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Ottersten, Elin, and Linnéa Filipsson. "En destinations attraktivitet - en annan destinations inspirationskälla : En intervjustudie om hur framgångsfaktorer inom marknadsföring kan överföras från en destination till en annan." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Institutionen för geografi, medier och kommunikation (from 2013), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-68943.
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I dagens samhälle är det svårt att sticka ut och vara unik. Städer, regioner och nationer konkurrerar alla om turism och för att lyckas att vara konkurrenskraftig måste en gemensam bild lyftas fram. När detta görs uppfattas destinationen som attraktiv men det finns också fler sätt att skapa en attraktiv destination på. Ett exempel är ”best practice” som är en metod där framgångsfaktorer inom marknadsföring överförs från en destination till en annan. Studiens syfte är att undersöka till vilken grad det faktiskt är möjligt att överföra framgångsfaktorer inom marknadsföring mellan destinationer. För att undersöka detta har Visit Värmland jämförts med Smålands Turism, turismavdelningen på Karlstad kommun jämförts med Destination Jönköping och Karlstad Airport har jämförts med Jönköping Airport, detta görs i empirikapitlet. Uppsatsen grundar sig på kvalitativa semistrukturerade intervjuer med informanter från de tidigare nämnda organisationerna. I analyskapitlet ställs det empiriska materialet mot det teoretiska ramverket vilket behandlar ämnen som destination, resurser, platsmarknadsföring, ”best practice” och flygplatsernas betydelse för turism. I de slutliga delarna av studien besvaras syftet och frågeställningarna samt förslag på vidare forskning inom ämnet ges. Resultatet av studien är att framgångsfaktorer av en destinations marknadsföring går att överföra till viss del. Exempel som ges till Visit Värmland och Karlstad kommun är att arbeta mer med resurserna som finns på plats, samarbeta mer samt involvera det lokala samhället i marknadsföringen. Detta tyder på att studien fyller den kunskapslucka som finns angående om best practice går att använda som metod för att öka en destinations attraktionskraft. Studien bidrar med kunskap om hur en destination kan inspireras av en annan destination för att lyckas bättre med sin marknadsföring.In today's society it's hard to stand out and be unique. Cities, regions and nations compete for tourism and in order to be competitive, a common picture needs to be emphasized. If this is perceived the destination will appear attractive, there are more ways to create an attractive destination though. One example is “best practice”, which is a method of transferring success factors from one destination to another. Therefore, the purpose of the study is to investigate whether it is possible to transfer success factors between destinations. To investigate this, Visit Värmland has been compared with Smålands Turism, the tourism department at Karlstad municipality has been compared to Destination Jönköping and Karlstad Airport has been compared to Jönköping Airport, this is done in the empirical chapter. The essay is therefore based on qualitative semi-structured interviews with informants from the previously mentioned organizations. In the analytical chapter, empirical material is placed against the theoretical framework, which addresses topics such as destination, resources, location marketing, best practice and the importance of airports for tourism. The final parts of the study answer the purpose and the questions as well as suggestions for further research that can be done on the subject. The result of the study is that the success factors of destinations marketing can be transferred to some extent. Examples given to Visit Värmland and Karlstad Municipality are to work more with the resources available, collaborate more, and involve the local community in marketing. This indicates that the study fills the knowledge gap that exists about whether best practice can be used as a method of increasing the attractiveness of a destination. The study contributes knowledge of how a destination can be inspired by another destination to succeed better with its marketing.
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Lawrynas, Houston LeeAnne. "Journeys and Destinations." VCU Scholars Compass, 2012. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/2659.
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My work includes both painting and mixed media approaches. My paintings portray the conflict and discrepancies between Eastern and Western cultures. Each painting emphasizes the Western fascination with body image, fashion, and status symbols. In contrast, they also contain intricate details influenced by the patterns of Eastern fabrics and rug designs, as well as images of Buddha. I reflect on the things that each culture finds important or valuable. In my mixed media work, I employ techniques that combine transfer, collage, and painting. My materials include photographs, newspapers, magazines, tissue paper, and text from books. The inspirations are photographs from my travels to Italy. I am intrigued by Italian architectural elements within Italian Renaissance paintings. I manipulate my photographs on the computer and include them in my final collages and paintings. I find the contrast between painting, collage, and transfer a successful way to contemporize the view of these antiquated structures.
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Tran, Tuan. "Public spaces as destinations." This title; PDF viewer required Home page for entire collection, 2007. http://archives.udmercy.edu:8080/dspace/handle/10429/9.
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Murphy, Aisling. "Migration to new destinations." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 2015. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.677963.
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This thesis examines modern migration processes to new destinations. Using case studies in Northern Ireland, it analyses the challenges and complexities of integration as a way of framing migrants' settlement in new societies. Despite the scale and pace of global migration patterns and an expanding research literature, current theoretical approaches and conceptual ideas do not adequately capture the problematic, complex and multifaceted nature of contemporary migration. This study advances and deepens our understanding of migration to new destinations by developing and applying a theoretical framework based on structuration theory. Employing qualitative and quantitative methods the research examines the interplay between migrants' experiences (agency) and the functioning of state and civil society (structures) in facilitating integration processes. Specific themes including employment and housing are used to investigate integration mechanisms. The study evaluates efforts by state bodies and civil society organisations to accommodate migrants, including an examination of local community perspectives. The empirical research shows how integration is a concept with no shared meaning. This is evidenced through state and civil society responses that place limits on migrants to apply their capabilities and fulfil their aspirations. Social reality does not match policy rhetoric of integration as a mutual two-way process between migrants and society. New destinations emphasise the significance of context for migration processes. In Northern Ireland there are additional challenges for integration against the socio-political backdrop of segregation and sectarianism. The conceptual framework developed in this study examines complex structure-agency dynamics that in many ways challenge the theory and practice of integration.
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Gustafsson, Angelica, Cornelia Frammin, and Sofie Wangärd. "Massmedias påverkan på destiantionsimage : En studie om researrangörernas hanterande och agerande gällande destiantionsimage." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Turismvetenskap, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-34049.
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Turistindustrin är en viktig industri ur ett ekonomiskt perspektiv samtidigt som den är mycket sårbar för negativa händelser som sker runt om i världen. Då information och nyheter sprids snabbare än någonsin, på grund av den enkelhet som finns att ta till sig information, är det lätt att destinationers image påverkas av det som förmedlas via media. Föreliggande studie fokuserar därmed på att, ur ett producentperspektiv, försöka kartlägga på vilket sätt som destinationers image påverkas av negativ nyhetsrapportering. Detta görs genom att erhålla en förståelse kring vad det är som gör att en image förändras. Samtidigt ligger ett fokus på att försöka förstå om olika strategier tillämpas av researrangörer för att förändra destinationers image samt om de arbetar med att hantera medias påverkan på destinationers image. Det med ambitionen att erhålla en kunskap kring vad som kan göras för att minska att resmönster påverkas i lika stor utsträckning som det gör idag. För att göra detta fokuserar studien på följande forskningsfrågor: - Hur påverkas destinationers image av negativ nyhetsrapportering? Finns det några strategier som researrangörerna tillämpar för att förändra en destinations image och i så fall vilka? De slutsatser som studien kommer fram till är följande:
- Destinationer påverkas av negativ nyhetsrapportering till följd av att personer påverkas av det media rapporterar om. Destinationer påverkas i olika utsträckning beroende på dess internationella status, geografiska läge, resenärernas familjära känsla gentemot platsen samt själva händelsens karaktär. Alla individer påverkas olika av massmedias rapportering, beroende på tidigare erfarenheter och kunskap om platsen. Alla kriser och händelser kräver olika strategier, både storleksmässigt och beroende på vad för typ av händelse som inträffat. Researrangörer hjälper destinationer under en kortsiktig period men under ett längre perspektiv så anpassar sig researrangörerna främst till efterfrågan på marknaden. Det är en skör balansgång vad gäller att tillämpa externa aktörer vid arbetet med att förändra destinationers image. Baserad på situation tilltas olika marknadsföringsstrategier i form av kampanjer, annonser och rabatter, vilket kortsiktigt kan påverka att försäljningen ökar och resmönster påverkas. Ansvaret ligger hos oss människor hur vi erhåller rätt information via rätt kanaler som följaktligen påverkar våra uppfattningar och därmed destinationers image.
The tourist industry is important to the industry economically. But at the same time it is very vulnerable to negative happenings and events from around the world. Since information and news is spreading faster than ever before, and due to the simplicity there now is to take parts of the information about a destination, it is easy for the destinations image to be affected badly by what is being mediated throughout the media. This study therefore aims to map out in what ways destinations images are affected by negative news, reporting through a producer perspective. This is done by examining what there is that makes an image change. At the same time this study focuses on trying to understand if different strategies are being used by tour operators in order to change the image of destinations and if they are trying to handle the media's effect on such image. Therefore the ambition is to gain knowledge about what can be done to minimize the effect media has on travel patterns and reduce the extent there is today. In order to do this, the following study focuses on these two research questions: How is destinations images affected by negative news reports? Are there any strategies that travel agencies apply in order to change destination images, and in that case which? The conclusions that can be drawn are following: Destinations are affected by negative news reports because people are affected by media reportings. Destinations are affected to various degrees depending on its international status, geographical location, travelers' family feelings towards the place and the nature of the event itself. All individuals are affected differently by the media reportings, depending on previous experience and knowledge of the site. All crises and events require different strategies, both in size and depending on what type of event that has occurred. Tour operators help destinations in the short term rather than the longer term perspective, as tour operators adapt primarily to market demand. It is a tough balance in terms of applying external factors in the process of changing the image of destinations. Based on situation, different marketing strategies are used in the form of campaigns, ads and discounts, which can shortly affect sales and travel patterns. The responsibility lies on each individual and how we get the right information through the right channels, which consequently affects our perceptions and thus the image of destinations.
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Partanen, Sarah Bonnie. "Greywater reuse in agritourism destinations." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/52725.
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Though Canada has a perceived abundance of fresh water resources, they can be affected by localized drought, changing weather patterns and aging infrastructure. Greywater collected from sinks, baths, showers and washing machines can provide an alternate source of non-potable water, improving the security of fresh water resources in Canada.
The agriculture sector is one area where greywater could be put to beneficial use. Farming at the rural-urban interface has been growing in popularity within North America, and provides farmers with new opportunities as they attract more visitors to the farm. Greywater reuse is one way farmers can address the challenge of how to manage the associated increased influx of wastewater. However, there is a lack of integrated research that explores the feasibility of using greywater as a water resource on farms at the rural-urban interface. There is also a lack of knowledge regarding farmers' perceptions and opinions of greywater reuse. Without this information, the barriers to greywater reuse on farms are unknown.
This research undertook a feasibility study into the reuse of greywater at the UBC Farm in British Columbia, Canada. It explored feasibility from a technical, regulatory, and economic standpoint. A questionnaire was also developed and administered to farmers across BC as a way to discover the barriers to greywater reuse.
It was found that the UBC Farm could generate enough greywater through produce washing operations to flush all the toilets in the proposed new farm centre throughout the summer months. The farm centre's roof provides the opportunity to capture enough rainwater to flush the toilets throughout the remainder of the year. The greywater treatment and distribution system becomes more economically feasible as the price of potable water increases. The questionnaire responses also highlighted that cost is a significant barrier to farmers' adoption of greywater reuse on their own farms. While most farmers saw the benefit of reusing water, they couldn't predict their customers' view of the practice. Farmers are unlikely to adopt a practice having the potential to hurt their business, so an awareness of customer perceptions will be required prior to their consideration of greywater reuse.Applied Science, Faculty of
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Ahmad, Kassem Ahmad. "Programming Networks with Intensional Destinations." Phd thesis, INSA de Lyon, 2013. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00908354.
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La programmation distribuée est une tâche difficile. Elle a énormément gagné en importance avec le développement des réseaux qui supportent un nombre croissant exponentiellement d'applications. Les systèmes distribués fournissent des fonctionnalités assurées par les noeuds qui forment un réseau et échangent des données et services, éventuellement par le biais de messages. La provenance du service n'est souvent pas pertinente, alors que sa fiabilité est essentielle. Notre objectif est de fournir un nouveau modèle de communication qui permet de spécifier intentionnellement lequel service est demandé, et non les noeuds qui le fournissent. Cette spécification intentionnelle des échanges offre un potentiel pour faciliter la programmation distribuée, garantir la persistance des données dans les messages et la résilience des systèmes, qui constituent le sujet de cette thèse. Nous proposons donc un cadre qui supporte des messages avec destinations intentionnelles, qui sont évaluées uniquement à la volée au fur et à mesure du déplacement des messages. Nous introduisons un langage, Questlog, qui gère les destinations intentionnelles. Contrairement aux langages à base de règles existants pour les réseaux, comme Datalog, qui suivent le mode push, Questlog permet d'exprimer des stratégies complexes afin de récupérer de manière récursive des données distribuées en mode pull. Le langage fonctionne sur une machine virtuelle qui s'appuie sur un SGBD. Nous démontrons l'approche avec des exemples pris dans deux domaines: (i) les architectures orientées données, où une classe restreinte d'applications client-serveur sont distribuées de manière transparente sur les systèmes pair-à-pair basés sur une DHT, (ii) les réseaux de capteurs sans fil, où un protocole de groupement des noeuds en clusters virtuels est proposé pour agréger les données. Dans ce protocole, les chefs des clusters sont élus à l'aide des destinations intentionnelles. Nos simulations sur la plate-forme QuestMonitor montrent que cette approche offre une simplicité, une modularité aux protocoles, ainsi qu'une fiabilité accrue.
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Borg, Emelie, and Bråthe Evelina Pettersson. "Att bygga en destinations varumärke : en studie om hur Destination Marketing Organizations använder sociala medier." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-14573.
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Aldrig tidigare har det varit så viktigt för destinationer att på ett strategiskt och effektivt sättanvända sig av sociala medier. Den digitala förändringen har gjort det möjligt för ett varumärkes följare på sociala medier att uttrycka, utbyta och dela tankar samt åsikter om varumärket med andra. Detta sätt att utbyta information kallas Electronic Word of Mouth(eWOM). Ett gap i den befintliga litteraturen är forskning som förklarar hur de sociala medierna och eWOM används strategiskt vid varumärkesbyggande av destinationer. Syftet med studien är att beskriva hur Destination Marketing Organizations i Sverige använder sociala medier samt eWOM som ett verktyg för att bygga destinationens varumärke. Studien är gjord med en kvalitativ forskningsstrategi och empiri har samlats in via semistrukturerade intervjuer och dokument som datakälla från DMO:erna Visit Sweden samt Visit Varberg. Studiens slutsats är att båda DMO:erna arbetar med flera olika sociala medier i syfte att skapa kunskap om, inspirera och engagera sina målgrupper för att bygga sina varumärken. De båda anser att arbete med oberoende ambassadörer är ett genuint sätt att bygga destinationens varumärke samt sprida det på sociala medier. Det som skiljer dem åt vad gällerarbetet med sociala medier är att det enbart är Visit Sweden som utvecklat en digital strategiför att på så vis strategiskt kunna bygga sitt varumärke med hjälp av den. Uppsatsen är skriven på svenska.Never before has it been as important for destinations to use social media in a strategic andefficient manner. The digital change has made it possible for brands’ social media followersto express, exchange and share their opinions about the brand to others. This way ofexchanging information is called Electronic Word of Mouth (eWOM).A gap in the existing literature is research that explains how social media and eWOM arestrategically used in brand building of destinations. The purpose of the study is to describehow Destination Marketing Organizations (DMO´s) in Sweden use social media and eWOMas a tool for building the destination brand. The study has a qualitative research strategy andthe data has been collected from semi-structured interviews and documents from the DMO´sVisit Sweden and Visit Varberg. The conclusion of the study is that both of the DMO´s utilizeseveral different types of social media in order to obtain knowledge about, inspire and engagetheir target groups and build their brands. Both of the DMO´s believe that working withindependent ambassadors is a genuine way to build the brand of the destination and spread thebrand message through eWOM through social media. What separates them from each other istheir strategic work regarding social media. This, since Visit Sweden has developed a digitalstrategy to build the brand of Sweden using social media. The study is made in swedish.
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Al-Busaidi, Azza. "Destination Brand Meaning in the Context of a Nation Brand." Thesis, Griffith University, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/389744.
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Nation brands are a formidable yet lucrative source of destination brands. Destinations differentiate themselves through unique attributes that people hold in memory. These mental representations move beyond cognitive attributes and include experiential and emotional based attributes. This research develops a destination brand meaning model incorporating people's perceptions, feelings and beliefs about the brand. Brand meaning is fluid and dynamic, and is associated with the mental representation people have about the brand.
A classic brand association approach employed which revealed the prominent associations related to a destination brand. Early research focused on cognitive associations to a place, and only recently, the literature has considered the significance of experiential and affective or emotional attributes of destination brands. Since brand meaning is about the mental representation that people have in mind about a brand, this research explores and measures the cognitive, experiential and emotional associations of locals and non-locals and their intentions to recommend and to re-visit the destination. Three research questions were examined in two stages, including, RQ1) What are the cognitive, experiential and emotional attributes of a destination brand? RQ2) What is the relationship between cognitive, experiential and emotional attributes and how this in turn affects locals’ and non-locals’ intentions to recommend the destination? RQ3) What is the relationship between cognitive, experiential and emotional attributes and how this in turn affects non-locals’ intentions to re-visit the destination?. This research adapted a two-stage research employing qualitative methods in stage one and quantitative methods in stage two of the research in the context of Oman as a Middle Eastern nation.
This research identified four key themes for the cognitive-based images, including political stability and peacefulness, people, nature, and heritage and traditions. Also, nature-based images and heritage-based images were prominent themes of peoples’ experiences, and love, loyalty and pride were found to be of significance to peoples’ emotions towards the nation brand. The central finding of this research is based on the development of two structural models, portraying destination brand meaning. The structural models exhibit the prominent relationships between cognitive, experiential and emotional attributes and their relationship towards locals and non-locals’ intentions to recommend, and non-locals’ intentions to re-visit the destination. Structural Model-1 supported the following paths political stability to emotions; experiences to intentions to recommend; food, tourism infrastructure and sustainability (FTIS) towards both experiences and intentions to recommend; tangible cultural heritage and traditions (TCTR) to peoples’ experiences, experiences towards emotions and finally peoples’ emotions towards peoples’ intentions to recommend for locals and non-locals. While, Structural Model-2 supported the following relationships people, nature, political stability towards peoples’ experiences, emotions and intention to re-visit. Other attributes that have a significant effect on peoples’ experiences include Food, tourism infrastructure and sustainability; and tangible cultural heritage and traditions. Interestingly experiential attributes were found to have the most significant effect on peoples’ emotions. Finally, emotional attributes have shown a significant effect on intentions to re-visit.
The findings of the study make a novel theoretical contribution to destination and nation branding literature. Firstly, a core contribution of this research is a holistic study that combines cognitive, experiential and emotional attributes towards understanding destination branding and brands in the context of a nation. Secondly, this research study compared the differences between locals and non-locals' perspectives of the destination brand in relation to the cognitive, experiential and emotional attributes, especially in the case of a Middle Eastern nation. Theoretically, this research contributes an enhanced understanding of the critical role cognitive, experiential and emotional attributes play in developing destination brand image and influencing behavioural intentions. Practically, this research can guide brand managers to employ effective strategies by delivering greater insight into how brand attributes influence destination loyalty through the behavioural intentions of repeat visitation and word of mouth referral. Future research should focus on exploring the intricate connection between experiences and emotions and how this is associated with destination branding.Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
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Tang, Tricia. "A comparative analysis of college student spring break destinations an empirical study of tourism destination attributes." Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida, 2012. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETH/id/626.
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The tourism industry has become one of the fastest growing sectors in the world's economy, contributing 9.1% of world GDP and more than 260 million jobs worldwide (World Travel & Tourism Council, 2011). The U.S college student market has emerged as major segment within this sector, generating approximately $15 billion on annual domestic and international travel. Among the various travel patterns of college students, they are most highly motivated for spring break travel, with more than two million students traveling per season (Bai et al., 2004; Borgerding, 2001; Reynolds, 2004). This research, through surveying college students majoring in hospitality and tourism management, analyzed the significance of college student perceptions of key spring break destination attributes. A total of 281 usable responses were subjected to the Principal Component Analysis that generated six dimensions: Breaking Away, Sun and Beach, Safety and Hygiene, Psychological Distance, Price and Value, and Social Exploration, comprised of 24 key attributes that influence a college spring breaker's destination selection decision. An Importance-Performance Analysis (Martilla & James, 1977) was conducted based on the respondents' assessment of attributes on five of the six dimensions. The results of the IPA allowed comparison of the top four most visited destinations identified by the respondents: Daytona Beach, South Beach Miami, Panama City Beach, and Clearwater Beach/Tampa. The study findings may provide valuable implications for destination service providers to improve their destination's appeal in this highly competitive and lucrative market. Future research on college spring break groups located in different geographic locations within the country is highly encouraged to better understand the general characteristics of this market.B.S.
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Ulfsson, Hugo. "Predicting Airbnb user's desired travel destinations." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för datavetenskap och kommunikation (CSC), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-208869.
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The purpose of this report is to go through how to predict user’s intentions with machine learning and describe our thought process when working on the different stages of solving this type of problem. This will be done by solving Airbnb’s Kaggle problem where they wanted Kaggle users to predict where their users were most likely going to travel to based on data from their website. We go through the different choices we made while cleaning and prepairing the provided datasets and the reasoning behind these. The prediction is made using XGBoost and its boosted decision tree algorithm with several different approaches to how we go about preparing the data for training. Finally we upload the results for validation on the Kaggle challenge page and we discuss the strengths and weaknesses behind every approach and discuss what more could have been done to further improve the result.Syftet med denna rapport är att gå igenom hur man kan förutsäga användares avsikter med maskininlärning och beskriva vår tankeprocess när man arbetar på de olika stadier som krävs för att lösa denna typ av problem. Detta kommer att göras genom att lösa Airbnbs Kaggleproblem där de ville att Kaggle-användare skulle förutsäga var deras nya användare troligtvis skulle resa till baserat på data från deras hemsida. Vi går igenom de olika val som vi gjorde när vi rengjorde och förberedde de tillhandahållna dataseten och resonemanget bakom dessa. Förutsägelsen görs med hjälp av XGBoost och dess boosted decision tree algorithm med flera olika tillvägagångssätt för hur vi arbetade med att förbereda data för träning. Slutligen laddar vi upp resultaten för validering på Kaggles utmaningssida och vi diskuterar styrkor och svagheter bakom varje tillvägagångssätt samt diskuterar vad mer kunde ha gjorts för att ytterligare förbättra resultatet.
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Barbosa, Luiz Gustavo Medeiros. "The competitiveness of Brazilian tourist destinations." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2013. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/28978/.
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This thesis proposes a construct to measure the competitiveness of Brazilian tourist destinations and orient the actions of public and private tourism managers. The model of this study is based on a relevant literature review, a panel with specialists that have expertise in Brazilian tourism and field research. The investigation was carried out in 15 Brazilian tourist cities, representative of the socioeconomic diversity that characterises the heterogeneity of a developing country. The results of the study show the level of competitiveness of these 15 destinations according to the 13 dimensions proposed in the model, identifying the strong and weak points of local tourism. An assessment was carried out in detail that should serve to assist public managers in the strategic planning of these cities now and in the future. As a complementary result, the study may be successfully replicated in other destinations, thus initiating a historical series for monitoring the competitiveness of Brazilian tourist destinations.
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Syriopoulos, Theodoros Constantinos. "Modelling tourism demand for Mediterranean destinations." Thesis, University of Kent, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.256844.
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Yip, Alexander Siumann 1979. "NATRON : overlay routing to oblivious destinations." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/29724.
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Thesis (M.Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2002.Includes bibliographical references (p. 51-53).
This thesis presents NATRON, a system in which an overlay network of nodes cooperates to improve unicast routing to non-participating hosts. Previous overlay systems have used overlay routing to improve communication between participating hosts; they were unable to exploit overlay routing to non-participating hosts. NATRON uses a combination of IP tunneling and network address translation to allow members of the overlay to communicate with hosts outside the overlay network via other overlay members. In order to estimate the potential performance improvement a system like NATRON might provide, we performed an exhaustive test on a multi-site Internet testbed. Our results show that a system that always guesses the best intermediate node could reduce the average HTTP transfer time by 18% and reduce the number of downloads lasting longer than 30 seconds by 16%. We implemented a working NATRON and a heuristic for choosing intermediate overlay nodes, but we find that our heuristic can only exploit 22% of the potential performance gains. We conclude that overlay routing to oblivious hosts has good potential for performance enhancement but further work is needed to develop a path choice heuristic.
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Shuangqi, Liu. "Factors driving entrepreneurialinitiatives in sustainable destinations." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för teknikvetenskaper, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-391646.
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With the in-depth advancement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), governments and relevant policy makers are taking steps to meet the SDG goals. Sustainable entrepreneurship requires a large degree of participation from the entrepreneurial sector in the destination, and these entrepreneurs in sustainable destinations are expected to have more sense of responsibility, and their entrepreneurial activities are expected to be more sustainable, ie altruistic. This is consistent with the dualistic entrepreneurial motivation model. Is the entrepreneurial motivation of entrepreneurs in sustainable destinations more altruistic? This is unknown because entrepreneurial motivation in the context of a particular sustainable destination has not received much attention. This study examines the factors driving entrepreneurial initiatives in sustainable destinations. For answering research question, this study conducted a statistical analysis of the collected data by conducting a questionnaire survey of 131 entrepreneurs from sustainable destinations. Based on the impact of motivation on action, the conclusions of this study confirm that the entrepreneurial motivations in sustainable destinations are moving towards sustainable entrepreneurs, that is, they not only consider their own interests, but also take into account the interests of others. The significance of this research is to provide a direction for decision makers within sustainable destinations, or international, sustainable development missions, to understand the practical drivers of their policies related to sustainable development and sustainable entrepreneurship. In addition, the study also discusses the inadequacies of current sustainable entrepreneurship as demonstrated by the results of data analysis.
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Hamilton, Rachael Anne. "Educational interpretive programs for ecotourism destinations." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2006. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3171.
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Five interpretive programs designed for use by educators, naturalists, or interpreters working at ecotourism destinations. Topics covered include environmentally responsible behavior, on-site recycling programs, renewable energy systems, and plant and animal species conservation.
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Piva, Elisa. "Branding regional destinations: an integrated stakeholders perspective." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Girona, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/670275.
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This doctoral thesis explores the brand development process of regional destinations in depth, focusing on the supply-side perspective and the concept of brand identity, as well as the perceptions of stakeholders involved in the governance of tourist destinations. Research on destination branding has often focused on the demand-side of tourism, while fewer studies have looked at the supply-side perspective. Additionally, many studies have focused on either entire countries or individual cities, paying little attention to place branding at the regional and sub-regional levels. In this light, by using an integrated supply-side perspective based on the identity of places, this doctoral thesis contributes to the existing body of tourism
literature by providing an innovative understanding of the role and influence
of the various groups of stakeholders in the brand development process of
regional and sub-regional destinationsAquesta tesi doctoral explora en profunditat el procés de desenvolupament de marca de les destinacions regionals, posant el focus en la perspectiva de la oferta i en el concepte de identitat de marca, així com també en les percepcions dels diferents agents involucrats en la governança de les destinacions turístiques. La investigació sobre la marca de les destinacions, sovint s’ha centrat en la demanda, i menys estudis han analitzat la perspectiva de la oferta. A més, nombrosos estudis s’han focalitzat en països o en ciutats, posant poca atenció en la marca a nivell regional i subregional. Per cobrir aquestes mancances, la tesi adopta la perspectiva integrada que examina els diferents agents que poden tenir influencia en el procés de desenvolupament de la marca en destinacions regionals.Per tant, aquesta tesi doctoral agrega un major coneixement a la perspectiva de la oferta en la marca d’una destinació turística regional i sub-regional
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Gibson, Laila. "Learning Destinations : The complexity of tourism development." Doctoral thesis, Karlstad University, Faculty of Social and Life Sciences, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-435.
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Our world is becoming increasingly complex, and is rapidly changingwith distances being reduced. Societies today are also in atransition from traditional production industries to increasingreliance on communication, consumption, services and experience. Asone of these emerging ‘new industries’, tourism is part of thismovement. Globalisation also makes further development of tourismpossible through, amongst other things, the spreading of languages;the development of low-cost carriers; international monetary systems;telecommunications and other technological innovations. Tourismcontributes to the globalisation of society and at the same time is aproduct of it. This is confirmed by complexity theories that stressthe systematic and dynamic nature of globalisation and theinterdependence of the global and the local. Hence, in this thesis,it is argued that acknowledging the complexity of tourism isnecessary for understanding tourism development, and more knowledgeabout tourism also leads to greater knowledge of our society.
The main aim of this thesis is to understand the complexity of localand regional tourist destination development, by exploring social andcultural factors that influence this development. In order to fulfilthis aim, analysis has been conducted at three different levels:places, projects and people. More specifically, by examining placesand how they develop as destinations; investigating the structure of,and processes within, groups and networks important for destinationdevelopment and by exploring the roles, resources and attitudes ofenterprising people who are seen as key for development. The thesisis based on a research project including three studies of tourismdestinations and projects in Northern Sweden and Scotland.
The social and cultural factors connected to tourism development arein turn part of learning processes, which in this thesis are seen asfundamental mechanisms for processes of development. A frameworkcalled ‘Learning Destinations’ is introduced that demonstrates howimportant social and cultural factors manifest themselves at each ofthe three levels: places, projects and people. History and heritageand rationales are the main cultural factors discussed, whilstinteraction and boundaries are prominent social factors found toinfluence tourism development. It is suggested that the framework of‘Learning Destinations’ may serve as a tool for understanding thecomplexity of local and regional tourism development.
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Jonsson, Jonathan. "Exploring destinations with atouch based tablet application." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för tillämpad fysik och elektronik, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-89796.
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The mobile technology that emerged with the smartphones and tablets has changed the way people travel. This has changed both in how bookings are performed, but also in the way travel destinations are browsed and explored. This thesis concerns the design and implementation of a prototype for exploring destinations, with the goal of finding out the most essential factors and parameters for travel browsing. With literature studies, user survey, paper prototyping and Hi-Fi prototypes, an implementation was made, written in Objective C and created as an iPad prototype. The application uses a globe-, map-, image- and list view as the main interfacesfor browsing destinations. The prototype uses 14 di↵erent APIs, with diverse functionality to be able to take advantage of searching and filtering of destinations, made available by the APIs. By incorporating social platforms, it was made possible to better target the user’sinterest, making the experience and exploration more personalized.
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Manero, Ruz Alejandro. "Our Future Destinations: Backcasting for Sustainable Tourism." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-353535.
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The tourism industry has continuously grown in the last fifty years, promoted economic growth and created jobs (UNWTO, 2017). Nevertheless, this industry is impacting and greatly stressing natural environments and societies inciting a transformation towards a more sustainable form of tourism practices (Williams & Ponsford, 2009). The United Nations General Assembly declared 2017 as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development (UNWTO, 2016). The purpose of the declaration was to position the tourism industry as a tool to address the Universal 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development with its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (UNWTO, 2016). A backcasting participatory approach was used to explore the roles of the SDGs in creating future sustainable tourism destinations, using Swedish Lapland as a reference. The study uses backcasting as a method together with a literature review and semi-structured interviews to key stakeholders. The study concludes that SDGs are good parameters to describe current scenarios in order to develop desired ones. It also finds that sustainable future tourism destinations are highly connected with environment and society as part of the core experience, resecting traditions and culture. In order to achieve sustainable future destinations legislation, better practices and alternative methods of transportation need to be implemented alongside creating an experience that is based on responsibility towards nature and societies.
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Lima, Susana Maria Peixoto Godinho. "International cooperation for development in tourism destinations." Doctoral thesis, Universidade de Aveiro, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/14082.
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Doutoramento em TurismoThe main goal of this thesis is to propose a conceptual theoretical model of critical success factors of International Development Cooperation programmes that are based in knowledge transfer approaches in the context of tourism development. The research was structured around three main theoretical pillars: international development cooperation (IDC), tourism as a tool for development, and knowledge transfer (KT). By exploring these pillars´ main interrelations, it was possible to gather the necessary background to develop the theoretical model and apply it to a real context. It was adopted a qualitative research approach using as a case study an IDC programme in tourism - the UNWTO.Volunteers programme. The key contribution of this thesis in the theoretical realm is the bridging of fields of study that are insufficiently covered in the scientific literature. The resulting model proposal applied to a real context of an IDC programme implementation permitted to test it partially providing useful insights for future research. It is postulated that IDC programmes in these contexts constitute a process rather than an end in itself. Therefore, they should be seen as a way of changing the state of the art of the tourism system in a sustainable manner so that it potentially generates positive development changes. This study suggested that it is not possible to achieve positive results if, instead of encouraging a KT and learning environment, it is simply disseminated knowledge in a linear, static, north-south approach. The characteristics of these interventions should be reviewed in that it was found that it is very difficult to guarantee the maintenance of the development changes induced by them if it is not safeguarded the necessary conditions and accountability to implement the recommended actions. While it was perceived a great potential for development changes to be induced by some IDC programmes in tourism destinations, it was concluded that these processes are too much dependent on the local political systems and existing power relations, as well as on the level of tourism development of the destination. However, more research is needed to examine the ability to generalise the findings to other IDC programmes and different destinations of developing countries.
O objectivo principal desta tese é desenvolver um modelo conceptual sobre os factores críticos de sucesso dos programas de turismo e cooperação internacional para o desenvolvimento que se baseiam na transferência de conhecimento. O modelo teórico proposto procura preencher uma lacuna na literatura científica relativamente ao turismo e à cooperação internacional para o desenvolvimento e o papel da transferência de conhecimento como um meio para induzir alterações positivas em termos de desenvolvimento humano. Foi desenvolvida uma abordagem de investigação qualitativa através de um estudo de caso do programa UNWTO.Volunteers. O principal contributo teórico desta tese é estabelecer uma ponte entre vários campos de investigação que não estão suficientemente estudados na literatura científica de forma integrada - transferência de conhecimento, turismo e a cooperação internacional para o desenvolvimento. Com o modelo teórico proposto pretende-se contribuir para a investigação futura, tendo este sido aplicado e testado parcialmente no contexto real da implementação de um programa de cooperação internacional para o desenvolvimento. Este estudo sugere que não é possível obter resultados satisfatórios nestes programas se, em vez de potenciar a transferência de conhecimento e a criação de um ambiente propício à partilha de conhecimento, forem adotadas abordagens estáticas e lineares Norte-Sul. O estudo sugere que as características destes projectos de desenvolvimento devem ser revistas no sentido em que se torna difícil garantir que as alterações induzidas inicialmente pelos programas perdurem no tempo depois daqueles terminarem. O estudo tornou evidente que existe um grande potencial para uma efetiva transferência de conhecimento que contribua para a melhoria das condições de vida e do desenvolvimento dos destinos intervencionados, mas que os mesmos estão demasiadamente dependentes dos sistemas políticos locais e das relações de poder existentes, assim como do seu nível do desenvolvimento turístico. É necessário desenvolver mais investigação para analisar outros programas em diferentes contextos de aplicação para que se possam generalizar os resultados para outros programas de cooperação de destinos de países em desenvolvimento.
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Todman-Lewis, Carrine V. M. "Strategies for Crisis Preparedness of Tourist Destinations." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3327.
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Billion-dollar disasters are projected to increase at a statistically significant rate of 5% annually. Crises affect the viability and lucrativeness of tourism business and implicate destinations in the process. Crisis preparedness is vital to improving outcomes and reducing consequential effects in the tourism industry-a key contributor to socioeconomic progress and infrastructural development worldwide. The study was an exploration of the strategies used for crisis preparedness to reduce business interruptions and improve the image of destinations affected by large-scale natural disasters and human-induced crises. A multiple case study was conducted based on the cycle of preparedness framework. Data were gathered from organization documents and semistructured interviews by telephone with 6 executives of 6 destination management organizations located in the south and west regions of the United States. Transcribed data were coded and then validated via member checking, revealing 3 themes: organizational preparedness, operational preparedness, and strategic communication. Specifically, possessing a crisis mindset, predetermining crisis risks and responses, and managing information to safeguard the reputation of tourism organizations and destinations were attributed to preparedness at the local and organization levels. Tourism and hospitality professionals may benefit from devising crisis plans, establishing rapport with crisis leaders and teams, and partnering with the media to promote positive perceptions and travel behaviors of tourists. Implications for social change include identifying strategies to limit the impact of crises on individuals and communities to improve the perceptions of safety of a tourist destination after a crisis and thus enhance its economic growth.
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Loehr, Johanna K. "Reducing climate risk to Vanuatu destinations holistically." Thesis, Griffith University, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/397585.
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Climate change has been identified as one of the biggest challenges of our time and the impacts of global warming are becoming increasingly notable and damaging. As a result, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change urges for drastic actions to address and mitigate climate risk. This is highly relevant for the tourism industry which has been identified as a sustainable development option and which provides important economic activity to destinations globally, including many small island developing states, such as Vanuatu. Yet, tourism is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, while at the same time contributing to global greenhouse gas emissions. For tourism to deliver on its development promise under a changing climate, climate risk to destinations and how it can be reduced needs to be better understood. To address this need, this thesis aims to understand what role tourism can play to reduce climate risk to the wider destination.
The relevance of climate change is not new to the tourism literature, and there is evidence that tourism businesses are already coping with changes in their environment. Yet actions to address climate risk are often reactionary without the consideration of potential flow-on effects that may be created. This can be problematic, particularly in the South Pacific where tourism activity is highly integrated with local communities and the natural environment. For tourism to create benefits and reduce climate risk beyond the tourism businesses, the wider destination needs to be considered. However, our understanding of how different destination characteristics and elements link, interact, and change under increased climate risk and how flow-on effects between destination elements can themselves influence climate change remains limited.
To address these gaps, this thesis applies general systems theory to advance our understanding of climate risk to destinations in Vanuatu, and to identify the systemic change that is required to collectively and holistically address climate change through tourism. A qualitative multi-stage research design was developed to first assess how academic, practical and political tourism and climate change knowledge is produced and how it can be enhanced to better inform the sector’s climate response. Following this literature review, the systems approach guides the development of the Vanuatu Tourism Adaptation System which identifies economic, socio-cultural, political, and environmental variables, how they interlink and thereby influencing climate risk to destinations in Vanuatu. Destination trade-offs are discussed and policy recommendations of how they may be reduced presented. Building on this systemic understanding of risk to Vanuatu destinations, the potential of Ecosystem-based Adaptation for tourism is empirically tested. Results highlight the potential this approach provides to reduce climate risk and contribute to destination well-being. A number of barriers to successful implementations were identified, and strategies presented of how to address those. To discuss the results and learnings of the empirical studies of this thesis, the concepts resilience and transformation, system characteristics linked to change, are critically reflected upon to develop seven leverage points for holistic climate risk reduction to Vanuatu destinations. Results of this thesis highlight the opportunity systems thinking provides to reduce climate risk to destinations. It can help enhance awareness, support collaboration to integrate projects and policies across sectors and inform the selection and implementation of climate risk reducing interventions in tourism.
This thesis makes several significant theoretical and practical contributions. It contributes to our theoretical understanding of how tourism climate change knowledge is created, and to our systemic knowledge on climate risk to destinations. It thus advances systems approaches in tourism, including our understanding of destinations as social-ecological systems. Linking resilience to leverage points provides a novel way of assessing system change and provides insights into how to manage such change to reduce climate risk. In addition, this thesis provides practical recommendations for Vanuatu destinations relevant to decision makers at local, provincial and national level. It seeks to stimulate a different way of thinking about the means of tourism and how to address complex problems such as climate change more holistically.Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Dept Tourism, Sport & Hot Mgmt
Griffith Business School
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Mott, Tamar Eve. "Pathways and destinations African refugees in the US /." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1158185719.
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Fredericks, Liane, Roman Garstea, and Sergio Monforte. "Sustainable Tourism Destinations : A Pathway for Tour Operators." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Avdelningen för maskinteknik, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-4155.
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This paper examines the relationship between tour operators and their existing tourism destinations. The intent is to help the tour operators plan strategically for building the sustainability of their destinations. A Framework for Strategic Sustainability Development, based on scientific consensus, was used to structure this work. Interviews with tour operators and tourism experts gave practical insight complementing the literature review and case studies analysed during the research. The key findings were the need for tour operators to: consider a whole-systems perspective; cooperate with the tourism destination to build a common vision of success and a clear understanding of sustainability; and to prioritise their actions based on achieving the vision. From this the authors proposed guidance notes to assist tour operators in addressing these barriers. The paper concludes that tour operators can play a major role in building a sustainable society while perpetuating the tourism industry. In order to do so their actions must be chosen and managed correctly. This involves cooperation with the destinations throughout the strategic planning process and for all involved to be on the same page in terms of the end goal, a sustainable society.
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Shelly, Michael Anthony. "Scottish young people's post-school destinations, 1977-83." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/26930.
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Hugues, Dit Ciles Emily Kate. "The sustainability of surfing tourism at remote destinations." Thesis, University of Plymouth, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/1121.
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Surfing is an increasing component of the adventure tourism sector. Growth in surfing as a lifestyle, sporting activity and industry has generated a surge of exploration and intrusion by surfing tourism into remote and vulnerable destinations worldwide in the "search" for uncrowded waves at uncharted locations. Consequendy, there have been concerns at the impacts of surfing tourism on coastal, island and marine areas, often characterised by fragile environments and host communities, compounded the lack of management in isolated regions, and of the surfing tourism industry. The aim of this study was to examine surfing tourism in remote and sensitive destinations and evaluate its consequences and sustainability in relation to socio-cultural, economic and environmental parameters, and thereby, derive planning and management requirements for remote surfing destinations and the surfing tourism industry. A hybrid, multidisciplinary approach was employed based on twelve exploratory interviews, and empirical case study of three distinct remote surfing destinations: (a) Gnaraloo (Australia) - representative of unmanaged surfing tourism in a relatively pristine area; (b) Lagundi (Indonesia) which experienced rapid uncontrolled development resulting in significant environmental, socio-cultural and economic impacts; and (c) Tavarua Island (Fiji) - generally regarded as a leading example of sustainable surfing tourism. Difficulties in managing surfing tourism in remote areas include the mobility of surf tourists and the isolated and vast distribution of destinations. Impacts can be reduced with appropriate management but an educational approach and a level of self-management by surf tourists and surf tour operators is required. With planning and management, community involvement in decision-making and the use of recreational cairying capacity as a management control for tourist numbers, surfing tourism can provide economic and soaal opportumties -without compromising sustainabihty objectives.
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Ponce, Lopez Roberto. "An exploration of non-work destinations in Singapore." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/120234.
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Thesis: Ph. D. in Urban and Regional Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, 2018.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
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Non-work destinations refer to the locational choices of people regarding where they go for non-work activity. My exploration focuses on the daily trips with a primary purpose of shopping, entertainment, dining and refreshment in Singapore. The uniqueness of non-work trips, compared with home-to-work commuting trips, is that we do not observe the spatial tractability of the alternatives (home and work locations are known). Travelers have flexibility in location and schedule for non-work destination choices, and such selections repeat day after day. The flexibility to choose a non-work destination turns the modeling and forecasting of these trips into a complex task because a combination of factors, including the location of the supply of non-work activities, the activity pattern of the traveler, and the cost of traveling, affects the selection of non-work destination alternatives. This thesis utilizes a spatial-temporal scanning tool on cellphone-locational data to improve the spatial representation of places with high concentration of human activity, and use these places as a proxy of non-work destinations. Then, a clustering algorithm characterizes the spaces at the interior of those previously identified places by the geometry, diversity and density of the commercial establishments that they contain. Finally, the results of two statistical models that estimate housing price and destination choice indicate that the characterization of places capture additional information, which are useful in identifying the characteristics of neighborhoods (or space) and representing the destination alternatives of non-work activity. The model of destination choice shows the potential of the method to construct richer spatial nested structures of destination choice to what is currently in the literature. The main contribution of this thesis is the systematic development of measures that are useful to urban planners in characterizing places. These measures can help us to improve our understanding of non-work destination travel behavior. Another finding is that the spatial organization of the offer of non-work activities in Singapore is reminiscent of Central Place Theory. The spatial structure of non-work activities is highly monocentric, supplemented by additional facilities spread across clearly defined satellite suburban places. Three places in Singapore emerge as the top non-work destinations: Bugis, Orchard Road and Downtown. The distinctive attribute of these three places is that they comprise a diverse and dense number of patches or sub-spaces catering to various audiences.
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Zandén, Ljungmark Mimi. "Razna National Park : - a selection of excursion destinations." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för naturgeografi, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-117945.
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Different areas in Latvias youngest National Park Rāzna has been visited and analyzed. One objectivewas to find out if ecotourism is a possibility and what improvements need to be made. Latvia has avery old history of nature conservation. Objectives to protect valuable species and habitats for thefuture are influenced by factors such as economy and politics. The laws and regulations concerningenvironmental care are dependent on the processes and conditions that have contributed to formingthem. What is considered normality in Sweden can be completely different in Latvia eventhough theintentions and wished results are the same. The conclusion is that there is potential for ecotourism,although many factors must be considered and disadvantageous situations be avoided in the natureprotecting process.
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Fredrik, Schlyter. "Predicting Personal Taxi Destinations Using Artificial Neural Networks." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Statistik och maskininlärning, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-148427.
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Taxi Stockholm is a Swedish taxi company which would like to improve their mobile phone application with a destination prediction feature. This thesis has created an algo- rithm which predicts a destination to which a taxi customer would like to go. The problem is approached using the KDD process and data mining methods. A dataset consisting of previous taxi rides is cleaned, transformed, and then used to evaluate the performance of three machine learning models. More specifically a neural network model paired with K- Means clustering, a random forest model, and a k-nearest neighbour model. The results show that the models that were developed in this thesis could be used as a first step in a destination prediction system. The results also show that personal data increase the accu- racy of the neural network model and that there exists a threshold for how much personal information is needed to increase the performance.
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Miguéns, Joana Isabel Louro. "Networked tourism: from world destinations to inter-organizations." Doctoral thesis, Universidade de Aveiro, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/1852.
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Doutoramento em TurismoNa última década, a referência ao conceito de redes cresceu rapidamente entre a literatura sobre turismo, geralmente aplicado a tópicos como as interorganizações, estrutura de multi-destinos, espaços de Turismo online, entre outros. O conceito de rede difundiu-se na natureza e na sociedade, em áreas que vão desde a Biologia à Medicina, ou da Economia à Gestão, e o conhecimento sobre redes tem vindo a impulsionar uma teoria comum para facilitar a compreensão de diferentes sistemas complexos e a representação das ligações entre organizações, acções, bens, proteínas ou pessoas. A tese teve como propósito o encontro de um eixo comum entre dois campos férteis de investigação através de uma revisão teórica sistemática. A investigação sobre redes complexas é um campo recente na Física que tem vindo a desenvolver-se bastante na última década com fortes aplicações interdisciplinares. Por outro lado, a análise de redes sociais é uma área de investigação activa em Sociologia e Economia há bastante tempo. O estudo das implicações das redes complexas para a ciência das redes de turismo é uma área promissora já com resultados fascinantes. A tese tem três resultados principais. Primeiro, traz conhecimento das ricas áreas de conhecimento sobre redes complexas e redes sociais. Em segundo lugar, apresenta modelos evolutivos que melhor se adaptam às chegadas turísticas internacionais. Como se organizam as redes sociais? Como é que os indivíduos escolhem os seus destinos de viagem? Estes são exemplos de questões que serão abordadas na tese. Em terceiro lugar, discute resultados que fazem notar comportamentos comuns entre redes em turismo e outras redes reais. O que é comum a todas as redes na natureza? Adicionalmente, os padrões encontrados entre os destinos turísticos mostram um comportamento não social, com destinos mais característicos de redes económicas e sistemas tecnológicos que questionam a faceta social do sector do turismo. Por acréscimo, a rede de transportes aéreos e a rede de turismo mostram diferenças consideráveis que se podem dever a razões políticas ou outras que provavelmente explicam o aumento da utilização de voos charters.
In the last decade the concept of networks has been rapidly growing among the tourism literature, generally applied in diverse topics, ranging from interorganizations, multi-destination structure, tourism webspace, among many others. The concept of a network is pervasive on nature and society, from economics to management, from biology to medicine, and the knowledge on networks has been developing a common theory for understanding different complex systems, the network representing relations between organizations, stocks, goods, proteins or people. The thesis aims to have a systematic account of the theoretical achievements on two fertile fields of research that find a common strand now. Complex Networks is a new field on physics that has been strongly developing the last decade, with strong interdisciplinary applications. By other hand, social network analysis has been an active research field in sociology and economics for a long time. The implication of complex networks into the science of tourism networks is a promising area already with fascinating results. The thesis has three main results. First, it brings knowledge from the rich social and complex network theory. Secondly, it obtains evolution models that better fit the international tourist arrivals. How social networks are organized? How does people decide their travel destinations? These are examples of questions which will be addressed on the thesis. Third, it discusses results on other tourism and non-tourism real-world networks with common behaviors. What is common to all networks in nature? Additionally the patterns found between tourist destinations show a nonsocial behaviour of destinations, questioning the social backbones of the tourism sector, and showing similarities with economic and technologic systems. Moreover the air transportation network and the tourism network show dissimilarities that can be taken from political reasons and probably explain the increase use of flights with charters.
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Brown, Desmond Omotayo. "The effects of channel power, destination attractiveness and destination political risk events on U.S. tourism channel firms' performance : the case of tourism destinations in Africa /." Diss., This resource online, 1996. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06062008-155602/.
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Carlström, Felicia, and Johanna Gustavsson. "Tourism has impacts on smaller destinations too : A questionnaire study to determine any tourism effects on smaller destinations and its residents." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-100180.
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Tourism is something that today is very common for most parts of the world. Tourism effects is a phenomenon that focuses on the effects of tourism which can affect destinations and residents in different ways. The most common are social, cultural, environmental and economic impacts. The purpose of this bachelor thesis has been to explore if there are any tourism effects and if so, what are they and in what ways can they affect a small rural area as a destination and the effect on the residents. For this purpose we have used an area called Glasriket in Sweden as an example. This study has used both qualitative and quantitative data with a deductive approach. After conducting our research, we then composed a questionnaire. The questionnaire was shared on our personal Facebook pages and also sent out through email to businesses, organizations and municipalities in Glasriket. In total, the empirical data was collected from 74 respondents. The results of the study showed that tourism is often perceived as positive. The positive effects of tourism outweigh the negative. It is clear that tourism has impacts on destinations in rural areas and not only on major cities or coastal areas. One conclusion is that yes, there are effects caused by tourism in Glasriket. There are several environmental, social, cultural and economic impacts in this area. It can also be concluded that tourism affects people and destinations in different ways and the ways the effects are perceived by residents might vary depending on factors such as cultural background, economic status and personal opinions.
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Zhao, Qing 1966. "Prosaposin : a glycoprotein with multiple functions and dual destinations." Thesis, McGill University, 2000. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=36857.
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Prosaposin is a multifunctional glycoprotein with different molecular masses and dual destinations. A 65 kDa form of prosaposin is targeted to lysosomes and converted by partial proteolysis, into four smaller non-enzymatic saposin A-D required for the hydrolysis of glycosphingolipids. However, the 65 kDa protein may be further glycosylated to a 70 kDa secretory form that is found in various biological fluids and suspected to have a trophic activity. Mutations of the prosaposin gene are linked to several lysosomal disorders. This thesis examines various aspects of the synthesis, targeting and function of prosaposin, and for practical purposes, the results and discussion were divided in three main sections. The first part deals with the cloning of the mouse prosaposin gene, the analysis of its transcribed mRNA and translation products. The second section examines the mechanism of targeting of the 65 kDa protein to lysosomes using mutagenic analyses. The third part deals with the effect of the inactivation of the prosaposin gene on the development of the male reproductive system. Sequence analysis revealed that the mouse prosaposin gene is over 20 kb in length and composed of 15 exons and 14 introns. Two forms of alternatively spliced mRNA (including or excluding exon 8) were found by RT-PCR in a tissue specific manner. Structure analysis and secondary structure predictions among mouse, rat and human prosaposins illustrated a common framework of amino acids forming amphiphatic helices enclosing an internal hydrophobic core implicated on their interaction with lipids. Mutagenic deletions of functional domains of prosaposin demonstrated that its C-terminus was required for the lysosomal targeting of this protein. Further evidence from chimeric constructs of albumin attached to various functional domains of prosaposin, suggested that the C-terminus plus at least one saposin domain are necessary for the targeting of albumin to lysosomes. Investigation of the effect of p
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Dobbs, Erica Rose. "Constituents without citizenship? : immigrant political incorporation in new destinations." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/84852.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Political Science, 2013.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 388-400).
This dissertation explores the role of native activists in the incorporation of new immigrants. Motivated by concerns that this process would be limited in countries with no tradition of immigration, it focuses on Spain, Ireland, and Northern Ireland. Despite similar patterns of growth and in-migration, there are significant differences in the trajectories of political incorporation. Given Spain's persistently high unemployment rate, and Northern Ireland's dark history of social conflict, we would expect to see the most political outreach to immigrants in Ireland, yet we see quite the opposite. What explains this variation? Drawing from archival research and interviews, I find that differences in how native activists respond to immigrants in the present are due to how they settled past conflicts. In places where past native minority demands for civic inclusion were accommodated, institutions were changed to be more open to minority participation. Later, with new immigration, not only may newcomers have access to civic life through institutions designed for native minorities, native groups may repurpose the same historical narratives used to address their marginalization in the past, to prevent the marginalization of new immigrants in the present. While places that do not have access to this legacy of conflict may attempt to establish new, migrant serving institutions, because these new structures are often targeted rather than universalistic, they are vulnerable to retrenchment. Therefore, while Ireland may have had immigrant-friendly institutions early on, because these did not have vested native constituencies, their remit was limited and unstable. Spain and Northern Ireland's recent conflicts meant that their minority-friendly institutions could not be cut back - and were actually extended - when confronted with new immigration because they also benefited natives with an interest in maintaining them. These findings raise serious questions about approaches to incorporation that focus solely on programs targeting immigrants. They also suggest that societies with a legacy of conflict may be better equipped to handle incorporation than their more tranquil counterparts: if the grievances of previously marginalized native minorities were addressed through the establishment of more inclusive civic institutions, there can be unintended positive spillover benefits for immigrants down the line.
by Erica Rose Dobbs.
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Miller, Adam. "Florida's school choice policies and democracy| Origins and destinations." Thesis, Florida Atlantic University, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10154940.
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School choice is a fast growing alternative to traditional public school education across the nation. According to the Florida Department of Education, school choice policies and laws are rapidly moving Florida away from more traditional forms of schooling toward an increasingly evolving school choice state landscape. The purpose of this study was to examine school choice in Florida by investigating the school choice policies enacted by the Florida legislature leading to the school choice environment in Florida today. Specifically, this investigation was limited to legislation in Florida between 1997 and 2014 and further limited to charter schools, home schooling, virtual education, and two choice options specific to Florida in which public dollars follow students to private schools, the Tax Credit and McKay Scholarship programs. These particular school choice options were chosen as the focus of this study because they change the where of education outside of traditional public schools. Other choice options such as magnet schools, inter-district choice, and intra-district choice simply move students among traditional public schools but keep them enrolled in traditional public schools. Ultimately the study hoped to provide a possible road map for the future of school choice policies in Florida. This study utilized a qualitative methodology utilizing document reviews and interviews. This study found that school choice policies in Florida have continued to expand and evolve over the years to increase the liberty available to families to choose the education of their children.
This study also found that the Florida legislature has laid the groundwork for Florida school districts, through a focus on equality, to take advantage of a portfolio management model to increase student achievement. Although a focus on equality led to the enactment of various school choice options, some of these options have moved away from their original intent to financially benefit specific organizations and groups. Finally, as reported by Holme, Frankenberg, Diem, and Welton (2013), Florida’s charter school, virtual education, and home education policies have been enacted as race-neutral policies that have no regard for diversity, which could lead to resegregation.
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Zhang, Xiaoyue. "National myths and tourism marketing in postcolonial Chinese destinations." Thesis, University of Surrey, 2017. http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/813273/.
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This thesis explores national myths and tourism marketing in the postcolonial Chinese context, linking nation and nationalism studies with tourism studies. The symbolic foundation of a nation, its national myths and imagined common experiences has been challenged seriously by the increasing idea of heterogeneity, woven with fragmented, ambiguous and paradoxical discourses (Anderson 1991, Bouchard 2013, Foucault 1972, Özkirimli 2010). At the same time, tourism is increasingly recognised as a broader term related to social, cultural, political and historical understandings. In this sense, there is much more to tourism marketing than simply promoting a destination, as it has a “nationmaking” function. In this context, the thesis explores postmodern understandings of nation and examines how tourism transgresses boundaries. In particular, it discusses the symbiotic relationship between national myth-making and tourism marketing in the postcolonial Chinese destinations of Hong Kong and Macau. Both destinations are now Special Administrative Regions of the People’s Republic of China, following the handovers in the 1990s. This study analyses how their destination marketing in the subsequent years has discursively formed two unique imagined identities, based on their heritage and culture, different from and separate to China. The fieldwork for this qualitative inquiry was undertaken from August 2014 to February 2015 in Hong Kong and Macau. It combines semiotic discourse analysis of digital and print tourism promotional materials (in Chinese and English) with in-depth interviews with tourism stakeholders and cultural experts, in order to provide insights into different symbolic representations and their underlying power dynamics. The study demonstrates how Hong Kong discursively forms and enforces its national myths through demarking Chinese symbols. It also shows how Macau’s dependence on its more powerful neighbours of Hong Kong and China has determined its national myth of being “in-between”, defined in relation to China and Hong Kong. This study therefore contributes to conceptualisations of national myths and tourism marketing and suggests that tourism marketing not only reflects but plays a major role in nation-making processes.
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Tofte, Christopher Shawn. "Urban Entertainment Destinations: A Developmental Approach for Urban Revitalization." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/9847.
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Urban Entertainment Destinations (UED) are a new form of development comprised of unanchored retail projects that mix entertainment venues and icon restaurants as a solution for enticing visitors back to the city. The difference between these destinations and the traditional shopping mall is the experience gained when leaving the destination. As a solution, several cities have considered Urban Entertainment Destinations as a developmental means for revitalizing the downtown.
This thesis design project attempts to explore the significance of UED's by conducting a literature review and case study analysis of nine UED's across the United States. Studies extracted from each module revealed the importance of six key strategies- Placemaking, Multi-Anchoring, Contextual Links, Critical Mix & Mass, Programmability, and Branded Identity. Particular attention was placed on placemaking; designing gathering spaces, pathways, material choices, spatial relationships, and programmed land use. An emphasis has been made on incorporating the history and culture and the site's sense of place, two placemaking components that help create a distinct destination. These strategies were used as a basis for developing a set of design criteria that were in turn applied to the development of a master plan for a new UED in Rockford, Illinois.Master of Landscape Architecture
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Reister, Jill. "Diversifying Destinations: Examining Study Abroad in Non-traditional Locations." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1540565749484385.
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Corrales, Pallavicini Jazmin Ariana. "Factors Influencing Tourism Destinations Attractiveness : The Case of Malaga." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för fysisk planering, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-14973.
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Destination attractiveness is a subjective concept that has raised discussions among academics and researchers within the field of tourism. Attractiveness has been studied from different approaches, and due to the importance of tourism in contemporary societies, it has also been studied within different disciplines of knowledge, without achieving an agreement on its definition, measure and creation. This thesis is an attempt to contribute to these discussions through the analysis of the case of Malaga, Spain, a city with a long and strong relation to tourism, but which for particular reasons and context, had to develop its tourism sector almost from the scratch over the course of recent decades, before becoming one of the most important urban cultural destinations in Spain. This thesis will explore the factors that influenced the creation of Malaga’s attractiveness and the strategies that supported this evolution.
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Sorupia, Eden. "Transport networks and ecotourism destinations : the aim for sustainability /." Connect to thesis, 2007. http://eprints.unimelb.edu.au/archive/00004015.
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Westover, Daniel Kirk. "Stylistic destinations : the prosodies of R.S. Thomas, 1936-2000." Thesis, Bangor University, 2008. https://research.bangor.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/stylistic-destinations(e0ff6a40-26e3-4500-91e8-7d4b1c5f2ccb).html.
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Welsh poet R.S. Thomas (1913-2000), who published for over six decades, evolved from a sub-Georgian imitator in the 1930s to one of Britain's most stylistically-innovative poets in the latter part of the century. This thesis traces Thomas's developmental journey by means of close reading, analyzing his various prosodies, including metrical, accentual, linear, and visual. R. S. Thomas's prosodies were largely an extension of his emotional interiors, but there is also in his work an integral relationship between style and place; the environment in which he wrote poems was consistently reflected in the rhythm, language, and structure of the poetry itself. In order to shed light on the workings of Thomas's prosodies, this thesis makes use of poetic theory and examines Thomas's responses to key influences: the Bible; writings in theology and popular science; and the literary works of Irish, American, Welsh, and English writers.
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Su, Rui. "Interdependence and tension around cultural tourism in city destinations." Thesis, Sheffield Hallam University, 2014. http://shura.shu.ac.uk/20409/.
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Cultural tourism in cities involves cultural resources and the producers and consumers of those resources, with the integration of these elements resulting in different forms of cultural tourism and varied associated relationships. Culture and cultural heritage tourism often feature prominently in city-based tourist activities, and they can assist cities to achieve broad socio-economic and political objectives. Given the importance of urban cultural tourism, it is surprising that few studies have sought to establish a more comprehensive understanding of the processes and issues involved in its production and consumption. Instead, much relevant research focuses only on specific individual aspects or features of cultural tourism. The study responds to the need to understand urban cultural tourism through a holistic approach that also simplifies the relevant complex relationships. This research develops a holistic, relational and dialectical conceptual model in order to improve our critical understanding of urban cultural tourism. The model draws certain ideas from the circuit of culture conceptualisation of the assembly of contemporary material artefacts and from previous studies of cultural heritage tourism in cities. The central dialectic in the proposed model of urban cultural tourism concerns relationships of interdependence and tension. Urban cultural tourism involves much interdependence, such as between the production and consumption of tourism products, between culture and tourism departments, and between producers of cultural tourism products in the cultural and tourism sectors. Yet, there is also much tension involved in these relationships, such as between the preservation and commodification of cultural resources and between potentially different expectations of cultural tourism's producers and consumers. The model thus focuses on processes of interdependence and tension in urban cultural tourism. The applicability and value of the theoretical model is considered for the case of the city of Nanjing in China, a distinctive context for urban cultural tourism due to the city's rich cultural resources and the major changes in China's economy, society, politics and governance. The assessment is based on triangulation using a range of sources, including semi-structured in-depth interviews with industry officials and managers and tourists, observation, documents, photographic records, and social media. The research findings demonstrate the model's value, notably through its integrated approach, its focus on dialectical relationships of interdependence and tension, and the prominence given to four key relationships and their connections with each other and their context. It provided valuable new insights into the relationships in Nanjing between culture and tourism policies and between relevant government departments, between the public and private sectors, between the production and consumption of cultural tourism, and between the encoding and decoding of related messages. These relationships had to be seen as reflecting and affecting China's distinctive political, economic and socio-cultural context. Conclusions are also drawn about the wider applicability and value of the model for researchers interested in cultural tourism in other urban contexts.
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Hasan, Md Kamrul. "Tourists’ Revisit Intention to Beach Tourism Destinations in Bangladesh." Thesis, Curtin University, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/76146.
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Coastal-based beach tourism is one of the least researched areas in tourism literature. This study aimed at examining tourists’ revisit intention to beach tourism destinations. Data were collected from 631 tourists who had visited beach destinations in Bangladesh. The results indicate that tourists’ revisit intention was directly influenced by destination image, tourists’ attitudes, satisfaction, PBC, and PSI. The findings contribute to the extension of body of knowledge in beach tourism settings.
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Hornby, Glen. "Influence of Inter-Organisational Relationships on Tourism Operator Participation in Destination Marketing Systems." Thesis, Griffith University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/368087.
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Destination marketing systems are a prevalent technology in the tourism industry. A particular feature of destination marketing systems is that they rely on tourism operators’ participation so that comprehensive product information can be delivered to potential tourists. A review of literature revealed that stakeholder cooperation has been a major issue in many destination marketing systems, and a lack of tourism operators’ participation in them has inhibited destination marketing system success. Research that has addressed this issue has suggested technology adoption issues have inhibited tourism operators’ participation. Some research has identified that inter-organisational relationships may be influencing tourism operators’ participation, however there has been little research addressing this topic...Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department of Tourism, Leisure, Hotel and Sport Management
Griffith Business School
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Carvalho, Pedro Domingos da Costa. "A imagem de um destino turístico cultural: o caso do Alto Douro Vinhateiro, Património da Humanidade." Master's thesis, [s.n.], 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10284/1412.
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Dissertação de Mestrado apresentada à Universidade Fernando Pessoa como parte dos requisitos para obtenção do grau de Mestre em Ciências Empresariais.Esta dissertação tem como objectivo principal avaliar a Imagem do destino turístico cultural Alto Douro Vinhateiro (ADV), Património da Humanidade, bem como traçar o perfil do visitante, avaliar a sua satisfação, e intenções de voltar e de recomendar o destino. Para concretizar os objectivos, seguiu-se uma pesquisa descritiva, com recolha de dados através de questionário, aplicado a visitantes no ADV, obtendo-se uma amostra de 252 questionários. Conclui-se que a imagem percebida pelos visitantes em relação ao destino, está fortemente associada à paisagem cultural Património da Humanidade, e a um espaço natural de beleza e relaxe, bem como a experiências ligadas ao Rio Douro, à Vinha e ao Vinho. O perfil do visitante é caracterizado pela disponibilidade para viajar, pelo alto poder de compra, pelo nível académico e cultural elevado, e pela procura de experiências únicas, e enriquecedoras. Verificou-se que a imagem percebida de destino influencia a satisfação, a intenção de voltar e de recomendar, e que a satisfação influencia a intenção de voltar e de recomendar o ADV. A imagem percebida do destino é muito favorável, verificando-se um nível elevado de satisfação, e de intenção de recomendação, apesar de se terem identificado alguns aspectos negativos da oferta. Existe alguma incerteza em relação à intenção de voltar, o que representa um desafio para instituições e empresas - na construção de uma oferta uniforme, orientada por padrões de qualidade, direccionada aos segmentos e perfis que o estudo permite identificar, e na comunicação e promoção da forte identidade da imagem do ADV, que permita uma maior fidelização do visitante. This dissertation aims to evaluate the Image of the cultural tourist destination Alto Douro Vinhateiro (ADV), World Heritage, and trace the profile of the visitor, to assess their satisfaction, and intent to return and recommend the destination. In order to achieve these objectives, a descriptive study was fulfilled with data collection through a questionnaire, applied to visitors at the ADV, obtaining a sample of 252 questionnaires. It follows that the image seen by visitors on the destination is strongly linked to the cultural landscape, World Heritage, and an area of natural beauty and relax, as well as experiences related to the River Douro, the Vine and Wine. The profile of the visitor is characterized by the willingness to travel, the high purchasing power, the high academic and cultural level, and the search of unique and enriching experiences. It was found that the perceived image of destination has some influence on satisfaction, the intent to return and recommend, and that satisfaction influences the intention to return and recommend the ADV. The perceived image of the destination is very favourable, with a high level of satisfaction, and intent of recommendation, although some negative aspects of the offer have been identified. There is some uncertainty about the intention to return, which represents a challenge for institutions and companies - the construction of a standardized offer, driven by quality standards, targeted to the segments and profiles that the study will identify, and the communication and promotion of the strong identity of the ADV image, allowing greater chances to get the visitor back. Cette thèse vise à évaluer l'Image de la destination touristique culturelle viticole du Haut-Douro (ADV), classée patrimoine mondial, et de tracer le profil du visiteur, d'évaluer sa satisfaction, et son intention de revenir et de recommander cette destination. Pour atteindre les objectifs fixés, une étude descriptive a été élaborée par le biais de données recueillies dans un questionnaire rempli par les visiteurs de l’ ADV - l’ échantillon s’élève à 252 questionnaires. Il s'ensuit que l'image perçue par les visiteurs de la destination, est fortement associée au paysage culturel classé patrimoine mondial, à un espace de détente et de beauté naturelle, ainsi qu’à des expériences liées au fleuve, le Douro, à la vigne et au vin. Le profil du visiteur est caractérisée par sa disponibilité pour le Voyage, son fort pouvoir d'achat, son niveau académique et culturel élevé, et par la recherche d'expériences uniques et enrichissantes. Il a été constaté que, d’une part, l'image du lieu touristique influence la satisfaction, l'intention de revenir et de recommander et, d’autre part, que la satisfaction a un impact sur l'intention de revenir et de recommander l'ADV. La perception de l'image de la destination est très favorable, avec un niveau élevé de satisfaction, et d'intention de recommandation, mais certains aspects négatifs de l'offre ont été identifiés. Il existe une incertitude quant à l'intention de revenir, ce qui représente un défi pour les institutions et les entreprises - la construction d'une offre uniforme, orientée par les normes de qualité et vers les segments et les sections que l'étude permet d'identifier, et la communication et la promotion de la forte identité de l'image de l'ADV, permettant une meilleure fidélisation du visiteur.
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Řehořková, Jarmila. "Návrh řízení a propagace turistické destinace Brdy-Vltava." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2010. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-75182.
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The Brdy-Vltava destination lies in Central Bohemia region between the Brdy highlands and the river Vltava and has potential for tourism. But nowadays there is no organization of destination management and promotion. Promotion is not unified and coordinated. The purpose of this thesis is to propose which organisation should deal with management and promotion of the destination. The other aim is to propose activites of promotion and management and a way how to increase awareness of the destination. The author use the information not only from related literature but also from work experience for the town of Dobříš and Local action group Brdy-Vltava o.p.s.
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Johansson, Frida, and Sofia Eliason. ""Connect and share” – Den delningsbara destinationen : En intervjustudie som belyser Airbnb och vilka funktioner plattformen har för en destinations utveckling." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Institutionen för geografi, medier och kommunikation (from 2013), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-68562.
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Delningsekonomi är ett fenomen som vuxit och tagit allt större plats inom turismindustrin genom exempelvis företag som Airbnb. Denna nya ekonomi opererar utanför den traditionella marknaden och kan därför inte anses bidra till samhället på samma sätt som företag inom den traditionella marknaden gör, samtidigt som företag som exempelvis Airbnb konkurrerar med bland annat vandrarhem, campingar och en del hotell. Det innebär att det gör det svårt för företag och organisationer inom turismindustrin att veta hur de ska förhålla sig till fenomenet och se till vilka effekter som det lämnat efter sig. Studien har därför fokuserat på att belysa Airbnb inom en destination och se vilken funktion det har för Karlstads turismutveckling. Detta realiserades genom att kasta ljus på Airbnbs värdar för att förstå vilken syn de hade på Airbnb, deras gäster samt destinationen Karlstad och på så sätt förstå vilken roll de hade inom destinationen. I relation till värdarna placerade vi även Karlstads turismorganisationer i fokus för att se vilken kunskap och attityd som fanns om delningsekonomi, digitalisering och Airbnb. De teman som vi valt att framhäva och som också genomsyrar hela arbetet är (I) Delningsekonomi, (II) Destinationsutveckling samt (III) Airbnb och värdarna. Dessa teman är återkommande från bakgrund till slutsats för att utifrån olika perspektiv belysa dessa fenomen i relation till studien. Studiens tillvägagångssätt baserades därför på intervjuer med representanter från Visit Värmland, turismverksamheten i Karlstad kommun och fem Airbnbvärdar i Karlstad. För att belysa relationen mellan dessa aktörer användes en socialkonstruktivistisk positionering som utgångspunkt. Genom denna positionering möjliggjordes nya kunskaper om aktörernas förhållande och potentiella utbyten som kan antas vara fördelaktiga utifrån ett samhällsperspektiv.The sharing economy is a phenomenon that has grown and increased in the tourism industry, for example by companies like Airbnb. This new economy operates outside the traditional market and can therefore not be considered as contributing to the society in the same way that companies in the traditional market does. Although Airbnb are competing with hostels, campsites and hotels that are in the traditional market. This means that it makes it difficult for companies and organizations in the tourism industry to know how to relate to the phenomenon and to see what kinds of effects it has left behind. The study has therefore focused on highlighting Airbnb within a special destination and to find what kinds of functions it has for Karlstads tourism development. Furthermore, this was performed by highlighting Airbnb's hosts to understand what kind of view they have on Airbnb, their guests, Karlstad and thus understand what kind of role they have towards the destination. In relation to the hosts, we placed the Karlstads Tourism Organizations in focus to establish what kind of knowledge and attitude that does exist today relating to the sharing economics, digitization and Airbnb. The themes chosen to be highlighted and which also permeate the entire study are (I) Sharing Economics, (II) Destination Development, and (III) Airbnb and the hosts. These themes are permeate from the background to the conclusion to illustrate these phenomenon from a different perspective in relation to our study. The study’s approach was therefore based on interviews with representatives from Visit Värmland, the tourism organization in Karlstad and five Airbnb hosts in Karlstad. To illustrate the relationship between these actors, a social constructivist positioning was used as a starting point. This positioning enabled new knowledge of the actors relationships and potential exchanges that could be considered beneficial from a societal perspective.
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Fyall, Alan. "Managing destinations : a collaborative approach : the emergence and development of sub-regional destination management arrangements in the South West of England." Thesis, Bournemouth University, 2008. http://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/20628/.
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Ewigleben, Franziska. "Communicating Sustainable Nature-Based Tourism : A Mixed Method Approach to Investigate How Swedish Destination Marketing Organizations Promote Nature Destinations on Instagram." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, JMK, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-178426.
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Around the globe, sensitive nature destinations suffer from media-mediated mass tourism. Especially, the social media network Instagram is often made responsible for these events as its emphasis on visuals is claimed to foster people’s ambition to reproduce photographs of themselves in the epic sceneries they see online. Destination Marketing Organizations (DMOs) face a particularly big challenge in using Instagram. While they aim at attracting enough tourists to satisfy the local tourism industry’s needs, they need to apply a careful promotion to avoid attracting more tourists than the natural environments can cope with. Focusing on Sweden as case study, this thesis aims at identifying and exploring how Swedish DMOs currently promote vulnerable nature destinations on Instagram and what significance these economically driven communication agencies thereby attribute the protection of the natural resources. Theoretical implications from sustainable destination management and environmental psychology are employed to develop different communication strategies that enhance the destination’s sustainable image as well as attempt to encourage pro-environmental behavior among tourists. A mixed method design is applied which is dominated by an extensive quantitative content analysis and complemented by a more limited qualitative semiotic analysis. The findings reveal that the implementation of sustainable communication strategies is of varying importance for the six Swedish DMOs considered in this study. In general, their effort of using communication tools to enhance sustainable nature-based tourism is still very low. Future research is advised to investigate in the production as well as audience site to gain further insights in how economic interests might hinder a more sustainable branding and to examine how effective the developed communication strategies actually are in influence people’s behavioral intentions.