Essays about: "Tourism and hospitality"

Showing result 36 - 40 of 59 essays containing the words Tourism and hospitality.

1. 36. Causes, Experiences, and Consequences of Ethnic Food Consumption: A Case Study of Korean Restaurants in Sweden

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Kulturgeografi

   Author : Kim Dohee; [2018]
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   Abstract : This study aims to investigate relations among causes, experiences, and consequences of consuming Korean food at Korean restaurants in Sweden. With a specific focus on Korean food in Stockholm, where most of the Korean restaurants in Sweden are located in, this study identifies significant push and pull factors regarding ethnic food experience at ethnic restaurants and consequences affected by actual customer experience. READ MORE

3. 37. “Bikinis and fish don’t match” Exploring conflicts and local development of tourism in Ngapali, Burma

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

   Author : Linda Nordby; [2018]
   Keywords : tourism; Burma; Myanmar; Ngapali; Rohingya; anthropology; development;

   Abstract : Against a backdrop of local, regional and national conflicts the former generals now in government, have decided to focus on tourism and have worked hard since 2010 to develop Burma’s tourism sector. Ngapali, a small costal community in Rakhine state has been developed into a tourism destination with hotels and restaurants, all located on a beautiful beach. READ MORE

4. 38. Welcoming Online Communities : Social Sustainability of ESN Kalmar

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE)

   Author : Reetta Liekovuori; [2018]
   Keywords : Social sustainability; online communities; hosts and guests; mobile methods; social media;

   Abstract : Erasmus Student Network (ESN) plays an important role in the integration process of international students who spend their study abroad period in a new country. ESN community in Kalmar in Sweden has Facebook groups for every semester which spread the hospitality through the local ESN members, also called as ‘hosts’, for the new members who can be called either ‘guests’, ‘tourists’, ‘exchange students’ or ‘freemovers’. READ MORE

5. 39. Assessing Staff Turnover: A View from Hotel Workers in Reykjavík : Causes and Impacts

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Turismvetenskap

   Author : Sunna Guðmundsdóttir; Emeli Kammerland; [2018]
   Keywords : Departure; hospitality industry; human resource management; retention; Iceland;

   Abstract : Staff turnover is an endemic issue in the hospitality industry, worldwide. Voluntary staff turnover has been the focus of many studies in the past decades and many researchers have constantly intended to connect a number of variables to it. READ MORE

6. 40. Host Communities and the Refugee Crisis A Case Study of Kos Island, Greece

   University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Eleni Maria Rozali; [2016]
   Keywords : refugee; migrant; guest; hospitality; tourism; host community; media; representation; Greece; development; communication;

   Abstract : During an extraordinary political current event, how does a host community’s reputation change, and how does the media attempt to influence public opinion towards, or away from, such a destination? What is the host community’s perception of and response to these representations? This topical study explores the effects of the media on a refugee host community, through the conceptualization of the host and the discourse of hospitality. Significant to this study is the framing of tourism as a cultural exchange and expression, how hosts and guests view the realm of “place” and boundaries, and the volatility of the tourism industry with regards to communication mediums, socioeconomic and current events. READ MORE