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Psychological drivers of decision making in ski tourists: Impact of destination attractiveness, satisfaction, and place attachment

Acta Psychologica
A comprehensive literature review revealed that most scholars in the field of ski tourism have examined destination attractiveness as an external factor and that the pathway from cognitive evaluation to emotional attachment to behavioral intention ...
Shuai Zhang, Kyungsik Kim
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Artificial snowmaking possibilities and climate change based on regional climate modeling in the Southern Black Forest

Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 2012
Winter sport, especially ski tourism - is one of those sectors of tourism that will be affected by climate change. Ski resorts across the Alps and in the adjacent low mountain ranges react to warm winter seasons by investing in artificial snowmaking. But
Philipp Schmidt, Robert Steiger, Andreas Matzarakis   +2 more
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Evaluating the Competitiveness of Iran’s Winter Tourism Destinations [PDF]

Muṭāli̒āt-i Mudīriyyat-i Gardishgarī
With increasing competition in tourism and rising tourist expectations, destination competitiveness has become crucial. However, no comprehensive assessment of Iran’s ski resorts had been conducted.
Hooman Sabzavi, Amin Dehghan
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Bonds, Bounds, and Borders: Crafting Hospitality with Unauthorized Migrants in Southern France

American Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article analyzes the everyday politics of migrant hospitality in rural Southern France. Drawing on four years of fieldwork alongside benevolent residents hosting unauthorized migrants at their home or volunteering in migrant shelters, I consider how residents attempted to make up for the state's abandonment of migrant lives, the ethical ...
Céline Eschenbrenner
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Advancing ski tourism transformations to climate change: A multi-stakeholder participatory approach in diverse Canadian destinations

Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights
Canadian ski tourism destinations face increasing climate and carbon risks yet are not currently prepared to adapt to climate change or a decarbonized future.
Natalie L.B. Knowles, Daniel Scott
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Competitiveness Analysis of Dizin and Palandöken Ski Resorts: From Indicator Identification to Performance Evaluation Using the IPCA Analysis [PDF]

گردشگری و اوقات فراغت
In the highly competitive market of the sports tourism industry, understanding the competitive position of a destination is of great importance for destination managers.
Hooman Sabzavi, Amin Dehghan
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LifeMet: Report on the 2024–2025 meteorite recovery expedition in Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica for the study of microbe–meteorite interactions

Meteoritics &Planetary Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Since the discovery of nine meteorites near the Yamato mountains in 1969, Antarctica has been recognized as a superb location for meteorite recovery. While Antarctic recovery expeditions prioritize meteorite preservation for mineralogical and planetary studies, meteorites are not typically collected for biological applications.
Rachael Lappan, Rachel S. Kirby, Andrew G. Tomkins   +2 more
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Climate Change Adaptation of Alpine Ski Tourism in Spain [PDF]

Climate, 2018
Mountain ecosystems are considered to be vulnerable to climate change, with potential detrimental effects including the reduction of the snow seasons, the gradual retreat of glaciers, and changes in water storage and availability. One vulnerable sector to climate change is winter tourism, with some resorts likely to experience a significant reduction ...
Luís Campos Rodrigues, Jaume Freire-González, Aina González Puig, Ignasi Puig-Ventosa   +3 more
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Multilocal Practices in a Pleasure Periphery: A Typology of Time, Space and Activity

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, EarlyView.
Abstract The prerequisites, conditions and drivers of multilocality, that is, leading an everyday life in multiple places, were transformed through the accelerated adoption of remote work triggered by the COVID‐19 pandemic. We bring new perspectives to the field of multilocality research by exploring and theorising multilocal practices through a post ...
Nicolai Ekecrantz, Katarina Haugen, Eva Thulin   +2 more
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CAN WINTER TOURISM BE TRULY SUSTAINABLE IN NATURAL PROTECTED AREAS?

Zbornik Radova: Geografski institut "Jovan Cvijić", 2019
Even though legally protected, many areas worldwide are under a certain level of human pressure. Significant for humanity for many reasons, mountain regions are also threatened because of different anthropogenic activities, especially the ones with ...
Nina B. Ćurčić, Uroš V. Milinčić, Ana Stranjančević, Miroljub A. Milinčić   +3 more
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