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The impacts of tourism on two communities adjacent to the Kruger National Park, South Africa [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This paper explores the socioeconomic impacts of tourism associated with the Kruger National Park, South Africa's flagship national park, on the neighbouring villages of Cork and Belfast.
Freitag-Ronaldson, S.   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

The extension of the taxon cycle model to island plants: insights from the Canarian vascular flora

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Taxon cycle models describe eco‐evolutionary patterns of lineage colonization, diversification, and decline across archipelagos, inferring an important role for competition amongst ecologically similar taxa in driving concurrent niche changes.
José María Fernández‐Palacios   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparative Analysis of Attitudes of rural communities about the physical effects of Second Homes Tourism in the rural area. (Case Study: Babol District in North of IranAbstract) [PDF]

open access: yesمسکن و محیط روستا, 2012
Second homes are an integral component of tourism in rural and peripheral areas. Attractive rural areas of Northern region in Iran have recently experienced a rapid growth of second home developments. Despite the growth of Second Home Tourism (SHT) in
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doaj  

The owners of second homes as users of rural space in Czechia

open access: yesActa Universitatis Carolinae Geographica, 2014
Although the second home tourism is considered to be an element of the lifestyle of a predominantly urban population, it has a strong influence on rural life.
Dana Fialová, Jiří Vágner
doaj   +1 more source

Rural residents’ opinions about second home owners: Does the spatial arrangement of a village matter?

open access: yesMiscellanea Geographica: Regional Studies on Development, 2023
In the sustainable development of rural tourism, great emphasis is put on protecting the quality of life of local communities in environmental, economic and socio-cultural aspects. The phenomenon of tourist enclaves, a classic example of which are closed
Tucki Andrzej, Soszyński Dawid
doaj   +1 more source

A Mongolian horsepacking adventure through my paranoid poetics of digital ontology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
This is not quite an essay. It is more of a scientific experiment conducted with words. It titrates the paranoid poetics of critique with the narrative practices of social media to precipitate a postcritical theory of digital ontology.
Hazera, Eduardo Iskender
core   +1 more source

Sustainability in Italian Dining: A Comparative Study of Perceptions in Full‐Service Restaurants and Agritourism

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores how sustainability is perceived and prioritized by consumers within full‐service restaurants and rural agritourism settings in Italy, examining the socio‐cultural and economic role of the HoReCa sector in promoting sustainable practices and analyzing gender and generational differences in consumer behavior.
Roberta Minazzi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tunisia : mass tourism in crisis? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Successive governments in post-colonial Tunisia have sought to develop mass tourism as an avenue for social and economic development. Political instability and increasing media coverage have more recently led to a dramatic reduction in foreign tourist ...
Bleasdale, Sue, Jeffrey, Heather
core   +3 more sources

The Degradation of Access‐Based Business Models: Customer Misbehavior and Shared Mobility

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Access‐based services are considered one of the strategies to embed sustainability in business models. Yet, because the evolution of these business models has been overlooked, we do not know whether their promise to create triple value is sustained.
Andres Camacho, Carmen Valor
wiley   +1 more source

Resorts, second home owners and distance: a case study in northern Finland

open access: yesFennia: International Journal of Geography, 2010
One of the most important factors for the site selection of a second home is the space-time dimension. For example, the popularity of second home tourism in the hinterland of population centres is based on the short distance between second homes and the ...
Pekka Kauppila
doaj   +2 more sources

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