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The Grand Tour And Development Of Tourism: 1600-1900, Osher Map Library Oct 2011

The Grand Tour And Development Of Tourism: 1600-1900, Osher Map Library

Osher Map Library Exhibition Catalogs

The Grand Tour and Development of Tourism, 1600 to 1900.

October 4, 2011 to April 28, 2012

The 400th anniversary of Thomas Coryat’s "Crudities" (1611), the first tourist memoir, is celebrated by this history, to 1918, of the European tourism industry and the development of guidebooks and maps.

Curated by Yolanda Theunissen, USM.


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 …


Do Travelers Support Green Practices And Sustainable Development, Patrick Tierney, Mercedes Hunt, Pavlina Latkova May 2011

Do Travelers Support Green Practices And Sustainable Development, Patrick Tierney, Mercedes Hunt, Pavlina Latkova

Journal of Tourism Insights

A 2007 survey of managers from RCRA members found strong motivational support for green practices. These and other findings suggest there is broad support for green practices among resort managers. However, it is unclear the level of traveler support for eco-friendly practices. Study objectives were to: Investigate consumers’ attitudes toward environmentally responsible or green practices in the travel industry; identify green practices they’ve undertaken while traveling; explore factors influencing traveler adoption of green practices; and provide implications for the travel industry. In spring 2008 an intercept survey of travelers visiting the California Welcome Center at Pier 39 in San Francisco, …


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.