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Challenges And Opportunities For Development Of Sustainable Tourism In Bosnia And Herzegovina, Clifford J. Shultz, Almir Peštek, Eve Geroulis Sep 2017

Challenges And Opportunities For Development Of Sustainable Tourism In Bosnia And Herzegovina, Clifford J. Shultz, Almir Peštek, Eve Geroulis

Clifford J Shultz

An examination of the challenges of sustainable tourism in Bosnia and Herzegovina.


The Tourist Experience In Boston, 1848-1910: American History, Middle-Class Leisure And The Development Of Urban Tourism, Hillary Corbett Jul 2016

The Tourist Experience In Boston, 1848-1910: American History, Middle-Class Leisure And The Development Of Urban Tourism, Hillary Corbett

Hillary Corbett

This project analyzes a selection of representative guidebooks produced between 1848 and 1910, to illustrate the development of a tourist industry in Boston and to indicate how the changing nature of the city influenced a similar change in the tourist experience. It also provides the necessary context in which to place this narrative. Part I introduces two key elements essential to understanding the relevance of urban tourism in Boston: the city’s experiences with the national phenomena of electrification and urban planning in the mid- to late-nineteenth century, and Boston’s distinctive role in nineteenth-century America’s developing national identity and history. In …


New Orleans Revisited: Notes Of A Native Daughter, Lynnell L. Thomas Aug 2015

New Orleans Revisited: Notes Of A Native Daughter, Lynnell L. Thomas

Lynnell Thomas

“Best Culinary Destination.” “Best City for Night Owls.” “Best NFL City to Party In.“ “Best City for Girlfriend Getaways.” “Top National Halloween Destination.” “Best Destination in the US and World for Nightlife.” “America's Favorite City.” And on. And on. The list of tourist destination rankings and accolades have mounted in the 10 years since Hurricane Katrina threatened to decimate New Orleans's tourism industry and, quite possibly—as some predicted and others hoped for—New Orleans itself. Things are different now. Recently, the New York Times proclaimed that New Orleans was “resilient and renewed, a decade after Katrina.” Listing New Orleans as one …


Cooperative Business Organizations: Intrinsic In Every Strategically Functional Tourism Industry, Neil Leiper, Matthew Lamont, Nerilee Hing Sep 2011

Cooperative Business Organizations: Intrinsic In Every Strategically Functional Tourism Industry, Neil Leiper, Matthew Lamont, Nerilee Hing

Dr Matthew J Lamont

Relationships between organizations sharing the same domain (such as a marketplace) can take the form of competition, cooperation, coexistence, or a combination of such. An article previously published in Tourism, Culture & Communication suggested that competition and cooperation are mutually exclusive. That is, business organizations cannot simultaneously compete and cooperate.This critique from Leiper, Lamont, and Hing critically discusses the notions of “competition” and“cooperation,” and presents evidence supporting a contention that business organizations commonlycompete and cooperate on a concurrent basis. This review also seeks to clarify the notion of industrial cooperation by identifying and discussing two forms of industrial cooperation: intraindustry,and …


Introduction: Thinking About The Tourist Experience, Philip R. Stone Dec 2010

Introduction: Thinking About The Tourist Experience, Philip R. Stone

Dr Philip Stone

No abstract provided.


"It's Bloody Guide" - Fun, Fear And A Lighter Side Of Dark Tourism At The Dungeon Visitor Attractions, Uk, Philip Stone Dr Dec 2008

"It's Bloody Guide" - Fun, Fear And A Lighter Side Of Dark Tourism At The Dungeon Visitor Attractions, Uk, Philip Stone Dr

Dr Philip Stone

No abstract provided.


Of Reverie And Emplacement: Spatial Imaginings And Tourism Encounters In Nepal Himalaya, Francis Khek Gee Lim Jan 2008

Of Reverie And Emplacement: Spatial Imaginings And Tourism Encounters In Nepal Himalaya, Francis Khek Gee Lim

Francis Khek Gee Lim

No abstract provided.


Hotels As Sites Of Power: Tourism, Status And Politics In Nepal Himalaya, Francis Khek Gee Lim Dec 2006

Hotels As Sites Of Power: Tourism, Status And Politics In Nepal Himalaya, Francis Khek Gee Lim

Francis Khek Gee Lim

No abstract provided.