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Think Tank XII
Evaluation of the accessibility of Monterrey's Tourism...
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2634 | Nov 06, 2013 |
Despite several declarations, policies and regulations that seek to protect their rights, people with disabilities still encounter several constrains that impede their full participation in society, and, in particular, their access to and en...
Author: Blanca A. Camargo, Isabel Sánchez, Fátima Guajardo & Alejandro García
Year: 2012
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Think Tank VII
Outfitting and Guiding as Sustainable Tourism
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2672 | Oct 13, 2013 |
The antecedents of the modern outfitter are numerous and varied, reaching far back into mythology, allegoric literature, history, and geographic exploration. Throughout history, guides have played two distinct roles, the pathfinder and the m...
Author: Norma Nickerson
Year: 2007
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312 |
Think Tank IX
Ethical Confusion and Confusion of Ethics: Unpacking t...
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2692 | Oct 13, 2013 |
For many decades authors (see Sontag, 1976, Baederholt, 2006, Chalfern, 1979, Crang, 1997) have recognised the fundamental role of photography within tourism. Many such as Urry (1999, 2002), Crouch (2000, 2002) and Crouch & Lubbren (200...
Author: Caroline Scarles
Year: 2009
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311 |
Think Tank IV
A Theoretical Perspective of Triple Bottom Line Report...
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2706 | Oct 13, 2013 |
Triple Bottom Line is defined and explained within the context of a broad philosophical approach to business and a more narrow perspective of reporting performance. The impact of the broader notion of sustainable development, with its macro ...
Author: Jeffrey Faux
Year: 2004
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310 |
Think Tank IX
Recreation Specialisation and Destination Image: A cas...
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2731 | Oct 13, 2013 |
Papua New Guinea (PNG) should be to Australia what Costa Rica and Belize are to the USA – a proximate and successful tourist destination that attracts sustainable numbers of tourists drawn to the extraordinary diversity of endemic wildlife,...
Author: Kevin Lyons, Kevin Markwell & Patricia Johnson
Year: 2009
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309 |
Think Tank VII
Social Responsibility and Innovation on Trafficking an...
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2760 | Oct 13, 2013 |
Ethical questions related to globalization, human rights, unfair labor practices and trans-boundary exchanges of capital and work force create ever more complex challenges for the tourism sustainability agenda. In recent years, the tourism i...
Author: Camelia Tepelus
Year: 2007
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308 |
Think Tank XVII
Transit Tours for Airport Passengers – Issues and Chal...
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2766 | 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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307 |
Think Tank IX
Values: Dollars, trees or feelings?
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2857 | Oct 13, 2013 |
The importance of values to tourism is but one aspect of the importance of values in human interactions with the natural environment and even more broadly to the human condition. However, attempts to understand the impact of values on behav...
Author: Denise Dillon
Year: 2009
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306 |
Think Tank XIV
Welcoming Chinese Visitors and the Easternization of t...
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2911 | Jun 26, 2014 |
Tourism academics, practitioners, governments and agencies around the world are in general agreement about the future of tourism in what commentators have tagged The Asian Century. Assuming demographic and economic conditions persist, the in...
Author: Patricia C. Johnson
Year: 2014
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305 |
Think Tank XIV
Exploring Youth Perspectives on Quality of Life and To...
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2931 | Jun 26, 2014 |
The concept of Quality of Life (QoL) is implicit in conceptualisations of tourism, especially those used to develop and guide tourism policy and planning. At the individual level it is assumed that travel offers a number of different ways to...
Author: Anna Blackman, Gianna Moscardo, Andrea Schurmann & Laurie Murphy
Year: 2014
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304 |
Think Tank XI
Use of Cases in an Ethical Teaching Resource for Touri...
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2933 | Oct 14, 2013 |
Ethical problems are an integral part of all professions and academic disciplines (Clarkeburn, 2002). However, it is recognised that the increasing application of technology by students in research is not always matched by consideration of ...
Author: Carl Cater
Year: 2011
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303 |
Think Tank V
An Economic Explanation of the Net Benefits of Tourism...
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2946 | Oct 13, 2013 |
International tourism is increasingly viewed as one of the best opportunities for a sustainable economic and social development of developing countries. There is also an increasing concern from public policy makers as to whether mass tourism...
Author: Mondher Sahli & Jean-Jacques Nowak
Year: 2005
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302 |
Think Tank VII
The Uptake of Innovation in Tourism Organisations: Bar...
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3040 | Oct 13, 2013 |
Innovation is fundamental to any industry in its quest to realising its potential. The tourism industry is no different in this pursuit of excellence and innovation but, unlike many other industries, it is largely comprised of small busines...
Author: Leo Jago & Margaret Deery
Year: 2007
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301 |
Think Tank VIII
A Tool for Improving the Sustainability of Tourism Ind...
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3050 | Oct 13, 2013 |
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
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300 |
Think Tank XII
Tourist Cards - Experiences with Soft Mobility in Germ...
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3077 | Nov 06, 2013 |
An increasing number of destinations face the negative sides of tourism transport. Especially, the motorized (individual) traffic can cause ecological problems due to a risen traffic volume, noise and air pollution or its negative effects on...
Author: Dorothea Dürkop & Sven Gross
Year: 2012
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299 |
Think Tank XV
The role of souvenir vendors in the cultural sustainab...
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3096 | Jul 27, 2015 |
The research investigated the role of souvenir vendors in sustaining the social-cultural authenticity of Chichen Itza’s host community, a Mexican UNESCO World Heritage Site (WHS) (UNESCO, 2015a). The case study evaluated the Maya-descent ven...
Author: Ady Milman
Year: 2015
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298 |
Think Tank XV
Can we eat it? Exploring the cultural challenges in ma...
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3097 | Jul 27, 2015 |
Can we eat it? How did you stop the waves? Is there water in there? Where is the switch to turn it off? Will it eat me? These are just some of the many questions asked by visitors to uShaka Sea World in Durban, South Africa. While South Afri...
Author: Judy Mann & Roy Ballantyne & Jan Packer
Year: 2015
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297 |
Think Tank VIII
Will the Advent of a More Responsible Type of Tourism ...
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3104 | Oct 13, 2013 |
‘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
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296 |
Think Tank VIII
Managing Work/Life Balance Issues: An Examination of H...
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3120 | Oct 13, 2013 |
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
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295 |
Think Tank V
Communicating with Visitors During and After a Natural...
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3187 | Oct 13, 2013 |
Tourism is often a significant component of a region or country’s economic, social, cultural and environmental well-being and a natural disaster such as a hurricane, tsunami, landslide, flood or bushfire may cause a range of impacts on the d...
Author: E. Kate Armstrong
Year: 2005
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