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No.	Subject	Views	Date
20	Think Tank XV A vacation from capitalism; what happens when the ‘mas...	7578	Jul 27, 2015
20	Philosophical and theoretical debates in tourism must be situated not just within economic and cultural contexts, but also political and social ones (Ataljevic, Pritchard & Morgan, 2007). Tourism is more than an ‘industry,’ Freya Higgins... Author: Amy Savener Year: 2015
19	Think Tank XV Lifelong learning for guiding and interpretation	4391	Jul 27, 2015
19	Scholarship on guiding and interpretation positions formal training as a central factor in guide instruction. Guide training operates in the area that mediates between personal characteristics, attitudes and knowledge of the guides and what ... Author: Julia N. Albrecht & Trisha Dwyer Year: 2015
18	Think Tank XIV Values in Tourism Higher Education: the Case of Europe...	11109	Jun 26, 2014
18	The primary rationale for embedding values-based learning in tourism higher education is to engage students’ learning-to-learn and learning-to-be, rather than simply learning about a topic, such as tourism management or sustainability (Libur... Author: Tanja Mihalič, Janne J. Liburd & Jaume Guia Year: 2014
17	Think Tank XIII City Slicker to Roo Carer: The Journey of a Wildlife V...	4607	Nov 06, 2013
17	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
16	Think Tank XII Mobile Learning for Sustainable Tourism Development: T...	4720	Nov 06, 2013
16	This paper examines how mobility in higher tourism education may contribute to a dynamic leaning environment capable of integrating transnational and intercultural learning for sustainable tourism development. Central to this is the opening ... Author: Janne J. Liburd Year: 2012
15	Think Tank XI Learning Network Sustainable Tourism (LNST) for Touris...	6703	Oct 14, 2013
15	Since 2002 the Flemish Tourism Board, the executive agency of the Flemish Ministry of Tourism, has implemented different actions to introduce the principles of sustainable tourism into tourism education in Flanders. The general objective is... Author: Griet Geudens & Manuel Minne Year: 2011
14	Think Tank XI Visualising Sustainability: Reflections on Applied Stu...	7198	Oct 14, 2013
14	As Sontag (1979) stated, we live in an image-based world within which we are continuously bombarded with visuals in countless formats and guises. However, despite such image saturation, academic engagement whether through teaching or resear... Author: Caroline Scarles Year: 2011
13	OPA award The Managing Local Tourism Master Class: Communicating...	7186	Oct 13, 2013
13	The aim of this paper is to describe an action-based research project entitled the Management Local Tourism Master Class (MLTMC) and to discuss the merits of this extension tool in building sustainable tourism management practices across loc... Author: Dianne Dredge, Emma-Jane Ford & Michelle Whitford Year: 2010 OPA: 2010 Outstanding Paper Award Winner
12	Think Tank X The Managing Local Tourism Master Class: Communicating...	9296	Oct 13, 2013
12	The aim of this paper is to describe an action-based research project entitled the Management Local Tourism Master Class (MLTMC) and to discuss the merits of this extension tool in building sustainable tourism management practices across loc... Author: Dianne Dredge, Emma-Jane Ford & Michelle Whitford Year: 2010 OPA: 2010 Outstanding Paper Award Winner
11	Think Tank X Sustainable Tourism Pedagogy and Student Community Col...	18425	Oct 13, 2013
11	There have been increasing calls to move away from the traditional disciplinary structures and research, teaching and learning approaches that have tended to ‘tunnel’ student learning and reinforce particular worldviews towards new forms of ... Author: Tazim Jamal, Justin Taillon & Dianne Dredge Year: 2010
10	Think Tank IX Exploring Tourists’ Environmental Learning, Values, an...	6231	Oct 13, 2013
10	There is a need for a research agenda, which achieves a holistic understanding of the nature and influences of environmental learning on tourists’ environmental values and travel experiences in relation to climate change. Why, because touri... Author: Ulrike Kachel & Gayle Jennings Year: 2009
9	Think Tank IX Valuing Open Innovation Environments in Tourism Educat...	7243	Oct 13, 2013
9	The world has changed tremendously since the publication of Our Common Future by the World Commission for Environment and Development (1987), which elevated the concept of sustainable development from grassroots initiatives to the forefront... Author: Janne Liburd & Anne-Mette Hjalager Year: 2009
8	Think Tank IX Cross-Cultural Interaction, Capacity Building and Sust...	12038	Oct 13, 2013
8	This paper reports on findings which are part of a broader research conducted under the Learning and Teaching Fellowship Award 2007/08, aimed at the assessment of innovative blended learning techniques and applied learning in alternative st... Author: Marina Novelli Year: 2009
7	Think Tank VII The New World of Travel 2.0: Application of Social Sof...	14570	Oct 13, 2013
7	"Web 2.0" is a term used to refer to the emerging new wave of innovation on the Internet. Some see it as a second high-tech wave, marking the recovery from the technology and Internet "bust" at the end of the 1990s (O'Reilly 2005). Character... Author: Alan A. Lew Year: 2007
6	Think Tank VII The Practical Application of Sustainable Tourism Devel...	8511	Oct 13, 2013
6	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
5	Think Tank VII The Community of Communicators and the Communication o...	12253	Oct 13, 2013
5	In spite of the trend towards business as a key element in society and tourism, governments still play an important role in the sustainable development debate. Like any social institution, governments and related organizations do not always ... Author: Keith Henning Year: 2007
4	Think Tank VII Learning as Prerequisite for Innovations in Tourism - ...	11679	Oct 13, 2013
4	This article reports on an ongoing project that focuses on learning and innovation as prerequisites for sustainable tourism in a transnational environment defined by the European North Sea Region. According to Buhalis (2000: 113) providing i... Author: Janne Liburd & Anja Hergesell Year: 2007
3	Think Tank V Knowledge Management for Tourism Crises and Disasters	14534	Oct 13, 2013
3	Tourism is especially vulnerable to disasters and, being fragmented, often its response is difficult to initiate and coordinate. It is also information intensive and when in chaos its information needs are exacerbated. The paper aims to deve... Author: Nina Mistilis & Pauline Sheldon Year: 2005
2	Think Tank V Tourism Education for Cambodia: A Case Study of its Fi...	8885	Oct 13, 2013
2	This paper details the development, delivery and outcomes of a Masters course in Tourism Development that was delivered by the Royal University of Phnom Penh, with the assistance and support of the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and t... Author: Ravi Ravinder Year: 2005
1	Think Tank IV Integration of Theory and Practice in Hospitality Sust...	10026	Oct 13, 2013
1	This brief paper describes a new educational model developed at Ecole hoteliere de Lausanne (EHL) to link theory and practice, or more specifically, coordinate learning opportunities between the classroom (Sustainable Tourism) and current pr... Author: James Holleran Year: 2004

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