Essays about: "a background of the tourism industry"

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  1. 1. Nomadism without Borders: Exploring Connections in Digital Nomad Destinations : An Ethnographic Multiple-Case Study in Malaysia & Colombia

    University essay from Jönköping University/Internationella Handelshögskolan

    Author : Joan Boluda Chova; Konstantin Trutz von Ehrlich-Treuenstätt; [2023]
    Keywords : digital nomad; destinations; practices; locals; gentrification; alienation;

    Abstract : Background: Globalization and remote work following COVID-19 have boosted the tourism profiles of lifestyle travelers. Especially digital nomads, individuals that work remotely while traveling. These arising tourists contrast with the mass tourism industry, in the sense that digital nomads stay longer and may engage with local culture. READ MORE

  2. 2. Use of Management Accounting Under a Grant Administrated Project

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Therese Brodin; Anne De Silva; [2022-06-30]
    Keywords : Management accounting; Grant administration; Project; Public budget response; Private organisation; Public organisation; Tourism; SME; Adaptation; Svalbard; Local Government Financial Grant;

    Abstract : Background – Covid-19 pandemic has triggered responses for financial supports, governmental actions, and subsidies directed to specific industries in several countries inferring administration of projects under non-routine situations, including actors of various organisational structures. The aim of this thesis was to learn more about the use of management accounting under a new, non-usual situation from two interlinked levels, namely the societal and firm under a public grant administrated project context. READ MORE

  3. 3. The tourism industry’s support of the Israeli illegal settlements in the West Bank : A discourse analysis on Airbnb’s explanations on their responsibility to respect human rights as well as their involvement in the occupied West Bank

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för Asien- och Mellanösternstudier (IAM)

    Author : Nora Aissaoui; [2022]
    Keywords : human rights; tourism; postcolonialism; discourse analysis;

    Abstract : The purpose of this bachelor’s thesis is to analyze and deepen the understanding of how the tourist company “Airbnb” explains their responsibility to respect human rights as well as how they explain their involvement in the illegal settlements in the West Bank. These two aspects are the focus of the two research questions that the study aims to answer. READ MORE

  4. 4. Principles and Values from Cooperatives on Gotland: Fostering Sustainable Destination Development through Alternative Economies and Regenerative Practices

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

    Author : Valentina Rodoni; [2022]
    Keywords : alternative economies; cooperatives; values and principles; regenerative development; regenerative tourism; degrowth; sustainable destination development;

    Abstract : This research investigates the values and principles of cooperatives in relation to regenerative development and evaluates how these principles can be applied to foster SDD on Gotland. As alternative economies, cooperatives represent an opportunity to facilitate a regenerative type of development that is needed to face the issues brought by the capitalist system and the tourism industry. READ MORE

  5. 5. The Role of an Intermediary Organization in the light of Sustainable Destination Development : A single-case study of Destination Jönköping AB

    University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, Företagsekonomi

    Author : Maja Ulander; Alice Savu; [2020]
    Keywords : sustainable development; destination development; sustainable destination development; intermediary; intermediary position; sustainable tourism; tourism industry; sustainable enterprise development;

    Abstract : Background: Sustainable development is considered to be one of today's most comprehensive challenges, which will require extensive changes, adaptations and innovation in all levels of the society worldwide. Simultaneously, the social and economic phenomenon of tourism has seen remarkable growth and development over the last decades, leading to become one of the fastest-growing economic sectors in the world, as well as a key component of the evolving socio-economic progress. READ MORE