Browsing by Subject "tourism"
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(Texas A&M University, 2005-08-29)Urban greenway trails are emerging as potential tourist attractions in cities and are well recognized for their recreation opportunities in general. The study presented an opportunity to expand the scope of aesthetic ...
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(2010-07-14)Although there has been a large focus on dark tourism in recent times, there is still limited information on the motivation of consumption and the type of experience that is derived from the visit to a dark tourism site. ...
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(2015-12-08)The economic restructuring that occurred during the 1970s due to globalization and social change ushered in significant changes for rural communities. As a result, tourism became a popular method within economic development ...
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(2016-07-29)Big Bend National Park has some of the most diverse ecosystems and landscapes in the country. Tourists are drawn to the park’s unique biological diversity provided by the park’s natural resources each year. The potential ...
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(2014-07-30)Tourism is often a group-based activity, but tourism decision-making research has primarily focused on individual decision making and who makes decisions in families. However, there are numerous situations in which individuals ...
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(2009-05-15)Interactions between humans and dusky dolphins in the coastal waters of New Zealand are increasing. My research focused on tourism interactions, with Kaikoura as the study site; and, on habitat use in an active aquaculture ...
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(2017-08-03)This study examines the impacts of red tide, Karenia brevis, cell intensity on collected tourism tax revenues by municipality along the central Gulf of Mexico coast of Florida. The study area consists of 27 municipalities ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)This research is a four-step process. 1) Development of the Park, Recreation and Tourism (PRT) Planning Web site to meet the needs of rural communities, indicated through the Texas Community Futures Forum needs assessment ...
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(2009-05-15)In tourism, the product is the experience. The destination sets the stage, which facilitates the experience. First impressions, based largely on visual cues in the environment, help to determine the level of quality tourists ...
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(2010-07-14)The purpose of this study was to gain an understanding of the structure and antecedents of travelers' behavioral intentions. Understanding travelers' behavioral intentions is an important goal of both destination marketing ...
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(2016-05-04)In order to understand the role of borders in tourism, research needs to examine how tourists perceive a border; if tourists perceive the same types of risk as they do when they travel to other tourist destinations. The ...
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(2019-04-04)In recent years, volunteer tourism has emerged as not only a meaningful way to spend a vacation, but also as an intriguing area of empirical inquiry. This phenomenon, which began as wealthy westerners sought to give a ...
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Justice and Fairness in Tourism: A Grounded Theory Study of Cultural Justice in Quintana Roo, Mexico (2012-07-16)Equity and fairness in the distribution of tourism benefits and participation in tourism decision-making are key tenets of sustainable tourism. However, little attention has been paid to the study and conceptualization of ...
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Peripheral travelers: how American solo women backpackers participate in two communities of practice (Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)To investigate the ways in which communities of practice affect individuals' identity development, qualitative research methods were used to understand the impact solo travel had on American women's identity development. ...
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(1998)More and more people are spending more and more dollars on leisure travel as baby boomers with disposable income have reached the stage in life where they want to "see the world." The world awaits them. Worldwide, the ...
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(1993)Revitalization is not only good for the historic preservation of a town's architecture, it is also a salable commodity. A central business district that has been restored with a sense of continuity and faithfulness to the ...
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(2009-06-02)The definition of business success has evolved from winning larger market share in fierce competition to creating one’s own markets. Exploring new markets is crucial especially for tourism businesses, as one of the basic ...
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(2022-04-19)This dissertation examines social change in the Southwest within the intersection of gender and “Indianness” in the tourism industry, through the lens of the Fred Harvey Company between the 1880s-1940s. Fred Harvey was an ...
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(1983)Increasing nonconsumptive use of wildlife resources and a concern with the threats of extinction have resulted in development of techniques to value nonmarket natural resources. One such technique is contingent valuation, ...