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Creative Resources for Attractive Seaside Resorts: The French Turn [PDF]

Journal of Investment and Management, 2015
This article presents a qualitative analysis of the specific strategies used by coastal resorts in the South of France to valorise their creative regional resources. These strategies emerge from factors of change in the trajectories of the resorts: change in the relationship between man and nature, environmental turning point and the need for ...
Gombault, A., Falaix, L, Hatt, E, Piriou, J   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

From Social Justice to Indigenous Peoples' Rights: Continuities and (Re)framings in Ejido Property Claims in Yucatán, Mexico

Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines how long‐standing local conflicts concerning the nature of common property, the distribution of access and administrative rights associated with it, and more broadly the nature of the community and the forms of citizenship that organise its governance shape demands for justice regarding land transfers to outside investors
Eric Léonard, Kelly Redouté, María Gabriela Durán Valis   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

That sinkin’ feeling: Environmentally induced distress on a disappearing island

Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Residents of Tangier Island, Virginia, a subsiding island in the Chesapeake Bay, embody psychosocial dimensions of environmental change. Analysis of ethnographic data shows islanders’ experiences and articulations of anxiety, panic, and despair as “that sinkin’ feeling,” resulting from the stress of living with the long‐term threat of imminent
Jonna Yarrington
wiley   +1 more source

Tourism by the Sea. Development of Customs, Habits and Fashion on the Beach

ZoneModa Journal, 2021
The paper studies the development of seaside tourism, presenting the phases of its development: from health resorts, swimming in the cold sea, and slowly moving towards the warmer southern seaside destinations.
Petra Kavrečič
doaj   +1 more source

SmartTur+ECO: A Multimodal Conversational Recommender System Integrating Virtual Reality and Gamification for Smart Tourism

Expert Systems, Volume 43, Issue 9, September 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper presents SmartTur+ECO, a system for tourist attractions that integrates conversational recommendation systems (CRS), virtual reality (VR) and gamification. It efficiently gathers trip data and elicits user preferences through interactions with a chatbot, addressing the user‐cold start problem common in tourism.
Juan Carlos Carrillo, Victoria Beltran, Laura Sebastia, Eva Onaindia, Ignacio Seguí, Alfonso Lopez, Jose Carlos Sola   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nature Conservation and Sustainable Tourism in a Former Baltic Sea Coastal Military Area

Land
The coastal zone consists of diverse littoral habitats, which we categorize into two primary types: linear and areal. Investigating linear littoral habitats is crucial for resolving the ‘coastal squeeze’ phenomenon in coastal and marine protected areas ...
Egidijus Jurkus, Julius Taminskas, Arvydas Urbis, Ramūnas Povilanskas   +3 more
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5) THE TOURIST DEMAND AND THE TOURISTIC OFFER OF THE ROMANIAN CLIMATIC AND SPA RESORTS [PDF]

Buletin ştiinţific: Universitatea din Piteşti. Seria Ştiinţe Economice, 2018
The exceptional balneological and climate potential of our country is proven by the existence of more than 160 localities with natural therapeutic factors (mineral and thermal springs, therapeutic lakes, salines, therapeutic muds, mofettes, the Black Sea
Cristina MICU, Loredana TUTA
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Jusqu’au bout de la promenade ?

Géographie et Cultures, 2019
Since the 18th century, coastal tourism in Great Britain has experienced architectural forms that will serve as reference. Among them, the pleasure pier allows for varied activities (boardwalk, fishing, dance, theatre, restaurant, attrac­tions).
Damien Bruneau
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‘Reinventing’ the Beach? Lessons from a Local Development Plan in the French Riviera

The Political Quarterly, Volume 97, Issue 3, Page 407-413, July/September 2026.
Abstract Coastal squeeze is now so tangible both globally and locally that the focus of scientific debate has expanded from the erosion of beaches to the risk of their disappearance. In this context, it is crucial to explore local development plans that aim to preserve the long‐term existence of a beach.
Isabelle Bruno, Grégory Salle
wiley   +1 more source

Sand castles.Chalets, hotels and leisure spaces in the seaside resorts of Montevideo (1890-1920)

ARQUISUR Revista, 2022
The first coastal tourism in Uruguay developed in a particular socio-political framework around 1900. The Montevideo seaside resorts had different origins and routes, but they share some phenomena that allow for interesting cuts of analysis.
Tatiana Rimbaud Blengini
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