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Think Tank XV
Conserving biodiversity as tourism (including wildlife...
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4131 | Jul 27, 2015 |
Governments throughout Australia and elsewhere recognise that tourism is an important sector of the economy, and are encouraging its growth in a variety of ways, some more environmentally sound than others. This papers presents not the resul...
Author: Ronda J Green
Year: 2015
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153 |
Think Tank XI
An introduction of the Global Sustainable Tourism Coun...
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4120 | 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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152 |
Think Tank IV
Environmental Attitudes of Tourism Activity Providers ...
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4117 | 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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151 |
Think Tank IV
Evaluating Environmental Initiatives of German Hotels
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4110 | 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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150 |
Think Tank XIV
Influence of Assets and Capital Structure on the Perfo...
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4047 | Jun 26, 2014 |
The global economic and financial crisis could be seen as old news according to the UNWTO’s data on international tourist arrivals. Europe recorded a solid 5% growth in 2013, and Mediterranean countries performed even better with 6% growth i...
Author: Kir Kuščer & Domen Trobec
Year: 2014
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149 |
Think Tank XV
A modified value chainanalysisoftourism development in...
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4038 | 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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148 |
Think Tank XII
Unsustainable Travel Development: The Case of Aviation...
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4022 | 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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147 |
Think Tank XI
Sustainable Tourism Labels: A Suitable Tool for Consum...
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3996 | Oct 14, 2013 |
In an attempt to encourage businesses making an effort to reduce the negative impacts of tourism, and to maximise the positive outcomes of this activity an extensive number of sustainable tourism labels were developed worldwide. It has been...
Author: Sofia Reino
Year: 2011
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146 |
Think Tank VIII
Tourism-led Amenity Migration and the Transformation o...
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3989 | 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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145 |
Think Tank VIII
Education’s Impact on Cultural Distance Perception: Th...
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3978 | 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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144 |
OPA award
Active community participation in nature conservation ...
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3937 | Jul 27, 2015 |
This paper provides a conceptual framework of community- based nature conservation and tourism (CBC-T). The following themes are guiding discussions in this study, i.e.: land rights of local communities in and around protected areas; communi...
Author: Jones Muzirambi & Kevin Mearns
Year: 2015
OPA: 2015 Outstanding Paper Award Winner
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143 |
Think Tank VIII
Tourism Professionals’ Attitudes towards Climate Chang...
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3935 | Oct 13, 2013 |
This paper discusses three aspects of the interrelationship between tourism and climate change: the perception of the problems related to global warming by tourism professionals, their suggestions concerning possible actions that can be tak...
Author: Xavier Matteucci & Dagmar Lund-Durlacher
Year: 2008
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142 |
Think Tank XV
Luxury and Sustainability in Tourism Accommodation – a...
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3919 | Jul 27, 2015 |
This paper examines the relationship between luxury and sustainability in tourism using a case study of the Soneva Group, which has two luxurious eco resorts in Maldives and Thailand. The aim of this paper is to determine whether luxury and ...
Author: Derek Robbins & Justyna Gaczorek
Year: 2015
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141 |
Think Tank XIII
The Politics of Community-Based Tourism Planning in th...
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3914 | 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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140 |
Think Tank VIII
Assessing Whose Quality of Life: A Critical Examinatio...
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3886 | Oct 13, 2013 |
Almost all the academic literature on tourism impacts has focussed on the consequences of tourism for the destination and its residents. Very little attention has been paid to the impacts of tourism on tourists. Virtually all cost-benefit an...
Author: Gianna Moscardo
Year: 2008
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139 |
Think Tank XII
Identifying Issues with Tourist Wayfinding: A Collabor...
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3879 | Nov 06, 2013 |
This paper reports on a study that was conducted in conjunction with Destination NSW, the government tourism authority for the state of New South Wales in Australia. The purpose of the study was to examine tourist wayfinding behaviour in Syd...
Author: Tony Griffin & Deborah Edwards
Year: 2012
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138 |
Think Tank XIV
Sustainability and the Politics of Place in Resort Des...
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3875 | Jun 26, 2014 |
The nature of a resort will reflect the varying coalitions, partnerships and discourses that emerge from the relative power of actors within the dominant political regime (Gill 2007). In this paper we examine the evolving discourse around th...
Author: Alison M. Gill & Peter W. Williams
Year: 2014
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137 |
Think Tank XV
Social Representations of Tourist Selfies: New Challen...
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3873 | Jul 27, 2015 |
A number of recent incidents have focussed media attention on the phenomenon of tourist selfies, described their negative consequences for tourist destinations and identified a number of challenges for tourist site managers. This paper repor...
Author: John Pearce & Gianna Moscardo
Year: 2015
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136 |
Think Tank XV
The role of souvenir vendors in the cultural sustainab...
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3868 | 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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135 |
Think Tank X
Indigenous Values Help Shape a Universal Tourism Ethic
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3855 | Oct 13, 2013 |
Indigenous communities from around the planet are defining common values in their tourism programs that attract visitors seeking authentic, transformational experiences. The Maori of New Zealand, Aborigines of Australia, Maasai of Kenya, Am...
Author: Ben Sherman
Year: 2010
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