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Tourism and Travel

1986

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Charrette Conference - Development Potentials For Adventure America In Washington, Dc, Harrison Price Company Dec 1986

Charrette Conference - Development Potentials For Adventure America In Washington, Dc, Harrison Price Company

Harrison "Buzz" Price Papers

Harrison Price Company (HPC) was retained in December 1986 to organize and carry out a charrette conference directed at defining an optimum concept and economic potential for Adventure America, a commercial attraction to be developed in Washington, DC. The goal of the client was to offer an attraction developed on the immense historical and governmental thematic base of this great city. The project is aimed directly at the millions of visitors who come each year to the Nation's capital.

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Park Equus Local Resident Study, Ady Milman Dec 1986

Park Equus Local Resident Study, Ady Milman

Dick Pope Sr. Institute Publications

Tourism is the largest industry in the state of Florida and especially large in Central Florida. In 1985, close to 30 million domestic and international tourists visited the state. These visitors purchased goods and services worth $19 billion. The Florida Division of Tourism estimated that in 1985, Central Florida was one of the most popular destinations in the State, hosting 23% of auto visitors arrivals and 19% of air visitors arrivals. Central Florida attractions have always been very popular: In 1985, Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom and EPCOT Center accounted for over 50% of Florida's air and auto attraction visitors. …

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Review Of Attendance And Per Capita Revenue Performance At Marine World June-September 1986, Harrison Price Company Oct 1986

Review Of Attendance And Per Capita Revenue Performance At Marine World June-September 1986, Harrison Price Company

Harrison "Buzz" Price Papers

Harrison Price Company (HPC) was retained to conduct an analysis of attendance and per capita revenue performance at Marine World since its opening at the new site in Vallejo, California to date (June 16-September 28, 1986), as compared to projections prepared by HPC in March 1985.

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Evaluation Of Food And Beverage Service Potentials At De Efteling Family Park- Analysis, Harrison Price Company Oct 1986

Evaluation Of Food And Beverage Service Potentials At De Efteling Family Park- Analysis, Harrison Price Company

Harrison "Buzz" Price Papers

Harrison Price Company was retained on September 30, 1986 in the last month of the 1986 season to investigate and prepare an analysis of the status and potentials of food and beverage service at De Efteling Family Park. The task undertaken includes the following elements: 1. Observe operations at the park, 2. Examine operating and financial reports concerning departmental operations with emphasis on food and beverage service, and with attention to related operations in merchandising, games, rides and other entertainment. 3. Evaluate strengths and weaknesses of the service offered with an objective of expressing appropriate objectives, goals, enhancements and improvements. …

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Tourism In The Chattanooga Area, Donald W. Cambron Mar 1986

Tourism In The Chattanooga Area, Donald W. Cambron

Honors Theses

This paper deals with tourism in the Chattanooga area. It has three main focuses. First, a profile is developed for the typical visitor and his or her economic impact in the local economy. Second, the travel industry in Chattanooga is studied by an analysis of several reports compiled by Carrier & Associates for the Lookout Mountain Attractions . Third, two questionnaires are developed and tested for use by the attractions.

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Potential For Dev. Theme Park Residuals From Expo '86, Harrison Price Company Jan 1986

Potential For Dev. Theme Park Residuals From Expo '86, Harrison Price Company

Harrison "Buzz" Price Papers

Harrison Price Company (HPC) was retained by IBI Group on behalf of the Ministry of Land, Parks, and Housing of the Province of British Columbia in January 1986 to organize and carry out a charrette conference directed at determining the potentials for a major themed amusement attraction in the Vancouver area and the degree to which the availability of certain residual equipment, facilities and other values in Expo 86 can stimulate the creation of such a project.

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The Feasibility Of A Themed Restaurant And Other Highway Oriented Development On I-5 At California 12, Harrison Price Company Jan 1986

The Feasibility Of A Themed Restaurant And Other Highway Oriented Development On I-5 At California 12, Harrison Price Company

Harrison "Buzz" Price Papers

Gibraltar Community Builders owns a 52-acre site on the southeast corner of the intersection between Interstate Highway 5 (IH-5) and California State Highway 12 (Cal 12) about 12 miles north of Stockton in San Joaquin County, California. There is a truck stop (service station and restaurant) located immediately adjacent to IH-5 and there is considerable traffic by the site (estimated at 23.3 million people for 1987). Accordingly, the site appears to be promising for highway-related attractions. Harrison Price Company was asked to investigate the feasibility of establishing a themed restaurant such as the Nut Tree in Vacaville, Harris Ranch near …

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Park Equus Future Market Study: Central Florida Tourists And Local Residents, Dick Pope Sr. Institute For Tourism Studies Jan 1986

Park Equus Future Market Study: Central Florida Tourists And Local Residents, Dick Pope Sr. Institute For Tourism Studies

Dick Pope Sr. Institute Publications

No abstract provided.

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Park Equus Tourist Study, Ady Milman Jan 1986

Park Equus Tourist Study, Ady Milman

Dick Pope Sr. Institute Publications

Tourism is the largest industry in the state of Florida and especially large in Central Florida. In 1985, close to 30 million domestic and international tourists visited the state. These visitors purchased goods and services worth $19 billion. The Florida Division of Tourism estimated that in 1985, Central Florida was one of the most popular destinations in the state, hosting 23% of auto visitors arrivals and 19% of air visitors arrivals. Central Florida attractions have always been very popular: In 1985, Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom and EPCOT Center accounted for over 50% of Florida's air and auto attraction visitors. …

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Focus Groups Of Travel Agents Regarding A New Concept In Tour Operation: "Sears Tours", Ady Milman Jan 1986

Focus Groups Of Travel Agents Regarding A New Concept In Tour Operation: "Sears Tours", Ady Milman

Dick Pope Sr. Institute Publications

The purpose of the focus group sessions was to identify major areas of concern among experienced travel agents both in Orlando and New York. In particular, the discussions focused on the travel agents' experiences with the sale of tour packages and their relationships with tour operators. The methodology used by the Dick Pope Sr. Institute for Tourism Studies was to start each discussion by introducing broad issues of tour packaging, and incrementaly narrow down to major concerns of day-to-day operations, as well as what would be the "ideal" tour operator the travel agents would like to work with. The next …

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Weeki Wachee Visitor Survey: February-March 1986, Ady Milman Jan 1986

Weeki Wachee Visitor Survey: February-March 1986, Ady Milman

Dick Pope Sr. Institute Publications

This report presents results of a study of Weeki Wachee visitors, designed and administered by the Dick Pope Sr. Institute for Tourism studies for Weeki Wachee's management. The project examines the potential, current and repeat visitors in the park over the period of February 19, 1986 - March 4, 1986. The study turns to the Weeki Wachee's visitors for a in-depth look at their behavior, opinions, perceptions, and awareness of the park and its features. By examining visitor profiles, insight for developing effective marketing strategies will be gained for the appropriate target markets.

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St. Johns River Streamboats, Edward A. Mueller Jan 1986

St. Johns River Streamboats, Edward A. Mueller

Books

This book features the history of steamboats on the St. John's River, events related to steamboats, landings, and the vessels themselves.

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Providing Humane Stewardship For Wildlife: The Case Against Sport Hunting, John W. Grandy Jan 1986

Providing Humane Stewardship For Wildlife: The Case Against Sport Hunting, John W. Grandy

Hunting Collection

Sport hunting has no place on the National Wildlife Refuges of this nation. To even consider it is an affront to the concept of a Refuge, the right of wild animals to safe haven, and the wishes of society The question of sport hunting in society at large is slightly more complex because society, its thoughts and values, are evolving. Thankfully, we are moving more and more to a view that wildlife should be treated with the same dignity, respect, and freedom from avoidable cruelty that we would ask for ourselves. That process can be moved miles ahead if we …

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Charrette Conference The Potential For Developing Theme Park Residuals From Expo 86 In Vancouver, Harrison Price Company Jan 1986

Charrette Conference The Potential For Developing Theme Park Residuals From Expo 86 In Vancouver, Harrison Price Company

Harrison "Buzz" Price Papers

Harrison Price Company (HPC) was retained by IBI Group on behalf of the Ministry of Land, Parks, and Housing of the Province of British Columbia in January 1986 to organize and carry out a charrette conference directed at determining the potentials for a major themed amusement attraction in the Vancouver area and the degree to which the availability of certain residual equipment, facilities and other values in Expo 86 can stimulate the creation of such a project.

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