Dissertations / Theses: 'Tourist studies'

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Li, Mohan. "Tourist photography and the tourist gaze : an empirical study of Chinese tourists in the UK." Thesis, University of Central Lancashire, 2015. http://clok.uclan.ac.uk/12879/.

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This study seeks to deepen knowledge and understanding of the tourist gaze and tourist photography. The original concept of the ‘tourist gaze as proposed by John Urry is inherently Western-centric and, as a consequence, it is arguably of limited value as a conceptual framework for appraising the tastes, gazes and, more generally, the visual practices of the increasing number of non-Western tourists’. At the same, despite the fact that, in recent years, smart phone cameras have become widely used by people both in their everyday lives in general and in their travels in particular, few attempts have been made to explore and analyse the potential transformations brought to the landscape of the tourist photography by the increasing use of smart phone cameras. The purpose of this thesis, therefore, is to re-conceptualise and study empirically the tourist gaze and tourist photographic behaviour, as influenced by a variety of social, cultural and technological factors, amongst non-Western tourists. More specifically, it aims to explore the visual preferences of Chinese tourists in the UK, to consider critically what and how they take photographs of, and to evaluate the extent to which their gazes, their performance of gazing and their photographic practices are shaped by social, cultural and technological factors. In order to meet this aim, the qualitative research method of visual autoethnography is employed during two field studies with Chinese tourists in the UK. More precisely, a first field study was based on a seven-day package tour undertaken with eighteen Chinese tourists, visiting a total of thirteen destinations around British destinations. The second field study, in contrast, involved the researcher undertaking a five-day holiday with six Chinese tourists to the Isle of Wight off the south coast of England. During these two field studies, the researcher adopted the role of ‘researcher-as-tourist’, engaging in travel with the respondents, staying in the same accommodation, joining in with their activities and taking photographs with them. These first-hand travel and photographic experiences conspired to become an integral part of the resultant data resources which were not only analysed but also shared with the respondents during interviews with them. From the data collected during the two field studies and, indeed, the autoethnographic experiences of the researcher, it became clearly evident that smart phone cameras had become the principal means of taking photographs amongst Chinese tourists. Moreover, smart phone cameras have also altered the landscape of tourist photography, primarily by de-exoticising this practice and further enhancing its ‘playfulness’ and increasing its social functions. During the field studies, the Chinese tourist respondents engaged in a variety of visual and photographic activities, purposefully including but by no means being confined to an interactive game of photo-taking and photo-sharing, imagining authenticity, sensing the passing of time from gazing on natural spectacles, and deliberately observing what they considered to be ‘advanced’ aspects of the toured destination. Based upon these identified performances and practices, this thesis proposes the concept and framework of the Chinese tourist gaze. That framework essentially establishes what Chinese tourists prefer to see during their travels and seeks to explain why and how they see certain specific spectacles or tourist objects. At the same time, it theoretically re-situates both their gazes and their ways of gazing within a network of influential social, cultural and technological factors, including: the travel patterns of the élite in pre-modern China; the cultural characteristics of Chinese people; the intertwining of contemporary communication and photography technologies; and, the fusion of the Chinese nation-state, its economic policies policies and the resultant social and environmental problems that have emerged over the last three decades. Moreover, the framework points to potential future transformations in the Chinese tourist gaze, such as the de-exoticisation of that tourist gaze. The principal contribution of this thesis to extant knowledge is the concept and framework of the Chinese tourist gaze, as this may provide future researchers with the foundation for continuing to study and more profoundly understand the tastes, gazes, practices of gazing and other visual activities, including photography, of Chinese tourists. Indeed, given the inherent Western-centric bias in the relevant literature, an appropriate theoretical framework enabling them to do has, arguably, not previously existed. In addition, the dimensions and characteristics of tourist smart-phone-photography revealed in this research are of much significance, contributing to a deeper, richer understanding of transformations in the practice of tourist photography and, in particular, of why and how contemporary Chinese tourists take photographs. Furthermore, through identifying and exploring how the Chinese respondents in this study shared their photographs, greater knowledge and understanding has emerged of Chinese tourists’ technological travel communication and connections as well as their attitudes towards and use of the multiplicity of social networking sites and mobile-apps.

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Kinkade, Brandy Lee. "A Tourist Performance: Redefining the Tourist Attraction." Scholar Commons, 2016. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/6106.

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The aim of this paper is to examine the intersection of tourism and memoirs in the United States specifically how specific travel memoirs function as tourist attractions. This investigation employs performer-centered analysis as a method of inquiry in order to gain insight on tourist experience as well as concepts of travel, imagination and embodiment. The paper also employs MacCannell’s Semiotics of Attraction as a framework to illustrate the presence of the following categories: tourist, sight, and marker. The presence and the relationships established between these categories establish Into Thin Air and Almost Somewhere: Twenty-eight Days on the John Muir Trail can both be defined and function as tourist attractions.

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Gooch, Christina. "Food Studies Abroad: Identity, Consumption, and Learning in Italy." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/19732.

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Food studies offers a powerful lens through which to consider the complexity of travel, given the ways in which food can bring multiple perspectives to the table. The merging of food studies with the well-established tradition of study abroad, then, provides a platform for incorporating critical thinking and fresh perspectives into the discourse surrounding study abroad. How does food studies abroad reflect the opportunities and reify the concerns posed by study abroad in general? I explore this topic through a case study of a University of Oregon food studies abroad program, Food and Culture in Italy, looking specifically at students’ motivations, on-site experience, and perceived outcomes. I employ the lenses of identity, consumption, and experiential learning to discuss the trends that emerge from the data and conclude with a series of recommendations for moving thoughtfully and critically forward with food studies abroad programming.

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Nofziger, Cinda Marie. "Vacation views: tourist photographs of the American West, 1945-1980." Diss., University of Iowa, 2012. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/3361.

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This dissertation examines how tourists used photography during a period when economic prosperity and guaranteed vacation time meant increasing numbers of Americans gained the ability to travel for vacation; cameras and film became less expensive and travel photography more ubiquitous; and photographs produced by tourists helped shape the visual imaginary of the West. Tourists used the activity of photographing to be engaged in their vacations and their photographs represent authentic interactions among traveling companions. Typically, cultural critics view tourists as passive consumers who unthinkingly follow guidebooks' prescriptions and whose photographic practices prevent them from having authentic vacation experiences. While photographs in guidebooks, travel magazines, and other advice literature showed potential tourists what they should capture on film, tourists did not strictly follow that advice. Instead, tourists creatively engaged with photography to enhance their vacation experiences. My examination of tourist photographs reveals that tourists made choices about their photographic subjects, even as they also photographed iconic western scenes. Vacationers shot a variety of subjects, many of which are unexpected. As they traveled through the West, tourists used their cameras to connect with their companions, to amuse and entertain themselves and to create vacation stories to share with family and friends. My argument restores agency to tourist subjects by engaging concretely with their photographs. Because I emphasize tourist photographs, reading them as aesthetic constructions that enact the processes of creating meaning and identity, my project intervenes to quarrel with scholars and cultural critics who have often viewed tourists and the activity, aesthetics, and meaning of their photographs as inauthentic, vacuous and overly mediated.

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Rattle, Jessica Mary. "Neoliberalisation of the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park as a tourist region." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13745.

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Proponents of transfrontier conservation areas (TFCAs) make a number of claims in favour of this relatively new conservation strategy, one of which is that it leads to an increase in tourism. Despite the growing body of literature on the subject of TFCAs, very little research has been conducted on whether or not this assumption is true. This study therefore draws on and situates itself within this literature on TFCAs and the neoliberalisation of nature and seeks to test this claim through the use of the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (KTP) as a case study. This is achieved firstly by assessing the changes in tourism development that have taken place both within the Park and in the area surrounding it as a result of the KTP's formation, and secondly by comparing the KTP's tourist levels prior to becoming a TFCA with those from after the TFCA was established, in order to determine what trends and changes have taken place as a result of this development. In doing so, this paper challenges the claim that TFCAs automatically lead to an increase in tourism and tourist development by showing that the link between the two is tenuous at best. It also broadens the scope of enquiry on the subject of TFCAs by analysing the relationship between TFCAs and the small scale, nature-based economic activities that take place around them, a matter which is largely ignored in the literature and, in doing so, critiques the assumption that all nature-based economic activities are part of a wider neoliberal agenda.

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Li, Man-kwong Kevlin, and 李文光. "The touring architecture: towards the vision of 'tourist(i)-city' -a sensation in 'extra'-ordinary." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1999. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31985336.

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Solberg, Anna Marie Solberg. "Tourist Perceptions of their Environmental Impacts in Tanzania." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1498135227020184.

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Jamerson, William Trevor. "Race, Discourse and the Cultural Economy of Neoliberal New York:An Analysis of Online Tourist Reviews of Harlem Heritage Tours." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/49266.

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This study is about how Harlem--an ethnically diverse community regarded by many as a primary site of the African American Experience--is represented in the online tourism domain. More specifically, it is about identifying loci of value in the content of online tourist reviews which contribute to a color-blind and politically sanitizing discourse about Harlem that reinforces a neoliberal understanding of Harlem as an underdeveloped economic frontier. Tourism has been identified by New York policy makers to be a way to generate revenue in culturally diverse, low-income areas, and especially in Harlem. In order for tourism to be successful, a neighborhood needs to be considered a place that can offer tourists a valuable experience. Online reviews, particularly those on social media sites, are becoming increasingly influential within the tourism industry because of their influence with consumers, who regularly consult them to guide purchasing decisions. This study examines online reviews of a prominent Harlem tourism company as a way to analyze the valuating discourse needed to keep tourists coming back to the community. What do reviewers find valuable during the tour? And what elements of the tour are responsible for producing value for tourists? These questions are investigated using a four-step qualitative approach to analyzing online tourist reviews on TripAdvisor.com posted about Harlem Heritage Tours.
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Hill-James, Candeeda Rennie. "Citizen tourist: newspaper travel journalism's responsibility to its audience." Queensland University of Technology, 2006. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/16304/.

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Travel is the stuff of dreams. But its facilitation or impediment is the reality of commerce and governments and their manipulation by marketing and political considerations. This thesis examines how travel journalism can maintain responsibility to a 'private' tourist audience in the 'public' tourism sphere. Travel journalism is not only an under-researched area, but provides an important site to study the role of public interest information for a consumer audience participating in a sometimes culturally and politically dangerous activity. The reporting of travel by mainstream newspapers concentrates on the travel dream, while the tourism industry, described as the largest in the world, receives little scrutiny by society's guardians of democracy. This thesis examines literature from the fields of journalism, sociology and marketing to highlight the private tourist audience desires and the measures that commercial and government travel enterprises employ to reach consumers through public relations influence over journalism entities and practitioners. This study also emphasises the public nature of tourism and the risks it presents to tourists to examine how travel journalism, as a responsible moral practice, should address its audience. A content analysis was conducted on a sample of Australian newspaper travel journalism to provide a description of international travel coverage. More specifically it revealed the characteristics of travel articles that provide public interest information to move the private tourist audience to engage in the public tourism sphere as an active citizenship.

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Kant, Kristin Mary Agnes Helen. "PAINTING THE MOUNTAINS: AN INVESTIGATION OF TOURIST ART IN NORTH AMERICA." Lexington, Ky. : [University of Kentucky Libraries], 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10225/1055.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Kentucky, 2009.
Title from document title page (viewed on September 17, 2009). Document formatted into pages; contains: xii, 327 p. : ill. (some col.). Includes abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-321).

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Ward, Shelby Elise. "Strange(r) Maps: The cosmopolitan geopolitics of Sri Lankan tourism." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/88985.

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Concerned with the ongoing coloniality within the form and interactions of international relations, this project examines the legacy of colonial mapping practices on contemporary geopolitics. Specifically, I investigate Sri Lankan tourist maps as subversive examples of the politics of vision implicated within the historical formation of island-space under colonial mapping practices (i.e. Portuguese, Dutch, and British), and the contemporary political implications of the island geography as the state, including exclusionary identity politics during the the civil war (1983-2009). Using a mix-analysis approach, including interviews, participatory mapping, and autoethnography, as well as feminist, postcolonial, and critical theoretical lenses, I argue that Sri Lankan tourist maps serve as examples of the historically developed and continued right to space, mobility, representation, and resources between the Global North and South in what I term "cosmopolitan geopolitics." As geopolitics can be identified as the relationship between territories and resources, cosmopolitan geopolitics is concerned with the power relations when such elements as culture, authenticity, history, and religion are marked in places, people, and experiences as valued resources within the international tourist economy, particularly in this project which connects the colonial histories of mapping, travel, and international relations. In order to address the imperial, masculine politics of vision this project is separated into two parts: the first is concerned with the ontology and colonial legacy the map (Chapters 1-3), the second with the politics of the map, including exclusionary politics of the nation state (Chapters 4-6). Chapter 1 investigates the politics of island space as represented on the tourist map, where the state serves as both a "treasure box" and "caged problem." Chapter 2 argues that the cartoon images and icons serve as a resource map for contemporary geopolitics, and Chapter 3 indicates that this map simultaneously acts an invitation to the cosmopolitan, with assumed access and hospitality. Examining the various ways that the exclusionary politics of the Sinhala-Buddhist state are implicated in the representations on the tourist map, Chapters 4-6 look at cultural tourist sites, natural or wildlife sites, and former war zones, respectively. Overall, this is an interdisciplinary examination between postcolonial studies, critical tourism studies, critical geography, and Sri Lankan studies that examines the continued politics of vision and access to space with both international and domestic political-economic implications.
Doctor of Philosophy
This project takes a critical examination of tourist maps, as a cultural artifact in what has been called “coloniality,” or the ongoing colonial relations in contemporary relationships between nation states. I suggest that my taking into account the colonial history and development of mapping practices, tourism, and international relations that tourist maps serve as material intersection to examine such relations. The island state of Sri Lanka is an ideal case study for this project, as not only does it intersect colonial relations between the Portuguese, Dutch, and British, but because after ending nearly 30-year ethnic-religious civil war the country is looking to expand its tourism industry. Therefore, I argue that an understanding of what I term “cosmopolitan geopolitics” helps us to account for the ways in which culture and religious experiences become resources in contemporary geopolitics within the international tourist economy. Using a mix-analysis approach of interviews, participatory mapping, autoethnography, and theoretical perspectives, I organize the project into two main parts. The first questions “what a map is,” and the second questions “who gets to map.” Overall, this interdisciplinary investigation pulls from postcolonial studies, critical tourism studies, critical geography, and Sri Lankan studies in order to question the continued narratives and representations within cultural commodification and travel.

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Wolf, Joshua. "It takes more than sun, sea and sand : the case of tourism in the Tampa Bay region, circa 1970-2000." [Tampa, Fla] : University of South Florida, 2007. http://purl.fcla.edu/usf/dc/et/SFE0001884.

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Walker, Linda. "Scoping the dimensions of visitor well-being : a case study of Scotland's Forth Valley." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/225.

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The well-being of tourists or visitors within a destination has, until recently, received little attention. Issues relating to the personal safety and health of the travelling public have been highlighted by a number of high profile incidents of terrorist attacks, large scale natural disasters and life threatening epidemics. While such events are devastating in nature and of great concern, for the majority of travellers, health and personal safety are more likely to be impacted on by illness, being involved in an accident or becoming the victim of crime. This thesis contributes to our existing understanding of how tourism can be affected by incidents by selecting a definable geographical area and investigating the available data from official sources to examine the dimensions, scale and nature of visitor-related incidents of crime, road traffic accidents and emergency health care. This audit was undertaken through collaborative research with the Central Scotland Police Force, the Central Scotland Road Accident Investigation Unit and the National Health Service Forth Valley. Primary research was then undertaken with visitors to the area. This in-depth approach looks beyond existing statistics to probe factors contributing to visitor-related incidents, in relation to existing tourism literature. The results indicate that, visitors experience incidents that differ in nature and type from those experienced by local residents, and the times and places they were most at risk also varied. With visitors accounting for less than 10% of the total population, these differences are not apparent in the overall patterns and, therefore, the particular needs of visitors are unlikely to be met through existing measures. This research has the ability to form the basis of improved measures to benefit visitor health and personal safety even though the nature of the visiting population presents challenges in relation to when, where and how such preventative measures are introduced. Visitors are not homogenous and distinct groupings based on perceptions, attitudes and behaviours were found. Therefore, there is a requirement to examine how incidents impact on visitors by distinguishing them from the overall incident figures, but measures to protect visitors also have to be tailored to take cognisance of typologies of visitors.

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Jakubčiaková, Alexandra Klaudia. ""As close as possible" - Sustainable Tourist Behaviour as Defined by Lifestyle Entrepreneurs : The Case of South-east Iceland." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknik, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-446110.

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This thesis project studied how a tourism campaign using the tool of nudging can be created. The objectives of the research were to identify what sustainable practices do the lifestyle entrepreneurs in Iceland conduct, and on the contrary, which activities of tourists they perceive as unsustainable. This was done in order to gain understanding into how tourism organisations can promote the lifestyles of the locals, promote adapting these behaviours as gaining authentic experiences, in order to avoid undesired behaviour of tourists, especially those actions conducted due to lack of education and awareness. The student moreover studied which techniques are the most suitable for the promotion of authentic experiences, and how a campaign of this kind can be adapted by relevant organisations. The research was done using the qualitative research method in combination with desk research and secondary data analysis. The results of the research show that activities such as recycling, eating seasonal and local products, together with experiencing freedom through business activities and closeness to family and community played a dominant role in the lives of the interviewed subjects. Besides that, the student found out it is especially relevant to focus on winter tourists, to promote the campaign through visuals that represent the reality fully and display sustainability in a sustainably managed environment. The overall outcomes of this thesis relate to showcasing the concepts of freedom, mindfulness and thinking local.

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Adkins, Lisa. "Sexual work and family production : a study of the gender division of labour in the contemporary British tourist industry." Thesis, Lancaster University, 1991. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.316727.

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De, Casas Celeste, and Bucuane Sheila Cossa. "Service Innovation : - medarbetarnas uppfattning om sin roll i skapandet och utvecklingen av innovationer i tjänsteföretag En fallstudie på Stockholm Tourist Centre." Thesis, Stockholm University, School of Business, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-6164.

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Tan, Juan. "Adapting for intended functions : a study of tourist publicity translation from a functiomal perspective." Thesis, University of Macau, 2006. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b1637019.

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Kock, Marcelinio. "PROPOSING AN ALTERNATIVE FRAMEWORK FOR FEASIBILITY STUDIES FOR LARGE PUBLIC TOURISM INVESTMENTS: A QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE." Master's thesis, University of Central Florida, 2007. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/4256.

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Numerous studies in the hospitality field have focused on the importance of the convention industry to the economic well being of the local tourism industry. Because of intense competition between convention centers, destinations are practicing strategies of expanding their convention facilities and related infrastructure. Unfortunately, many of these expansions appear to have been based on feasibility studies that failed to present rigorous reviews and examinations regarding alleged claims of positive impacts and over-optimistic operational pro-forma statements. The main objective of this study is to propose an alternative framework for feasibility studies, which consists of an updated, rigorous methodology to calculate a more comprehensive picture, on what convention centers can deliver on public and private investment. Data from the Orange County Convention Center (OCCC) in Orlando, Florida were used for assessing this proposed framework.
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Rosen College of Hospitality Management
Rosen College of Hospitality Management
Hospitality and Tourism Management MS;

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Gores, Genna. "The Tourist Destination from Hell: An Exploration of the Multi-Jurisdictional Set-Up of Vista Point Parking Lot." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2018. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/1124.

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The Golden Gate Bridge, and the surrounding national parks, are one of the most iconic tourist destinations in the world. Although this area is idyllic in many ways, its underlying governmental set-up creates traffic problems on the US-101 highway that angers tourists and commuters alike. One piece of land that exacerbates the increasing congestion on this section of US-101 is the Vista Point parking lot that is just North of the Golden Gate Bridge. This parking lot’s entrance is just off of the Northbound side of US-101, and during summer and holiday weekends cars will queue onto the freeway completely stopping the right-most lane. Vista Point presents a complex traffic problem to solve because of the multiple layers of overlapping governmental jurisdictions that actually govern this parking lot. Research for this thesis consists of 16 personal interviews with stakeholders involved in solving this congestion issue, and relevant studies and background information on all the political actors interviewed. This research results in an exploration of how these agencies work together to communally solve a traffic issue, and where disconnects occur during the overall planning process of Vista Point.

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Arnegger, Julius Verfasser], Hubert [Gutachter] [Job, and Ludger [Gutachter] Brenner. "Protected Areas, the Tourist Bubble and Regional Economic Development - Two Case Studies from Mexico and Morocco / Julius Arnegger. Gutachter: Hubert Job ; Ludger Brenner." Würzburg : Würzburg University Press, 2014. http://d-nb.info/1111636532/34.

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Ericson, Emma, and Anette Rönning. "Internationell Marknadsföring av Turistdestinationen Sverige : En utvärdering av företaget VisitSweden." Thesis, Karlstad University, Faculty of Economic Sciences, Communication and IT, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-1478.

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Sweden as an international tourist destination occupies an important role in the Swedish trade industry and therefore the country’s economic development. It is therefore of importance to incorporate planning in the marketing process of Sweden to be able to keep a position on the world map as an attractive tourist destination. Tourism and international marketing of the country Sweden has shown to be of interest on a governmental level to promote the destination on a global arena. The result of this interest has led to the development of the government owned company VisitSweden, who officially is responsible to promote Sweden internationally wide as a tourist destination. The purpose of this study is consequently to analyze VisitSwedens international marketing of Sweden as a trademark. The study also aims to evaluate the company’s attitude and activities to show the importance of the company’s existence in the Swedish tourist industry.

The result of the study shows that there are flaws in the marketing tools that the company use in their current communication with the international market. As these tools are the company’s main communication tools, VisitSweden are criticised not to achieve their main goals that consist of creating and marketing the trademark Sweden. The fact that VisitSweden is a governmental organisation, financed with state funds, also incorporates a certain responsibility towards the Swedish tourist industry to achieve positive results through the company’s activities. VisitSwedens effort is important and should therefore be improved and reinforced to stimulate the trademark Sweden and the international communication. Finally, an alternative international marketing campaign has been developed for the company to be used to communicate a united image and trademark of Sweden, which also could be used by tourism companies countrywide.

Sverige som internationell turistdestination har idag en betydande roll för det svenska näringslivet och därigenom landets ekonomiska utveckling. En planering inför denna destinations internationella marknadsföring är därför av vikt för att bibehålla en position på världskartan som lockande turistdestination. Turismen samt den internationella marknadsföringen av landet Sverige har även visat sig vara betydelsefull för dem som arbetar på regeringsnivå för att främja Sverige i utlandet. Ur detta intresse på regeringsnivå har således det statliga företaget VisitSweden vuxit fram och kommit att bli det företag som officiellt är ansvarigt för den internationella marknadsföringen av Sverige som turistdestination. Syftet med denna studie är följaktligen att analysera den internationella marknadsföringen av Sverige som varumärke med utgångspunkt från företaget VisitSwedens verksamhet. Undersökningen syftar till att utvärdera företagets attityd och arbete, för att påvisa vikten av företagets verksamhet för den svenska turistnäringen.

Resultatet av studien visar på att det existerar brister i de marknadsföringsverktyg som undersökts och som företaget nyttjar i sin aktuella internationella marknadsföring. Då dessa verktyg är företagets huvudsakliga kommunikationsverktyg som används för att nå ut till den internationella marknaden, kritiseras VisitSweden att inte uppnå sitt huvudsakliga mål med att skapa och marknadsföra varumärket Sverige. Att VisitSweden också är en statlig organisation innebär ett visst ansvar att uppnå positiva resultat med sin verksamhet då företaget finansieras av statliga pengar samt verkar med syftet att gynna svensk turistnäring. Företagets arbete anses vara viktigt för den svenska turistnäringen, och bör således förbättras och stärkas för att stimulera varumärket Sverige samt kommunikationen på den internationella marknaden. Slutligen har det utarbetats en alternativ internationell marknadsföringskampanj som företaget kan använda för att kommunicera gemensam bild av Sverige, som även kan nyttjas av nationella turismföretag.

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Akrawi, Narin, and Michelle Ciechowicz. "Fotbollsturism : En studie om fotbollsturisters upplevelse och tillfredställelse." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för naturvetenskap, miljö och teknik, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-30863.

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Denna studie utförs av två studenter för deras examensarbete i Turismvetenskap vid Södertörns högskola, Sverige. I studien undersöks huruvida de påvisade karaktäristiska dragen för en sportturist stämmer överens med verkligheten. I studien undersöks även vilka faktorer fotbollsturisten anser viktiga för uppnå en tillfredsställande upplevelse under en fotbollsresa. Ämnet är viktigt att belysa för främjandet av turismnäringen när det kommer till resor för sportsliga syften. Genom identifieringen av specifika element inom fenomenet ökar kunskapen och utvecklingen av sportturism. Metoden som användes för att undersöka problematiken kring fenomenet i denna studie utfördes av intervjuer med tjugo potentiella respondenter. Dessa respondenten utgörs av individer som reste till Lissabon, Portugal för att delta i kvartsfinalen i Champions League mellan SL Benfica och FC Bayern München den 13 april 2016. Intervjuerna tog plats i München, Tyskland och Lissabon, Portugal. Respondenterna gav värdefullt bidrag genom åsikter, känslor och erfarenheter från tidigare sportresor. Det material som samlades in av intervjuerna sammanfogades sedan med tidigare forskning och teorier inom forskningsområde för att på så sätt undersöka och identifiera fenomenet. Resultatet i studien visar att trots de karaktäristiska dragen för en sportturist som påvisats av bland annat teoretikerna Harrison-Hill & Chalip (2005) stämmer inte överens eller stämmer delvis med respondenterna i studien. Trots detta går det att uppnå en tillfredsställande upplevelse genom att de faktorer som sportturisten anser vara viktiga för att uppnå en tillfredställande upplevelse. Faktorer som identifierats som tillfredsställande gentemot respondenternas behov och begär i denna studie, utgörs av bland annat: bra väder, bra sittplatser, en bra match, att laget vinner, säkerhet, transport, bra sällskap, att allting går smidigt, en bra resa, bra priser, bra atmosfär, att det ska finnas öl, att vara på plats i tid, att stå på rätt sida av planen tillsammans med andra supportar, att det inte förekommer brister i kommunikationen samt bra boende/ hotell och restauranger. På så sätt uppnås positiva, tillfredsställande och minnesrika resor. De karaktäristiska dragen som påståtts identifiera en sportturist, stämde delvis överens med verkligheten. Verkligheten i studien baseras på respondenternas svar vid intervjutillfällena. De karaktäristiska dragen (baserade på teorierna i studien och de som uppkommit genom respondenternas svar under intervjuerna) av en sportturist och faktorerna för att uppnå en tillfredsställande upplevelse går hand i hand. En tillfredsställande upplevelse för sportturisten utgörs till stor del av de specifika faktorer som identifierats i studien som påverkar fotbollsmatchen som turisten reser dit för.
This is a study made by two students for their bachelor theses in Tourism at Södertörn University, Sweden. The study investigates weather the theoretical characteristic features of a sport tourist is inconsistent with reality. The study also investigates factors that sport tourist consider important during a football trip to achieve a satisfying experience. By identifying specific element of the phenomenon increase knowledge and development of sport tourism. The method chosen for the study was qualitative interviews which where performed with twenty respondents, each respondent travel to Lisbon, Portugal to attend the quarter- finals of Champions League between SL Benfica and FC Bayer München, 13 April 2016. The interview material was interpreted and later merges with previous research and theories in order to investigate and identify the phenomenon. The result of the study showed that the theoretical and previous research that have been presented on characteristic features of a sport tourist do not or partly match the respondents in this study. This study also showed that factors that sport tourist consider important as e.g. good seats, security, transport, good company, good atmosphere, other supporters and supporting their favourite football team, are the factors that contribute and makes a satisfying, memorable and positive experience trip.

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Irvin, Katherine. "Volunteer tourism and development : an impact assessment of volunteer tourists from two organisations in Cape Town." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3834.

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Myhr, Sophie, and Linda Beäff. "Volontärturism : -En studie om volontärers engagemang i Kenya." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Institutionen för geografi, medier och kommunikation, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-33639.

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Denna uppsats uppmärksammar fenomenet volontärturism som anses vara mer utav en välgörande form av resa, där volontärer anmäler sig frivilligt att arbeta ideellt med olika projekt runt om i världen, en turismform som är ömsesidigt fördelaktig för båda parter. Volontärer reser själva eller med en organisation till olika länder för att erbjuda sin tid och hjälp i olika projekt, bland annat för att få erfarenhet och en upplevelse i retur. Syftet med denna studie är att begreppsliggöra vad volontärturism är och dess innebörd, samt undersöka hur en volontärturists vardag ser ut, innefattande deras arbetsuppgifter, förpliktelser och upplevelser i Kenya. Sedermera undersöker vi även volontärturisternas förväntningar kontra den faktiska upplevelsen på deras resa till värdnationen. För att få svar på vårt syfte och frågeställningar har vi genomfört intervjuer med åtta volontärer, varav två skedde på plats i Nairobi, Kenya, samt sex intervjuer per mail. Vidare genomfördes intervjuer med två olika volontärorganisationer, nationella samt internationella. Organisationerna som intervjuades var ICYE och PeaceWorks. Det finns både ideella- och kommersiella organisationer som förmedlar volontärer till olika projekt runt om i världen. Vi har valt att rikta in oss på ideella organisationer, dessa två nämnda ovan. De resultat som framkom av intervjuerna var bland annat huruvida volontärturism anses vara en turismform eller ej går att diskuteras. Vissa likheter i definitionerna av turist samt volontärturist framkom, dock såg inte volontärerna sig själva som turister. Vidare framkom det att det kulturella utbytet som sker vid volontärresor var något som lockade samt något volontärerna saknade vid hemkomsten. På plats i värdnationen arbetade informanterna inom mikrofinans samt på barnhem där lek med barnen och vardagssysslor präglade dagarna. Projekten som erbjuds varierar men de mest vanliga är att arbeta på barnhem, utbildning, miljö- och naturfrågor och medicinsk hjälp. På fritiden valde majoriteten att upptäcka landet samt kringliggande länder, så som Zanzibar och Uganda. Genom intervjuerna fick vi även veta vem den typiska volontären var, innefattande målgrupp, kön samt ålder. Utifrån informationen vi mottog, analyserade vi resultatet för att senare dra slutsatser.
This paper draws attention to the phenomenon of volunteer tourism that is considered to be more of a beneficial form of travel, where volunteers sign up voluntarily to volunteer with various projects around the world, a form of tourism that is mutually beneficial to both parties. The projects vary but the most common is to work in orphanages, education, environmental and natural issues and medical assistance. The purpose of this study is to conceptualize what volunteer tourism is and its implications, and examine how a volunteer tourist everyday looks, including their duties, responsibilities and experiences in Kenya. Later on, we also investigate the volunteer tourists' expectations versus the actual experience on their journey to the host nation. To get answers to our purpose and research questions, we conducted interviews with eight volunteers, two of which took place in Nairobi, Kenya, and six interviews by email. Furthermore, interviews were conducted with two different volunteer organizations, national and international. The organizations interviewed were ICYE and PeaceWorks. There are both non-profit- and commercial organizations that supply volunteers for various projects around the world. We have chosen to target the non-profit organizations, those two mentioned above. The results that emerged from the interviews were that whether volunteer tourism is considered a form of tourism or not can be discussed. Some similarities in the definitions of tourism and volunteer tourism emerged, however, did not the volunteers see themselves as tourists. It was also found that the cultural exchange that takes place at the volunteer travel was something that attracted and some volunteers were missing when they returned back home. On location in the host nation informants worked in microfinance and in orphanages where playing with the kids and everyday tasks characterized the days. The projects that offered vary, but the most common is to work in orphanages, education, environmental and natural issues and medical assistance. During leisure, the majority chose to discover the country and the surrounding countries, such as Zanzibar and Uganda. Through the interviews we also found out who the typical volunteer was, including target group, gender and age. Based on the information we received, we analyzed the results and later draw conclusions.

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Isaksson, Amanda. "Ett världsarv med flera syften : En kvantitativ studie om två populationers relation till Skogskyrkogården." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för geografi, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-171713.

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The purpose of this study is to investigate which motives tourists have to visit the Woodland Cemetery in Stockholm, Sweden and which feelings the visit brought. Furthermore, the study aims to find out where the locals in Stockholm think that the acceptable limit goes for tourism at the Woodland Cemetery and what potential conflicts that may occur between the groups. The study is based on a quantitative method with web surveys as an approach. Three surveys were sent to both national and international tourists and to people living in Stockholm. The compilation and presentation of data was made in Microsoft Excel where charts were designed. The results are discussed in relation to previous research, which forms the basis of the questions in the surveys. The result shows that the main motives for tourists to visit the Woodland Cemetery are because it is a beautiful place with beautiful nature, to experience the architecture and because the place has an interesting culture and history. The feelings most tourists felt were respect, a mental calm, humility, spirituality and emotional feelings. From the locals’ perspective, some respondents feel that tourism in the cemetery is acceptable, others do not want tourism at all and some even promote tourism. However, what emerged is that many of the respondents thinks it is about the volume and how things are done. Several people said that the limit goes when there are far too many tourists and when activities and functions are not being done with consideration and respect.

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Kongmanwatana, Papangkorn. "Performance analysis of the tourism sector : empirical studies." Thesis, Perpignan, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017PERP0064.

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Le tourisme a été généralement défini comme le voyage d'une personne à une destination pour y faire une escale avant de revenir à son milieu d'origine. La perception d'une destination est donc au centre de l’étude lors de l'examen de laproposition du tourisme expliqué dans le cadre de cette thèse. Mais la perception de la destination a aussi des caractéristiques très difficiles. Afin de vérifier cela, nous devons considérer ce que le marketing des professionnels et des chercheurs ont apporté. Metelka (1990, p.46) et Vukonic (1997) ont défini une destination comme “un lieu géographique où les gens peuvent séjourner », tandis que Gunn (1994) explique une destination comme une zone géographique "suffisamment développé pour répondre aux objectifs de voyageurs" (Gunn, 1994, p.27). De ce point de vue, les destinations touristiques peuvent être associées soit à un pays ou soit à un (ou plusieurs) région, une ville ou des sites touristiques ; la destination est une notion géographique ou spatiale qui est d'abord définie par ses propres visiteurs. Dans la condition où le lieu n’est pas familier au touriste, l'endroit ne peut pas être considéré comme destination. Cependant, de nombreuses questions sont abordées dans la présente thèse pour comprendre comment une place peut devenir ensuite une destination, ainsi que les implications de cette transformation
Firstly, tourism has been defined as a journey of an individual to a destination for a stopover, then return to his/her origin environment. The perception of a destination is therefore at a centre, considering the tourism proposition explained here. Above and beyond this, the perception of a destination also has significantly difficult characteristics. To verify this, we have to consider what marketing professionals and researchers bring to it. Metelka (1990, p.46) describes a destination as "the geographic location to which someone travels." Vukonic (1997) also relates the term to that factor whereas Gunn (1994) explains a destination is recognised by the travel market as a geographical area "sufficiently developed to meet the objectives of travellers" (Gunn, 1994, p.27). From this standpoint, tourist destinations may have the scope of being a country or (one or more) region, city or an exact site. The destination is a geographical or spatial notion that is first definedby its visitors. In the condition that no stranger visits a place, that place cannot be deliberated as a destination. This image gives the impression of asserting the obvious. However, many issues are discussed in this paper for a place tosubsequently become a destination, as well as the implications of this transformation

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Jägerlind, Puuri Sofia, Martin Henriksson, and Johansson Johannes Brun. "Eco-labelling on Package Tours : A study about sustainable tourism." Thesis, Jönköping University, JIBS, Business Administration, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-12718.

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Background: The tourism industry is one of the largest industries in the world, with annual revenues exceeding US$ 850 billion. Because of the size and nature of the industry, tourism is seen as one of the largest contributors to the negative effects on the environment today. Within the tourism industry, there exist more than 70 eco-labels representing various environmental standards. However, none of them are widely used within the tourism industry.

Purpose: This thesis investigates how the use of the two eco-labels Svanen and Green Globe affect Swedish students’ perception of a package tour marketing campaign. It investigates how students’ perceptions of advertisement differ between advertisement for package tours with and without incorporated eco-labels.

Method: The study uses a mixed method with a sequential explanatory strategy. The quantitative part consists of a survey and the qualitative part consists of follow up interviews with a number of interviewees who are all respondents in the quantitative part. This thesis primarily focuses on the quantitative part, which consists of three questionnaires, one of which contains an advertisement for Ving, and two which used the same advertisement but which have been manipulated to include Green Globe and Svanen respectively.

Conclusion: The conclusion of the study is that students’ perception of advertisement does not differ between the advertisement not using an eco-label and the ones manipulated to include Green Globe or Svanen. The reasons to why the perception does not differ are explained by eco-labels having failed in communicating what they stand for. Students have limited financial resources, which constrains them from behaving in an environmentally friendly way. In addition, the advertisement including eco-lables is congruent with the students’ perception about the brand Ving as an environmentally friendly company. There is however factors that indicate that eco-labelling in the tourism industry can work as a partial solution for a more sustainable future.

Bakgrund: Turismindustrin är en av de största industrierna i världen, med årliga inkomster på över US$ 850 miljarder. På grund av storleken och dess påverkan, anses turismen vara en av de största orsakerna till den negativa utvecklingen av miljön. Inom turismindustrin existerar mer än 70 miljö märkningar som representerar olika miljöstandarder. Dock har inga av dem sett någon större användning inom turismindustrin.

Syfte: Syftet med denna rapport är att undersöka hur användning av de två miljömärkningarna Green Globe och Svanen påverkar studenters uppfattning av en reklamkampanj för charter resor. Den undersöker hur studenters uppfattning om reklam för charter resor skiljer sig mellan reklam som använder miljömärkning och den som inte gör det.

Metod: Denna studie använder en blandad metod med en sekventiell strategi. Den kvantitativa delen består av enkätundersökningar och för den kvalitativa delen används intervjuer med några deltagare från den kvantitativa delen. Störst fokus ligger på den kvantitativa delen som består av tre olika enkäter, en som innehåller en reklam bild på Ving, och två som manipulerats att innehålla Green Globe respektive Svanen.

Slutsats: Slutsatsen av studien är att studenters uppfattning om annonserna inte skiljer sig mellan annonsen utan miljömärkning och de som manipulerats med Green Globe eller Svanen. Anledning till att uppfattningen inte skiljer sig kan förklaras av att miljö märkningarna har misslyckats med att kommunicera vad dem står för. Studenterna har begränsade ekonomiska resurser och detta begränsar dem att uppföra sig på ett miljövänligt sätt. Dessutom överrensstämmer reklamen som innehöll miljö märkning med studenternas uppfattning om varumärket Ving som ett miljö vänligt företag. Det finns dock faktorer som tyder på att miljömärkning inom turistnäringen kan fungera som en del av lösningen för en mer hållbar framtid.

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Fernandez, Grijalva Nicia Ivonne. "Pro-environmental Behavior in Mass Tourism : Testing manipulation techniques in tourists for "voluntary" sustainable actions." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-65753.

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Five suggested experiments from tested Pro-environmental behavior change studies made in different advance economy countries were applied in the emerging economy tourist destination: Samalayuca Sand Dunes Park in Ciudad Juárez, Chih. México. Results show that promoting connectivity between the tourist and the destination, framing actions for tourists who are not aware about sustainable practices, encouraging sustainable actions with non monetary incentives, and reminding tourists faults against the environment are sucessful techniques to enhance pro-environmental behaviors in tourists; while a combination of these practices may enhance positive spillover to increase such actions and thus, helping to close the ”holiday” gap or the unsustainable behavior tourists show during travel.
Cinco experimentos para un comportamiento pro-ambiental sugeridos por diferentes estudios en la materia, son aplicados al destino turístico de Las Dunas de Samalayuca en el municipio de Juárez, Chih. México. Los resultados prueban que la conección entre el turista y la comunidad que visita, junto con la delimitación de acciones pro-ambientales, la promoción de acciones sustentables con actividades no monetarias, y el recordar las faltas anti-sustentables en el pasado, son ténicas que funcionan para motivar al turista a tener un comportamiento pro-ambiental (en este caso, no tirar basura). Los resultados también muestran que una combinación de éstos experimentos promueve la realización de acciones sustentables más complicadas o con mayor responsabilidad, como recoger la basura de otros, o el reciclaje.

The presentation was given as ViVA, were all opponents and exponents were students.

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Dapkutė, Inesa. "Universitetinių turizmo studijų organizavimas (bakalauro)." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2006. http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2006~D_20060608_131629-36737.

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The aim of this work- to explore academic tourism studies (bachelor) in Lithuania and foreign countries. In master‘s work were traversed academic bachelor tourism studies programmes, presented its points and limitations, refered perfection occasions. Were explored academic bachelor tourism programmes of foreign countries, was done comparison with dublicate studies in Lithuania. An experience of foreign countries could be successfull used preparing and developing Lithuanian tourism studies programmes: raising specialities number, sceduling specializations, perfecting tourism students practical preparation, introducing in foreign countries academies applicated „3+2“ system (bachelor studies 3 years and master‘s degree 2 years).

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Swart, Kamilla Rhodes Dent. "A curriculum design for sport tourism studies in South Africa." Normal, Ill. Illinois State University, 2001. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ilstu/fullcit?p3064504.

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Thesis (Ed. D.)--Illinois State University, 2001.
Title from title page screen, viewed March 14, 2006. Dissertation Committee: Dent M. Rhodes (chair), Adel Al-Bataineh, Ken F.Jerrich, Douglas M. Turco. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 146-154) and abstract. Also available in print.

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Miežinienė, Dovilė. "Universitetinių turizmo magistrantūros studijų organizavimas." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2006. http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2006~D_20060608_132803-45347.

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The aim of this work – to investigate organization of tourism master study in Lithuania and foreign countries. In the master work there are investigated the programs of the tourism master study, analyzed the organization of the tourism master study, formulated the deficiency of formation of the tourism master study programs, offered the suggestions how to improve the organizations of studies and proposed the alternative model of the tourism master study program. There are analyzed foreign countries and Lithuanian Universities tourism master study programs and done the comparable analysis. The questionnaire inquest is done in the Lithuanian Universities which qualify tourism masters. The author confirms the hypotheses what tourism masters in the Lithuanian Universities take only theoretical information and the tourism master study programs of the Lithuanian Universities are not liberal with respect to students.

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He, Xiaomin. "Measuring the perceived service quality of group package tours in China : a conceptual model and empirical evidence." HKBU Institutional Repository, 2004. http://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_ra/608.

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Tam, Yiu-wing. "A competitive analysis of the Hong Kong tourism industry : a marketing perspective /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1997. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B18835934.

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Heiss, Fröman Jana. "A critical discussion of MacCannell's and Urry's theories on 'tourists' : Through an autoethnographic exploration of a white woman's experiences in Cambodia." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknik, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-444566.

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The word tourist is loaded with negativity, especially, as MacCannell and Urry argue, for those of us that travel ourselves. In this exploration, the author takes a deep dive into the primary theories of MacCannell's search for authenticity and Urry's tourist gaze while recounting a series of journeys throughout Cambodia through her own Western epistomologic lens while also considering feminist, postcolonialist and decolonialist extensions and counterarguments. The purpose of this paper is to critique the portrayal of tourists as the monolithic characters created by MacCannell and Urry through an exploration of the author's experience and offer varying viewpoints and considerations that are applicable to the theorists and not. The conclusion is a call to action for further research where the tourist and destination intertwine.

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Grandin, Camilla, and Lina Göthe. "Nätverkens betydelse för turistdestinationen : en studie av gotländska turistrelaterade nätverk." Thesis, Gotland University, Department of Business Administration, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hgo:diva-184.

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The tourism industry is growing and with its growth competition between destinations rises. In competition, cooperation and collaboration between tourism operators seem beneficial when creating an attractive and dynamic tourist destination.

The purpose of this study is to describe and discuss the significance and influence of tourist related networks at a tourist destination, and therefore this study aims to examine the question: What significance do the tourist related networks have at a tourist destination?

This study focuses on seven networks on Gotland that are tourism related, and the representatives of the networks were interviewed in order to get their view on the network and its significance to the destination. The study shows that networks have an important role in creating a unified tourist product of the destination, and in reaching out to the potential visitors through joint destination marketing. The study also shows that the tourism related networks helps to improve the reception of the tourist at a destination and to secure the quality of the tourist destination and its tourist products.

Turismindustrin är en växande näring, vilket naturligt skapar en följd av ökad konkurrensmellan destinationer. I konkurrens ter sig samarbeten och samverkan mellan turismaktörervara fördelaktigt, för att skapa en attraktiv och dynamisk turistdestination. Samverkan kanäven vara fördelaktig då turismindustrin består av många små företag, med små resurser som ensamma har svårt att driva en hållbar utveckling av destinationen. Genom samverkan i nätverk kan olika aktörers viljor, agendor och mål på en plats samlas och koordineras för attgenomföra gemensamma aktioner. Problemfrågan som driver studien är: Vilken betydelse har turistrelaterade nätverk för enturistdestination? Fokus i studien ligger på Gotland, som är en populär turistdestination med ett stort antal turistrelaterade företag, som i stor utsträckning samverkar genom nätverk. I studien identifieras 21 stycken turistrelaterade nätverk på Gotland varav sju deltar i denna studie. Dessa nätverk är: Bo vid havet, Goda Gotland, Gotlands attraktioner, Hovleden, Marknadsrådet, Kryssningsgruppen och Vandrarhem, Pensionat och Bed & Breakfast påGotland. Studien har ett tolkande, förståelseinriktat perspektiv och baseras på intervjuer, i detta fall semistrukturerade intervjuer som kan liknas vid ett öppet samtal. Intervjuer har genomförts med nätverkens företrädare och frågorna har berört deras syn på samverkan och nätverk generellt, samt det egna nätverkets betydelse för destinationen. I studien redogörs bland annat för begreppen nätverk, turistdestination och turistprodukt, där nätverk definieras som uppbyggt av ett antal relationer mellan olika aktörer som kan bestå av organisationer, grupper eller individer. En turistprodukt kan dels vara en specifik produkt som erbjuds turisten, och dels kan turistprodukten syftas till hela destinationens sammanlagda utbud. I turisters medvetande kan destinationen i sig utgöra en turistprodukt och det ligger därmed i destinationens intresse att marknadsföra destinationen som en sammanhållen turistprodukt. Studien visar att samverkan i nätverk gynnar turisten då information kring destinationens utbud lättare förmedlas och når ut till kunden genom gemensamma aktioner. Dock visar studien en problematik med samverkan då flera nätverk verkar parallellt. Ett stortantal nätverk, som verkar var för sig, kan splittra destinationen och förvirra den potentiella besökaren. Antalet nätverk och de olika bilder de kommunicerar ut, ser vi kan likväl förvirra kunden som generera fler, eftersom olika produkter lockar olika kunder.Det är inte desto mindre samarbetet mellan de involverade i destinationsprodukten som ger destinationen framgång. Studien visar att nätverk har en betydande roll i erbjudandet av det turistiska utbudet på en destination och i skapandet av en sammanhållen turistprodukt. Nätverken verkar gemensamt med destinationsfrämjande aktiviteter, vilka exempelvis förbättrat mottagandet av turisten och kvalitetssäkringen av destinationens utbud. I nätverkskapas win-win situationer mellan turismaktörer där aktörerna kan gå samman i marknadsföring och tillsammans marknadsföra sitt eget företag, såväl som destinationen, för att locka besökare. Nätverken genererar också andra fördelar för en destination. Exempelvis kan vi i studien se att nätverken har en viktig roll i varumärkesbyggandet av destinationen.

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Hellstrand, Jens. "Turister som sexköpare : En etnografisk studie av interaktionen mellan turister och sexindustrin i Thailand." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för socialt arbete - Socialhögskolan, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-113368.

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The aim of this study is to investigate how it is possible that tourists who are not actively seeking child prostitutes still account for the majority of child sex tourists. The study includes tourists, locals, people working in the sex industry and staff from Swedish embassy and ECPAT international in Bangkok. The study was conducted with a qualitative approach and an ethnographic method, using field observations and interviews to collect the empirical data. The data has then been categorized in to different themes and analyzed using previous research on the subject. Hirschis theory of social bonds was then used to further interpret the results. The results of this study show that the tourists in Thailand, who are not seeking out child prostitutes, will most likely come in contact with them anyway. This will happen because of the availability to the vast sex industry and the fact that the sex industry markets itself by offering youthful prostitutes. The tourists will have weaker social bonds because they have left their normal social surrounding but depending on how weak these social bonds are the tourists may or may not experiment with buying sex. In combination with that about 25 percent of the prostitutes are under the age of 18, this may lead to that some of the tourists will sexually abuse children even if they were not seeking them out.

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Brigham, Ann Elizabeth. "Popular attractions: Tourism, heterosexuality, and sites of American culture." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/284560.

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"Popular Attractions: Tourism, Heterosexuality, and Sites of American Culture" investigates the serious business of pleasure, analyzing the circuits of desire that link stories of tourism and heterosexuality. I assert that the core impulses of tourism persistently shape American identity. Though the technology changes, the story perseveres: subjects leave the familiar behind in order to find themselves elsewhere. Quite simply, they ground themselves through movement. Tracing protagonists' upward and outward movements, I argue that the preservation of the American myth of mobility requires multiple conquests--geographical, cultural, sexual, ethno-racial, and economic. Examining literary narratives and tourist trends from the nineteenth- and twentieth-centuries, I suggest how a changing rhetoric of productivity anchors and threatens the parameters of pleasure. As the erotics of sightseeing dovetail with those of heterosexual romance, a twinned desire for defamiliarization and domestication emerges. The subject simultaneously yearns for mobility and placement. I conclude that the narrative patterns of fiction, film, and popular tourist sites generate and capitalize on the queasiness produced by this dual desire. As feminist geographer Doreen Massey has noted, social relations "necessarily have a spatial form" (120). The narratives of geographical movement I discuss romance the possibility of new social intimacies with ambivalent results, as indicated by the repeated erasure, revision, and defense of multiple boundaries. In the introduction I analyze Lynne Tillman's novel Motion Sickness to challenge the assumption that the objectives of tourism and heterosexuality are to produce and maintain a self different from an other. Indeed, while sightseeing and heterosexual seduction both promise the pleasures of inhabiting an other's locale, they also expose the impossibility of defining differences between familiar and foreign. Considering these issues in works by Henry James, Sinclair Lewis, Stephen Spielberg, Jamaica Kincaid, Leslie Silko, and Lynne Tillman, and the tourist destinations represented in them, succeeding chapters analyze the reassuring and continuous constructions of binaries like home/away, distance/intimacy, and familiar/strange, illuminating their instability by revealing how they become blurred, contradictory, or representative of seemingly disparate concerns.

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Randle, Tracey. "Grappling with grapes : wine tourism of the Western Cape." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7987.

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This thesis acts as a series of 'snapshots' into the meaning of 'wine tourism'. Each chapter of my main body of work looks at a different segment of wine tourism in the Western Cape: a fast growing industry that inherits attributes from both the wine and tourism industries. Themes of landscape and the tourist experience track through these separate snapshots, linking them together. A passion for wine and the drinking of wine would seem to have been an enjoyable pastime passed down from epochs of wine lovers and producers that stood before us in the 'winescapes' of time. While this conception of the wine drinking tradition may be presented to us today, it should be remembered that this might not have been the case in times gone by. Looking back to South Africa and the wine industry in the 1950s where 'wine consciousness' was a real concern for the marketers and makers of wine, we find no such traditions in place. Obstacles to the integration of wine into everyday living came in the form of an avid temperance movement concerned with drunkenness and alcoholism. Over time these obstacles heeded to the power of the wine industry so that increasing emphasis was placed on the role of publicity and marketing of wine. It was perhaps a natural development that wine tourism came to hold particular potential and interest for South African wine producers. The history of wine tourism of the Western Cape is inherently connected to the establishment of our first wine route in Stellenbosch. With a concern for the superiority of the European wine making tradition and landscape, it was only in 1970 that we saw a change in interest to the wine regions and heritage landscapes of our own country. The SteHenbosch wine route was a concept inspired by European example but grounded in local landscape. The significance of the mapping out of this landscape of space into place was a real concern for the wine makers of the regions whose freedom to market and export their wine overseas was severely restricted by legal prohibitions established by the KWV in the 1960s. With the defining of distinct wine regions, came the emphasis of difference of place within the winelands of the Western Cape. Each region has a formula for difference based on some combination of breathtaking scenery, quality wines, first class cuisine, and with increasing frequency the heritage of European roots. The construction of place and landscape identities gives us a sense of the perspective of the marketer and promoter of the wine region. I found it important to explore how this construction of identity of place came to be experienced by and presented to tourists in the present day.

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Ma, Yu, and 马彧. "Problematic heritage for popular tourism: case studies in China." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2012. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B48348168.

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This thesis explores what existing issue of the complex relationship between heritage conservation and popular tourism, and the related problems influenced by the development of tourism and economic. Currently, many problematic heritage conservation practices have occurred in China, such as heritage reconstruction, imitation of heritage, commercial packaging of heritage and losing the setting of heritage, etc. So, I supposed that there are deep socio-economic problems under those phenomena, and the value system of heritage conservation was occupied by the ideology of economic growth. Some local governments did some “big” so-called conservation projects for achieving revenue growth, and some government leaders even for their political achievements. Lack of the knowledge of heritage and conservation and dearth of talent in this area could still be obstacles to solve those problems. In Chapter 2, the authenticity of two different examples of heritage reconstructions are compared – Mo Chi Garden and Jianfu Gong Garden – through information sources based on charters and guidelines. In Chapter 3, I am focusing on the issue of commercial packaging, and using various cases to understand the motive and goal of doing problematic conservation from different angles such like local government, private sector, estate developer, tourists and residents. And another main issue of losing the setting of heritage and focusing on fragments is discussed in my fourth chapter. In my last chapter, I use an analysis of Yellow Crane Tower to state a effective of dual identity which cause a misunderstanding to heritage conservation in China as a conclusion. For those reconstruction buildings, we should be treating this as a reconstruction which happened time and again in the course of the history of man. And problems for those commercialized and setting-lost heritage structures and sites are not with whether they are cultural heritage or whether they compliant with the standards of being a cultural heritage, but the problem is on whether they keep the essence of history and preserve our culture. What makes something heritage, though, is that it records a long history and rich culture, which need inherit from us to the next generations. Today’s new building is tomorrow’s cultural heritage if we could give it meanings.
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Eminagic, Amera, and Elin Oskarsson. "Dark Tourism: Underground fenomenet : En studie i att levandegöra dark tourism i Halmstad." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-19109.

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I många år har människor jorden runt varit fascinerade av skräck och någonting som gett dem en adrenalinkick eller känsla av sorg. Därför har många spännande sevärdheter uppkommit, som exempelvis London Dungeons och Auschwitz. Detta har blivit en ny trend i turismen och har utvecklats väldigt mycket utomlands; människor vill betala för att se och ta del av elände och misär. Det lockar många olika grupper av åskådare, främst skolgrupper men även enskilda personer som vill veta mer om historian bakom platsen. Detta är även ett stort intresse hos oss (Amera och Elin) och blev därmed ett självklart val när vi bestämde oss för att utföra denna studie. Syftet med föreliggande studie är att belysa förutsättningarna för att utveckla brun turism i Halmstad. Studien ska även ge en mer konkret överblick om den nya växlande trenden dark tourism som är väldigt populär utomlands. Detta vill vi sedan även införliva i Halmstads turismnäring och använda oss av de lokala myterna och legenderna för att lyfta fram stadens historia genom vandringar/guidade turer som vi kommer att framställa

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Djafarova, Elmira. "Language in tourism advertising : the contribution of figures of speech to the representation of tourism." Thesis, Northumbria University, 2008. http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/1581/.

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This study explores the ways figures of speech such as metaphors, puns and alliteration contribute to the creation of tourism images in print advertising. Extensive research has been conducted within the areas of advertising, tourism and linguistics. However, little has been done to emphasise the importance of textual analysis. The majority of the research used the more common visual semiotics approach in tourism. This study provides a detailed analysis of the figures of speech in tourism advertising. The choice of the above figures of speech was dictated by the previous research indicating the significant use of those devices in advertising. As no similar studies were conducted earlier, it was logical to start with the examination of the most frequently used figures of speech. Qualitative content analysis of 600 advertisements, selected from a range of sources, was carried out. The purpose was to find common patterns between the figures of speech used in the 1970s and 2000-2008, identify the links between advertised products and individual figures of speech and finally to explore how the interpretation process occurs when ambiguity takes place. This would lead to more in-depth understanding of the position of figures of speech in tourism advertising. Pragmatic approach, a branch of linguistics, was also implemented to explain the interpretation process. Textual analysis of puns, metaphors and alliteration reveals some concerns over the use of these devices when addressing potential consumers. Metaphors and puns are able to influence existing textual meanings carrying different degrees of ambiguity. Complex use of language devices might cause difficulties in its comprehension. Consumers require more information about the advertised products as their awareness and competence have increased. Growing legislation, development of new information technology devices, globalisation of the markets and growing consumer competence make the task of advertisers challenging and difficult. Creating new figures of speech, advertisers have to be aware of the consequential issues within their comprehension. Although Relevance Theory, a part of pragmatics, successfully explains the interpretation and derivation of ambiguous meanings, there are still numerous meanings expressed in advertising and advertisers leave the responsibility of correct interpretation for recipients. Low numbers of puns indicate that although tourism activity is associated with an enjoyment and pleasure, the satisfaction from resolving the pun is not always appreciated by readers. From another side, alliteration does not require any interpretation and thus cannot be misled, as no semantic meaning is involved. Hence, alliteration has more potential to succeed in the advertising communication. This thesis contributes to knowledge in theoretical and methodological concepts within tourism advertising depiction via linguistic devices and hopes to generate some further discussion within this area. The major contribution of this research lies in the detailed analysis of figures of speech used in tourism advertising. This work appears to be the first substantial attempt to undertake this linguistic approach.

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Hasan, Ibrahim Erlina, and Sinan Majooda. "Kinesiska turisters inflytande på detaljhandeln : En studie kring marknadsföringsstrategier för en av världens köpstarkaste turister." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Företagsekonomi, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-37837.

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Purpose: The purpose of the study is to investigate what marketing measures stores carry out to attract and simplify the purchase for the Chinese customer. Completion: A qualitative study has been conducted focusing on how Chinese tourism has affected the Swedish retail trade. The study is based on a total of twelve different respondents who are localized in the Stockholm area. A total of 9 semi-structured interviews were conducted and 2 email correspondence. Nine of these consist of retail stores, the rest of which consists of a marketing company that focuses on the Chinese market, a Chinese newspaper independent of China and a communications company for the Swedish tourism industry. Results: The findings of the study show that there are indications and a rising interest in introducing Chinese social media and payment methods in the future. This is mainly due to the fact of the observed increase of Chinese customers as well as this group accounting for 45% of Sweden’s total tax-free trade. Among the respondents, only three shops have adopted the payment methods today and one has been present on WeChat.
Syfte: Syftet med studien är att undersöka vilka marknadsföringsåtgärder butiker genomför för att attrahera och förenkla kinesernas köp Genomförande: En kvalitativ studie har genomförts med fokus på hur den kinesiska turismen har påverkat den svenska detaljhandeln. Studien baseras på totalt tolv olika respondenter som befinner sig i Stockholmsområdet. Nio av dessa består av butiker inom retail branschen, resterande består av ett marknadsföringsföretag som fokuserar på denna marknad, en kinesisk tidning oberoende av Kina samt ett kommunikationsföretag för svensk turistnäring. Det utfördes en systematisk tematisering av det insamlande materialet. Slutsats: Denna studie fann att bland de intervjuade butikerna var det endast 3 butiker idag som har antagit de kinesiskabetalningsmetoderna och att en använder sig av Kinas sociala medieapp, WeChat. Resterande respondenter meddelade att det finns funderingar på att införa dessa i framtiden då det observerat en stor ökning av kinesiska kunder under de senaste åren samt att denna grupp enligt Global Blue står för 45% av Sveriges totala tax free handel.

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Baum, Thomas George. "Human resources in tourism : a study of the position of human resource issues in national tourism policy development and implementation." Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 1992. http://oleg.lib.strath.ac.uk:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=21580.

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This thesis is concerned with the relationship between tourism policy, its formulation and implementation, at a national and regional level, and human resource concerns within tourism. The thesis includes detailed literature reviews in two main areas, i) tourism policy formulation and implementation and ii) human resource issues in relation to the tourism/hospitality industries. Through the execution of two surveys of national tourism organisations, the study considers a) the extent to which employment and related human resource determinants shape wider tourism policies; b) how human resource policy, planning and implementation are managed within tourism; c) the specific role of national tourism organisations within the development of policy and implementation strategies for human resource matters within tourism, and changes that have occurred in the role since a previous WTO study in 1975; and d) mechanisms that can be implemented to integrate human resource concerns more closely with mainstream tourism policy development. The study reports considerable fragmentation in the management of human resources, within tourism, both in terms of policy and the implementation functions. As a result, the area is seen as peripheral to the mainstream concerns of most tourism industries, is accorded low status and does not receive the same attention or support as related product and marketing concerns. A conceptual framework is proposed, which is designed to assist in the creation of an integrated approach to policy development and planning for human resources within tourism. The framework is developed in the context of a case study, based on Malaysia.

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Nilsson, Dahlin Ebba, and Julia Ingmarsson. "Turistbyrån i förändring : En studie om hur digitaliseringen påverkar hur fysiska turistbyråverksamheter arbetar med marknadsföring." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Institutionen för geografi, medier och kommunikation (from 2013), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-79995.

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Denna studie undersöker hur traditionella turistbyråer ser på digitalisering samt hur denna utveckling förändrar verksamheternas strukturer och arbetsprocesser kring marknadsföring. Frågeställningarna som har undersökts i denna studie har handlat om hur turistbyråer ser på den digitala utveckling som skett i samhället i förhållande till den bransch de befinner sig i, samt hur deras nuvarande marknadsföringsprocess påverkas av digitaliseringens framväxt. Den teoretiska utgångspunkten bygger på forskning kring internets utveckling, digitalisering, marknadsföring och information kring turistbyråns roll inom besöksnäringen. Studien har en kvalitativ metod i form av telefonintervjuer som genomfördes med representanter från sju olika turistbyråverksamheter i Värmland. Syftet med intervjuerna var att undersöka hur de olika verksamheterna arbetar med marknadsföring samt att få en inblick i hur de ser på digitalisering och hur detta påverkar dem i deras marknadsföringsarbete. Det empiriska materialet har visat att digitaliseringen ses som ett komplement snarare än en konkurrent till den fysiska verksamheten, vilket inte helt överensstämmer med vad forskning påstår. Dilemmat som dock har uppstått är att ju mer digitaliserad en verksamhet är, desto mer exkluderas äldre och andra som inte har tillgång till eller kunskap om internet och sociala medier. Samtidigt bör verksamheterna digitalisera sig för att kunna fortsätta vara konkurrenskraftiga samt för att kunna nå den yngre målgruppen. Att hantera sociala medier och digital marknadsföring kräver kompetens och tid, något som några av verksamheterna påpekar och menar sätter höga krav på dem. Även om forskning visar att behovet av personlig service kommer att minska med tiden, ämnar verksamheterna att fortsätta att finnas kvar som fysiska verksamheter så länge det är möjligt.
This study examines how traditional tourism agencies view digitization and how this development changes the structures and work processes of the businesses around marketing. The questions examined in this study have been about how tourism agencies view the digital development that has taken place in society in relation to the industry in which they are located, and how their current marketing process is affected by the growth of digitization. The theoretical starting point is based on research on the internet's development, digitization, marketing and information about the role of the tourist agency in the tourism industry. The study has a qualitative method in form of telephone interviews conducted with representatives from seven different tourist agencies in Värmland. The purpose of the interviews was to investigate how the various businesses work with marketing and to gain an insight on how they view digitization and how this affects them in their marketing work. The empirical material has shown that digitization is seen as a complement rather than a competitor to physical activity, which is not entirely in line with what research claims. The dilemma that has arisen, however, is that the more digitalized a business is, the more the elderly and others who do not have access to or knowledge of the internet and social media are excluded. At the same time, the businesses should digitize themselves in order to remain competitive and to be able to reach the younger target group. Managing social media and digital marketing requires competence and time, something that some of the businesses point out and believe that it puts high demands on them. Although research shows that the need for personal service will diminish over time, the businesses intend to remain as physical businesses for as long as possible.

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Johansson, Anders. "Democracy and Tourism in Madhya Pradesh : A case study on participatory democracy and the effects of Eco-tourism in Satpura Tiger Reserve." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-68077.

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The purpose of this study is to examine the possible influence that local communitieshas over the development of eco-tourism in Madhya Pradesh. Interviews with people invillages around the Satpura Tiger Reserve have shown several failings of the Panchayatiraj system as well as testimonies of violation of human and democratic rights inconnection to displacements that occurred.

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Smith, David V. "Tourism and the formation of the writer : three case studies." Thesis, Durham University, 2002. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/4034/.

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In the nineteenth century a vogue for travel writing emerged as writers began to describe experiences of foreign travel in a style quite different from realistic Grand Tour narratives. In their travel writing, Byron, Shelley and Dickens display an impression of the complexities of modernity rather than present a mimetic and conformist view of the world. The study shows how travel writers represent the manifold nature of tourist experience through a composite presentation of subject which despite its heterogeneity lays claim to a unity of knowledge. This thesis discusses the impact of tourism on the beliefs, identities and style of writers. The chapter on Byron shows how he evolved a new poetic voice using a verse travelogue which evaluates the injustices of war and empire. The chapter on Shelley examines his tour of Switzerland and shows how the influence of Rousseau's imagination inspired Shelley in his vision to improve English society. The chapter on Dickens considers how the economic development of America informed his views on the state of American society and urged him to conceive in his later works a world in which the privacy of the domestic hearth is sanctified. The thesis investigates the extent to which ideals of political and social reform govern the nature of travel writing in Europe and America in the late Romantic and early Victorian periods. Tourist narratives of the period use contemporary and historical evidence to assess the advantages and disadvantages of the political and social systems of abroad, thereby indicating a path to enlightened social harmony.

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Takahashi, Makiko. "Tourism in the historic districts of Nantucket and Salem." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/70272.

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Grebenar, Alex. "The commodification of 'dark tourism' : conceptualising the visitor experience." Thesis, University of Central Lancashire, 2018. http://clok.uclan.ac.uk/23361/.

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The study of ‘dark tourism’ has gained increasing traction over the past two decades or so. Visits to sites of, or associated with death, disaster, atrocity, or suffering are a pervasive feature within the contemporary tourism landscape. This thesis, therefore, critically examines dark tourism within the modern tourism industry in which ‘dark’ experiences are packaged-up and sold to consumers – a process known as ‘commodification’. As a result, the study appraises the effects commodification has on the visitor experience at sites of dark tourism. Drawing upon a multidisciplinary approach, this thesis examines key relationships between dark tourism supplier and consumer in order to evaluate the visitor experience. This includes the notion of mortality and, in so doing, the research considers how the process of commodification affects encounters with the fragile state and inevitable demise of the human being. Moreover, this relates to the so-called ‘sequestration of death’ whereby death, in modern life, is removed from daily life in order to protect the Self from undue upsetting thoughts. This thesis utilises a phenomenological research philosophy in order to understand the nature of visitor experiences. The study also adopts a supply-demand approach, and so through the instruments of semi-structured interviews and participant questionnaires, appraises the relationship between the provision and consumption of dark tourism experiences. The empirical research investigates two case studies within UK dark tourism: Lancaster Castle and the International Slavery Museum, Liverpool. Ultimately, this thesis argues that the commodification process denotes specific semiotics of a touristic and behavioural nature. In turn, this thesis offers an original blueprint model in which to locate commodification processes, which this study terms the ‘Semiotic Framework of Dark Tourism Experience’. It is concluded that, using supply-side entities such as tour guides, shops, interpretative materials and other such items, suppliers of dark tourism sculpt the experience and direct visitor behaviour, but crucially do not fundamentally change the nature of experience by providing those phenomena. Rather, commodification within dark tourism provides a specific context in which to encounter death, mortality and atrocity within authentic and ontologically secure boundaries.

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Zippererová, Iva. "Rozvoj cestovního ruchu v Plzeňském kraji: případová studie marketingové strategie turistického regionu Šumava." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2013. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-198816.

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The aim of this thesis is suggesting marketing strategy of tourist region Šumava. The theoretical part is focused on elaboration theory related to the tourism. There are defined the basic terms and there is also evaluated position of tourism in regional development and national and world economy as well. In the practical part there is defined region the thesis is about and then there is subjected to comparison attendance of Pilsen region, South Bohemian region and touristic region Šumava towards other regions of the Czech republic. In the end of the practical part there is thanks to marketing mix prepared the marketing strategy of touristic region Šumava, which is the aim of this thesis.

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Björk, Melanie, and Marsella Loukkareva. "The Good Tourist : En kvalitativ studie om svenska resenärers perspektiv på hållbar turism i sitt resande med all-inclusive konceptet." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för naturvetenskap, miljö och teknik, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-33635.

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The tourism sector is one of the world's most comprehensive sectors, and it’s developing rapidly, assuming that international travel will increase significantly in the future. The fact that the tourism sector is growing and developing at such a rapid pace also means that the effects both positive and negative increase and will continue to increase. For a continued increase in tourism, a long-term, sustainable plan and development is required. Today, the concept of sustainable tourism is a well-used concept that involves three dimensions, the environmental dimension that protects and preserves the environment. The economic, to maintain a long time economic vitality and the social dimension that adress social justice. The term sustainable tourism is in line with the concept of sustainability that implies development for the future. Today there is many types of travel concept, one of them is all-inclusive which is a popular concept that is growing. The concept it is also criticized for that it does not promote sustainable tourism and development. This study examines Swedish travelers' views on sustainability on the all-inclusive concept. Based on a theoretical framework on the importance of sustainable tourism as well as research on the behavior of the tourist and by means of an empirical survey, the study can demonstrate whether there is awareness of the travelers about sustainability. The study shows empirical evidence that Swedish travelers are aware of sustainability and sustainable tourism, but they do not always act consciousness.
Turismsektorn växer och utvecklas i en snabb takt vilket leder till att även dess effekter, både positiva och negativa ökar. För en fortsatt ökad turism krävs en långsiktig, hållbar plan och utveckling. Ordet hållbar turism hänger ihop med begreppet hållbarhet som innebär utveckling för framtiden utan ett för stort avtryck på samhälle och miljö och att framtiden ska kunna emotse de behov som människor och naturen önskar, behöver samt kunna fortsätta göra det över tid. Idag är begreppet hållbar turism ett väl använt begrepp som innebär främst tre dimensioner, det miljömässiga som innebär att skydda och bevara miljön. Det ekonomiska, att bibehålla en lång tid ekonomisk livskraft och den sociala dimensionen som innebär att uppvisa en social rättvisa. Idag finns det många restyper där bland annat all-inclusive är ett populärt resekoncept som fått mycket kritik för att den inte främjar hållbar turism och utveckling. Den här studien undersöker svenska resenärers perspektiv kring hållbar turism med all-inclusive konceptet. Utifrån ett teoretiskt ramverk om betydelsen av hållbar turism, tidigare forskning om turistens agerande, ansvar och skyldigheter samt med hjälp av en empirisk undersökning kan studien påvisa om det finns en medvetenhet hos resenärerna om hållbar turism. Studien visar empiriska bevis på att svenska resenärer har grundläggande kunskap om hållbar turism men att de inte alltid agerar efter sin medvetenhet.

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