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Think Tank IV
Integration of Theory and Practice in Hospitality Sust...
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8621 | Oct 13, 2013 |
This brief paper describes a new educational model developed at Ecole hoteliere de Lausanne (EHL) to link theory and practice, or more specifically, coordinate learning opportunities between the classroom (Sustainable Tourism) and current pr...
Author: James Holleran
Year: 2004
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Think Tank IV
It's Mostly About Me: Reasons why Volunteers contribut...
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5427 | Oct 13, 2013 |
This paper contributes to the debate by reporting on inital findings from a wider study of volunteers in museums and art museums that was designed to empirically explore volunteer motivation, expectations, values and commitment. The aim of t...
Author: Deborah Edwards
Year: 2004
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Think Tank IV
Sustainability in a Mature Mass-Tourism Destination: T...
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4704 | Oct 13, 2013 |
Most destinations are struggling to achieve sustainability for their economies, their environments, their cultures and their tourism industries. This laudatory, idealistic and complex process involves many sectors of the industry, the commun...
Author: Pauline Sheldon, John Knox & Kem Lowry
Year: 2004
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Think Tank IV
Possibilities for Sustainable Tourism Management in Ac...
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4626 | Oct 13, 2013 |
Sustainability is an inevitable concept in tourism which heavily depends on natural resources and environment with its products and services. Here prevention and controlling water, air and noise pollution, habitat degradation is more importa...
Author: Meryem Atik, Türker Altan & A. Akin Aksu
Year: 2004
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Think Tank IV
Sustainability and Mass Destinations: Challenges and P...
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4485 | Oct 13, 2013 |
In year 2001, the Government of the Balearic Islands decided to establish a tourism tax, named "ecotax", as an important measure to achieve a more sustainable tourism model for the islands. This paper analyses the background of the ecotax, t...
Author: Antoni Serra Cantallops
Year: 2004
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Think Tank IV
Cultural Tourism as a Means for Sustainability in a Ma...
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4198 | Oct 13, 2013 |
Tourism has become for many islands a means of social, economic and cultural development through the creation of jobs, raising standards of living and through the development of local resources for culture and heritage. Thus, many of these d...
Author: Chryso Panayidou
Year: 2004
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Think Tank IV
Sustainable Tourism and Innovation in Mobile Tourism S...
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3943 | Oct 13, 2013 |
This paper presents a joint public and private sector research project entitled Mobile Digital City and Nature Walks - the development of content and software for a mobile tourism device. Focusing on sustainable tourism, marketing and innova...
Author: Janne J. Liburd
Year: 2004
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Think Tank IV
A Framework for the Development of Social and Socio-Ec...
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3760 | Oct 13, 2013 |
This paper presents the background thinking to a CRC for Sustainable Tourism project that develops social and socio-economic indicators for tourism communities. The project emanates from the Green Globe 21 Standard that incorporates indicato...
Author: Margaret Deery, Leo Jago & Liz Fredline
Year: 2004
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Think Tank IV
Environmental Attitudes of Tourism Activity Providers ...
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3603 | 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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Think Tank IV
Tourism focused NGO's - An Online Content Analysis
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3262 | 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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