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The role of emotions in the experiences of commercial high-altitude mountaineering guides who have guided above the death-zone
The body of tour guiding research has identified the importance of emotions and emotion management to guide’s experiences. However, there is a far less granular understanding of why, when, and how at each stage of a trip ... -
Ecological restoration and environmental philosophy: International visitor experiences at Aotearoa (New Zealand) eco-sanctuaries
Ecological restoration projects have been developed in various regions in Aotearoa (New Zealand) to address biodiversity loss and to provide human-assisted recovery of damaged, destroyed and degraded ecosystems. While the ... -
A critical analysis of tourism taught master's education
Can tourism education contribute to a better (tourism) world, in which business and societal needs are evenly prioritised? Global society faces myriad and unprecedented challenges, many of which, directly or not, are linked ... -
Community-based indigenous tourism, NGOs and indigenous poverty in Bangladesh
Indigenous peoples, with unique cultures and ways of life, often constitute the most vulnerable groups of society and may experience discrimination and marginalisation in many forms. Observing the growing quest to obtain ... -
The influence of entrepreneurial desire and self-efficacy on entrepreneurial intention: A study in the context of tourism and hospitality students
Tourism is one of the most important industries in New Zealand and is the country’s biggest export earner, employer, and its fastest-growing economic generator (Tourism Industry Aotearoa (TIA), 2017). The industry is ... -
Geographical perceptions of terrorism and their influence on domestic tourists' travel intentions
Tourism by its very nature is susceptible to various forms of risk ranging from economic to environmental and political crises. Not only does the buyer (i.e., tourist) spend his/her disposable income to buy the tourism ... -
The evolution of the camp
In early 2019, hundreds of orphans from the Islamic State were sent to refugee camps in Syria. In parallel, thousands of families in Australia were enjoying their summer camps, survivors of the Holocaust commemorated the ... -
Life in utopia? An ethnography of tourism-related lifestyle migrants in Dali, China
Lifestyle migration is a relatively new phenomenon that has attracted academic attention since the late 20th century. Lifestyle migration is associated with affluent societies, and as a result, previous studies on this ... -
Yoga experiences of New Zealand men
Modern yoga is an activity that is intertwined with notions of transformation, personal growth and the enhancement of the mind, body and spirit. Intrigued by the growing number of men doing yoga in rural New Zealand and ... -
Food Heritagisation and Tourism. Following the Cheese in the Italian Dolomites
The Italian writer Italo Calvino in his book Mr. Palomar describes a scene when the title character is standing in line in a cheese shop and in front of him are displayed cheeses of every form, smell and taste. While ... -
Handicrafts-enacted tourism realities in Bangladesh
Within the panorama of ethnic tourism, cultural elements of distinctive ethnic groups are the primary attraction for tourists. Within this tourismscape, handicrafts have received significant popularity, and consequently, ... -
Consumers' hotel choice: revising the role of online user-generated ratings
With the advent of Web 2.0 and rapid growth of Tourism 2.0 applications, today travellers have access to an enormous volume of online user-generated content in the form of user reviews and ratings for nearly every single ... -
Entrepreneurial Responses to Disruptive Transformations: An Evolutionary Perspective on the Hospitality Industry of Post-Quake Christchurch, New Zealand
Disaster-induced crises in business operations have become an increasingly complex phenomenon and continue to become more frequent and destabilising. Far-reaching socio-political and economic consequences of globalisation, ... -
Tourism, Livelihood Diversification and Food Security in Ethiopia
The tourism-food security relationship is an essential research consideration that lies at the heart of the sustainable development goals (SDGs). Despite the claim that food insecurity situations can be alleviated through ... -
Advocacy and community leadership in destination management
Destination management is undergoing substantial change. Recent literature suggests that current destination management practices, in the context of the global expansion of tourism and volume oriented approaches, are not ... -
Tourism boycott calls by Twitter users due to concerns for the welfare of animals
There has been an increase in tourism boycotts from 2008, especially with the introduction of the Internet and social media. Despite this increase, there is a dearth of knowledge about tourism boycotts. Behaviours that ... -
Understanding Chinese tourist experience of the Māori villages in New Zealand
Māori cultural tourism in New Zealand has been traditionally developed to cater to the interests of Western tourists, who had been the major patrons of the New Zealand tourism business long before the emergence of Chinese ... -
Indigenous knowledge and practices for marine ecotourism development in Misool, Raja Ampat, Indonesia.
This doctoral study examines the complexities of integrating Indigenous knowledge and practices into sustainable marine ecotourism development, with a focus on the case study of Misool, Raja Ampat, in West Papua Province, ... -
Understanding and Responding to Climate Change: An Analysis of the Sundarbans World Heritage Area
Examining the understandings of and responses to anthropogenic climate change is important to help climatically vulnerable communities enhance their resilience. Lack of climate change understanding is an obstacle to ... -
In the inspection house
Since Dean MacCannell’s (1976) The Tourist the research field has held a hope that going beyond the tourist as the “modern man in general” is the Other whose differences and authenticity could help to break the tightening ...