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No.	Subject	Views	Date
26	Think Tank VIII Tourism Acting as a Factor of Integration: The Case of...	2165	Oct 13, 2013
26	Over the past years, reports over brutal, racist attacks in the former eastern states of Germany have filled the headlines of German and international media again and again. Tourism authorities in these states have complained that these att... Author: Dagmar Lund-Durlacher Year: 2008
25	Think Tank VIII Tourism for Marginal Groups: Tourism as a Livelihood S...	2292	Oct 13, 2013
25	Since the report of the Brundtland Commission was published 1987 (WCED 1987), sustainable development has been incorporated into the policies of many international organizations and the legislation of jurisdictions throughout the world. Nev... Author: Teresa C.H. Tao & Geoffrey Wall Year: 2008
24	Think Tank VIII A Tool for Improving the Sustainability of Tourism Ind...	2815	Oct 13, 2013
24	The tourism industry’s interest in sustainable management has increased in exponential proportions over the past year. Substantial amounts of space in industry journals are devoted to issues such as sustainability, energy management, green b... Author: Claudia Jurowski Year: 2008
23	Think Tank VIII Will the Advent of a More Responsible Type of Tourism ...	2946	Oct 13, 2013
23	‘Responsible’ tourism is all the rage nowadays. Parallel to the offer commercialized by specialized tour operators on the sustainable niche, traditional tour-operators have also begun to claim the sustainability of their offer. One can henc... Author: Maud Tixier Year: 2008
22	Think Tank VIII Managing Work/Life Balance Issues: An Examination of H...	2960	Oct 13, 2013
22	The purpose of this study was to identify international human resource management best practice with regard to work/life balance policies and practices within an international hotel in Auckland, New Zealand. The methodology included an anal... Author: Elizabeth Roberts, David Williamson & Carmen Cox Year: 2008
21	Think Tank VIII Assessing Whose Quality of Life: A Critical Examinatio...	3186	Oct 13, 2013
21	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
20	Think Tank VIII Tourism-led Amenity Migration and the Transformation o...	3346	Oct 13, 2013
20	Global economic and political change has stimulated an explosion in tourism-led migration flows resulting in unprecedented transformation in the form and condition of impacted communities (Woods, 2006). This increase in human migration to ar... Author: Alison M. Gill Year: 2008
19	Think Tank VIII Education’s Impact on Cultural Distance Perception: Th...	3374	Oct 13, 2013
19	As an international tourism destination, Turkey serves mostly European tourist markets due to her closeness to European markets. Turkey and Europe has a long shared history of relationships. However, Turkey and Turkish people have a rather b... Author: Yasin Boylu, Asli D. A. Tasci & William C. Gartner Year: 2008
18	Think Tank VIII Tourism Professionals’ Attitudes towards Climate Chang...	3445	Oct 13, 2013
18	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
17	Think Tank VIII An Assessment of Efforts to Enhance the Quality of Lif...	3778	Oct 13, 2013
17	Quality of life studies are usually either objective or subjective in nature. Objective quality of life studies concentrate on social indicators whereas subjective quality of life studies attempt to assess the perceived satisfaction that in... Author: Turgut Var, Erhan Ada, Gökce Ozdemir & Deniz Hasirci Year: 2008
16	Think Tank VIII A Framework for Work-Life Balance Practices in the Tou...	3855	Oct 13, 2013
16	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
15	Think Tank VIII Integrating Sustainability into Tourism Education and ...	4809	Oct 13, 2013
15	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
14	Think Tank VIII Linking Tourist Satisfaction to Happiness and Quality ...	4885	Oct 13, 2013
14	Dominant tourist satisfaction measures, typically tied to service quality, have recently received much criticism by senior tourism academics (Ryan, 1995; Kozak, 2001; Pearce, 2005). These prominent tourism scholars commonly refer to very sim... Author: Sebastian Filep Year: 2008
13	Think Tank VIII Emerging Green Tourists: Their Behaviours and Attitudes	5041	Oct 13, 2013
13	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
12	Think Tank VIII Lifestyle Oriented Small Tourism [LOST] Firms in the F...	5044	Oct 13, 2013
12	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
11	Think Tank VIII Resident Support for Sustainable Tourism Policies in T...	5456	Oct 13, 2013
11	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
10	Think Tank VIII Responding to Climate Change in Australian Resort Hote...	6362	Oct 13, 2013
10	Extensive infrastructure and client expectations of luxury will mean that their carbon footprint and water usage is likely to exceed significantly that of average urban households. Often located in coastal or riverine settings, they are vuln... Author: Charles Arcodia & Chantal Dickson Year: 2008
9	Think Tank VIII Destination Competitiveness and Policy Making for Pove...	6837	Oct 13, 2013
9	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
8	Think Tank VIII Shared Playgrounds: Contrasting Visitor Perspectives o...	7052	Oct 13, 2013
8	Tourism is forming an increasingly significant component of the social and economic fabric of many major cities around the world. The quality of life for the residents of a city can be both degraded and enhanced by tourism and its associated... Author: Tony Griffin, Deborah Edwards, Katie Schlenker & Bruce Hayllar Year: 2008
7	Think Tank VIII Community Actions to Engage Local Residents in Tourism...	7785	Dec 19, 2013
7	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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