Essays about: "definition of local tourism industry"

Found 4 essays containing the words definition of local tourism industry.

1. 1. Performing the Nation through Nature: A Study of Nationalism and Cultural Objectification : Stories from Icelandic Northern Lights Tours

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

   Author : Alexander Sallstedt; [2018]
   Keywords : cultural objectification; nationalism; Iceland; northern lights;

   Abstract : Two things are examined in this ethnography. The first regards a local stigmatization of the northern lights tourism industry in Iceland. A stigma, which this thesis argues, is related to a commercial saturation – or, pollution – of Icelandic national identity. READ MORE

3. 2. What Different Relationships to Hawaiian Culture Give Rise to the Conflict between Hawaiians and the Tourism Industry?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialantropologi

   Author : Pernilla Persson; [2007]
   Keywords : Hawaii; tourism industry; native Hawaiians; western world system; western expansion; sustainable tourism; isolationism; fragmentation; cultural conflict; Cultural anthropology; ethnology; Kulturantropologi; etnologi; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : There is a conflict between native Hawaiians and the local tourism industry where tourism is pointed out as the cause of deterioration of the traditional Hawaiian culture. This definition of the conflict fails to connect fragmentation in today's society with the well-documented signs of disintegration that started already before tourism arrived. READ MORE

4. 3. Ecotourism in Nicaragua : impacts on the vegetation diversity in natural reserve Datanlí - El Diablo

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Therese Fransson; [2007]
   Keywords : ecotourism; Nicaragua; sustainability; rainforest;

   Abstract : Between the years of 1990 and 2000, the number of tourists increased with more than hundred percent globally, and more than three hundred percent in Nicaragua. Further, this industry contributes to eleven percent of the gross domestic product of the world and is, from an economic point of view, regarded as one of the biggest industries worldwide. READ MORE

5. 4. Nature-Based Tourism in the Cuyabeno Reserve of Ecuador- A Choice Experiment Survey

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Jonas Widmark; [2006]
   Keywords : choice experiment; Ecuador; tourism; cost-benefit; lancaster; Economics; econometrics; economic theory; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Ecotourism is a strong and upcoming branch of the traditional tourism industry. Is there a strong demand among tourists for travelling in accordance with ecological and ethical principles? This study uses an established framework for the definition of ecotourism to estimate the demand for some ecotourism criteria among visitors at the Cuyabeno Reserve in Ecuador. READ MORE