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No.	Subject	Views	Date
15	Think Tank XVIII Deconstructing mass tourism with “upscale, all-year-ro...	18370	Jan 07, 2019
15	Key words: local residents, seasonality, mass tourism, sustainability, tourism development Author: Tina Šegota Year: 2018
14	Think Tank XIV Residents' Support for Tourism from the Standpoint of ...	4856	Jun 26, 2014
14	Therefore, being of a different nature than sustainability pillars, political sustainability (Mihalic et al., 2012) is a requirement for sustainable tourism development (Edgell, DelMastro Allen, Smith & Swanson, 2008; UNWTO, 2004). This ... Author: Tanja Mihalič, Tina Šegota, Ljubica Knežević Cvelbar, Kir Kuščer Year: 2014
13	Think Tank XIV Psychological Empowerment as Good Policy for Governanc...	6050	Jun 26, 2014
13	The purpose of this paper is to discuss the potential impact psychological empowerment can have on sustainable tourism policy objectives, including improving resident attitudes toward tourism, enhancing destination competitiveness, and maint... Author: B. Bynum Boley & Nancy Gard McGehee Year: 2014
12	Think Tank XIII Assessing Community Quality of Life in the Context of ...	5013	Nov 06, 2013
12	One of major purposes of tourism development in a destination is to improve the quality of life (QOL) of host community. In the tourism literature, resident QOL has been discussed in the research of resident attitudes toward tourism. However... Author: Chia-Pin Simo Yu, Shu Tian Cole & H. Charles Chancellor Year: 2013
11	Think Tank XIII Visitors' and Residents' Perception of Tourism Impact ...	20834	Nov 06, 2013
11	Tourism is one of the leading contributors to service industry in Malaysia and is gradually growing. The growth of this industry brings impact towards the environment, specifically the water quality of islands. This study views into the visi... Author: Murugadas Ramdas & Badaruddin Mohamed Year: 2013
10	Think Tank XIII Local Residents' Involvement in Rural Tourism: The Cas...	5233	Nov 06, 2013
10	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
9	Think Tank XII Residents' Perceptions on Event Impacts an Relocation ...	4067	Nov 06, 2013
9	Social exchange theory and the mobility paradigm are used to understand residents’ perceptions on the impacts of the 2012 Olympic Games and their relocation intentions. Confirmatory factor analysis on a sample of 212 residents of London city... Author: Girish Prayag & Talia Alders Year: 2012
8	Think Tank XII Destination Governance and Tourist Mobilities: New Par...	8783	Nov 06, 2013
8	Resort communities are complex systems where destination governance has become increasingly challenged by new mobilities of capital, finance, labor, communication, transportation, leisure and tourism. Popular destinations like the coastal co... Author: Dianne Dredge & Tazim Jamal Year: 2012
7	Think Tank X Knowledge Economies, Knowledge Making, Complexity Theo...	2963	Oct 13, 2013
7	This paper narrates processes associated with the development of microtourism enterprises as one part of a broader organically determined sustainable development agenda in a north eastern coastal village in Bali. The paper’s narrative is co... Author: Gayle Jennings Year: 2010
6	Think Tank X Implementation of the DIT-ACHIEV Model for Sustainable...	6960	Oct 13, 2013
6	The DIT-ACHIEV Model is a model of sustainable tourism indicators developed in a previous research project undertaken by the School of Hospitality Management and Tourism, Dublin Institute of Technology. The indicators represent six fields o... Author: Maeve Morrissey, Kevin Griffin & Sheila Flanagan Year: 2010
5	Think Tank IX Valuing water: Perceived differences in attitude and u...	5988	Oct 13, 2013
5	The recent explosion of second home development in tourism areas around the world is a reflection not only of the increased mobility of capital and people associated with the effects of globalization but also the development models employed ... Author: Alison M. Gill, Peter W. Williams & Shelagh Thompson Year: 2009
4	Think Tank IX Community based sustainable tourism: Quality of life a...	9009	Oct 13, 2013
4	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
3	Think Tank VIII Shared Playgrounds: Contrasting Visitor Perspectives o...	8440	Oct 13, 2013
3	Tourism is forming an increasingly significant component of the social and economic fabric of many major cities around the world. The quality of life for the residents of a city can be both degraded and enhanced by tourism and its associated... Author: Tony Griffin, Deborah Edwards, Katie Schlenker & Bruce Hayllar Year: 2008
2	Think Tank VIII Resident Support for Sustainable Tourism Policies in T...	6990	Oct 13, 2013
2	During the last two decades, there has been increased focus on topics related to various aspects of sustainable tourism. Believing that sustainable tourism can be a serious alternative that can remedy some of the negative impacts associated ... Author: Ercan Sirakaya-Turk, Muzzo S. Uysal & Turgut Var Year: 2008
1	Think Tank IV Sustainability and Mass Destinations: Challenges and P...	5840	Oct 13, 2013
1	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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