Envisioning Sustainable Tourism Futures: An Evaluation...	5615	Oct 13, 2013
14	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
13	Think Tank XIII Using Tourism to Build Social Capital in Communities: ...	14300	Nov 06, 2013
13	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
12	Think Tank XII Enhancing Stakeholders' Participation in Community-Bas...	17813	Nov 06, 2013
12	Although the iconic floating markets in Thailand have been promoted both domestically and internationally, without a well-planned tourism initiative, virtually all of them have lost their authenticity. To preserve the culture of the Don-Mano... Author: Nopparat Suthitakon, Sombat Karnjanakit & Suchart Taweepornpathomgul Year: 2012
11	Think Tank XII Blurred Boundaries: The Implications of New Tourism Mo...	11683	Nov 06, 2013
11	“Tourism is traditionally treated as an escape from everyday life and tourism theory is concerned with extraordinary places. Tourism and everyday life are conceptualized as belonging to different ontological worlds.” (Larsen, 2008, p. 27). A... Author: Laurie Murphy, Gianna Moscardo, Nancy McGehee & Elena Konovalov Year: 2012
10	Think Tank XII Micro-Mobility Patterns and Service Blueprints as Foun...	10001	Nov 06, 2013
10	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
9	Think Tank X Re-thinking Resort Growth and Governance: An Evolution...	4724	Oct 13, 2013
9	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
8	Think Tank X Is Ecotourism a Strategy for Regional Economic Develop...	12641	Oct 13, 2013
8	The state of Uttarakhand (in the Himalayas) in which the two case studies were conducted is trying to expand its already existing strength in the tourism sector as well. Tourism is estimated to make up for about 20% of GDP in Uttarakhand in... Author: Harald Pechlaner & Christopher Reuter Year: 2010
7	Think Tank IX Revitalizing Community Values through Railway Regenera...	9535	Oct 13, 2013
7	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
6	OPA award Envisioning Sustainable Tourism Futures: An Evaluation...	42936	Oct 13, 2013
6	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
5	Think Tank VII Branding Sustainability: Taking 'The Natural Step' in ...	71505	Oct 13, 2013
5	Translation of the concept of sustainability into practice is fraught with problems. While policy advances in all sectors of the economy have made steps in the right direction the lack of clarity in defining what is meant by 'sustainability... Author: Alison Gill & Peter Williams Year: 2007
4	Think Tank VII Practical Interpretations of a Dynamic Model of Sustai...	11241	Oct 13, 2013
4	"Operational definitions of tourism sustainability require details regarding what is to be sustained, for whom it is to be sustained, and the level at which it is to be sustained." This is the introductory sentence to "A Dynamic Model of Sus... Author: Timothy Tyrrell & Robert Johnston Year: 2007

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