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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 ...
Sports events and risk management in New Zealand: How safe is safe enough?
Along with the growth in sports events, an increasing concern over risk and safety management strategies and other legal issues within the New Zealand events industry has been observed in recent years. Various issues that ...
Day trip travel in New Zealand: An exploratory study of the Invercargill region
Tourism is an integral component of New Zealand's economy with tourism expenditure reaching levels of more than $13 billion (Statistics New Zealand, 2001). Within the overall tourism industry in New Zealand there are two ...
Impacts of religious tourism in Thailand
Tourism is an increasingly important component of the economies of many countries. For some countries including Thailand, it is a major source of income and overseas investment. Tourism expansion creates both positive and ...
Image formation and its contribution to tourism development in Canada's northwest territories: Past and present
Tourism research has traditionally focused on the demand side of tourist motivation and behavioural patterns to discover why tourists visit particular destinations. This thesis explored from a supply side perspective, how ...
Mountain places, cultural spaces: the interpretation of culturally significant landscapes
This paper presents an overview of how national park interpretation in New Zealand is incorporating Māori perspectives of cultural landscapes. Since the formation of the Department of Conservation in 1987, interpretive ...
Identifying the inhibitors to an integrated tourism industry in the Tauranga region
This thesis explores and examines the reasons for a lack of integration within the tourism industry in the Tauranga Region, with a specific focus on identifying inhibitors which may exist and which are preventing such ...
The development of commercial New Zealand ecotourism: A longitudinal study (1999-2004)
The New Zealand tourism industry lacks a rich breadth of information that is evident in other countries with a major ecotourism focus. This is despite the importance of the natural environment and ecotourism for the country's ...
Wine club members' enduring involvement toward winery visitation, wine drinking and wine club participation.
Although an interest in, passion for, and fascination with wine has existed for centuries, in some parts of the world, for example New Zealand, this interest, passion and reverence for wine is relatively new. How New ...
'Scenery and Chardonnay': a visitor perspective of the New Zealand winery experience
It is widely recognised that the tourism experience involves pre-visit anticipation, travel to and from the site and post-visit reminiscence or recollection, yet to date few studies have explored the link between these ...