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Think Tank IV
After the Sydney Olympic Games: Sustainable Infrastruc...
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2827 | Oct 13, 2013 |
Olympic Games epitomize the definition of a mega event, due to the size and scope that these events have in terms of participation, worldwide viewing and infrastructure development. However with the commercialization of these events over the...
Author: Sacha Reid
Year: 2004
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253 |
Think Tank X
Implementing Destination Governance
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2835 | Oct 13, 2013 |
In the tourism management literature, several authors (Nordin, Beritelli et al, Pechlaner) have promoted the concept of destination governance, to define a coalition of disparate parties with common interests, as a productive approach to to...
Author: Loredana Padurean
Year: 2010
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252 |
Think Tank VIII
Education’s Impact on Cultural Distance Perception: Th...
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2879 | Oct 13, 2013 |
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
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251 |
Think Tank IV
Tourism focused NGO's - An Online Content Analysis
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2891 | Oct 13, 2013 |
The number of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) increased from 31,246 to 37,281 (19.3%) between 1990 and 2000, (Human Development Report, 2002). The importance of NGOs is documented in United Nations Local Agenda 21 Chapter 27, 'Strength...
Author: Meng-Mei Chen & James Holleran
Year: 2004
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250 |
Think Tank XIII
The Politics of Community-Based Tourism Planning in th...
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2907 | Nov 06, 2013 |
The management of protected areas has to deal with a wide range of challenges, amongst these, a growing array of social, political and economic expectations. In this regard, protected areas are increasingly expected to particularly serve as ...
Author: Anna Hübner & Truong Si Hong Chau
Year: 2013
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249 |
Think Tank IV
Evaluating Environmental Initiatives of German Hotels
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2913 | Oct 13, 2013 |
Following a vigorous environmental protection movement trigging in Germany over thirty years ago, the German hotel industry is gradually moving in line with other sections of its society. This study attempts to present a snapshot of the asse...
Author: Joseph S. Chen, Willy Legrand, Philip Sloan & Josephine Zho
Year: 2004
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248 |
Think Tank XVII
Residents’ perceptions of sustainable tourism in Mauri...
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2932 | Aug 17, 2017 |
This paper examines residents' perception on sustainable tourism in Mauritius. 500 surveys were elaborated and circulated to the respondents. This research examines the connections between the demographic variables gender, age, instruction l...
Author: Bhavish Jugurnath & Roucheet Bissessur & Youvish Ramjattan & Devendra Bissessur
Year: 2017
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247 |
Think Tank XIV
Stakeholder Collaboration and Contestation in Tourism ...
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2939 | Jun 26, 2014 |
Since Timor-Leste gained its independence in 2002, tourism has been promoted by both government and NGOs as a means to create jobs, build businesses, create income for national and local economics and improve regional economic imbalances (Ti...
Author: Sara Currie & Lindsay Turner
Year: 2014
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246 |
Think Tank XI
An introduction of the Global Sustainable Tourism Coun...
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2944 | Oct 14, 2013 |
The purpose of this presentation is to introduce the Global Sustainable Tourism Council and Criteria, in an effort to encourage the Criteria as part of a framework for sustainable tourism education. The history of the GSTC and Criteria will...
Author: Kelly Bricker
Year: 2011
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245 |
Think Tank XVIII
Visitor management in protected areas
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2946 | Jan 07, 2019 |
Key words: tourism management, tourism planning, visitor management, protected areas, New Zealand
Author: Julia Nina Albrecht
Year: 2018
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244 |
Think Tank XII
Unsustainable Travel Development: The Case of Aviation...
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2958 | Nov 06, 2013 |
Considering the apparent importance of low-cost aviation, and its dramatic development, there is remarkably little research done about its consequences on European mobility. A few studies have mapped the development of networks (cf. Dobruszk...
Author: Jan Henrik Nilsson
Year: 2012
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243 |
Think Tank IX
De-constructing the Cosmopolitan Gaze
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2966 | Oct 13, 2013 |
Introduction: Nurturing effective intercultural dialogue through tourism has been positioned to be an emergent challenge to tourism professionals working toward sustainability in a globalised world (Robinson and Picard 2006). This interdisci...
Author: Patricia Johnson
Year: 2009
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242 |
Think Tank XV
Inclusive tourism business models: A comparative analy...
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2999 | Jul 27, 2015 |
Mitchell and Ashley state that the “bulk of pro-poor tourism literature has not aimed at measuring impact… [and] is indeed recognized as a weakness in the pro-poor tourism literature by its proponents” (2010:5). The research paper aims to qu...
Author: Andrew Rylance
Year: 2015
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241 |
Think Tank V
Tourism in Small Communities: Risks and Benefits
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3000 | Oct 13, 2013 |
This paper presents the findings from a Sustainable Tourism Co-operative Research Centre study into the risks associated with the social impacts of tourism on a small community in the Australian state of Tasmania. This state is known for its...
Author: Leo Jago, Margaret Deery & Liz Fredline
Year: 2005
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240 |
Think Tank IV
Environmental Attitudes of Tourism Activity Providers ...
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3013 | Oct 13, 2013 |
This paper looks at the issue of environmental awareness and the related topic of 'ecolabels' in a New Zealand context, adopting a supplier's perspective to gain a greater insight into the attitudes of those managing and providing tourism pr...
Author: Christian Schott
Year: 2004
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239 |
Think Tank XVII
Sustainable tourism certification in the hotel sector ...
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3028 | Aug 17, 2017 |
This paper presents research commissioned by the African Development Bank (AfDB)’s African Natural Resources Center (ANRC), that aimed to to identify and summarise existing monitoring data being gathered by national tourism authorities and i...
Author: Anna Spenceley
Year: 2017
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238 |
Think Tank VIII
Tourism-led Amenity Migration and the Transformation o...
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3049 | Oct 13, 2013 |
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
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237 |
Think Tank XII
Residents' Perceptions on Event Impacts an Relocation ...
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3050 | Nov 06, 2013 |
Social exchange theory and the mobility paradigm are used to understand residents’ perceptions on the impacts of the 2012 Olympic Games and their relocation intentions. Confirmatory factor analysis on a sample of 212 residents of London city...
Author: Girish Prayag & Talia Alders
Year: 2012
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236 |
Think Tank IX
Tourism Price Competitiveness: a neglected ‘value’ in ...
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3056 | Oct 13, 2013 |
Price competitiveness is one of the most important factors in the overall tourism competitiveness of a country or a destination. There is widely accepted evidence that prices are one of the most important factors in decisions about whether, ...
Author: Larry Dwyer & Peter Forsyth
Year: 2009
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235 |
Think Tank VI
Authenticity in Cultural Heritage Tourism as a means t...
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3065 | Oct 13, 2013 |
This work aims through a clarification of philosophical assumptions to define authenticity in a dialogical perspective on the premise that there is a linkage between authenticity and sustainability. This paper will to discuss the development...
Author: Bente Bramming
Year: 2006
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