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No.	Subject	Views	Date
22	Think Tank XIV Bird-watching Routes as Collaborative Stakeholderships...	23612	Jun 27, 2014
22	Although there are numerous birding trails with varying levels of success, prior to this study, little research existed as to how birding trails are designed, implemented and managed. Thus, the study posed and answered the following research... Author: Krisztian Vas Year: 2014
21	Think Tank IX What do sustainable tourism researchers value? An anal...	24145	Oct 13, 2013
21	Sustainable Tourism has emerged as a major field of specialisation within tourism and has been so pervasive that some have suggested that the field represents a fifth platform of tourism research, while others have argued that the field has... Author: Pierre Benckendorff Year: 2009
20	Think Tank VII Practical Interpretations of a Dynamic Model of Sustai...	24225	Oct 13, 2013
20	"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
19	OPA award A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Study of Sustainab...	24306	Jun 26, 2014
19	Emerging tourist destinations can challenge ecological, economic, social, and quality of life barriers. These issues draw attention towards the consequences of increasing complexity that are often found as a tourist marketing system grows an... Author: Sarah Duffy & Larry Dwyer Year: 2014 OPA: 2014 Outstanding Paper Award Winner
18	Think Tank IX The Role of Values in Sustainable Tourism Education	24355	Oct 13, 2013
18	This presentation discusses the role of values in the context of sustainable tourism education. However, it does not seek to engage in the debate about the definition of Sustainable Tourism nor the differences between this concept and Sustai... Author: Christian Schott Year: 2009
17	Think Tank XIV Sustainable tourism, market failures and the challenge...	24634	Jul 07, 2014
17	David's presentation outlines the major market failures in tourism production and consumption and questions the changing role of (public sector) governments in market regulation and ‘economic’ development. The presentation focuses specifical... Author: David G. Simmons Year: 2014
16	Think Tank VII Tourism Resource Teams: Innovation with and for touris...	24768	Oct 13, 2013
16	Communities have a variety of interest levels in tourism overall, including sustainable tourism (WTO, 2002). While we have witnessed increased awareness and discussions about sustainability and sustainable tourism, there is often a lack of s... Author: Cynthia Messer, Ingrid Schneider & Okechukwu Ukaga Year: 2007
15	Think Tank X Sustainable Tourism Networks	25258	Oct 13, 2013
15	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
14	Think Tank V Resident Segments Using SUS-TAS	25522	Oct 13, 2013
14	Recognizing that tools developed solely to measure perceptions of positive/negative impacts of tourism within the traditional conceptual works are insufficient, recently Choi and Sirakaya (2005) developed and tested both an innovative framew... Author: Ercan Sirakayae, Linda J. Ingram & Hwan Suk Chris Choi Year: 2005
13	Think Tank IX Sustainable Tourism Development Plan for the Old City ...	25754	Oct 13, 2013
13	This research aims to propose a sustainable tourism development plan for the City of Nan. Since the year 2000, Nan civil society leaders, national and international stakeholders have tried to develop Nan into a world heritage destination. I... Author: Donruetai Kovathanakul Year: 2009
12	Think Tank XI Sustainable Tourism Course Structure and Associated St...	26536	Oct 14, 2013
12	The author has developed and delivered Sustainable Tourism (S.T.) related courses at Institutions of Higher Education in Paris, London, Helsinki, and Parnu, Estonia over the last 10 years. The focus of the presentation would be the S.T. con... Author: James Holleran Year: 2011
11	Think Tank XIV Assessing Samui Island's Sustainable Tourism Policies ...	27097	Jun 26, 2014
11	Since 2009, the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) promoted sustainable tourism practices through its – 7 Greens Concept, which is similar to the main global trends towards sustainable tourism. The 7 Greens Concept includes Green Heart, Gre... Author: Attama Nilnoppakun, Krissada Pornprapa, Nattapong Boonlue & Kreagrit Ampawat Year: 2014
10	Think Tank XIII Using Tourism to Build Social Capital in Communities: ...	27933	Nov 06, 2013
10	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
9	Think Tank XIII Tourism investment and sustainable development: A comp...	28060	Nov 06, 2013
9	Despite the growing importance of foreign direct investment (FDI) for tourism in developing countries and its perceived importance for stimulating sustainable development, few empirical studies have examined its impact. This paper explored t... Author: Lee Davidson & Mondher Sahli Year: 2013
8	Think Tank XI What Do Tourism Students Know About Sustainability and...	28202	Oct 14, 2013
8	The topic of sustainable tourism education has only recently started to emerge in the tourism literature. A few tourism scholars have raised concerns about the need to prepare future tourism professionals for real life planning and manageme... Author: Blanca A. Camargo & Ulrike Gretzel Year: 2011
7	Think Tank VII The New World of Travel 2.0: Application of Social Sof...	28553	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 XI Broad Street Regeneration Initiative: Practical Sustai...	29371	Dec 19, 2013
6	Professors of tourism management teach principles of sustainable tourism to students in the classroom. Practitioners teach by implementing sustainable tourism principles in community. The Blackstone Valley Tourism Council (Tourism Council) i... Author: Robert Billington, Natalie Carter, Caitlin Amos & Myles Ellison Year: 2011
5	Think Tank XIII Conceptualising a Framework to Analyse the Factors Inf...	33947	Nov 06, 2013
5	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
4	Think Tank XIV Tourism Development as Greek Tragedy: Implications for...	39244	Jun 26, 2014
4	Although tourism has been used as a development strategy in many parts of the world for several decades, there is little evidence that it is an effective tool for improving the wellbeing of destination communities. It is not uncommon to find... Author: Gianna Moscardo, Anna Blackman & Laurie Murphy Year: 2014
3	Think Tank XIV Implementation and Governance of Hotel Chain's CSR pol...	47867	Jun 26, 2014
3	Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has gained increasing importance in the tourism industry over the past two decades, making it a central aspect of many business strategies. Many international hotel corporations have integrated CSR polic... Author: Dagmar Lund-Durlacher & Carolin Brewi Year: 2014

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