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No.	Subject	Views	Date
42	Think Tank XI Visualising Sustainability: Reflections on Applied Stu...	7196	Oct 14, 2013
42	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
41	OPA award The Managing Local Tourism Master Class: Communicating...	7186	Oct 13, 2013
41	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
40	Think Tank XIV The Roles of the Public, Private and Voluntary Sector ...	6894	Jun 26, 2014
40	Social tourism refers to initiatives that aim to include groups into tourism that would otherwise be excluded from it. The earliest definition of social tourism by Hunzicker (1951) described social tourism as ‘‘the relationships and phenomen... Author: Lynn Minnaert Year: 2014
39	Think Tank IX Tourism Relationship Model and Intermediary for Sustai...	6861	Oct 13, 2013
39	This paper proposes a simple model that depicts the relationship between community and extra-community stakeholders that will enable the effective development of sustainable tourism. “Sustainable tourism” in this paper is defined as tourism ... Author: Asami Shikida, Mami Yoda, Akiko Kino & Masayuki Morishige Year: 2009
38	Think Tank XIV Exploring Policy, Politics and Governance through Stak...	6852	Jun 27, 2014
38	This paper looks at the development of an ecotrekking industry on the Kokoda Track and demonstrates how the use of participatory methods in community based tourism can align two different “regimes of truth” (that of the community and of the ... Author: Stephen Wearing, Paul Chatterton & Amy Reggers Year: 2014
37	Think Tank VIII Resident Support for Sustainable Tourism Policies in T...	6848	Oct 13, 2013
37	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
36	Think Tank X Implementation of the DIT-ACHIEV Model for Sustainable...	6777	Oct 13, 2013
36	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
35	Think Tank XIV Development of a Certification System for Sustainable ...	6730	Jun 27, 2014
35	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
34	Think Tank VII Getting Fit to Innovate: TUI's InnOlympics	6729	Oct 13, 2013
34	Tether (2003) describes innovation within service industries as having a Cinderella status - marginal and neglected. The traditional approach to thinking about innovation has been to concentrate on manufacturing and within that, the role of... Author: Graham Miller & Caroline Scarles Year: 2007
33	Think Tank XI Learning Network Sustainable Tourism (LNST) for Touris...	6703	Oct 14, 2013
33	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
32	Think Tank XIV Tourism Concessions in National Parks: Neo-liberal Too...	6503	Jun 26, 2014
32	For the tourism sector the government aims to “Grow the number of new business opportunities on public conservation land in order to deliver increased economic prosperity and conservation gain” (New Zealand Government, 2012: 23). In relation... Author: Valentina Dinica Year: 2014
31	Think Tank XIV Exploring the potential of Community Based Ecotourism ...	6433	Jun 27, 2014
31	Development in developing countries often results in mass land-use change and subsequent increase in greenhouse gas emission by deforestation or forest degradation. For instance, approximately a-fifth of global greenhouse gas emissions was a... Author: Stephen Wearing, Paul Chatterton, Amy Reggers & Hanna Sakata Year: 2014
30	Think Tank XIV The Emergence of Cross-border Governance Structures: t...	6349	Jun 26, 2014
30	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
29	Think Tank XIV Psychological Empowerment as Good Policy for Governanc...	5935	Jun 26, 2014
29	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
28	Think Tank VIII Emerging Green Tourists: Their Behaviours and Attitudes	5866	Oct 13, 2013
28	The concerns are varied and are not necessarily important to all tourists and the influence they have on sustaining the industry is unknown. For years the tourism industry has used a number of mechanisms in an attempt to green operators. The... Author: Sue Bergin-Seers & Judith Mair Year: 2008
27	Think Tank X Establishing a Network of European Rural Villages for ...	5687	Oct 13, 2013
27	The paper deals with the research activity carried out by the Authors in the context of the European Project “Listen to the Voice of Villages”. The focus is on the governance asset and tools able to enhance sustainable tourism development i... Author: Mariangela Franch, Umberto Martini, Federica Buffa & Fabio Sacco Year: 2010
26	Think Tank X The Role of Knowledge-based Networks in Sustainable To...	5504	Oct 13, 2013
26	In practice, tourism organisations tend to be more serious towards their financial viability and therefore undermine long-term socio-cultural and environmental consequences. In so doing they impede their own ability and that of the destinat... Author: Ehsan Ahmed & Larry Dwyer Year: 2010
25	Think Tank XVIII Community participation and stakeholder engagement in ...	5221	Jan 07, 2019
25	Keywords: natural resource management, community participation, stakeholder engagement, co-creation, sustainable tourism, Networks of Reserves. Author: Umberto Martini, Federica Buffa, Sandra Notaro, Nicola Zeni & Pier Luigi Novi Inverardi Year: 2018
24	Think Tank IX The Role of Values in Sustainable Tourism Education	5219	Oct 13, 2013
24	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
23	Think Tank XIV Local Networks as Sustainable Policy Instruments: A Ca...	5137	Jun 27, 2014
23	In this case study, a communication network among local hotel managers was examined, first to assess the extent of communication among hotel managers, and second to identify influential members within the network. Communication with respect ... Author: Karen Irene Thal & Tracy Burkett Year: 2014

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