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Geo-Politics, The ‘War On Terror’ And The Competitiveness Of The City Of London, Richard Woodward
Geo-Politics, The ‘War On Terror’ And The Competitiveness Of The City Of London, Richard Woodward
Books/Book Chapters
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Landscape And Geotourism: Market Typologies And Visitor Needs, Catherine Elizabeth Gorman
Landscape And Geotourism: Market Typologies And Visitor Needs, Catherine Elizabeth Gorman
Conference papers
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore Geotourism (landscape tourism) in the context of the Irish tourism experience, to develop visitor typologies and propose an approach that will ensure greater sustainability by addressing market value and requirements through the use of marketing techniques and tools.
Methodology/Approach: An evaluation of existing geotourism resources and information was undertaken. A gap was identified in terms of marketing the Geotourism product. This gap is identified as a break the delivery of the experience to the most suitable customer and is addressed by identifying specific typologies, their requirements and making suggestions …
Webs Of Power: Multiple Ownership In Tourism Destinations, Ziene Mottiar, Hazel Tucker
Webs Of Power: Multiple Ownership In Tourism Destinations, Ziene Mottiar, Hazel Tucker
Articles
It has been widely noted in the tourism small business literature that collaboration between groups of businesses operating within clusters contributes both to business development and the success of destinations and regions. This paper aims to contribute to the research on tourism destination networks by focusing on multiple ownership, or portfolio entrepreneurship, when more than one small or micro business within a specific destination are owned by the same entrepreneur. Courtown, in Ireland and Göreme in Turkey are presented as two case studies in which the existence of multiple owners was identified. The implications of multiple ownership on tourism operation …