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Tourism and mobility
Mobility has emerged in recent years as a key concept in the social sciences however its application in tourism studies has been relatively limited. The paper provides a framework for placing tourism within the broader ...
Decolonising Māori tourism : representation and identity
Since the late nineteenth century the tourism industry has focused primarily on two things in selling holidays to New Zealand: the natural landscape and Māori culture. Māori have been involved in tourism for more than 150 ...
The 2003 New Zealand wineries’ survey
In 1997/98 a survey was conducted of New Zealand wineries with respect to their attitudes towards wine tourism and their relationship to key wine and food tourism stakeholders (Hall & Johnson, 1998). The survey was the ...
Interpreting culture: Visitors’ experiences of cultural landscape in New Zealand
This thesis examines visitors' awareness and experiences of cultural values for natural areas of importance to Māori. The South Island/Te Wai Pounamu contains natural landscapes with scenic and recreational values that ...
Why it’s good to be bad: the role of conflict in contributing towards sustainable tourism in protected areas
This paper examines the historic and contemporary role of one Canadian environmental non-governmental organisation (ENGO) in the operationalisation of sustainable tourism. In particular, the extent to which the ENGO has ...
The search for 'self' for lifestyle travellers
This thesis examines the search for self in the context of lifestyle travellers. It has been suggested that maintaining a coherent sense of self has become problematic in late modernity as the socially constructed notion ...
"Don't just visit. Live it!" : a descriptive study of Japan exchange and teaching programme participants' experiences in Miyazaki prefecture
Conventional tourism discourse commonly adheres to the premise that tourist acts are the antithesis of work. Tourism is frequently portrayed as a diversion from quotidian activities of daily life, offering individuals the ...
The Malaysian visiting friends and relatives (VFR) market initiated by the Malaysian students in South Island, New Zealand
In addition to the traditionally dominating countries within the international education market, the United States and the United Kingdom, new providers of educational products and recipients of student‐generated VFR have ...
The construction of a disaster destination : rebuilding Koh Phi Phi, Thailand
The popular tourist destination island of Koh Phi Phi Don, Thailand was heavily affected by
the Indian Ocean Tsunami in December 2004, which resulted in a destroyed tourism
infrastructure and complete downturn of tourism. ...
Human resources, the dilemmas of education and training, strategies and practice with focus on the Pacific
This research explores human resource issues in the tourism industry within the context of the Pacific with focus on New Zealand and Samoa, analysing the effectiveness of education and training. This is referenced to human ...