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Think Tank XIV
Development of a Certification System for Sustainable ...
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6560 | Jun 27, 2014 |
Tourism destinations are complex entities that can be defined as geographical areas of different sizes that are being visited by tourists. Most definitions then differentiate between the perspectives of those living in and managing a destina...
Author: Wolfgang Strasdas
Year: 2014
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Think Tank XIV
The Emergence of Cross-border Governance Structures: t...
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6251 | Jun 26, 2014 |
It is well recognized that the local borders of a tourism destination are not easy to delineate as they are constantly changing through complex practices and discourses due to historical, political, and economic factors. In fact, recent stud...
Author: Dani Blasco, Jaume Guia & Lluís Prats
Year: 2014
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Think Tank VI
Stakeholder involvement, culture and accountability in...
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9575 | Oct 13, 2013 |
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
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Think Tank XIII
Modeling the Index Components of Tourist Satisfaction ...
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8321 | Nov 06, 2013 |
Destination performance evaluation has become an increasingly important task for effective destination management and sustainable destination development. However, it is a complex task due to the inclusion of diverse subsectors, business com...
Author: Toney K. Thomas
Year: 2013
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Think Tank XIII
Resident Perceptions of the Impacts of Tourism in Majo...
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6008 | 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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Think Tank XIII
Tourism development led by the Third Sector - Impacts ...
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4926 | 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 XII
Opportunities and Obstacles for Sustainable Tourism Mo...
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7045 | 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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Think Tank XII
Integrated Planning of Sustainable Tourism and Mobilit...
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36218 | 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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Think Tank XII
Blurred Boundaries: The Implications of New Tourism Mo...
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11490 | Nov 06, 2013 |
“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
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Think Tank XII
Understanding Tourism Flows and Patterns: A Case Study...
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4721 | Nov 06, 2013 |
This paper reports on the outcomes of two collaborative research projects, conducted in conjunction with destination management authorities. The projects used GPS tracking devices to find out how various kinds of visitors moved around two Au...
Author: Deborah Edwards & Tony Griffin
Year: 2012
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Think Tank X
Sustainable Destination Management and the Marketing-P...
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7151 | Oct 14, 2013 |
A traditional and widely held view is that a sustainable approach to destination planning and management ideally requires that marketing and product development are undertaken in an integrated manner. However, if we take just two activities...
Author: Tazim Jamal & Dianne Dredge
Year: 2010
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Think Tank X
Sustainable Tourism Networks
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9630 | Oct 13, 2013 |
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
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Think Tank IX
Courchevel, an outstanding alpine ski resort at a turn...
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9282 | Oct 13, 2013 |
“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
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Think Tank VII
The Practical Application of Sustainable Tourism Devel...
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7820 | Oct 13, 2013 |
The internationally acclaimed Blackstone Valley Tourism Council continues to create a sustainable visitor destination using whole place-making techniques. Under its auspices, the Sustainable Tourism Planning and Development Laboratory share...
Author: Robert Billington, Natalie Carter & Lilly Kayamba
Year: 2007
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OPA award
Stakeholder involvement, culture and accountability in...
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8690 | Oct 13, 2013 |
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
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Think Tank V
Managing of Public Risks in Tourism: Towards Sustainab...
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5110 | Oct 13, 2013 |
How to manage risks that endanger development of tourism but that are caused by tourism itself? An industry-based model is presented as an analytic tool and adapted to the situation in tourism. It is argued that development of tourism lacks ...
Author: Yoram Krozer & Else Redzepovic
Year: 2005
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