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Making Your Spring Break Sustainable: Can Tourism Be A Driver For Positive Environmental Change?, Katherine Ort Oct 2023

Making Your Spring Break Sustainable: Can Tourism Be A Driver For Positive Environmental Change?, Katherine Ort

Journal of Maya Heritage

The Riviera Maya has undergone rapid development in the last few decades due to increased demand for tourism, putting pressure on surrounding ecosystems and cultural sites. As demand for tourism shows no signs of decreasing, there is an ever-increasing need for effective management solutions. The town of Puerto Morelos is striving to forward sustainable tourism based on its natural and cultural assets. As a new municipality, it has the chance to shape policy from a relatively blank canvas. This study involved collecting data about the different perspectives of key stakeholders through qualitative interviews and surveys to understand if the views …


Marketing For Creative Literary Tourism: Cases And Opportunities, Ana M. Matias, Luis Cardoso, Maria L. Pato Oct 2022

Marketing For Creative Literary Tourism: Cases And Opportunities, Ana M. Matias, Luis Cardoso, Maria L. Pato

University of South Florida (USF) M3 Publishing

In the context of Territorial Marketing, it is intended to present a prospective work on the management of destinations based on cultural heritage. We therefore seek to demonstrate the importance of literary heritage and the effective possibility of its touristic use in Portugal, in the context of cultural and creative tourism, leveraged by Cultural Marketing strategies for low-density regions. In what concerns methodology, the paper is based on an extensive literature analysis and case studies, also taking into account available secondary data concerning relevant policies and suggests new possibilities for diversifying tourism offer at literary sites, leveraging the sociohistorical background, …


“Experience Journey”Mendesain Rangkaian Aktivitas Perjalanan Wisata Budaya, Ni Nyoman Sri Natih Sudhiastiningsih Dec 2016

“Experience Journey”Mendesain Rangkaian Aktivitas Perjalanan Wisata Budaya, Ni Nyoman Sri Natih Sudhiastiningsih

Journal of Indonesian Tourism and Policy Studies

This manuscript describes the phenomenon of design collaboration model, multivillage approach for developing cultural tourism in Ngada Regency, East Nusa Tenggara. This paper aims to describe the existence of design as a tool for creating changes impacting sustainable livelihoods and develop products to strengthen the cultural tourism in the context of historical, social and cultural. “Experience Journey” as a reinforcement for the excavation of local values dedicated to the development of cultural tourism. Using an ethnographic approach and design thinking, the author can describe a series of memorable and meaningful activities as a touch of design and various product of …