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Watkins, Leah, and n/a. "Culture, values and Japanese tourism behaviour." University of Otago. Department of Marketing, 2006. http://adt.otago.ac.nz./public/adt-NZDU20070205.150926.
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While the role of culture as an influence on consumer behaviour and product/service choice has long been acknowledged, the current literature in marketing offers an incomplete understanding of how and why culture plays its influential role (Overby, Woodruff and Gardial 2005). Research suggests that values provide the link between culture and consumer behaviour and values have been the focus of much research in the social sciences. In particular, values have received significant attention in cross-cultural research, being used to characterise the similarities within and differences across cultures. Values are central to the marketing discipline as they determine value, i.e. what activities, interests, and material goods consumers identify with, enjoy, acquire, or consume (Grunert and Muller 1996). Both directly and indirectly, values drive consumption behaviour.
Typically, values have been assessed and compared through the use of standard measures such as Rokeach�s Value Survey, the List of Values and Schwartz�s Value Survey. Recent literature highlights growing concern over the application of standard measures across cultures and issues of cross-cultural invariance. There is a need for new research into cross-cultural applications of consumer value measures and theoretical models. This thesis critiques the use of Western conceptual paradigms and imposed etics in value research, and, using a Japanese tourism context, seeks a deeper understanding of how culture and values affect tourism consumption and experience.
This thesis offers an empirical test of the cross-cultural applicability of a commonly used values scale in consumer research, the List of Values (Kahle 1983). The findings of this phase of the research extend the literature concerning methodological issues in values research and highlight the limitiations of the LOV as a cross-cultural measure of values. Based on these findings the thesis adopts an alternative, qualitative methodology to investigate the relationship between Japanese culture, values and tourism behaviour in New Zealand. The findings of the second phase of the research contribute to a recent call in the literature for more qualitative research in tourism, and allow the identification and understanding of the key values relevant to Japanese tourism behaviour. The results of Means-End interviews with Japanese visitors reveal the important cultural assumptions informing values and shaping tourism decisions and behaviours for two key groups of Japanese tourists.
The theoretical framework presented in this thesis promotes our understanding of the relationship between cultural beliefs, values, and consumer behaviour. The results of the primary research highlight the importance of cultural and physical history, world-view, self-concept, thought patterns and language in the formation and interpretation of values. The thesis presents a holistic attempt at understanding Japanese culture, values and travel behaviour by examining how these concepts cohere in a logical framework. The thesis argues that, given the inherently cultural nature of values, their interpretation within the context of cultural beliefs is highly important in understanding variability in consumer behaviour across cultures.
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Eklind, Anton, and Tjong Richard Jake Gracia. "Understanding Pop-culture Tourism : Analysis of incentives for travel behaviour and participation of pop-culture tourism products." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för naturvetenskap, miljö och teknik, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-30849.
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This study aims to explain the incentives and travel patterns for people who have consumed popculture tourism. Pop-culture refers to popular products such as video-games, comic-books, literature, film and t.v-shows. Pop-culture tourism refers to destinations and attractions based on popular culture products such as conventions, events, exhibitions, theme parks and destinations. This study takes on a qualitative approach in order to do so. The results were then analyzed through four different theories; Bourdieu’s theory on different capitals, his theory on habitus, his theory on fields and Lundberg & Lexhagen’s figure: Pop-culture Tourism: A Research Model. The results showed that the respondents social upbringing and (social) media consumption plays a central role in order for individuals to consume and partake in pop-culture tourism. Results did also show that cultural capital and social capitals was prominent for individuals who consume and partake in popculture tourism.Denna studie har som syfte att belysa individers motiv och val att besöka pop-kultursrelaterade attraktioner och destinationer. Pop-kultur i denna uppsats syftar till populära produkter såsom tvspel, serietidningar, litteratur, film och tv-serier. Pop-kultursturism syftar till destinationer och attraktioner som är baserade på de sistnämnda vilket kan vara konventioner, event, utställningar, temaparker eller destinationer. Till denna studie har en kvalitativ ansats tillämpats för att besvara uppsatsens syfte och frågeställningar genom att utföra semi-strukturerade intervjuer. Intervjuerna analyserades sedan genom fyra olika teorier; Bourdieu’s teorier om kapital, fält och habitus samt Lundberg och Lexhagens modell “Pop-culture Tourism: A Research model”. Resultaten visade att exponering av pop-kultur i respondenternas uppväxt, sociala umgängen och (sociala) mediekonsumtion spelade en central roll i konsumtionen och deltagandet av pop-kultursturism. Resultaten visade även att kulturellt kapital (ett intresse av en viss pop-kulturell produkt) och socialt kapital (individens habitus) var betydande för individer som deltar i pop-kultursturism.
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Mohamed, Noorizan. "Conservation in Malaysia : landscape, tourism and culture." Thesis, University of York, 1995. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/2540/.
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Freitas, Juliana Pereira. "Pirenópolis: Na rota do turismo cultural." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás, 2005. http://localhost:8080/tede/handle/tede/2289.
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Previous issue date: 2005-08-11Speaking of tourism is in vogue today, especially that we are experiencing the same state of development, tourism study has several interfaces that can be: culture, heritage and cultural tourism as well as a mode of existing tourism. Tourism a recent phenomenon with multiple interpretations, which cover various sciences such as anthropology, psychology and administration. Cultural tourism, an alternative form of tourism that should be developed in a sustainable manner so as not to exhaust the local, not to rob and not to extinguish the attractions of the place. But it occurs to cultural tourism is necessary that the local population has not only material assets and, yes, intangible assets, which can distinguish between the sites that have similar heritage matters. It should have traditions, values and histories, or that their culture is the cornerstone for the existence and maintenance of cultural tourism site. Make an analysis of tourism resources of Pirenopolis in order to identify them, in order to turn them into tourist products, and thus sustainably use. The analysis uses a resource study of the tourism system, the SWOT analysis and ultimately will be made to the methodology of inventory that will identify the current capabilities and potential of the site so you can use them sustainably.
Falar de turismo hoje está em moda, principalmente que estamos vivenciando o desenvolvimento do mesmo do Estado, estudar o turismo apresenta várias interfaces que podem ser: a cultura, o patrimônio cultural e, também o turismo cultural que uma modalidade de turismo existente. Turismo um fenômeno recente com várias interpretações, por abranger diversas ciências como antropologia, administração e psicologia. O turismo cultural, uma forma alternativa de turismo, que deve ser desenvolvido de maneira sustentável para não esgotar o local, não depredar e não extinguir os atrativos do local. Mas para que ocorra turismo cultural é necessário que a população local tenha não só patrimônios materiais e, sim, patrimônios imateriais, que podem fazer a diferenciação dos locais que possuem patrimônios matérias parecidos. Tem que possuir tradições, valores e folclores, ou seja, a sua cultura que é o diferencial para a existência e manutenção do turismo cultural local. Fazer uma análise dos recursos turísticos de Pirenópolis, a fim de identificá-los, com o intuito de transformálos em produtos turísticos e, consequentemente, utilizar de maneira sustentável. A analise dos recursos utilizará um estudo do sistema turístico, da análise SWOT e, por fim, será feito à metodologia de inventário que identificará os recursos atuais e potencias do local para que se possa utilizá-los de maneira sustentável.
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Coughlin, Depcinski Melanie Nichole. "Cruising for Culture: Mass Tourism and Cultural Heritage on Roatàn Island, Honduras." Scholar Commons, 2013. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/4458.
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This thesis examines the relationship between mass tourism and heritage tourism in the construction and perpetuation of histories and identities of local stakeholders on Roatàn Island, Honduras. I explore how identity is constructed by and through the tourism industry, and how much of the agency in forming identity and telling cultural stories resides in the hands of key stakeholders involved in the development of tourism on the island. Local cultural stories that focus on the people who live and have lived on the island for centuries are becoming increasingly silenced by a more commoditized, tourism driven, picture of life on Roatàn. Here, I examine how this silencing takes place, what its effects are on tourism and development, and consider what elements of the tourism industry have contributed to this silencing. On Roatàn, the issue of identity as interpreted through museums has become increasingly contested, as the tourism industry now controls the presentation of cultural and archaeological history of the island. This control influences how tourists visiting Roatàn interpret the past and present the heritage of local groups.
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Ha, Thi Thuy Duong. "Gastronomic tourism in Vietnam : linking food consumption experience of tourists and culture identity." Rouen, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015ROUED009.
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Le tourisme est devenu un des secteurs d'activité les plus importants au monde. Le dynamisme économique qu'il apporte aux pays en développement est une réelle opportunité. De nombreux pays l'ayant compris se livrent à une compétition acharnée et donc mettent en avant leur culture et tradition pour attirer de plus en plus de touristes. La gastronomie d'un pays est un vecteur reconnu de la culture des civilisations, c'est pour cela que cette recherche est basée sur les liens que l'on peut observer entre la culture, la gastronomie et le tourisme. Le dénominateur commun de ces variables et le comportement du touriste en tant que consommateur. L'industrie du tourisme est donc amenée à proposer de plus en plus de services permettant à ses clients de connaître des expériences au plus proche de l'identité culturelle d'un pays. Comment cette industrie du tourisme et ces pays font-ils pour créer cette alchimie ?Tourism is one of the world's largest industries. Tourism is an attractive tool for economic development, specifically in the developing world. As competition between tourism destinations increases, local culture is becoming and increasingly valuable source of new productsand activities to attract and amuse tourists. Gastronomy has a particularly important role to play in this, not only because food is central to the tourist experience, but also because gastronomy has become a significant source of identity formation in postmodern societies. The present research relies on this latter argument to discuss the influence of food consumption on country or destination identification. Notably, how does food consumption have gained growing interrest in the strategy of tourism development ? Does a destination's gastronomy contribute to the tourist's quality of experiences while visiting the destination ? How can a host country connect food, cultural identity and tourist attraction ? What are the expected benefits in termes of cultural entities from opening up to tourism ?
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Edwards, Meghan E. "Crafting culture artisan cooperatives in Oaxaca, Mexico /." Diss., [La Jolla] : University of California, San Diego, 2009. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p1464881.
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Thesis (M.A.)--University of California, San Diego, 2009.Title from first page of PDF file (viewed July 2, 2009). Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Includes bibliographical references (p. 106-109).
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Pettersen, Mari, and Sara Norman. "Reaching the Japanese Tourist - A qualitative study investigating Australian Tourism Companies’ promotional efforts on the Japanese market." Thesis, Halmstad University, School of Business and Engineering (SET), 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-1116.
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The purpose of this study is to investigate promotion within the tourism industry on the Gold Coast, Australia, focusing on tourism companies’ promotional efforts on the Japanese market. The aim is to answer the question ‘How can Australian tourism companies effectively promote themselves on the Japanese market?’ through five specific research objectives: (1) to get a better understanding of tourism- and attraction marketing, (2) to get familiar with the characteristics of the Japanese tourist and their travel patterns, (3) to investigate which factors in regards to culture, are influencing the tourism companies’ promotion in Japan, (4) to identify critical success factors for successful promotion of Australian tourism companies on the Japanese market, and (5) to identify similarities and differences between small and large companies when it comes to tourism promotion on the Japanese market.
A variety of secondary data, including well-known theories and models were studied and presented in addition to a qualitative study investigating four tourism companies. It is found that the numbers of Japanese tourists to the Gold Coast has decreased over the last decade, much due to macro factors such as changes in aviation and exchange rates, and increased competition from short-haul destinations. However, Japan still represents a main international interest, which makes it crucial for tourism companies to be familiar with the characteristics of the Japanese tourist and their travel patterns. It becomes evident that Japanese tourists have changed over the last years, and findings show that existing cultural frameworks are inadequate to describe the Japanese culture and tourist. Our empirical results show that cultural adaptations are not as extensive as suggested by theory and that the main cultural adjustments are made in language. In addition, it is important to consider the Japanese have higher expectations of service, and are long-term planners.
It is further found that promotional efforts in Japan do not differ greatly from how they promote their companies in Australia. The most important difference in this industry, however, is the power of the Japanese inbound wholesalers or travel agents (the trade), which highly determines promotional efforts. Such relationships are vital, as the Japanese still book their holiday trough traditional channels.
Hence, the most effective promotional tool is found to be wholesalers travel brochures. The power of the trade renders Internet promotion less important, as companies are advised to make use of the wholesalers’ more sophisticated websites. Moreover, publicity is found to be essential promotional tool, including celebrity endorsement, travel TV programs, travel books, and piggybacking on local events. Finally, great benefits can be gained by participating in intra-destination collaboration. When it comes to similarities and differences between small and large tourism companies’ promotion on the Japanese market, it is found that these differences are not as large as we had expected much due to the importance of the trade.
Key Words: Tourism Marketing, Japan, Japanese tourists, Japanese travel patterns, culture, promotion, trade relationships, collaboration
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Ngwese, Ivo Melle. "Indigenous culture and nascent tourism in Muanenguba, Cameroon." Thesis, London Metropolitan University, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.540608.
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Longo, S. "Culture, tourism and fascism in Venice 1919-1945." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2005. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1416334/.
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The thesis engages with recent debates surrounding the relationship between culture, ideology and politics in Venice under Italian Fascism. It aims to establish if the Fascist project for the 'nationalization of the masses' through culture was successfully promoted in Venice, or whether local economic interests were afforded a higher priority by the town authorities. It argues that local elites were not primarily concerned with the endorsement of Fascist ideology through cultural politics but considered exhibitions, plays, concerts and festivals to be the route to boosting economic growth through the development of the tourist industry. The thesis examines the ways in which the Venetian municipality was able to work with the Fascist regime, co-operating with national political directives provided these did not contradict the primary objective of restructuring and reviving the Venetian economy. Cultural policies in Venice were thus less a vehicle for Fascist ideology than a pragmatic means of injecting new life into the flagging post-war economy through the development of new forms of 'cultural tourism'. Festivals, exhibitions and traditional events were placed at the service not of the Fascist programme of mass cultural mobilisation, but of local business and political elites whose interests ultimately depended upon the revitalization of commercial tourism and the economic and social rejuvenation of the Veneto region. The familiar image of a 'totalitarian' state penetrating deep into all aspects of society is in need of serious qualification and a more realistic interpretation of Fascism in Venice must take account of the complex and sometimes ambiguous relationship between the national interest, as constructed by ideologically-driven Fascist organs and agencies, and the requirements of institutions and elites at the local level.
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Doody, Maureen E. (Maureen Elizabeth) Carleton University Dissertation Sociology and Anthropology. "Cultural tourism in Newfoundland." Ottawa, 1999.
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Bovana, Solomzi Victor. "Cultural villages inherited tradition and "African culture": a case study of Mgwali Cultural Village in the Eastern Cape." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/552.
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A growing number of studies concerning cultural villages have in most instances tended to focus on the cultural village as almost legitimately self-explanatory and have not been particularly concerned with either how a particular history is produced in and through these villages, or with the ways that particular discourses and practices associated with heritage, tourism, community and development intersect in the production of these meanings. As such Mgwali Cultural Village seemed to promise something different in the form of cultural villages. The thesis argues that Mgwali Cultural Village is unique in the history of cultural villages in that it moves away from presenting a cultural village in Africa as tribal and primitive. It does this by opening up spaces for other aspects such as Christianity and resistance politics, story of Tiyo Soga rather than focusing and confining itself only to aspects cultural portraying Africans and traditional. It is imperative that cultural villages ought to be understood within a broader framework and context where its definition and presentation is not trapped into an anthropological paradigm thinking of exploring and discovering something new by tourists which they are not familiar with. However, the thesis also argues that much as Mgwali Cultural Village promised something new from the known through depiction of other aspects, those histories seem to be absent or marginal at the Cultural Village. The only aspects that are fore grounded are traditions and culture thus freezing Mgwali as a village and its people in time as if they have not evolved and its cultures are static and not dynamic. The thesis therefore explores all those contradictions, silences, or absence thereof of other stories and histories.
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Carr, Anna M., and acarr@business otago ac nz. "Interpreting culture: visitors' experiences of cultural landscape in New Zealand." University of Otago. Department of Tourism, 2004. http://adt.otago.ac.nz./public/adt-NZDU20070501.150326.
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This thesis examines visitors' awareness and experiences of cultural values for natural areas of importance to Maori. The South Island/Te Wai Pounamu contains natural landscapes with scenic and recreational values that attract large numbers of domestic and international visitors. Many of these areas have a cultural significance for members of the South Island's Ngai Tahu iwi and hapu groups. The Ngai Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998 legally recognised the traditional relationships between the iwi and the natural world, whilst other Acts of Parliament provide direction to government agencies for encouraging iwi involvement in the management of natural resources. Measures include increased participation in the management of national parks through iwi representation on regional conservation boards, the New Zealand Conservation Authority, and the inclusion of Ngai Tahu values within subsequent national park management plans.
National park interpretation may influence visitors' awareness of cultural values for natural areas as visitors encounter information panels, displays, publications such as visitor guides or brochures, experience guided tours and/or audiovisual shows and view other interpretive medium. The researcher investigated visitors' awareness of Maori values for landscape at three South Island case study sites: Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park, Fiordland National Park, and Lake Pukaki. An understanding of the Ngai Tahu values for these areas was achieved through site visits, a literature review and informal interviews to enable comparisons of the management history of interpretation at the case study sites. Visitors' experiences at each site were explored with interviews, participant observations and a survey that provided qualitative and quantitative data. The survey was administered between January and April 2000 to 716 visitors, yielding 472 valid returns (65.9%).
A comprehensive profile of visitors' demographics, social and environmental values was developed from the survey data. Visitors were well educated with 70% having a tertiary education and the majority of visitors were employed in professional occupations. When asked about their previous experiences of other cultures, many visitors reported prior encounters with Australian Aborigine and Native Americans. Visitors considered Rotorua and the Bay of Islands as the locations most closely associated with Maori whereas the study sites were not regarded as significant to Maori, despite the presence of on-site interpretation conveying Maori values for each area. Maori culture was not an important travel motivation for most visitors to these areas and the research revealed diverse reactions from the survey respondents towards cultural interpretive material. Despite this a small percentage of visitors (14%), of domestic and international origins, had an extremely strong interest in future opportunities to experience cultural interpretation of the landscape, particularly in material that tended towards the narrative, for example mythology and legends.
It was concluded that a niche demand for Maori perspectives of natural areas could be further met with increased resources for interpretation at visitor centres. It was also proposed that such interpretation could attract a Maori audience, increasing Maori visitation to national parks. The participation of Maori and other host community members in the development and delivery of cultural landscape interpretation would provide broad perspectives and unique educational opportunities for the visiting public. At the case study areas, and throughout New Zealand, the cultural landscapes encountered by visitors had complex and diverse meanings to a wide range of peoples, depending on individual circumstances. Similarly, the diversity of visitors requires the development of interpretation which responds to visitor demand as well as management needs, the multitude of meanings for the landscape being but one of many possible themes.
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Seubsamarn, Kanoknon Cho Yoon Seonghee. "Tourist motivation to use homestays in Thailand and their satisfaction based on the destination's cultural and heritage based attribute." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/5351.
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The entire thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file; a non-technical public abstract appears in the public.pdf file. Title from PDF of title page (University of Missouri--Columbia, viewed on January 14, 2010). Thesis advisor: Dr. Seonghee Cho. Includes bibliographical references.
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Jones, Andrew. "Culture, environment and tourism : contemporary analysis of resource planning issues for developing sustainable tourism products and micro markets." Thesis, University of South Wales, 2004. https://pure.southwales.ac.uk/en/studentthesis/culture-environment-and-tourism(77cea16b-1b06-48dd-abb4-43af72c8a694).html.
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The research offered in this submission presents the case for a PhD by portfolio and is presented in two parts: an 'Overview' and 'The Evidence'. It explores the synergies between resource planning, sustainability, and regeneration policy associated with the development of tourism. These processes are linked particularly with environmental and cultural resource issues within European and global contexts as well as more specific planning issues within the UK and Wales. Three projects are presented; they address culture and environmental tourism themes in project 1, specific interests in urban planning, regeneration and tourism in project 2, and rural tourism issues in project 3. The projects follow a chronological course that illustrates how the research has progressed between 1995 and 2003. They show development from an initial broad interest in planning and sustainable development issues, to more focussed work on heritage and cultural tourism niche markets within more recent urban and rural contexts. The findings from the projects explore notions of planning, regeneration, sustainability and the relationships and synergies that occur between these processes and the development of specialist tourism. The research conclusions from all three projects suggest there still remain critical policy, resource planning and management issues for achieving sustainability, protecting resources and developing new tourism opportunities. This is particularly pertinent for the effective implementation of sustainable tourism. Issues concerning the development of niche tourism markets as a sustainable option have been a key research focus. Concerns are raised regarding the role of planning policy, long term strategy, institutional support for sustainable tourism, empowerment of local communities, and tensions between market priorities vis-a-vis conserving environmental and cultural resources. The degree of 'trade off between these often conflicting policy goals are also discussed. In a broader context, evidence from the projects document the changing dimensions of planning, regeneration and sustainable development and tourism policies over nearly a decade and draw conclusions on the challenges still confronting these processes today. In this respect evidence from the projects shows that there is generally more divergence than convergence in policy initiatives which encourage tourism development linked to sustainability. This is particularly the case when alternative forms of tourism are considered. The main conclusion synthesised from the projects illustrate that the development of alternative tourism will challenge resourcing and planning activities as these markets look set to grow over the next decade. The portfolio proposes that developing a framework to ensure the successful implementation of new sustainable tourism markets will make strategic planning an increasingly important priority and a future focus for tourism research in this respect. The emerging and fairly recent concept of 'cultural regeneration' is proposed as a focus for this further research.
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La, Rosa Toro Arango Leonardo, and Herrick Angelo Alessio Lancho. "Factores del Tourism Experience relacionados a la satisfacción en alojamientos compartidos por parte de hombres y mujeres entre los 25 a 34 años de Lima Metropolitana." Bachelor's thesis, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/652801.
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El presente trabajo identifica los factores principales de la variable tourism experience en un contexto local y se mide en relación a la satisfacción por parte de turistas que hayan usado algún alojamiento compartido en un viaje de ocio.This work identifies the main factors of the variable tourism experience in a local context and is measured in relation to the satisfaction of tourists who have used some shared accommodation on a leisure trip.
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Mubai, Marlino Eugnio. "Heritage and culture tourism in Mozambique : a historical assessment." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2007. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-04102008-133958.
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Tsang, Kee Fu Nelson. "Measuring service and service culture in the tourism industry." online access from Digital Dissertation Consortium, 2007. http://libweb.cityu.edu.hk/cgi-bin/er/db/ddcdiss.pl?3299876.
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Cox, Martin. "Gay holidaying : a study of tourism and sexual culture." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.582655.
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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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Tilňáková, Ľudmila. "Kultúrny turizmus v Českej republike (analýza kultúrnych eventov)." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2012. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-150361.
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The aim of the thesis is analysis cultural sphere in Czech Republic and analysis of existing cultural statistics in relation to tourism in Czech Republic. Furthermore, the thesis evaluates cultural tourism via cultural events, which are considered to be one of the most important forms of cultural tourism. Cultural events in Czech Republic have been researched from economic and social point of view. The thesis analyses festivals according to their structure, genres, attendance, and compares festivals in Prague with festivals in other regions of Czech Republic based on particular criteria.
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Ivanovic, Milena. "Exploring the authenticity of the tourist experience in culture heritage tourism in South Africa / Milena Ivanovic." Thesis, North-West University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/7606.
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The research question addressed by this dissertation is: How is the tourist experience
formed and what constitutes the authenticity of the tourist experience for two market
segments (motivated and not motivated by learning) of tourists visiting (political) cultural
heritage sites in South Africa. The study explores the correlation between three types of
authenticity, namely objective, constructed and existential on two independent tourist
samples, motivated and not motivated by learning.
This research was initiated for three reasons. The first reason forms part of the research
problem; South African cultural experiences received the lowest ratings from the
international tourists despite the fact that culture and heritage play a role in reimaging
South Africa from Big 5 destination into ‘It’s possible’ and ‘Leave ordinary behind’. It was
suspected that not all types of cultural heritage products justify such a low ratings,
especially not the political cultural heritage sites South Africa is famous for. The second
reason emerged from the academic literature on authenticity theories and calls from the
influential group of postmodernist scholars to declare the objective authenticity obsolete
and replace it with the existential authenticity. The argument that; the hyperreal nature of
the postmodern experience and its detachment from reality makes the authenticity of the
site redundant, seemed inapt for cultural heritage sites exclusively dependent on their
historical and authentic values. The third reason was the inability of the postmodern
paradigm to explain the new tourism phenomenon driven by the tourists search for selfdevelopment
through authentic experiences. The new emerging paradigm, transmodernity
seemed to offer better theoretical framework in explaining the omnivorouessness of
tourists’ consumption and the authentic nature of tourist experiences.
The correlational character of the research question required a descriptive correlational
design and quantitative methodology. The selected research instrument for primary data
collection is a self–administered questionnaire. The sampling strategy is a non–probability
sampling, and the sampling method is a convenience or accidental sample. The data was
collected from November 2010 to February 2011 at the Constitutional Hill National
Heritage Site in Johannesburg. The final sample (436) consists of 254 foreign and 182
domestic tourists.
The questionnaire was designed to identify the variables pertinent to each type of
authenticity of tourists experience and of the resultant tourist experience. The data
analysis provided very interesting results. Firstly, the results of crosstabulation proved that
more than half (56%) of the tourists expressed strong agreement that the Constitution Hill
provided them with authentic experience, hence a proof that political heritage sites are not
responsible for the overall low experiential ratings of the country’s culture and heritage.
Secondly, the results of the Spearman’s correlation coefficient proved that objective
authenticity as an independent variable have strong positive correlation with constructed
and existential authenticity hence a proof that objective authenticity cannot be declared
obsolete and replaced with existential authenticity. Finally, the results of the t–test proved
that motivation for learning and place of birth do not play an important role in how tourist
evaluate and experience the authenticity of the site pointing to the omnivorous nature of
tourist consumption. In line with the transmodern paradigm, motivation for learning plays a
critical role in triggering the transformative, authentic experience distinctive of the
existential authenticity. The results of the study also showed that 32% of tourists are in
fact the purposeful, New Age, transmodern Cultural Creatives. Proposed theoretical
model of authenticity of tourists experience presents a theoretical platform for future
research studies.Thesis (M.A. (Tourism))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2012.
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Dondolo, Luvuyo. "The construction of public history and tourist destinations in Cape Town's townships: a study of routes, sites and heritage." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2002. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&.
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This paper seeks to explore a number of issues in relation to tourism, particularly cultural tours, in Cape Town from the apartheid era to the new political dispensation in South Africa. Cultural tourism is not merely about commerial activities. It is an ideological framing of history of people, nature, and culture, a framing that has power to reshape culture and nature for its own needs. In the South African context, this can be seen from the early decades of the twentieth century, but for the purposes of this study it will focus from the 1950s onwards to the present political period. The dominant ideology and political conditions at a given time shape cultural tourism.
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Chase, Chelsea. "An American in Europe: Reflections on Travel and Culture." Miami University Honors Theses / OhioLINK, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=muhonors1240361660.
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Porto, Aluísio Finazzi. "Turismo e cultura: olhares estrangeiros sobre o carnaval do Brasil." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2009. http://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/2972.
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Previous issue date: 2009-10-15Brazil receives around 6 (six) million foreign tourists every year. The majority come from Europe (30,67%), Latin America (28,09%) and United States (14,38%). Considering Oriental countries, Japan is responsible for the biggest emission, with 1.3% or 75,000 tourists . Despite these impressive numbers, Brazil represents 0,59% regarding the worldwide tourist movement. There is therefore a wide field of action in the worldwide tourism where Brazil still has not performed a paper of international "player". The objective of the present research is to provide a better understanding of the motivations that lead a tourist to visit Brazil nowadays, as well as his/her final perception of the visit. The question " Why people travel to Brazil?" is complex, involving as well as cultural aspects, transport, tourist equipment availability, distance, motivation and other economic considerations. The expression that summarize these issues could be " tourist journey experience . There is a prominent fact to be considered: A high number of foreign tourists return to Brazil, after their first visit. In 2006, a research performed by Embratur showed that 64% of the tourists interviewed had already visited the country at least once, proving a high ability of fidelization of the Brazilian receptive. The reasons for that fidelity, how it works, and the final image that the foreign tourist builds of Brazil, is the focus of the present research. Carnival has been chosen as the core issue, because it is the preferred period to visit Brazil, being therefore responsible for Brazilian image abroad. We brought up the following hypotheses: 1) Carnival is a positive inductor for Brazilian tourism. It appears as Brazilian exclusivity, contributing, for the recognition of Brazil as an important tourist destination in the present world. 2) In the big majority of time barely the Carnival recognition, the Brazilian Carnival diversity is little known. In the majority of cases, regarding foreigners visiting Brazil for the first time, the only recognized Carnival is the one from Rio de Janeiro. The others, celebrated in Brazilian Northeast and country sides areas, are postponed for a second visit. The interviews with foreign tourists took place during Carnival periods in the following cities: Ouro Preto, Olinda/Recife and Rio de Janeiro. They were the main issue to delineate and analyze the image they build of Brazil and its Carnival, which is after all, one of the biggest spontaneous street festivities in the world
O Brasil recebe cerca de 6 (seis) milhões de turistas estrangeiros por ano. A grande maioria vem da Europa (30,67%), América Latina (28,09%) ou Estados Unidos (14,38). O primeiro país emissor oriental, com 1,3% ou 75.000 turistas é o Japão. Apesar de números impressionantes, em relação ao movimento turístico mundial o Brasil representa apenas 0,59%. Existe assim um amplo campo de ação no turismo mundial onde o Brasil ainda não desempenha um papel de player , ou jogador internacional. O objetivo do presente trabalho é um melhor entendimento sobre as motivações que levam um turista a visitar o Brasil atualmente, assim como a percepção final do turista acerca de sua visita. A questão porque as pessoas viajam para o Brasil é bem complexa, envolvendo aspectos culturais, bem como transporte, disponibilidade de equipamentos turísticos, distância, motivação e considerações econômicas. A isso tudo, chamamos de experiência de viagem do turista . Há um fato relevante a ser considerado: a taxa de retorno após a visita do turista ao Brasil é alta. Em 2006, 64% dos turistas entrevistados pela pesquisa Embratur já haviam visitado o país pelo menos uma vez. Isso demonstra uma alta capacidade de fidelização do receptivo brasileiro. O porquê dessa fidelização, como ela se dá, além da imagem final que o turista estrangeiro tem sobre o Brasil, são os focos da pesquisa em questão. Por ser um dos grandes responsáveis pela imagem do Brasil no exterior, além de ser o período com mais visitas de turistas estrangeiros, definimos o Carnaval foco da pesquisa. Levantamos as seguintes hipóteses: 1) O Carnaval é um indutor positivo do turismo brasileiro. Ele destaca-se como uma exclusividade do país, contribuindo, a partir de sua imagem, para o reconhecimento do Brasil como um destino turístico importante no mundo atual. 2) Apesar desse reconhecimento, a diversidade do Carnaval Brasileiro ainda é pouco conhecida. Na grande maioria das vezes apenas o Carnaval Carioca é reconhecido pelo turista estrangeiro que visita o país pela primeira vez, ficando os Carnavais Nordestinos e do interior do país para uma segunda viagem. As entrevistas com turistas estrangeiros ocorreram nas cidades de Ouro Preto, Olinda/Recife e Rio de Janeiro, em períodos de Carnaval. Com isso delineamos e analisamos a imagem do Brasil e de seu Carnaval, uma das maiores festividades espontâneas de rua do mundo, a partir dos olhares dos turistas estrangeiros em visita ao Brasil nesse período
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Tuttle, Tiffany L. "Old designs for young people art, innovation and cultural continuity in Kyrgyzstan /." Online access for everyone, 2005. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Thesis/Spring2005/t%5Ftuttle%5F050205.pdf.
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Lamb, Susan Kathleen. "Transformations, the culture of tourism and novelistic literature in the eighteenth century." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/NQ27679.pdf.
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Alshammari, Basheer. "An Analysis of Saudi Arabian Outbound Tourism." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1544099689356755.
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Nguyen, Hoang Kim, and Amanda Weichbrodt. "Rural tourism in Vietnam : Value co-creation possibilities within rural tourism." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-160197.
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Background: Customers’ easy access to information and communications technology has increased the pressure for firms to deliver good experiences within tourism. This is due to that customers can now easily compare tourism services between different firms online. The quality of experiences is affected by good service delivery that can be improved by several actors within a service ecosystem. Furthermore, service delivery leads to value co-creation between all the actors that are involved. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine how firms can create good experiences via service ecosystems and how they can co-create value with local service providers. Methodology: The study follows a qualitative research approach. Findings are based on an embedded case study consisting of interviews, observation participation and information from secondary sources such as official documents and documents from the case firm. Findings: Travel firm scan create good experiences by having an organisational culture and structure that increases commitment within the organization and service ecosystem. This can be achieved by aligning organisational goals with the goals of the actors within the service ecosystem. Furthermore, experiences can be improved by technology since it allows for smoother communication within the ecosystem. Good experiences can lead to brand value, which can result in positive electronic word of mouth and more customers. More customers increase economic value within the service ecosystem, which can increase the standard of living for local service providers. In addition, service ecosystems can yield intangible value from social and environmental aspects.
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Filho, José Fonseca da Rocha. "No ritmo das águas, na cadência das boiadas. A inserção do turismo nas fazendas de criação extensiva de gado bovino no Pantanal de Aquidauana/MS." Universidade de São Paulo, 2010. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/8/8136/tde-22112010-145314/.
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Analisando a entrada significativa de turistas nas fazendas de criação extensiva de gado bovino no Pantanal de Aquidauana/MS, na tentativa de conhecer melhor o espaço, nos últimos anos, foram realizadas entrevistas com pantaneiros/as, sempre observados no seu dia-a-dia. Procurou-se verificar então, através de literatura específica e da observação do comportamento sócio-ambiental dos atores locais, se houve alguma influência e/ou alteração deste comportamento em relação às informações externas chegadas através dos turistas, por meio desta recente atividade iniciada na fazenda. Após diversas visitas à região de Aquidauana, no Mato Grosso do Sul, para estudos científicos, procurou-se identificar possíveis mudanças que pudessem ter ocorrido a partir do início da década de 1990, em relação à interferência na cultura tradicional dos pantaneiros da região fazendeiros, peões, as mulheres destes, suas famílias - em virtude de, nesta época, o turismo ecológico ter começado a entrar com mais força na região, pois, até então, apenas o chamado turismo de pesca era praticado. Também neste mesmo período um marketing maciço direcionado para o turismo no Pantanal teve início, devido à grande projeção que obteve a novela Pantanal, exibida pela extinta Rede Manchete. Desde então, tradicionais fazendas de criação extensiva de gado começaram a receber turistas tanto do Brasil como também do exterior. O turismo ecológico começa a entrar com força na região.Analyzing the significant entry of tourists in the farms involved in cattle raising in Pantanal de Aquidauana/MS, in order to know the space better, in the last few years, interviews have been made with the pantaneiros/as, always focused on the day by day. Then attempts to verify, through the specific literature and the observation of the natives socio-environmental behavior, if had suffered some influence or alteration of this behavior regarding external information, which came with the tourists, through this recent activity that has begun on the farm. After several visits to Aquidauanas region, Mato Grosso do Sul, to scientific studies, sought to identify possible changes that might have occurred since the beginning of the 1990s, in relation to the interference of the pantaneiros traditional culture farmers, pawns, their wives, their families since at this time, the eco tourism had started to come stronger in the region, because, until then, only the fishing tourism was practiced. Also in the same period, a mass marketing directed to Pantanals tourism had begun, because of the huge projection that achieved with the soap opera, Pantanal, showed by the extinct Rede Manchete. Since then, traditional farms involved in cattle raising had begun to welcome tourists both in Brazil and abroad. The eco tourism begin to come powerfull in the region.
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Leotta, Alfio. "Touring the screen : New Zealand film geographies and the textual tourist /." e-Thesis University of Auckland, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2292/5762.
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Thesis (PhD--Film, Television and Media Studies)--University of Auckland, 2009."A thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Dotor of Philosophy in Film, Television and media Studeis, the University of Auckland, 2009." Includes bibliographical references.
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Burns, Georgette Leah. "Lines in the sand : an anthropological discourse on wildlife tourism /." Murdoch University Digital Theses Program, 2008. http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/browse/view/adt-MU20090831.145810.
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Kokosalakis, Christina. "Consuming culture : the experience of Liverpool's urban tourist landscape." Thesis, Liverpool John Moores University, 2009. http://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/5931/.
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Boukas, Nikolaos. "Cultural tourism, young people and destination perception : a case study of Delphi, Greece." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10036/35873.
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The aim of the study is to identify young visitors’ perceptions of the archaeological site of Delphi in Greece by measuring their importance and satisfaction levels from a series of cultural attributes through importance-satisfaction analysis. Even though young people are an important segment of the tourism industry little research has been done concerning their actual behaviour towards culture and cultural destinations. Given their significance, an examination of their perceptions towards cultural destinations can give useful insights. This can be done both academically, for the enrichment of theory, but also practically, for the appropriate management of cultural sites according to their needs and wants. In this study it was found that young visitors consider culture as one of the most important motives for travelling. According to the respondents, attributes related to monuments/exhibits at the site are more important than the facilities and amenities provided by its managers. The research identified that, overall, young people were fairly satisfied with Delphi, particularly with its beauty and landscape, but less satisfied with the man-made interventions. Importance-satisfaction analysis indicated that issues concerning the organisation and promotion of the site have positive levels of satisfaction, while issues concerning education and quality have comparatively negative levels. Factor Analysis derived three groups of attributes that should be considered for the future planning of the destination: ‘Place and Experience’; ‘Amenities and Quality’; ‘Facilities and Operation’. Finally, Cluster Analysis indicated that there are three main segments of young visitors in Delphi which, according to their profile, develop certain behaviours that should also be taken into account for the future promotion of the site; ‘The Greeks’; ‘The Americans and others’; ‘The French’. Therefore, better management strategies according to the needs and wants of this dynamic market would make the site more attractive, contributing to the promotion of cultural tourism in general. The study found that young people are great ‘consumers’ of culture and seek to enrich their knowledge while visiting cultural destinations. If a cultural destination meets their specific needs and wants, greater levels of satisfaction will be generated. Positive levels of satisfaction will lead to a series of positive consequences: loyalty, mouth to mouth marketing and peer influence. This, in addition to the fact that young people are the tourists of the future, can lead to the creation of consciousness for culture while travelling and to the enhancement of the potential visitation of the site in the following years.
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Ånstrand, Melker. "Community-based tourism and socio-culture aspects relating to tourism : A Case Study of a Swedish student excursion to Babati (Tanzania)." Thesis, Södertörn University College, School of Life Sciences, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-715.
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This report is the result of the course, Environment and Development in the South, at University of Södertörn in Stockholm, Sweden. The report is about “new tourism” especially community-based tourism (CBT) and socio-cultural aspects relating to tourism. It is based on a literature study and a three weeks field course in Babati district in Northern Tanzania. The aim of this study is to describe how host peoples (communities) get affected especially, socio-culturally, by tourism. The aim is also to describe new tourism (especially CBT). A case-study of a Swedish student excursion to Babati is used as an example of how it affects a community (especially socio-cultural aspects) and if it qualifies as CBT.
The theory of the study is based on sustainable development (especially socio-cultural aspects) supported by the rules of World Tourism Organization (WTO) and United Nation Environmental Program (UNEP). The theory is connected to the principles of CBT and used in the analysis to judge if the Swedish student excursion qualifies as CBT.
The results show that the Swedish student excursion is in line with important principles of CBT, and therefore also in line with sustainable local development in some way. The major advantage with the excursion is the cross-cultural learning and the major problem is jealousness of benefit sharing according to the interviews done.
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Taylor, E. "Culture, tourism and sustainability : an ethnographic study of rural community development in Jamaica." Thesis, Coventry University, 2016. http://curve.coventry.ac.uk/open/items/60a9aaa7-b934-4e5d-83e2-558355971e8d/1.
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This novel ethnographic study investigates the role of culture and tourism in the sustainable development of rural communities in Jamaica. It focuses on two distinctive Jamaican groups, the Charles Town Maroon and the Seaford Town German descendants. The objectives of the study are to examine the meanings culture holds for local people in relation to identity, sense of place and community development; assess the extent to which they capitalise on their intangible and tangible culture in pursuit of sustainable rural community tourism and make recommendations for local people and policymakers. The basis for the research is the economic and social crisis facing rural communities in Jamaica due to the demise of their traditional agriculture base. This has been precipitated by international trade liberalisation rules, which removed the preferential access of Jamaican produce to European Union countries. With small-scale Jamaican sugar and banana farmers unable to compete with major producers from the United States of America and South America, rural communities have been left devastated. For many, farming is now an unreliable source of income. More than half of local farmers are in serious economic and social difficulties and 80 per cent of the 1.1 million people living below the poverty line in Jamaica, live in the countryside. With few alternative livelihood strategies, many rural inhabitants are attempting to exploit their culture resources by way of rural community tourism. This coincides with research, which shows an increasing desire by tourists to capture diverse and ordinary social experiences in destinations such as Jamaica. They want authentic contact with host communities away from resorts. However, with tourism on the island predicated on the sand, sun and sea all-inclusive resort model and poor rural infrastructure, local people face tough challenges to exploit their culture resources. The study is conducted in the real world setting of rural Jamaica and is underpinned by an integrated conceptual framework developed from ideas taken from different literatures and preliminary fieldwork. The framework is applied to the findings of the study to analyse the different development paths taken by Charles Town and Seaford Town. It argues that Ray’s (1998) culture economy approach helps to capture this, but the complex and contested nature of ideas relating to development, identity, sense of place, community and culture commoditisation mean it does not do so holistically. However, a more comprehensive picture of the development paths of the two communities emerges by integrating notions of the culture economy with ideas relating to cultural connectedness and plurality of commoditisation. The concepts reflect a sense of ‘rootedness’ in place (vertical linkages) and same-level locally bounded relationships (horizontal linkages). Plurality of commoditisation refers to the differentiated and diversified tactics being deployed by locals to meet tourists’ demands for actual interactions and co-creative experiences with them. The research approach consists of a constructivist paradigm, relativist ontology, subjectivist epistemology, ethnographic methodology and qualitative methods. The focus is, therefore, not only on who, why, what, when, and how, but also on meanings, human action, identity, sense of place, interactions, emotions and behaviour. Thick detailed descriptions are used to capture the articulations of local people and the circumstances in which they occur. The study finds that the role of culture and tourism in the sustainable development of rural communities in Jamaica marks the transition from a primarily agriculture mode of production to one that places greater emphasis on the use of local culture resources. However, while it is clear that communities such as Charles Town and Seaford Town are rich in culture resources, the extent to which they capitalise on them are somewhat limited. The reasons are socio-economic, historical and deep-seated. Adopting the modified culture economy approach, proposed in this study, could increase understanding of the challenges faced by locals and offer a way forward. This is because the framework is holistic in that it considers the socio-economic, cultural and emotional dimensions of rural communities.
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Holzhauser, Elizabeth. "Paranormal tourism in Edinburgh : storytelling, appropriating ghost culture and presenting an uncanny heritage." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/6922.
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The paranormal industry in Edinburgh has become a thriving niche within the country's tourist market. While ghost walks have been explored in anthropology from the perspective of spectacle, this thesis investigates and analyses the cultural framework which has furthered the success of the industry. Namely, the ways in which the paranormal industry have appropriated the beliefs and practices of an overarching ghost culture: a community of believers, investigators, mediums, and all those who actively attempt to engage with the paranormal. The increased visibility of the paranormal within popular culture has spurred a wide interest in the unknown and unexplained. Ghost hunting television shows and the prevalence of ghost stories has inspired the desire for unique experiences, and for audiences to contextualise the supernatural within their own lives. The paranormal industry has grown to accommodate this intense, active enthusiasm for all things spectral, and belief has become a commodity. This burgeoning fascination in ghosts has become an important aspect of how Scotland is sold as a destination. While commercial paranormal industries exist in other cities around the world, the historical perception of Scotland as other has created a precedent for the connection between Scottish national identity and the spectral. This thesis further investigates the ways in which the tourist industry continues to solidify the connection between Scottish heritage and the paranormal.
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Gillen, Jamie. "Competing claims on culture in the Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, tourism industry." Connect to online resource, 2008. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3303841.
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Vardalos, Marianne. "A critique of new tourism, tourist subjectivity, and liberal doxa : the case of Goa, India /." 2003. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/yorku/fullcit?pNQ99252.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 2003. Graduate Programme inTypescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 291-316). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/yorku/fullcit?pNQ99252
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Chang, Yi-Ting, and 張宜婷. "Factors Influencing Why Tourists Buy Souvenir at Culture Tourism Spot." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/67209237041693238895.
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The culture tourism spot has become popular tourist site and attracts tourists to visit in many countries worldwide. Tourists can recall and better understand history and culture by visiting culture tourism spots, where record predecessors’ life styles and the values of politics and culture. Therefore, visiting culture tourism spot is a travel experience that pursues culture education and real historic memories. In order to tangibilize travel experiences, the purchase of souvenirs is a major tourist activity. Souvenir selling has thus become an important part of travel revenues. However, despite the importance of souvenirs in tourism industry, there is a lack of empirical research regarding the product attritube and purchase motivation of culture tourism spot souvenirs . Although early and recent souvenirs studies provided rich and useful information, they did not examine the specific issues in our research. Consequently, the objective of this study is to explore the reasons why tourists purchase souvenir at culture tourism spot in terms of their purchase motivations and product attributes preferences In order to achieve this goal, an in-depth interview was conducted. A total of 16 respondents (2 souvenir manufacturers, 3 souvenir vendors, and 10 general consumers) participated in the in-depth interview. The average time of in-depth interview was 69.74 minutes. A member check method was also adopted to evaluate the reliability and accuracy of interview data. Moreover, a content analysis method was used to analyze the interview data. A total of 17 attributes of souvenir product preference and 30 souvenir purchase motivation were generated from the analysis. The judge A and B’s intrajudge were 0.982 and 0.983 respectively, and the Judge C’s interjudge reliability was 0.971 and 0.974 respectively, thus the content analysis process is reliable. In the quantitative part, 173 samples were collected for the pre-test, and 1067 examples were obtained to establish the stability of this scale. Based on the findings of this study, 10 dimensions of the souvenirs product attributes and 18 purchase motivation were obtained in this study, validity by exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). This study also exhibited discriminant validity. The finding of this study provides important management for store owner, also could implement the scale to measure souvenirs product attribute and purchase motivation at culture tourism spots, owner could measure consumer’s preferences through this scale, and In addition, this study also provides important management implications and recommendations for follow-up studies.
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HUANG, CHIA-HUI, and 黃佳慧. "Experience Value of Tea Culture Tourism." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/79qre8.
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Tea culture has been one of the most important representative cultures in Taiwan. However, due to changing times and people’s lifestyles, the traditional sales methods of tea shops cannot satisfy the growing market demand. In order to promote a better development in the future, the government of Taiwan and people in the tea business have recently been cooperating to arrange various tea culture experiencing activities, designed to inspire domestic and foreign tourists to further develop the market. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the experiential value of tea culture and to determine whether or not traditional tea culture can be combined with hands-on tea cultivation tourist activities or not. Available literature helped the researcher to learn more about the context and the situation of the tea industry. The research places focus on central Taiwan, a region that is mainly engaged in tea culture experiencing activities. The subjects involved in the study are 15 domestic and international visitors who have already participated in hands-on tea-cultivation tourist activities. I adopted interviews and e-mails for purposes of data collection, and followed up by transcribing the interviews and sending the full texts to subjects by e-mail to allow respondents to confirm that the content is correct before analyzing the data. The results show that the activities that most interested the subjects are experiencing tea harvesting, processing and tea-brewing activities. The local cultural characteristics provide the visitors with feelings of having undergone a unique and authentic rural experience. These activities also can promote and differentiate between these hands-on tea culture activities and other tourist attractions. In the study, there are many aspects of the traditional tea industry could be improved upon are also found, such as promotional aspects, which are underemphasized. Tea products should be more diverse, and tea culture should be combined with hands-on tourist opportunities to increase their cost-effectiveness and experiential value. The tourists also hope to increase the educational nature of professional billboards to enrich tea culture experiences and enhance the value of participating in them. Based on these findings, this study not only gives some suggestions for tea shop owners and related entities, but also proposes some suggestions for future research.
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Liu, Miao-Hsiang, and 劉妙香. "Exploring the Culture Impact on Volunteer Tourism between Volunteer Tourists and Host Residents." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/15850310393693029011.
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Volunteer tourism is spreading internationally; it is very different to mass tourism. Volunteer tourism provides alternative opportunities for tourists. In addition to the participation of altruism-oriented activities, volunteer tourists increasingly focus on the “egoism” for personal self-growth or/and personal self-actualization. Developing volunteer tourism can bring positive impacts to both the host community and tourists because volunteer tourists stay and interact longer with residents in a community. Volunteer tourism development has become increasingly popular in Taiwan, but academic studies are still rare. Hence, in this study the culture impacts on both volunteer tourists and local residents, as well as the appropriateness for volunteer tourism development in Taiwan were discussed and analysed. Grounded theory was used in this study to analyze the international volunteer tourists’ experiences in Tai-Xi Township, Yun-Lin County, Taiwan. Study participators were chosen by purposive sampling until theoretical saturation had been done. Total of 10 participators were interviewed (5 volunteer tourists and 5 local residents, respectively) through semi-structural questions. Based on the follow-up analysis for volunteer tourists and local community residents after their “reception” and “participation”, the problem was re-defined to conduct the related theory of volunteer tourism. The findings showed that the culture impacts on volunteer tourists are related to prior preparation, motivation and expectation, host community and coordinating organization. The benefits for volunteer tourists include experiencing different cultures, learning new things, gaining unforgettable memories, self-fulfillment and sense of accomplishments, and meeting new friends and helping others. However, the negative impacts include facing adaptation for climate, different eating habits, and language barrier and limitation on social network. The positive impacts for local residents include learning and exchanging cultures, gaining global perspectives and knowledge, and increasing their own culture identity. Nevertheless, the local residents still have negative impacts such as uneasiness due to different habit and language barrier. Moreover, as the volunteer tourists mainly pay attention to self-serving, and because of friendly residents and convenient transportation in Taiwan, the appropriateness for developing volunteer tourism is high.
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Eusébio, Abdel da Costa Fonseca. "Turismo étnico-cultural e paisagístico: possibilidades e limites de turismo em comunidades rurais do Sul de Angola." Master's thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1822/42790.
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Dissertação de mestrado em Património e Turismo CulturalO presente estudo teve como objetivo identificar as perceções e expetativas dos habitantes/ residentes nas zonas rurais do Sul de Angola, no que tange a importância económica, cultural e ambiental do turismo, de modo a avaliar/ explorar a possibilidade de implementação de atividades de turismo étnico/cultural e paisagístico. O território em estudo foi a província da Huíla, mais propriamente o município da Chibia e comuna do Jau onde foram entrevistados 13 elementos da comunidade local, de etnia Muíla, recolhidos de uma amostra de conveniência, Efetuo um levantamento dos locais de interesse turístico aos quais aplico uma análise SWOT com o propósito de apresentar uma proposta de itinerário como projeto de desenvolvimento turístico no Município da Chibia (comuna do Jau). Os resultados apontam para um interesse generalizado na criação de projetos turísticos que beneficiem a população, porém há necessidade de um plano de desenvolvimento rigoroso e sensível dado que o itinerário envolve a visita aos autóctones.
This study aimed to identify perceptions and expectations of the people / residents in rural areas of southern Angola, regarding the economic, cultural and environmental importance of tourism in order to assess / explore the possibility of implementing tourism activities ethnic / cultural and landscape. The area under study was the province of Huila, more specifically the Chibia district and commune of Jau were interviewed 13 members of the local community of Muíla ethnicity, collected from a convenience sample. I make a survey of places of tourist interest which apply a SWOT analysis in order to propose a route as a tourist development project in the municipality of Chibia (Jau commune). The results point to a widespread interest in creating tourism projects that benefit the population, although it needs a rigorous and sensitive development plan as the itinerary involves visiting indigenous.
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Lin, Pei-Jhen, and 林佩臻. "A Design of Culture Tourism Guiding Information System." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/59863379422350943823.
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碩士國立中興大學
資訊管理學系所
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The study proposes a design of mobile tour guide for cultural tourism, integrating cultural attractions and activity information. First of all, we clarify the characteristic of the spots in Taichung and compare culture tourism guide systems in the past few years in order to make our system improved. In addition, we design the model of guiding format with suitable media and provide activity information in different seasons. We intend to engage more people in cultural tourism, and raise the possibility of “start” to learn about the culture for younger through our model. Finally, the study verify the design of system we implement that it meets users’ need by using Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) with media richness and perceived playfulness. The result of survey shows positive feedback from users. This research includes: (1) Actual needs about information and interface design for users in culture tourism; (2) Pros and cons of representative mobile tour guide systems in the past few years; (3) Design a guiding model based on the concepts mentioned above and implement to a system; (4) Use extended Technology Acceptance Model with “Perceived Playfulness” and the external variable “Media Richness” to verify the effectiveness of our system.
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CHENG, PAO-SHIUAN, and 程寶萱. "Integrated Culture Tourism Resource In Wu-Feng Area." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/33765012618857651717.
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碩士亞洲大學
休閒與遊憩管理學系碩士在職專班
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Culture Tourism is the main trend of the tourism development in the 21st century, our county and city governments committed to taking it forward gradually. However, the difficulties in integration of the resources must be overcame through the development of cultural tourism, to be discussed more in-depth with the case. This case study -Taichung Wu-Feng District, is a rich cultural village, equipped with cultural assets, to promote the development of cultural tourism years of efforts. This study has two purposes, one is to clarify the features of the development of the integration of the cultural tourism resources. Secondly, is to explore the strategy of the integration of culture tourism resources. The main research questions include four questions. One, how does culture tourism resources look like in Wu-Feng area? Two, what are the actions and achievement of the integration of culture tourism development in Wu-Feng area?Three, what are the environmental predicaments of integration of culture tourism development in Wu-Feng area?Four, what are the opportunities and strategies of the integration of culture tourism development in Wu-Feng area? With ten major participants’ in-depth interviews who join the activities of the integration of cultural tourism resources, this study found Wu-Feng has many unique tangible and intangible cultural assets. Also it is equipped with these features :"convenient transportation", "many surrounding attractions" ,"community activists", " resource-rich in schools, industries, social clubs "and other development proficiencies, with a deeply potential culture tourism development. During these years, Wu-Feng district office, universities, farmers alliance, community and cultural groups also began to develop actions of the integration. While in the process, there are all kinds of integration difficulties, including: "institutional habits," "lack of cultural awareness", "lack of resources for promoting", etc. According to the interviewers' experiences to face with these difficulties which have already existed for a long time, in needs of continually integrating the resources by some strategies in the future , which include " Wu-Feng cultural construction " ,"partnership working connection ", " initiative leading demonstration " and "building up the interaction platform”. Looking at above, the development of the integration of the culture tourism resource is different from the general tourism development, such as the core is consensus and vision, cognition of culture connotation also important,which must continue to plow deeply. If only flows into a variety of temporary activities combination instead of a true integration, the development effectiveness will be limited.
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LU, Wei-Tung, and 盧薇同. "The Effects of Culture On Tourism in Spain." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/65599892309625209509.
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碩士淡江大學
歐洲研究所碩士班
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Being the ability to attract and co-opt rather than coerce and rather than using force or money as a means of persuasion, Soft Power is the sum of the attractiveness of one state’s culture, identity and value toward other countries and people. Developing external relations by means of Soft Power has become current trend in the modern international communities. From another perspective, the constituent of soft power, such as art or culture, can be the impulsive force and attraction of one state''s tourism industry. The Cultural plurality, history and geological location of Spain has made this country''s art and humanities rich and abundant, making it''s cultural assets unique in the Europe. the Spanish government combines its culture and tourism industry, using the cultural heritages, museums and festivals as tools promoting the tourism, and thus letting the culture factor as the primary motive of foreign tourists visiting Spain. This study found that Spain''s unique cultural background, creating a huge soft resources. Spain use tourism to support country;''s development is the inevitable trend of historical development,also is the good opportunity to enhance its influence.The rich culture can really gain the depth of sightseeing, tourism will be able to effectively promote the cultural development. The combination of both will be mutual-beneficial win-win situation. Spanish culture through tourism does spread to overseas. Therefore we can say that Spain''s soft power is indeed improved by tourism.
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Ma, Yue. "Co-creation and tourism : Chinese tourist experience at Port Arthur Historic Site." Thesis, 2019. https://eprints.utas.edu.au/33959/1/Ma_whole_thesis.pdf.
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The general aim of this thesis was to seek alternative approaches to understand tourism experiences while profound changes are seen in societies. A review of the literature identified that the co-creation approach to tourism experiences has received considerable attention, from both tourists’ and operators’ perspectives. However, gaps remain in current knowledge. How tourism experiences are created has not been fully considered within current theoretical frameworks. Existing theories related to the co-creation of tourism experiences neither adequately explain the process of mediated experiences, nor provide consideration of the distractions that can interfere with tourism experiences. There is also a need to develop a more comprehensive understanding of how socio-cultural background of tourists shape and influence the creation of tourism experiences.
There is perhaps no better example to do this than to study outbound Chinese tourist experiences, because as has been documented, the past four decades have seen enormous changes taking place in China. Academic research into the tourism experience and co-creation has not captured these changing and diverse economic, social and political circumstances. The review found stereotypes, over-generalisation and over-simplification in the literature on Chinese culture and tourists’ behaviour and experiences. On the other hand, the profound and rapid changes that this culture has undergone has exposed weaknesses in traditional theoretical concepts and generalisations which are unable to explain Chinese tourists’ experiences.
To achieve the research aim, this thesis specifically examined tourism experiences based on Chinese tourists visiting Port Arthur Historic Site, Tasmania, Australia. The fieldwork undertaken for this research took place between December 2016 to February 2017. Semi-structured interviews facilitated by participant observation were the main methods of data collection. Reflecting on the fieldwork that were marked by multiple challenges, particularly, but not exclusively on the limited time of Chinese travellers in Tasmania; this thesis contributes to tourism methodology by critically assessing the potential use of a Chinese social media app - WeChat for qualitative data collection. It critically discusses the advantages, limitations and concerns of using WeChat as a data collection method.
The data resulting from these methods were used to build understanding of how Chinese tourism experiences are created and what factors affect the creation process. Drawing upon the findings, this thesis sheds light on the impact that significant changes undergoing in China have had upon the experiences of Chinese tourists when they travel to the Port Arthur Historic Site. The results illustrate that distractions and mediators influence the joint creation of Chinese tourists’ experiences. Within the discussion of distractions, ‘tourist anxiety’, a neglected concept, was highlighted as a lens through which to view the outcomes of social, economic and political changes that impact on tourism experiences. The data also summarised three characteristics of Chinese tourists. They are semi-independent as well as heterogeneous, and their experiences are mediated, which form the co-creative Chinese tourists.
The findings provide an enhanced and holistic understanding of the co-creation of tourism experiences, highlighting the socio-cultural changes that have taken place in a society. This thesis argues that both mediators and distractions are joint creators of tourism experiences – contribute to the co-created experiences. Building on this conceptual understanding, a framework of the creation of tourism experiences that considers mediators, distractions and socio-cultural background of tourists is developed. This may be used as a planning tool by tourism operators and destinations to guide the strategic design and provision of tourism experiences.
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FRANCESCHETTI, NADIA. "PLACE MARKETING AND PLACE MAKING: TORONTO, TOURISM, AND THE FRACTURED GAZE." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1974/6793.
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This thesis is an empirical and theoretical investigation into the changing trends in place marketing as it relates to urban tourism, particularly in the city of Toronto. It begins by exploring broader discourses to do with capitalism and creativity and their impacts on city space and people’s interactions with it and within it. These perspectives are then situated in the Toronto context, a city that currently embraces the notion of the Creative City, as promulgated by Richard Florida, which encourages the branding of the city for the purpose of stimulated economic growth and in which tourism plays an increasing role. Thirdly, it examines the theoretical implications of the prominent belief that tourism and place marketing are imperative for Toronto’s economic well-being. Official efforts at place marketing and place branding construct what John Urry terms the tourist gaze, and frame the city in particular ways to particular people. Fourthly, this thesis gives an empirical account of how the gaze comes to bear on the physical city space in terms of infrastructure and financing projects in the interest of creating a Tourist City. The penultimate chapter brings to light how the rise of new media has allowed for the greater possibility to puncture the traditionally linear narrative of the city with new voices, thus fracturing the monolithic gaze in some instances. The thesis concludes by questioning the implications of new media on the existing systems of city management and promotion, recognizing the ambivalence of new media and its potential to both challenge and reproduce current discourse.Thesis (Master, Cultural Studies) -- Queen's University, 2011-09-29 16:22:22.467
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Zaluga, Zuzanna B. "Popular Culture, Memory and Dark Tourism in Central Europe." 2014. https://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/1206.
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The following thesis will examine the links between popular culture and tourism, and their impact on collective memory. The discussed material will include films produced in modern Germany and Poland, and other cultural phenomena related to the war and post-war reality. The analysis will also address the issue of Dark Tourism, strongly associated with modern tourism. Furthermore this work will explore the strategies implied by travel agencies and museums to meet the needs of modern tourists and their potential in promoting new touristic attractions.
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Pao, Su-Mi, and 包素蜜. "Tianliao Rural Development Strategy Study of Culture and Tourism." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/71166415449226036278.
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碩士東方技術學院
文化創意設計研究所
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In recent years, tourism is seen as the star industry of the twenty-first century,and is also the non-smokestack industry that every countries in the world are seeking to develop currently. Culture is the value-added and core element of the industry. In order to develop and operate tourism industry successfully, the most important thing is to show the unique local culture content and feature in addition to improving infrastructure of tourist ttractions. Therefore, it has become the new tendency that combining the culture and tourism to promote economic development. The main purpose of the study is to explore the cultural tourism development strategy of Tianliao Township through the supply side of tourism. First, it explores the definition and tendency of "Culture", "Tourism" and "Cultural Tourism" by using the method of document analysis. Then, according to the three examples of the development of Taumi, Nantsuan and Sinshe, it applies the method of SWOT to analysis the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of the development potential of Tianliao cultural tourism after interviewing the relevant persons in the aspect of industry, government, academia and non-profit organizations. Finally it works out a suitable and viable development strategy program . In the end of the study, it works out eight programs about the aspect of tourist attraction, seven programs about service system, three programs about information,three programs about transportation, four programs about promotional, three programs about tourism brand image( the total is 28 development strategic programs) In the other hand, according to the researcher’s experience, seven recommendationes are given hoping to provide the exploration reference to the public and private sector about cultural tourism development in the future, even hoping to rebuild the local community awareness, strengthen the community identity and prideness of residents, improve the competitiveness and economic benefits of the community through the development of cultural tourism.