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No.	Subject	Views	Date
22	Think Tank VII Practical Interpretations of a Dynamic Model of Sustai...	11977	Oct 13, 2013
22	"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
21	OPA award A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Study of Sustainab...	12312	Jun 26, 2014
21	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
20	Think Tank IX The Role of Values in Sustainable Tourism Education	12407	Oct 13, 2013
20	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
19	Think Tank VII Learning as Prerequisite for Innovations in Tourism - ...	12457	Oct 13, 2013
19	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
18	Think Tank IX Sustainable Tourism Development Plan for the Old City ...	12927	Oct 13, 2013
18	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
17	Think Tank XIV Sustainable tourism, market failures and the challenge...	13372	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 There's No Such Thing as Sustainable Tourism: Innovati...	13457	Oct 13, 2013
16	Innovation can come in many forms but all of these share three common elements - creativity, a problem solving approach and a new way of thinking. This paper proposes that current approaches to tourism and sustainable regional development h... Author: Gianna Moscardo Year: 2007
15	Think Tank VII Tourism Resource Teams: Innovation with and for touris...	14182	Oct 13, 2013
15	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
14	Think Tank XIII Using Tourism to Build Social Capital in Communities: ...	14787	Nov 06, 2013
14	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
13	Think Tank XIV Bird-watching Routes as Collaborative Stakeholderships...	14963	Jun 27, 2014
13	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
12	Think Tank XI What Do Tourism Students Know About Sustainability and...	15027	Oct 14, 2013
12	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
11	Think Tank V Resident Segments Using SUS-TAS	15744	Oct 13, 2013
11	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
10	Think Tank VII The New World of Travel 2.0: Application of Social Sof...	15849	Oct 13, 2013
10	"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
9	Think Tank XIV Assessing Samui Island's Sustainable Tourism Policies ...	16593	Jun 26, 2014
9	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
8	Think Tank XI Sustainable Tourism Course Structure and Associated St...	16596	Oct 14, 2013
8	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
7	Think Tank XIII Tourism investment and sustainable development: A comp...	16833	Nov 06, 2013
7	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
6	Think Tank XI Broad Street Regeneration Initiative: Practical Sustai...	17923	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...	20792	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...	28426	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...	35562	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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