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Think Tank VIII
Community Actions to Engage Local Residents in Tourism...
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7541 | Dec 19, 2013 |
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This paper explores the residents’ knowledge of community actions to engage local members in tourism planning and development in the King Cobra Village of Thailand. The degree of participatory ability which is associated with the public atti...
Author: Kitsada Tungchawal
Year: 2008
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Think Tank VIII
Environmental Education and Ecotourism: A Case Study o...
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8417 | Oct 13, 2013 |
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In this paper we take the standpoint that environmental education and ecotourism are highly related and depend on each other, and that ecotourism cannot be achieved without proper environmental education. Furthermore, in order to achieve qu...
Author: Mojca Arsenijevic & Marko Bohanec
Year: 2008
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Think Tank VIII
Emerging Green Tourists: Their Behaviours and Attitudes
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4849 | Oct 13, 2013 |
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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
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Think Tank VIII
Lifestyle Oriented Small Tourism [LOST] Firms in the F...
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4883 | Oct 13, 2013 |
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Lifestyle has been oft cited in the literature as the main motivation for those establishing or acquiring tourism related businesses in attractive destinations. However, the term has many different dimensions and connotations, both positive...
Author: Jack Carlsen & Alison Morrison
Year: 2008
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Think Tank VIII
A Framework for Work-Life Balance Practices in the Tou...
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3696 | Oct 13, 2013 |
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This paper addresses the key issues surrounding the debate over work-life balance. It provides an overview of current thinking in the general work environment, with specific focus on the issue within the tourism industry. This paper present...
Author: Margaret Deery & Leo Jago
Year: 2008
OPA: 2008 Outstanding Paper Award Winner
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Think Tank VIII
Destination Competitiveness and Policy Making for Pove...
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6604 | Oct 13, 2013 |
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This paper has five aims. First, to discuss the Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index (TTCI) and the method of its construction. If the TTCI is to have policy significance it is essential that its components be identified and analysed as ...
Author: Larry Dwyer
Year: 2008
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Think Tank VIII
Tourism Professionals’ Attitudes towards Climate Chang...
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3284 | Oct 13, 2013 |
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This paper discusses three aspects of the interrelationship between tourism and climate change: the perception of the problems related to global warming by tourism professionals, their suggestions concerning possible actions that can be tak...
Author: Xavier Matteucci & Dagmar Lund-Durlacher
Year: 2008
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Think Tank VIII
Assessing Whose Quality of Life: A Critical Examinatio...
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2964 | Oct 13, 2013 |
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Almost all the academic literature on tourism impacts has focussed on the consequences of tourism for the destination and its residents. Very little attention has been paid to the impacts of tourism on tourists. Virtually all cost-benefit an...
Author: Gianna Moscardo
Year: 2008
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Think Tank VIII
Resident Support for Sustainable Tourism Policies in T...
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5259 | Oct 13, 2013 |
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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
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Think Tank VIII
Integrating Sustainability into Tourism Education and ...
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4484 | Oct 13, 2013 |
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The focus of this paper is to provide an overview of the current sustainability content in Irish tourism programmes and the identification of key trends in this regard. It is based on extensive research of secondary and tertiary education s...
Author: Jane Stacey, Sheila Flanagan, Kevin Griffin & Anna Tottle
Year: 2008
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