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Normative and innovative sustainable resource management at birding festivals
(Elservier, 2010)The sustainable ancillary resource management (SARM) practices of US-based birding festivals are investigated. A questionnaire completed by organisers of 108 of 135 identified festivals (80%) revealed several normative ... -
Constructionism and culture in research: Understandings of the fourth Buddhist Festival, Wutaishan, China
(Elservier, 2010)This paper offers an interpretation of competing legitimacies at the 2007 4th Annual Wutaishan Buddhist Festival in Taihua, Shanxi Province. It suggests how spectacle, entertainment and performance spaces are condoned ... -
A model of community-based festival image
(Elservier, 2010)This study initiates an original inquiry into the image of community-based festivals (CBFs). A CBF image model was proposed and empirically tested based on existing destination image models. Four image constructs were ... -
Interpretation Strategies Used by Jordanian Tourist Guides to Handle Cultural Specificity in Tourism Material
(Adnan Menderes University, 2011)This study examines the translation strategies adopted by Jordanian tourist guides to overcome cultural obstacles in interpreting culture-specific terms into English during tourist trips. Data were collected through ... -
The Impact of Social Shopping and Customization Support on Students’ Intentions to Purchase Online Travel
(Adnan Menderes University, 2012)This paper investigates how e-Business can benefit from serving students with social decision and service customization support. We test whether the social richness of online shopping in pairs, connected by screen sharing ... -
Information N eeds , Information Sources and Information S earch S trategies of I nternational A ir T ravellers in N igeria
(Adnan Menderes University, 2012)This study examined the information needs, sources and search strategies of international travellers in Nigeria within the backdrop of unfavourable events in the aviation sector in the past ten years. A ccidental sampling ... -
Epistemology of Tourism
(Adnan Menderes University, 2012)The scientificization of tourism have concerned to many scholars in the last decades. The growing number of books, journals, doctoral thesis and papers in general make for some to coincide tourism has been reached as state ... -
TIME ALLOCATION IN TOURISM FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
(Pergamon, 2012)This article analyses the time allocated to tourism activities for people with and without disabilities. Using data at an individual level from the Time Use Survey for Spain in 2002-2003 and the social model of disability ... -
Agro-Tourism in North-Central Nigeria: Perceptions, Performance, Problems, and Prospects
(Adnan Menderes University, 2013)Agrotourism is gaining increasing worldwide recognition as a veritable opportunity for enhancing rural household incomes, economy, and aggregate national development. Developing countries in need of avenues to escape poverty ... -
Quality of Work Life in Tourism – Implications for Competitive Advantage of the Tourism Industry
(Adnan Menderes University, 2013)Tourism is an extremely labour intensive and high-contact industry. Competing effectively with rival organizations requires not only a sufficient number of employees but first of all employees equipped with appropriate ... -
Insight and the Travel Experience: An Exploration into the Contributions of Liminality
(© Adnan Menderes University, 2013)Insight is often described as the sudden solution to a problem that has been unsolvable for some time. In modern society, people are seeking answers to questions about lifestyle, freedom and happiness. It has been suggested ... -
Community initiatives in achieving sustainablitity through inclusive tourism practices
(2014)The focus of this paper is to analyze the prospects of community inclusive tourism practices in achieving sustainability of the indigenous sections of the society, which in turn has a positive linkage with the socio ... -
Analyzing tourism potential and destination image of Indian silk route: trend analysis approach
(2014)Purpose: Analyzing the competitiveness of Silk Route in tourism industry involves a contemporary approach as it is among the tagline that connects the nations like India, China, Pakistan, etc. Also analysis of the tourists’ ... -
Mapping the Tourism Entrepreneurial Process: A Sampling from Connecticut, USA
(Adnan Menderes University, 2014)The continuous birthing of touristic enterprises contributes to an area’s economic vitality and socio-cultural vibrancy. Thus theoretical, empirical, and/or experiential information about how touristic enterprises are ... -
The Representation of Malaysian Cultures in Tourism Brochures
(Elservier, 2014)Malaysian tourism is a fast growing industry and this is the result of aggressive promotional activities by Malaysian Tourism Board. Having realised the importance of tourism industry in Malaysia, this paper aims to discuss ... -
Tourists shopping behavior and trip typology: a study in an emerging destination of India
(2015)Research findings consistently indentified the importance of inbound tourist’s shopping activities as contributor to local economy. This paper analyses the shopping expenditure of domestic tourists in the Northeast India. ... -
AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF NEW AGE EMPLOYMENT IN TOUR OPERATIONS AND ALLIED AREAS
(2015)In this study, the authors makes an attempt to understand the aspirations of the new generation employees in tour operation business and allied areas. It is being attempted with the presumption that the takeover of ... -
Human resource development in tourism sector: a case studdy of orissa tourism development corporation LTD.(OTDC)
(2015)Skilled, knowledgeable, and competent people are the key resource of any industry, be it manufacturing or a service sector. Higher degree and quality of performance of tasks always require higher degree of skills and ... -
Gay and Lesbian Tourism
(Elservier, 2015)This article examines gay and lesbian tourism and its relationship with gay and lesbian cultures and identities. First, an explanation is provided for why travel for some people became an integral part of their sexuality ... -
MULTI-STAKEHOLDER PERCEPTIONS ABOUT SUSTAINABLE TOURISM IN GOA: A STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING
(2016)AbstractThe state of Goa is a well known and popular mass tourism destination for both domestic and international tourists; and increased awareness about the ill-effects of mass tourism coupled with the economic necessity ...