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Nature-based tourism in the Algarve: a fact or a myth? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The Algarve is a mature destination in the south of Portugal and is mainly well-known for its offerings of sun and sea. In addition to strong seasonal changes, the region also faces strong competition from other nearby destinations, which has affected ...
Guerreiro, Manuela   +2 more
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Se confronter aux habitants du paradis

open access: yesArticulo: Journal of Urban Research, 2008
Initially, people who spent their vacations at the seaside wanted first and foremost to see the sea. This was an exclusive goal, resulting in a discourse devoid of any references to local populations.
Johan Vincent
doaj   +1 more source

Vieillissement et féminisation des populations littorales : les promenades de bord de mer comme ressource contre la déprise

open access: yesEspace populations sociétés, 2013
It's often forgotten that old persons are in a large majority women. Women who face spaces differently wheather ageing provides freedom or self retraction because of the loss of physical capacities.
Mathilde Bigo   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Energy expenditure on recreational visits to different natural environments. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Physical inactivity poses a significant challenge to physical and mental health. Environmental approaches to tackle physical inactivity have identified natural environments as potentially important public health resources.
Adrian H. Taylor   +52 more
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Working with the Carnivalesque at the Seaside: Transgression and misbehaviour in a tourism workplace. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
To date, consideration of the carnivalesque at the seaside has focused on the practices and behaviour of tourists. Less attention has been paid to tourism employees who are not participants in the carnival but may nevertheless be affected by the ‘playful
Chapman, Anya, Light, Duncan
core   +1 more source

A circulação de práticas e ideias balneárias: a estância termal de Poços de Caldas (MG)

open access: yesConfins, 2019
One can say that the coastal and thermal spa models are concurrent at birth, although strongly connected by the coincident frequency of the elites who founded and frequented them.
Lohanne Fernanda Gonçalves Ferreira   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hosts, guests and politics: coastal resorts morphological change [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Resort morphology goes through a predictable sequence of stages: from pre-tourism low through high-density development to an urbanized state. Three elements are considered essential in such coastal resorts change: hosts, guests, and politics.
Andriotis, K
core   +1 more source

Deauville : création et développement urbain

open access: yesIn Situ, 2012
During the nineteenth century, the success of Trouville, with its reputation founded on the novel practices of therapeutic sea bathing, gave rise to the development of seaside resorts all along France’s Channel coast.
Didier Hébert
doaj   +1 more source

L’évolution du système touristique en Tunisie. Perspectives de gouvernance en contexte de crise

open access: yesÉtudes Caribéennes, 2020
The seaside tourism of Tunisia, which started with a few limited area parallel to the shoreline, has evolved through several ‘concepts’ of tourist development.
Mohamed Hellal
doaj   +1 more source

Selecting Resort Locations [PDF]

open access: yes
[[abstract]]This study examines a comprehensive and objective three-stage method for selecting resort location in Taiwan that maximize competitive advantage. The factors and criteria used in the evaluation model are obtained from an exhaustive literature
Chang C.W.   +11 more
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