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Think Tank XII
Agent-Based Modelling and Simulation of Tourism Flows:...
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3360 | Nov 06, 2013 |
The aim of this working paper is to demonstrate an interactive, real-time, transparent and dynamic approach to modelling tourism mobilities using agent-based simulation models [ABM]. ABM has previously been employed in studying organizationa...
Author: Jack Carlsen & Scott Heckbert
Year: 2012
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104 |
Think Tank XII
Evaluation of the accessibility of Monterrey's Tourism...
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2472 | Nov 06, 2013 |
Despite several declarations, policies and regulations that seek to protect their rights, people with disabilities still encounter several constrains that impede their full participation in society, and, in particular, their access to and en...
Author: Blanca A. Camargo, Isabel Sánchez, Fátima Guajardo & Alejandro García
Year: 2012
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Think Tank XII
Origins, Evolution and Potential Future of the Coastal...
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10582 | 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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102 |
Think Tank XII
Ex Post Investigations of Tourist Consumptions and Env...
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2971 | Nov 06, 2013 |
Progress towards a more sustainable future of tourism is conditioned by simultaneous improvements of the production and consumption of leisure. Consequently, efforts are done by companies (hotels, airlines, tour operators, etc), governmental...
Author: Adriana Budeanu
Year: 2012
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101 |
Think Tank XII
Sustainable Tourism: Is it better to travel or not to ...
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5062 | Nov 06, 2013 |
Tourism’s growing contribution to climate change has come to the forefront of the sustainable tourism literature as evidenced by the Journal of Sustainable Tourism’s (JOST) 2010 publication of a special issue titled “Tourism: Adapting to Cli...
Author: B. Bynum Boley
Year: 2012
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100 |
Think Tank XII
The Impact of Volcanic Ash Clouds in 2010 and 2011 on ...
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40822 | Nov 06, 2013 |
Few recent events which disrupted global tourism and especially tourism mobility, match the impact of the volcanic ash clouds generated from the eruption of the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajokull in 2010 and the Chilean volcano Puyehue in 20...
Author: David Beirman
Year: 2012
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99 |
Think Tank XII
Micro-Mobility Patterns and Service Blueprints as Foun...
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7948 | Nov 06, 2013 |
This paper proposes the use of micro-mobility patterns and service blueprints in visitor management planning. Using a nature-based conservation area and visitor attraction in Wellington, New Zealand, as a case study, micro-mobility patterns ...
Author: Julia Albrecht
Year: 2012
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98 |
Think Tank XI
Environmental Attitudes of Generation Y Students: Foun...
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5424 | Oct 14, 2013 |
Sustainability has long been a theme in the tourism research and planning literature and is a growing concern in the wider area of business and corporate management. Consequent to these trends in practice and research there has been a growt...
Author: Pierre Benckendorff, Gianna Moscardo & Laurie Murphy
Year: 2011
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97 |
Think Tank XI
An introduction of the Global Sustainable Tourism Coun...
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3321 | 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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96 |
Think Tank XI
What Do Tourism Students Know About Sustainability and...
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12413 | 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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95 |
Think Tank XI
Sustainable Tourism Course Structure and Associated St...
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14390 | 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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94 |
Think Tank XI
CRS 2.0: Management Perspectives of Sustainable Hospit...
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7949 | Oct 14, 2013 |
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
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93 |
Think Tank XI
Visualising Sustainability: Reflections on Applied Stu...
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5880 | Oct 14, 2013 |
As Sontag (1979) stated, we live in an image-based world within which we are continuously bombarded with visuals in countless formats and guises. However, despite such image saturation, academic engagement whether through teaching or resear...
Author: Caroline Scarles
Year: 2011
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92 |
Think Tank XI
Education as a Visitor Management Technique in Remote ...
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16011 | Oct 14, 2013 |
Remote protected areas are often vulnerable to impacts by visitors. This is generally due to the dual implications of remoteness: a) the area's ecosystems remaining largely undisturbed by human activity (Carey, Dudley and Stolton, 2000) and...
Author: Christian Schott
Year: 2011
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91 |
Think Tank XI
Learning for Sustainable Tourism: Small and Medium Ent...
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4051 | Oct 14, 2013 |
This abstract intends to present QUSS – an integrated Management System for Quality, Sustainability and Safety in theory and practice. QUSS was invented by the NGO Ecocamping and is thus basically applied on camp sites in Europe with focus ...
Author: Tatjana Thimm
Year: 2011
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90 |
Think Tank X
Rather Together? Network Effects among Students
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11659 | 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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89 |
Think Tank X
Climate Change Mitigation among Accommodation Provider...
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5553 | Oct 13, 2013 |
This paper explores the relationship between network membership and innovation towards more sustainable tourism development. In particular it examines the extent to which tourism businesses have introduced measures to mitigate the effects of...
Author: Tim Coles, Anne-Kathrin Zschiegner & Claire Dinan
Year: 2010
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88 |
Think Tank X
Sustainability: What Matters to Students, Educators, a...
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5478 | Oct 13, 2013 |
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
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87 |
Think Tank X
Sustainable Tourism Pedagogy and Student Community Col...
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16711 | 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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86 |
Think Tank X
Implementation of the DIT-ACHIEV Model for Sustainable...
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5515 | Oct 13, 2013 |
The DIT-ACHIEV Model is a model of sustainable tourism indicators developed in a previous research project undertaken by the School of Hospitality Management and Tourism, Dublin Institute of Technology. The indicators represent six fields o...
Author: Maeve Morrissey, Kevin Griffin & Sheila Flanagan
Year: 2010
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