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‘Time’ in tourism: ‘individual time’ and ‘social time’ [PDF]

, 2009
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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Effect of the disinfectant benzalkonium chloride on Listeria monocytogenes biofilm

Czech Journal of Food Sciences
Listeria monocytogenes is capable of forming biofilms on the food contact surfaces, increasing the risk of food contamination by this pathogen. The disinfectant benzalkonium chloride (BC) is commonly used to control L. monocytogenes in the food industry.
Chao Yang, Xiaochen Zhang, Tao Yu, Lin Wang, Zichuan Zhu, Xinjie Fan   +5 more
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Literary Destination Familiarity and Inbound Tourism: Evidence from Chinese Mainland

Journal of Social Computing, 2021
Destination familiarity is an important non-economic determinant of tourists’ destination choice that has not been adequately studied. This study posits a literary dimension to the concept of destination familiarity—that is, the extent to which tourists ...
Guodong Ju, Jiankun Liu, Guangye He, Xinyi Zhang, Fei Yan   +4 more
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Creating an Art Tourist Space in the Urban Sphere of Lodz – a Theoretical Approach Based on the Example of the Urban Forms Gallery of Murals [PDF]

, 2016
The Urban Forms Gallery of murals in Lodz, Poland, is a “live gallery” of more than 30 large-format paintings made directly on the façades of the buildings. This unique street art exhibition changes the appearance of Lodz’s public space and constitutes a
Mokras-Grabowska, Justyna
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Consuming post-disaster destinations: The case of Sichuan, China [PDF]

, 2014
Addressing the call for a better understanding of tourist behavior in relation to post-disaster destinations, this study explores the motivations and intentions of potential domestic tourists (from non-hit areas) to visit Sichuan, China in the aftermath ...
Aguiló, Amujo, Ashworth, Avital Biran, Biran, Biran, Birkmann, Blom, Bloor, Braun, Brislin, Bryman, Carlsen, Carlsen, Churchill, Cioccio, Coats, Cresswell, Duhachek, Dunford, Dunkely, Faulkner, Field, Fishbein, Floyd, Gang Li, Gotham, Hair, Henderson, Huan, Huang, Hwang, Hyde, Hystad, Jang, Kang, Kelman, Kim, Klenosky, Kline, Ladkin, Lam, Lennon, Lin, Line, McKercher, McKercher, Medway, Miller, Park, Pearce, Pelling, Pelling, Philips, Phillimore, Prideaux, Ritchie, Rittichainuwat, Rittichainuwat, Rittichainuwat, Rittichainuwat, Robbie, Rojek, Seaton, Seaton, Seaton, Sharpley, Sparks, Stone, Stone, Stone, Stone, Strange, Thi Le, United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, Uriely, Victoria Eichhorn, Wei Liu, West, Yang   +79 more
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The joy of eating: how eating experiences enhance the well-being of older adults

Frontiers in Public Health
IntroductionThe active aging strategy has as its policy implications the health, security, and participation of older people. The joy of eating is the main goal of establishing community-based service facilities for older people, as well as a source of ...
Xinmin Wang, Jianwu Qi, Kai Zhang, Huiji Xie, Xingnan Wu   +4 more
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Travel back to school: use of humour in intertwining of objective authenticity and staged experiences

The European Journal of Humour Research, 2019
From living museums to heritage escape rooms, edutainment is becoming a norm in interpretation of heritage, yet not much is known, of the specific role humour plays in the creation and performance of such educational products.
Maja Turnsek, Tatjana Zupančič, Barbara Pavlakovič   +2 more
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The xenophobic tourist [PDF]

Annals of Tourism Research, 2019
Addressing the global rise of xenophobia, the authors provide the first investigation of tourist xenophobia (TXO) and its role in shaping tourist behavior. Drawing on research from evolutionary and social psychology, they define TXO as a tourist’s perceptual discomfort and anxiety associated with strangers encountered at foreign destinations.
Kock, Florian, Josiassen, Alexander, Assaf, A. George   +2 more
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Towards Sustainability: Cultural-Ecological-Economic Systems Coupling in the Yellow River Basin Based on Service-Dominant Logic

Land
The level of coordination between cultural, ecological, and economic systems directly affects the sustainable development of the Yellow River Basin (YRB).
Zhicai Wu, Jianwu Qi, Jialiang Xie, Kai Zhang   +3 more
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Rousseau on the Tourist Trail [PDF]

, 2015
This essay looks at the post-Napoleonic tourist trail associated with Rousseau in Switzerland, reconstructing the tourist sentiment which the figure of the philosopher elicited.
Watson, Nicola J.
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