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Virtual Reality on e-Tourism

open access: yes, 2017
This article proposes the develop of a dynamic virtual environment that with the consumption of real time data about the state of a place, offer an immersion to the tourist like be at the desired location. The development implements a communication and loader structure from many information sources, manual information data loaded from mobile devices ...
Juan C. Castro   +6 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Analysing seasonal changes in New Zealand's largest inbound market

open access: yes, 2008
The purpose of the paper is to analyse seasonal changes in tourism demand by New Zealand's major tourist source market, Australia, for the period 1979-2005. A time series regression model is used to test the significance of monthly seasonality.
Lim, Christine, McAleer, Michael
core   +1 more source

Counting cases, conserving species: addressing highly pathogenic avian influenza in wildlife

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has become a critical threat to wildlife, shifting from a seasonal epizootic to a persistent, year‐round panzootic with global consequences. Here, we summarise the origin, evolutionary mechanisms, and expanding host range of the current H5N1 virus (clade 2.3.4.4b) and assess its impact on wildlife. Over
Ulrich Knief   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Waders in a sea of debris: a global overview

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The impact of plastic pollution on ecosystems and marine fauna is well documented, although research into its effects on waders (also known as shorebirds) remains limited. Given that waders are exposed to coastal marine litter, this exposure could be a significant factor in the decline of their populations. This study aims to assess the global
Yada Trapletti‐Lanti   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

B2B dealer service as a model to access e-tourism [PDF]

open access: yesAnali Ekonomskog fakulteta u Subotici, 2014
E-tourism is a consequence of the emergence of new technologies which emergence made possible the emergence and rapid development of Internet. This paper presents a model of B2B business as a solution through which companies whose business tourism ...
Ivanović Vladan   +2 more
doaj  

Orchard netting impacts on biodiversity leading to cascading effects at the ecosystem level

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Agriculture must ensure food production without further compromising the ecosystem functions upon which it depends. Agricultural practices should therefore avoid harming farmland biodiversity, especially of taxa that supply the key ecosystem services (e.g.
Corrado Alessandrini   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

The digital transformation of tourism: a study of tourist behaviour and preferences in the age of technology in Bangladesh

open access: yesResearch in Hospitality Management
The rapid development of technology has profoundly altered tourist behaviour and trends, yet there is a notable gap in understanding how these changes affect tourists in Bangladesh. Existing research focuses on developed markets, overlooking Bangladesh’s
Md Istiaq Mohhamad Shuvo   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Analyzing the Barriers of E-tourism Development in Iran Using the Fuzzy Interpretive Structural Modeling Approach [PDF]

open access: yesکاوش‌های مدیریت بازرگانی, 2018
In recent years, information technology has changed the practical methods in all corporations especially in the tourism industry. Nowadays, information technology is considered as one of the most important factors of everyday running processes in the ...
Ali Delshad   +3 more
doaj  

Considerations for sustainable tourism development in developing countries: Perspectives from the South Pacific

open access: yes, 2011
Nations of the South Pacific face a number of major challenges with respect to sustainable tourism development. Much of the literature presents overtly pessimistic conceptualisations of South Pacific nations as environmentally vulnerable and economically
Liu, Ge   +3 more
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Many homes for tourism : re-considering spatializations of home and away in tourism mobilities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Tourism mobilities have long been spatialized as circular structures emanating from a primary home that is opposed to a space of ‘away’. Increasingly complex personal mobilities and experiences with multiple homes, however, challenge the assumptions on ...
Hui, A.
core  

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