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No.	Subject	Views	Date
41	Think Tank XIV Tourism Concessions in National Parks: Neo-liberal Too...	4843	Jun 26, 2014
41	For the tourism sector the government aims to “Grow the number of new business opportunities on public conservation land in order to deliver increased economic prosperity and conservation gain” (New Zealand Government, 2012: 23). In relation... Author: Valentina Dinica Year: 2014
40	Think Tank V Framing Tourist Risk in UK Press Accounts of Hurricane...	4909	Oct 13, 2013
40	This paper examines the coverage of Hurricane Ivan in the Caribbean published in selected leading UK newspapers in September 2004. Quantitative textual analysis have been utilised in this study to determine the main sources of information on... Author: Marcella Daye Year: 2005
39	Think Tank XII Controlling and Influencing Visitor Flow as a Basis fo...	4933	Nov 06, 2013
39	Sustainable tourism at a destination is dependent on the maintenance and good management of its attractive assets. In non-urban areas, the assets will primarily be geological, natural and/or cultural, frequently of a sensitive nature, liable... Author: David Ward-Perkins & Frédéric Dimanche Year: 2012
38	Think Tank IX Valuing water: Perceived differences in attitude and u...	4960	Oct 13, 2013
38	The recent explosion of second home development in tourism areas around the world is a reflection not only of the increased mobility of capital and people associated with the effects of globalization but also the development models employed ... Author: Alison M. Gill, Peter W. Williams & Shelagh Thompson Year: 2009
37	Think Tank XIV The Emergence of Cross-border Governance Structures: t...	5269	Jun 26, 2014
37	It is well recognized that the local borders of a tourism destination are not easy to delineate as they are constantly changing through complex practices and discourses due to historical, political, and economic factors. In fact, recent stud... Author: Dani Blasco, Jaume Guia & Lluís Prats Year: 2014
36	Think Tank XIII Modeling the Index Components of Tourist Satisfaction ...	5346	Nov 06, 2013
36	Destination performance evaluation has become an increasingly important task for effective destination management and sustainable destination development. However, it is a complex task due to the inclusion of diverse subsectors, business com... Author: Toney K. Thomas Year: 2013
35	Think Tank XIV Development of a Certification System for Sustainable ...	5465	Jun 27, 2014
35	Tourism destinations are complex entities that can be defined as geographical areas of different sizes that are being visited by tourists. Most definitions then differentiate between the perspectives of those living in and managing a destina... Author: Wolfgang Strasdas Year: 2014
34	Think Tank V Managing Risk and Crisis for Sustainable Tourism: Rese...	5925	Dec 14, 2013
34	Many tourism professionals are afraid to speak about terms such as tourism security and tourism safety. There is a common feeling among tourism and travel professionals that these terms will frighten customers and that the less said the bett... Author: Peter E. Tarlow Year: 2005 OPA: Keynote Speech
33	Think Tank XII Opportunities and Obstacles for Sustainable Tourism Mo...	5947	Nov 06, 2013
33	Cross border destination management is characterized by some extra challenges: national, district or county interests, different administrative structures, a high impact of politics and policies, inequality of tourism infrastructures, power ... Author: Tatjana Thimm Year: 2012
32	Think Tank V Using Theories of Stigma Management and Impression Man...	6285	Oct 13, 2013
32	Researchers have noted that impression management is key to tourism crisis management planning and recovery (Ritchie et al., 2003:201); indeed, some have suggested that “crisis management is as much about dealing with human perceptions about... Author: Bonalyn Nelson Year: 2005
31	Think Tank VIII Responding to Climate Change in Australian Resort Hote...	6386	Oct 13, 2013
31	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
30	Think Tank X Sustainable Destination Management and the Marketing-P...	6397	Oct 13, 2013
30	A traditional and widely held view is that a sustainable approach to destination planning and management ideally requires that marketing and product development are undertaken in an integrated manner. However, if we take just two activities... Author: Tazim Jamal & Dianne Dredge Year: 2010
29	Think Tank X New Media for Climate Change Communication and Collabo...	6524	Oct 13, 2013
29	The Climate Change Collaboratory1 aims to strengthen the relations between Austrian scientists, policy makers, educators, environmental NGOs, news media and corporations - stakeholders who recognize the need for adaptation and mitigation, b... Author: Arno Scharl Year: 2010
28	Think Tank IX The role of values in sustaining the hospitality labou...	6535	Oct 13, 2013
28	The role of human resources in sustaining hospitality enterprises has long been recognized (Hjalager und Andersen 2001; Baum 2007). Personnel are considered vital for the delivery of touristic experiences, thus being a central ingredient of ... Author: Anja Hergesell, Ulrike Bauernfeind & Dagmar Lund-Durlacher Year: 2009
27	Think Tank VII The Practical Application of Sustainable Tourism Devel...	6824	Oct 13, 2013
27	The internationally acclaimed Blackstone Valley Tourism Council continues to create a sustainable visitor destination using whole place-making techniques. Under its auspices, the Sustainable Tourism Planning and Development Laboratory share... Author: Robert Billington, Natalie Carter & Lilly Kayamba Year: 2007
26	Think Tank VI Stakeholder involvement, culture and accountability in...	7239	Oct 13, 2013
26	Following its historical rise and fall, America’s first industrialized polluted landscape garnered federal and local support to remedy its near destruction. Today, the Blackstone Valley is a pragmatic example of translating theory into pract... Author: Robert Billington, Veronica Cadoppi & Natalie Carter Year: 2006 OPA: 2006 Outstanding Paper Award Winner
25	Think Tank XIV A Multi-Stakeholder Perspective on Sustainable Tourism...	7340	Jun 26, 2014
25	In this study, I take up the task to work towards a theoretical and methodological framework that allows using sustainability as a threshold concept for critically evaluating the assumptions embedded in both tourism management theory and pra... Author: José-Carlos García-Rosell Year: 2014
24	Think Tank IX What do sustainable tourism researchers value? An anal...	7437	Oct 13, 2013
24	Sustainable Tourism has emerged as a major field of specialisation within tourism and has been so pervasive that some have suggested that the field represents a fifth platform of tourism research, while others have argued that the field has... Author: Pierre Benckendorff Year: 2009
23	OPA award Stakeholder involvement, culture and accountability in...	7687	Oct 13, 2013
23	Following its historical rise and fall, America’s first industrialized polluted landscape garnered federal and local support to remedy its near destruction. Today, the Blackstone Valley is a pragmatic example of translating theory into pract... Author: Robert Billington, Veronica Cadoppi & Natalie Carter Year: 2006 OPA: 2006 Outstanding Paper Award Winner
22	Think Tank VII Destination and Enterprise Management for a Tourism Fu...	7760	Oct 13, 2013
22	A key element of a successful tourism industry is the ability to recognize and deal with change across a wide range of key factors and the way they interact. Key drivers of global change can be classified as Economic, Social, Political, Tec... Author: Larry Dwyer, Deborah Edwards, Nina Mistilis, & Carolina Roman Year: 2007

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