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Think Tank XVII
Collaborative knowledge production development and act...
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1451 | Aug 17, 2017 |
Increasingly, literature has depicted food tourism as a powerful contributor to the ‘triple bottom line’ of economic, social, and environmental sustainability in rural communities (e.g. Sidali et al., 2015; Sims, 2009; Everret & Aitchson...
Author: Yukari Higuchi & Yasuhiro Yamanaka
Year: 2017
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333 |
Think Tank V
Response Strategies to Climate Change Impacts
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1454 | Oct 13, 2013 |
This study addresses the threat of climate change impacts on the sustainability of the economic benefits for, and environmental assets of, tourism destinations. It discusses the challenges for both the demand and supply side of tourism to fo...
Author: Nancy Scanlon
Year: 2005
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332 |
Think Tank XV
The social enterprise as a vehicle to poverty alleviat...
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1456 | Jul 27, 2015 |
Over the last decades, social enterprises have increasingly gained importance in the travel and tourism industry and they are revolutionizing the way business is done. Instead of maximizing profits for external shareholders, a social enterpr...
Author: Sebastian Ferrari & Dagmar Lund-Durlacher
Year: 2015
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331 |
Think Tank XVIII
Indigenous destination development: Nudging key player...
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1475 | Jan 07, 2019 |
Key words: Key players, sustainable tourism impact, tourism planning
Author: Astrid Frischknecht, Celiane Camargo-Borges & Celeste Wilderom
Year: 2018
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330 |
Think Tank XVIII
What to communicate about sustainability actions of Fi...
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1478 | Jan 07, 2019 |
Key words: sustainability, responsibility, marketing, communication, Finland, villa holiday
Author: Katja Pasanen
Year: 2018
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329 |
Think Tank XVI
Navigating Evolving Global Trends in Financial Crime: ...
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1482 | Jul 02, 2016 |
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Author: Verity Anne Greenwood
Year: 2016
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328 |
Think Tank XVI
Crowdsourcing – New Ways of an efficient Corporate Soc...
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1487 | Jul 02, 2016 |
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Corporate Sustainability (CS) play a more and more crucial role in the development of hotel business. A study of the French hotel company Accor shows, that sustainability is a determining factor of ...
Author: Matthias Straub
Year: 2016
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327 |
Think Tank X
How Is Sustainability ‘Materialised’ in Tourism? Conte...
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1488 | Oct 13, 2013 |
Meaning is one of the most elusive and ubiquitous properties of tourism spaces. This paper analyses the ambiguity of meaning in the materiality of tourism sustainability. Sustainable development and its three interrelated principles of holi...
Author: Neil M. Walsh
Year: 2010
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326 |
Think Tank XVII
Providing sustainable innovations in the hospitality i...
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1534 | Aug 17, 2017 |
Sustainability and eco-friendliness is gaining considerable attention within the hotel industry (Chen, Sloan & Legrand, 2009; Kim & Han, 2010). There has been a growing awareness of the environmental and social influence of hotel ope...
Author: Julia Zimmermann & Matthias Straub
Year: 2017
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325 |
Think Tank XVII
Transit Tours for Airport Passengers – Issues and Chal...
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1554 | Aug 17, 2017 |
Since the advent of liberalisation of the aviation industry in the late 1970s, many countries have adopted the liberal policy in air transport and entered bilateral air service agreements, often referred to as “open skies agreements” (OSAs),...
Author: Priscilla Chau Min Poon
Year: 2017
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324 |
Think Tank XVI
Towards Sustainable Tourism: Whatfactors most influenc...
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1583 | Jul 02, 2016 |
Tourism is a major activity for some Mediterranean economies. While the growth of tourism over the last few decades has had many positive effects, it has also harmed the environment when this growth has not been planned in a sustainable way...
Author: Arayeh Afsordegan, Mar Vila, NúriaAgell, Mónica Sánchez
Year: 2016
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323 |
Think Tank XV
Perceptions of local communities participation in rura...
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1657 | Jul 27, 2015 |
In order to maximize the benefits and minimize the costs, rural communities should be able to participate actively in all aspects of tourism, including planning and management. The main purpose of this study is to evaluate the local communit...
Author: Limpho Lekaota & Jarkko Saarined
Year: 2015
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322 |
Think Tank XVII
A meta-analysis of the tourism and economic growth nexus
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1673 | Aug 17, 2017 |
The existing literature is fraught with empirical studies delineating the impact of the tourism sector on economic growth. However, the results are at best inconclusive. In this regard, the aim of the present study is to investigate the unde...
Author: Boopendra Seetanah & Robin Nunkoo & Raja Vinesh Sannassee & Paul Georges Warren Moraghen & Zameelah Rifkha Khan Jaffur
Year: 2017
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321 |
Think Tank XV
Enhancing stakeholders’ participation for sustainable ...
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1705 | Jul 27, 2015 |
Tourism is a fragile industry with multiple stakeholders. Globally, the desire of its stakeholders is to gain more benefits and eliminate negative impacts on resources that support the industry, particularly in protected areas (PAs) such as ...
Author: Richie Wandwi
Year: 2015
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320 |
Think Tank XVII
Reducing economic leakages from tourism: A value chain...
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1710 | Aug 17, 2017 |
The research is funded by the Centre for the Development of Enterprise and with the guidance of the International Trade Centre of UNCTAD. The authors would like to thank Pablo LoMoro at the International Trade Centre for his considerable sup...
Author: Andrew Rylance & Anna Spenceley
Year: 2017
OPA: 2017 Outstanding Paper Award Winner
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319 |
Think Tank XVII
Investigating the impact of climate change on the tour...
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1744 | Aug 17, 2017 |
The tourism sector is vital for the development of small island developing states. However, climate change can negatively impact on tourism demand and affect these economies both on the economic and social level. The purpose of this study is...
Author: Sheereen Fauzel, Boopen Seetanah, Robin Sannassee & Robin Nunkoo
Year: 2017
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318 |
Think Tank XVII
E-Mobility as an Innovation for a Sustainable Destinat...
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1792 | Aug 17, 2017 |
The project "E-Destination” funded by Internationale Bodenseehochschule (IBH) aims to show whether and in what form electro-mobility can play a bigger role regarding tourism in the rural region of Lake Constance (in German: Bodensee), Baden-...
Author: Tatjana Thimm
Year: 2017
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317 |
Think Tank XV
A modified value chainanalysisoftourism development in...
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1808 | Jul 27, 2015 |
Tourism development in a relatively unknown country is faced with various challenges. The difficulty is not only choosing an appropriate tourism development strategy but also managing it in a complex sociocultural, economic and political env...
Author: Sonja Frommenwiler & Péter Varga
Year: 2015
OPA: Runner Up Outstanding Paper Award
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316 |
Think Tank XVII
Travelers Satisfaction with Dimensions of Tourist Tert...
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1834 | Aug 17, 2017 |
Loyalty of customers is recognized as a key ingredient for the success of organisations. A 5% increase in customer retention has been linked to 85% increase in profits (Reichfield and Sasser, 1990). As noted by Assael (1984), long term organ...
Author: Boopendra Seetanah & Viraiyan Teeroovengadum & Kesseven Padachi
Year: 2017
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315 |
Think Tank XVI
Communicating sustainability values of wine producers
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1847 | Jul 02, 2016 |
This paper examines visual design language used in the New Zealand wine industry to communicate values of sustainability. The contribution critically discusses how industry values are physically manifested in and communicated through imager...
Author: Tobias Danielmeier
Year: 2016
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