Essays about: "seasonality in tourism"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 18 essays containing the words seasonality in tourism.

1. 6. Impacts of a local community event on development of peripheral destination : Entrepreneurial perspective on Aldrei fór ég suður festival in Iceland

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknik

   Author : Alina Bavykina; [2021]
   Keywords : periphery; remoteness; peripheral destinations; tourism; events; festivals; event tourism; sustainable destination development; entrepreneurship; tourism management; rural development; collaboration; network; social capital; social embeddedness; sustainability; Iceland; Westfjords; Aldrei fór ég suður; Ísafjörður;

   Abstract : Remote communities stay vulnerable in the face of major socioeconomic challenges. Tourism is often seen as a way to stimulate local economies and increase attractiveness of peripheral destinations, while events are considered to be one of the tools to promote tourism. READ MORE

3. 7. Mining geosocial data from Flickr to explore tourism patterns: The case study of Athens

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

   Author : Domna Kanari; [2021]
   Keywords : Geography; Geographical Information Systems; GIS; Spatial Analysis; Spatial Clustering; Density-Based Clustering; HDBSCAN; Web-GIS; Tourism footprints; Social Media data; Geosocial data; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : Kanari Domna Mining geosocial data from Flickr to explore tourism patterns: The case study of Athens Social media are providing a new type of geo-tagged data that by processing them, new types of knowledge can be generated and used by decision-makers in different areas including tourism. It includes e.g. READ MORE

4. 8. Tourism and marine resource conservation tentacle in tentacle? Zanzibari hotels as biosphere stewards in support of octopus closures

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience Centre

   Author : Michael Bohlin; [2020]
   Keywords : Corporate biosphere stewardship; tourism; marine resource conservation; small-scale fisheries; Zanzibar; trade; value chain; octopus; signal dilution; Mashirikiani ya kibiosphere stewardship; utalii; uhifadhi wa rasilimali zabahari; wavuvi wadogo wadogo; Zanzibar; biashara; mnyororo wa thamani; pweza; signal dilution;

   Abstract : Tourism fuels the Zanzibari economy but adds to the depletion of marine resources. However, the concept of corporate biosphere stewardship suggests that companies with consolidated power can influence sustainability pathways. READ MORE

5. 9. Impacts of peer-to-peer rental accommodation in Stockholm, Barcelona and Rio de Janeiro : An exploratory analysis of Airbnb’s data

   University essay from KTH/Maskinkonstruktion (Inst.)

   Author : Irene Suárez Pacios; [2020]
   Keywords : Airbnb; peer-to-peer economy; shared economy; exploratory analysis; text mining; Airbnb; peer-to-peer-ekonomi; delad ekonomi; undersökande analys; textutvinning;

   Abstract : As a part of the growing movement called the “peer-to-peer” economy, Airbnb has changed the short-stay rental market and has become one of the world’s largest booking websites for finding an accommodation to stay. The platform has also affected the economy of tourism around the world, so, given the importance of the subject, in this thesis study, the impacts that the Airbnb rental accommodation model has on clients of Stockholm, Barcelona and Rio de Janeiro is studied. READ MORE

6. 10. Study of the potential of football tourism : Research based on three football leagues: English, Spanish and Russian

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknik

   Author : Dorian Ardeleanu; [2020]
   Keywords : sustainability; tourism decentralization; football research; football tourism; linear regression; probit model;

   Abstract : This study is based on first-league football teams from England, Spain and Russia. It demonstrates that football tourism has a big potential because the attendance on football stadiums has a positive effect over the number of visitors in the city, and this influence is stronger among teams that are historically more popular. READ MORE