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Think Tank XII
Enhancing Stakeholders' Participation in Community-Bas...
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15855 | Nov 06, 2013 |
Although the iconic floating markets in Thailand have been promoted both domestically and internationally, without a well-planned tourism initiative, virtually all of them have lost their authenticity. To preserve the culture of the Don-Mano...
Author: Nopparat Suthitakon, Sombat Karnjanakit & Suchart Taweepornpathomgul
Year: 2012
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393 |
Think Tank XI
Broad Street Regeneration Initiative: Practical Sustai...
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15814 | Dec 19, 2013 |
Professors of tourism management teach principles of sustainable tourism to students in the classroom. Practitioners teach by implementing sustainable tourism principles in community. The Blackstone Valley Tourism Council (Tourism Council) i...
Author: Robert Billington, Natalie Carter, Caitlin Amos & Myles Ellison
Year: 2011
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392 |
Think Tank X
Sustainable Tourism Pedagogy and Student Community Col...
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15770 | Oct 13, 2013 |
There have been increasing calls to move away from the traditional disciplinary structures and research, teaching and learning approaches that have tended to ‘tunnel’ student learning and reinforce particular worldviews towards new forms of ...
Author: Tazim Jamal, Justin Taillon & Dianne Dredge
Year: 2010
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391 |
Think Tank XVIII
Deconstructing mass tourism with “upscale, all-year-ro...
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15608 | Jan 07, 2019 |
Key words: local residents, seasonality, mass tourism, sustainability, tourism development
Author: Tina Šegota
Year: 2018
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390 |
Think Tank IV
Impediments to Sustainable Service Quality in Luxury H...
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15498 | Oct 13, 2013 |
In order for tourism to be sustainable in the long term, there must be continued viability of tourism related entities (Tesone 2004), that is business operations must be sustainable. Hotels are major tourism entities and play an important ro...
Author: Rayka Presbury
Year: 2004
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389 |
Think Tank XIII
Tourism investment and sustainable development: A comp...
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14936 | Nov 06, 2013 |
Despite the growing importance of foreign direct investment (FDI) for tourism in developing countries and its perceived importance for stimulating sustainable development, few empirical studies have examined its impact. This paper explored t...
Author: Lee Davidson & Mondher Sahli
Year: 2013
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388 |
Think Tank XI
Sustainable Tourism Course Structure and Associated St...
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13881 | Oct 14, 2013 |
The author has developed and delivered Sustainable Tourism (S.T.) related courses at Institutions of Higher Education in Paris, London, Helsinki, and Parnu, Estonia over the last 10 years. The focus of the presentation would be the S.T. con...
Author: James Holleran
Year: 2011
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387 |
Think Tank XIII
Using Tourism to Build Social Capital in Communities: ...
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12980 | Nov 06, 2013 |
Despite considerable discussion about how tourism could or should contribute to sustainable destination development, there is little evidence that the practice of tourism planning or development has altered in any significant way in the last...
Author: Gianna Moscardo, Andrea Schurmann, Elena Konovalov & Nancy G. McGehee
Year: 2013
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386 |
Think Tank V
Knowledge Management for Tourism Crises and Disasters
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12235 | Oct 13, 2013 |
Tourism is especially vulnerable to disasters and, being fragmented, often its response is difficult to initiate and coordinate. It is also information intensive and when in chaos its information needs are exacerbated. The paper aims to deve...
Author: Nina Mistilis & Pauline Sheldon
Year: 2005
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385 |
Think Tank VII
Tourism Resource Teams: Innovation with and for touris...
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11767 | Oct 13, 2013 |
Communities have a variety of interest levels in tourism overall, including sustainable tourism (WTO, 2002). While we have witnessed increased awareness and discussions about sustainability and sustainable tourism, there is often a lack of s...
Author: Cynthia Messer, Ingrid Schneider & Okechukwu Ukaga
Year: 2007
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384 |
Think Tank XI
What Do Tourism Students Know About Sustainability and...
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11595 | Oct 14, 2013 |
The topic of sustainable tourism education has only recently started to emerge in the tourism literature. A few tourism scholars have raised concerns about the need to prepare future tourism professionals for real life planning and manageme...
Author: Blanca A. Camargo & Ulrike Gretzel
Year: 2011
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383 |
Think Tank VII
There's No Such Thing as Sustainable Tourism: Innovati...
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11031 | Oct 13, 2013 |
Innovation can come in many forms but all of these share three common elements - creativity, a problem solving approach and a new way of thinking. This paper proposes that current approaches to tourism and sustainable regional development h...
Author: Gianna Moscardo
Year: 2007
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382 |
Think Tank XV
The operational challenges of community-based tourism ...
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10856 | Jul 27, 2015 |
Community-based tourism is increasingly being developed and promoted as a means of reducing poverty in developing countries assisting local communities to meet their needs through the offering of a tourism product. The Swaziland Tourism Auth...
Author: S. E. Lukhele & K. F. Mearns
Year: 2015
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381 |
Think Tank X
Rather Together? Network Effects among Students
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10458 | Oct 13, 2013 |
Being faced with global trends that challenge the way tourism is conducted at present (Dwyer, Edwards, Mistilis, Roman and Scott, 2009; Dwyer, Edwards, Mistilis, Scott, Roman and C., 2008), educators worldwide have recognized the need to ad...
Author: Florian Aubke, Ivo Ponocny & Anja Hergesell
Year: 2010
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380 |
Think Tank IV
Aboriginal Cultural Tourism and Sustainability: Socioc...
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10054 | Oct 09, 2013 |
This paper describes a qualitative study, which investigated local residents' perceptions of the sociocultural impacts of tourism on the Manyallaluk community, an Australian Aboriginal community located near Katherine in the Northern Territo...
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379 |
Think Tank XIV
Assessing Samui Island's Sustainable Tourism Policies ...
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9718 | Jun 26, 2014 |
Since 2009, the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) promoted sustainable tourism practices through its – 7 Greens Concept, which is similar to the main global trends towards sustainable tourism. The 7 Greens Concept includes Green Heart, Gre...
Author: Attama Nilnoppakun, Krissada Pornprapa, Nattapong Boonlue & Kreagrit Ampawat
Year: 2014
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378 |
Think Tank XII
Origins, Evolution and Potential Future of the Coastal...
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9695 | Nov 06, 2013 |
Coastal caravan parks in Australia are in decline due to the conversion of beachfront land to higher yielding forms of commercial enterprise (Prideaux and McClymont, 2006; Tourism Research Australia, 2007). The resulting reduction in accommo...
Author: Rod Caldicott & Pascal Scherrer
Year: 2012
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377 |
Think Tank X
How Fragile is Tourism Development in West Africa? The...
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9683 | Oct 13, 2013 |
This case study complements recent research on FDI in tourism in African countries conducted by the United National Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). These projects aim to better understand the pro-development effects of tourism...
Author: Lee Davidson & Mondher Sahli
Year: 2010
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376 |
OPA award
A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Study of Sustainab...
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9576 | Jun 26, 2014 |
Emerging tourist destinations can challenge ecological, economic, social, and quality of life barriers. These issues draw attention towards the consequences of increasing complexity that are often found as a tourist marketing system grows an...
Author: Sarah Duffy & Larry Dwyer
Year: 2014
OPA: 2014 Outstanding Paper Award Winner
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375 |
Think Tank VII
Learning as Prerequisite for Innovations in Tourism - ...
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9386 | Oct 13, 2013 |
This article reports on an ongoing project that focuses on learning and innovation as prerequisites for sustainable tourism in a transnational environment defined by the European North Sea Region. According to Buhalis (2000: 113) providing i...
Author: Janne Liburd & Anja Hergesell
Year: 2007
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