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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Tourism Stakeholders"”.
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An Investigation of the Perceived Effects of, and Preparedness for, Climate Change on Tourism Stakeholders in the North Devon Unesco Biosphere
… change and the level of preparedness among tourism stakeholders and local residents in the North Devon UNESCO Biosphere (NDUB), a protected area in southwest England. Using a mixed-methods approach, the study draws on quantitative surveys and qualitative interviews with residents, …
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Development of a Structural Model for Tourism Destination Competitiveness from Stakeholders' Perspectives
… empirically test a structural equation model of tourism destination competitiveness from the tourism stakeholders'perspective. The proposed hypotheses that attempted to identify the structural relationships among the five constructs in the model were examined through a series of analyses in …
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Poldarking the Past: Contested Heritage, Tourism and Identity in Post-mining Cornwall
… heritage professionals and other associated tourism stakeholders. A further 21 online interviews were conducted with tourists. These interviews were triangulated with a range of documentary sources. Data collected from the interviews and documentary sources were analysed using a thematic …
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Small, Micro and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMMEs) in the uMhlathuze Local Municipality: tourism policy, planning and execution
… establish the involvement and participation of tourism stakeholders in (Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises) with regard to tourism policy planning and execution. In other words, the study wants to discover the role played by policy and practice in the planning of small, medium and micro …
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An Evaluation of tourism stalkholder relationships: a case study of Agra, India.
… of stakeholder theory to the analysis of tourism destination networks. It explores the dynamics of the relationships between the tourism organisations involved using the case of Agra, India. Cities and towns become tourist destinations because of the activities of a large number of …
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Time Travel at the Fortress of Louisbourg: The Implications of Social Media and Digital Tools Affecting Visitation of Parks Canada National Historic Sites, Cape Breton Island, Canada
… and digital tools used by Cape Breton Island tourism stakeholders to promote culture and heritage. The research analysis determined planning must occur months prior to a visitor’s arrival during the peak tourism season when all services are in full operation onsite. The findings also concluded …
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Towards a Theoretical Framework of Collaborative Destination Marketing: A Case Study of Elkhart County, Indiana
… has been a challenging task for most of the tourism organizations representing the destination owing to the fragmented nature of the tourism stakeholders who are involved in the marketing efforts, and collaborative marketing could provide solutions to this challenge. Despite the potential …
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Exploring the Phenomenon of “Superficial Appreciation” in Tourism
The research examines at how digital tourism encourages superficial appreciation, in which tourists prioritize visual elements over cultural or historical characteristics, motivated mostly by posts on social media sites such as Instagram and Facebook. The research combines Social Influence Theory …
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An assessment of green practices in the Mpumalanga Panorama Route Tourism Amenities
… extent to which green practices are adopted in tourism businesses along the Mpumalanga Panorama Route and how they align with Sustainable Development Goals 8 (Decent work and economic growth), 12 (Responsible consumption and production), and 14 (Life below water). This study aims to shed light …
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Developing the visitor appeal of Orkney’s Norse heritage sites: A route to more sustainable tourism?
… considers the unsustainable consequences of tourism concentration at destinations, and the role of under-visited heritage sites to increase dispersal and therefore sustainability at destination level.<br/>It does so with reference to the Orkney Islands in the north of Scotland. This …
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Literary Tourism: Linking Cultural Capital, Tourist Experiences and Perceptions of Authenticity
… and perceptions of authenticity in literary tourism experiences. Whilst authenticity is a central theme in literary tourism research, few studies have explored authenticity and Bourdieusian cultural capital concurrently. Thus, this thesis investigates the two concepts and proposes new theory …
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Meaning(s) in “Sustainable Tourism”: A Social Semiotic Approach
It can be argued that ”sustainable tourism” is considered to be a solution for ensuring the industry’s long-term survival. However, the concept of “sustainable tourism” is contested. A key issue is a lack of consensus in how stakeholders define “sustainable tourism”, and this creates communication …
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Gateway to Africa: The Pilgrimage Tourism of Diaspora Africans to Ghana
… examines the competing goals of Ghanaian tourism stakeholders, diaspora African visitors, and Cape Coast residents regarding pilgrimage tourism in Ghana's Central Region. Based on over one year of fieldwork in Cape Coast, my research incorporates interviews and surveys with tourism policy …
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Does township tourism contribute to government's strategic goals for the tourism sector? : a case study of bed and breakfast entrepreneurs in Gugulethu and Langa, Cape Town
… study was to address the question: Does Township Tourism contribute to the South African government's strategic goals for the tourism sector? A qualitative case study was done in the two Cape Town townships, Gugulethu and Langa to identify and interview a number of Township Tourism Entrepreneurs …
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Enhancing and developing sustainable tourism through landscaping in Nigeria
The need to develop tourism and diversify as well as redirect the Nigerian economy away from crude oil as the sole foreign exchange earner is overwhelming for several reasons. Not only does tourism hold huge capacity to forge effective backward and forward linkages with the rest of the economy, it …
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Tourism development in transition economies: an evaluation of the development of tourism at a Black sea coastal destination during political and socio-economic transition.
… of Bulgaria. It takes further the tradition in tourism studies that calls for the incorporation of the contextual change in the process of destination development. The purpose of this study was to determine whether, and in what ways, the nature of the socio-economic and political transition has …
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Put in context: place-based sustainable tourism strategy evaluation in the Orkney islands.
… contextual circumstances and their effect on tourism-related sustainability needs. Based on this understanding, it offers a Place-based Strategy Evaluation Framework (PSEF), which can recognise whether a tourism strategy addresses the context-specific sustainability needs of a local …
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Analysis of spanish coastal tourism on the national, regional and local levels
Coastal tourism is a fast-growing economic driver worldwide. Spain is a bright example of a coastal country with a leading position in the global tourism market, especially with the ‘sun and sea’ product. Tourism plays a vital importance for Spain because it represents 14.2% of GDP (Gross Domestic …
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An Exploration of the potential for the development of culturally sustainable tourism in Kuwait.
In recent decades, sustainable tourism has emerged as an alternative to traditional mass tourism approaches to tourism development, as the latter has struggled to cope with many detrimental impacts to the socio-cultural and natural environments and, indirectly, the broader tourism economy. Tourism …