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New Zealanders’ Connection to the Night Sky
Artificial light at night (ALAN) provides many benefits to people, but the resulting erosion of natural darkness is increasingly recognised as negatively affecting human and environmental health, scientific endeavours and cultural connection to the night sky. This first nationally representative survey assessed New Zealanders’ connection with the night
Ellen Cieraad, Jeff Dalley
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Failures in Building Partnership for Success in the Competitive Market: The Case of Polish Ski Resorts [PDF]
The topic of local stakeholders’ collaboration for success on the tourism market is a popular one, however research is usually devoted to well established Western economies.
Michal Zemla
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ABSTRACT This study examines the dynamics of alpine resorts and their evolution in international marketing. International marketing is a complex process involving different actors across borders. The literature has often examined marketing at specific points in time.
Chihiro Nakayama
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Iranian hospitality: a hidden treasure [PDF]
After making many field trips to the Islamic Republic of Iran Kevin O'Gorman reflects on the origins of Islamic and Iranian hospitality before highlighting some of the operational complexities of running the one of the highest hotels in the ...
O'Gorman, Kevin D.
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“This Is Legacy Cooking”: Black Women's Aesthetic Labor in Newberry County, South Carolina
ABSTRACT Black women in the US South have carried forward the legacy culinary and care traditions of their mothers, grandmothers, and ancestors from Africa and the African diaspora. In this paper, we extend Katherine McKittrick's concept of aesthetic labor—the “music, groove, text, poem, photo” that make Black consciousness and life possible on its own
Reagan Ross +3 more
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The development of ski areas and its relation to the Alpine economy in Switzerland
Cableways alleviate access to the Alps and were crucial in establishing the skiing tourism boom of the after-war years. Moreover, cableway operators employ a large share of residents, are complemented by tourism-related services and are therefore a key ...
Pascal Troxler +2 more
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Andrzej Kowalczyk (red.), Turystyka zrównoważona, Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, Warszawa 2010, 323 ss. [PDF]
recenzja, tekst równol.
Kowalczyk-Anioł, Joanna
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Constructing National Higher Education Brands: Korea, India and Israel Compared
ABSTRACT This study examines the websites of the national higher education (HE) brands of Study in Korea, Study in India and Study in Israel, exploring how these ‘offbeat’ destinations position themselves in the global HE market. Drawing on rhetorical analysis and employing a qualitative comparative case study approach, it reveals the key identity ...
Annette Bamberger +2 more
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“Le patrimoine, c’est un truc pour les vieux…”
Despite the opportunities offered by cultural heritage in the tourism sector, this article, based on a case study of a little town in the French Alps, shows that public policy of this type may also be subject to criticism and contestation.
André Suchet, Michel Raspaud
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‘Time’ in tourism: ‘individual time’ and ‘social time’ [PDF]
The author does a review of the research into tourist activity and concludes that the particular character of tourist behaviour is reflected best in the study of time budgets. He proposes Max Weber's ideal-type method to be used in the analysis.
Bonneau, Michel
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