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No.	Subject	Views	Date
46	Think Tank VI Ecotourism and Environmental Education: Opportunities ...	156966	Oct 13, 2013
46	Ecotourism, which typically involves nature-based tourism, plays an increasing role in today's environmental management. As environmental conservation has, in many cases, suffered from a limited budget, funding ecotourism is perceived as a w... Author: Aphirom Promchanya Year: 2006
45	Think Tank VIII Moving from Destination Marketing to Destination Manag...	72538	Oct 13, 2013
45	This paper provides a case study of how a tourism organisation has interpreted the change from a ‘marketing’ to a ‘management’ approach in destination development. It begins by looking at what the literature has said about destination manag... Author: David Foster Year: 2008
44	Think Tank VII Branding Sustainability: Taking 'The Natural Step' in ...	70534	Oct 13, 2013
44	Translation of the concept of sustainability into practice is fraught with problems. While policy advances in all sectors of the economy have made steps in the right direction the lack of clarity in defining what is meant by 'sustainability... Author: Alison Gill & Peter Williams Year: 2007
43	Think Tank VII Tourist Perceptions of Environmentally Friendly Innova...	26121	Oct 13, 2013
43	As the environmental movement got underway and environmental awareness came into focus in the late 20th century, the tourism industry began incorporating 'environmentally friendly' efforts into their business practices. Requests for towel r... Author: Kathleen L. Andereck Year: 2007
42	Think Tank X Sustainable Tourism Pedagogy and Student Community Col...	18376	Oct 13, 2013
42	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
41	Think Tank XVIII Deconstructing mass tourism with “upscale, all-year-ro...	18219	Jan 07, 2019
41	Key words: local residents, seasonality, mass tourism, sustainability, tourism development Author: Tina Šegota Year: 2018
40	Think Tank IV Impediments to Sustainable Service Quality in Luxury H...	17348	Oct 13, 2013
40	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
39	Think Tank XVIII What to communicate about sustainability actions of Fi...	17187	Jan 07, 2019
39	Key words: sustainability, responsibility, marketing, communication, Finland, villa holiday Author: Katja Pasanen Year: 2018
38	Think Tank XI What Do Tourism Students Know About Sustainability and...	14135	Oct 14, 2013
38	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
37	Think Tank XI CRS 2.0: Management Perspectives of Sustainable Hospit...	9739	Oct 14, 2013
37	In recent years, hotel companies have recognized the importance of engaging in responsible business practices as they relate to stakeholders including employees, guests, and the communities in which their properties are located. Accordingly... Author: Stuart E. Levy & Sun-Young Park Year: 2011
36	Think Tank VII Environmentally Sustainable Practices of Victorian Tou...	9652	Oct 13, 2013
36	Environmental sustainability has been a growing concern in our society for the past twenty years, and is a primary issue of many leaders of the tourism industry. In spite of the many efforts to encourage and/or enforce environmentally sound ... Author: Sue Beeton, Sue Bergin-Seers & Christine Lee Year: 2007
35	Think Tank IX Courchevel, an outstanding alpine ski resort at a turn...	9518	Oct 13, 2013
35	“Courchevel is first and foremost one among the founding elements of the huge touristic complex of les Trois Vallées in France. Linked to the neighbouring Allues and Belleville valleys by a 3,000 acres network area of regularly packed and ma... Author: Daniel Tixier Year: 2009
34	Think Tank VII Practical Interpretations of a Dynamic Model of Sustai...	9248	Oct 13, 2013
34	"Operational definitions of tourism sustainability require details regarding what is to be sustained, for whom it is to be sustained, and the level at which it is to be sustained." This is the introductory sentence to "A Dynamic Model of Sus... Author: Timothy Tyrrell & Robert Johnston Year: 2007
33	Think Tank X Sustainability: What Matters to Students, Educators, a...	8937	Oct 13, 2013
33	As climate change gains global attention from events like the summit in Copenhagen held during December of 2009, the need for sustainable tourism is more important than ever; with comprehensive education in sustainability concepts and practi... Author: Cynthia S. Deale & Nelson Barber Year: 2010
32	Think Tank VII Volunteer Tourism: Sustainable Innovation in Tourism, ...	7544	Oct 13, 2013
32	This is a study of the relationships between two volunteer tourism host communities and the volunteer tourists who visit them. One is a declining rural community located in the Appalachian mountains of the United States. The other is in a ra... Author: Nancy McGehee Year: 2007
31	Think Tank XIII The Paradox of poverty amidst the plenty of nature: co...	7474	Nov 06, 2013
31	Rural communities in South Africa have not been active stakeholders in tourism development. Community awareness and involvement in the preservation of natural and cultural heritage through sustainable tourism development in selected areas ad... Author: Felicité A. Fairer-Wessels Year: 2013
30	Think Tank IX The elusiveness of sustainability in tourism: The cult...	6995	Oct 13, 2013
30	Sustainable tourism is perhaps the most prominent feature of contemporary tourism discourse. However, despite its prominence for several decades, achieving sustainability remains as elusive as ever. This paper explores the concept of the cu... Author: Freya Higgins-Desbiolles Year: 2009
29	Think Tank XIII Striving for Environmental Sustainability through Soci...	6751	Nov 06, 2013
29	The question how native societies cope with the increasing pressure of global values, such as sustainability, westernization and democratic institutions has been asked in the last decades (Smith, 1989; Honey, 1999; Nash, 2001; Honey, 2008). ... Author: Peter Varga Year: 2013
28	Think Tank XIV Current Global Initiatives to Address the Sustainabili...	6590	Jul 07, 2014
28	A number of ongoing and new initiatives aim at the tourism sector with the intention of improving sustainability within the sector and through tourism in other economic and social activities. Dirk's presentation reflects on UNWTO’s position ... Author: Dirk Glaesser Year: 2014
27	Think Tank VIII Integrating Sustainability into Tourism Education and ...	6535	Oct 13, 2013
27	The focus of this paper is to provide an overview of the current sustainability content in Irish tourism programmes and the identification of key trends in this regard. It is based on extensive research of secondary and tertiary education s... Author: Jane Stacey, Sheila Flanagan, Kevin Griffin & Anna Tottle Year: 2008

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