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Think Tank XIII
Using Tourism to Build Social Capital in Communities: ...
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13310 | Nov 06, 2013 |
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
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Think Tank XIII
Assessing the Impact of Rural Tourism Development on t...
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6723 | Nov 06, 2013 |
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
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Think Tank XIII
The Politics of Community-Based Tourism Planning in th...
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3381 | Nov 06, 2013 |
The management of protected areas has to deal with a wide range of challenges, amongst these, a growing array of social, political and economic expectations. In this regard, protected areas are increasingly expected to particularly serve as ...
Author: Anna Hübner & Truong Si Hong Chau
Year: 2013
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142 |
Think Tank XIII
Resident Perceptions of the Impacts of Tourism in Majo...
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4734 | Nov 06, 2013 |
Despite the importance of cities and tourism flows to cities, the literature which explores the effect of tourism on host communities tends to focus on non-urban locations. As different types of tourists place different demands upon the reso...
Author: Tony Griffin & Deborah Edwards
Year: 2013
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141 |
Think Tank XIII
The Paradox of poverty amidst the plenty of nature: co...
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6495 | Nov 06, 2013 |
Rural communities in South Africa have not been active stakeholders in tourism development. Community awareness and involvement in the preservation of natural and cultural heritage through sustainable tourism development in selected areas ad...
Author: Felicité A. Fairer-Wessels
Year: 2013
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140 |
Think Tank XIII
Linking tourism with Sustainable Development in Post-R...
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2995 | Nov 06, 2013 |
This paper examines relationships between tourism and sustainable development via a case study that took place in Egypt from September 2011 to March 2012. The study, hosted by the Planeterra Foundation and G Adventures travel and conducted t...
Author: Laura Carroll
Year: 2013
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Think Tank XIII
Building community capacity by developing regional bus...
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5141 | Nov 06, 2013 |
Tourism is often proposed as a strategy for community development, especially in rural or remote regions where traditional industries, such as agriculture, are experiencing an economic downturn and there are limited alternative opportunities...
Author: Anna Blackman
Year: 2013
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Think Tank XIII
Tourism development led by the Third Sector - Impacts ...
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4242 | Nov 06, 2013 |
Most tourism development is initiated and led by either the private or the public sector. These projects’ potential impacts on host communities have been explored since the 1980s, and they are now relatively well known. This is not the case ...
Author: Julia N. Albrecht & My N. D. Tran
Year: 2013
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Think Tank XIII
Conceptualising a Framework to Analyse the Factors Inf...
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19084 | Nov 06, 2013 |
As the tourism industry continues to grow globally, sustainable tourism development has drawn interests among researchers, practitioners, governments and stakeholders. There are several studies on the local residents’ support for tourism, lo...
Author: Samuel Folorunso Adeyinka-Ojo, Catheryn Khoo-Lattimore & Vikneswaran Nair
Year: 2013
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Think Tank XII
Controlling and Influencing Visitor Flow as a Basis fo...
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4940 | Nov 06, 2013 |
Sustainable tourism at a destination is dependent on the maintenance and good management of its attractive assets. In non-urban areas, the assets will primarily be geological, natural and/or cultural, frequently of a sensitive nature, liable...
Author: David Ward-Perkins & Frédéric Dimanche
Year: 2012
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135 |
Think Tank XII
Furthering the Understanding of the Slow Travel Phenom...
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8324 | Nov 06, 2013 |
Slow travel is a relatively new concept. Originally this was a grass root movement, which now is becoming an interest area for scholars. The first organised networks and forums started to emerge approximately a decade ago. A slow travel webs...
Author: Tina Roenhovde Tiller
Year: 2012
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Think Tank XII
Opportunities and Obstacles for Sustainable Tourism Mo...
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5953 | Nov 06, 2013 |
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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133 |
Think Tank XII
The Climate Footprint of Nature-based Tourism - The ca...
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20266 | Nov 06, 2013 |
Nature-based tourism is a form of travel that is often believed to lend itself more to sustainable development than other tourism segments. In fact, the concept of ecotourism – defined as nature tourism that is sustainable – was developed in...
Author: Wolfgang Strasdas
Year: 2012
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132 |
Think Tank XII
Enhancing Stakeholders' Participation in Community-Bas...
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16267 | Nov 06, 2013 |
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
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131 |
Think Tank XII
Intersecting Mobilities: Tourists with Vision Impairme...
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5484 | Nov 06, 2013 |
While there has been a developing interest in mobilities amongst tourism scholars, the notion of immobilities has often been ignored. Yet, there are many people who do not participate in tourism or, if they do, only experience partial mobili...
Author: Jennifer Small
Year: 2012
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130 |
Think Tank XII
Integrated Planning of Sustainable Tourism and Mobilit...
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35447 | Nov 06, 2013 |
Emerging tourist market trends are pushing destinations to consider mobility an essential strategic component of sustainable tourism planning. Destination Management needs to use tourism mobility analysis systematically if it wants to seize ...
Author: Anna Scuttari, Maria Della Lucia & Umberto Martini
Year: 2012
OPA: 2012 Runner Up
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129 |
Think Tank XII
Virtual Mobilities and Sustainable Tourism: Virtual Fi...
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3015 | Nov 06, 2013 |
Due to the financial constraints on the part of the educational institution as well as the student, offsetting the GHG emissions generated by the fieldtrip is often not regarded as financially feasible, or subject to doubts about the integri...
Author: Christian Schott
Year: 2012
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128 |
Think Tank XII
Causality Between Inbound Tourism and Economic Growth:...
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5812 | Nov 06, 2013 |
This paper examines the existing studies of the relationship between inbound tourism and economic growth. After a brief discussion of general economic growth theory and the reasons why a positive causal relationship may exist between export ...
Author: Mondher Sahli & Simon Carey
Year: 2012
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127 |
Think Tank XII
Slow Travellers - Who Are They, and What Motivates Them?
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3890 | 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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OPA award
Slow Travellers - Who Are They, and What Motivates Them?
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7948 | 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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