Essays about: "critical tourism"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 69 essays containing the words critical tourism.

1. 26. Defining the Voice of Montreal: Exploring Possibilities for Human-Machine Companionship

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

   Author : Malik Dehbi Talbot; [2020]
   Keywords : critical posthumanism; artificial intelligence; virtual assistant; tourism; science and technology studies; human-machine relationships; voicebot; labor relations; companion; sociomaterial assemblage; History and Archaeology; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis explores the possibility for (re)defining the relationship between humans and robots with conversational interfaces. It does so by looking at the creation process of a voice and text-based virtual assistant for tourists from the perspective of critical posthumanism and posthuman performativity. READ MORE

3. 27. It´s The Smart City, Stupid! : A critical study of Smart narratives, Attraction Hysteria & the production of Smart Space in the European Green Capital 2020

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

   Author : Joel Göransson Scalzotto; [2020]
   Keywords : Smart City; Lisbon; Urban Regeneration; Attraction Hysteria; City Branding; Civic Participation; Egovernance; Production of space; Gentrification; Urban Commodification; Creative city;

   Abstract : In this research, the “Smart City-edifice” of Lisbon has been examined through qualitative field work carried out in the city. The concept of the Smart City- edifice has been designed by the author in an attempt to grasp the ambiguous Smart City ambition as an assemblage of (i) specific techniques incorporated into the urban environment (ii) the modes of governance which these techniques allow for, particularly real time data collection & (iii) issues of city branding, placemaking and urban, Smart regeneration. READ MORE

4. 28. Sustainable innovation in nature-based tourism from the perspective of dynamic capabilities

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

   Author : Shuangqi Liu; [2020]
   Keywords : Sustainable Innovatioin; Nature-based Tourism; Dynamic capabilities;

   Abstract : While traveling brings economic opportunities while climate change, resource depletion and the rapid growth of tourist numbers threaten the communities and ecology in the destination. Concerns about these threats require the sustainability of tourism in the destination, where local enterprises as the major players are encouraged to lead change by adopting sustainable innovation. READ MORE

5. 29. Personnel Instability, Personnel Management, and the Company Image of Small Tourism Enterprises in Remote Destinations : A Case Study of Abisko Mountain Lodge

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

   Author : Yin Liu; [2020]
   Keywords : Tourism Sustainability; Tourism Personnel; Personnel Management; Small Tourism Enterprises; Remote Destinations;

   Abstract : In recent decades, tourism has been developed rapidly in the world. With such development, tourism sustainability has drawn great attention, especially in remote destinations. In Swedish Lapland, the studies have been focusing on social sustainability in terms of local communities and other external factors. READ MORE

6. 30. The place of meaningfulness: A study about how tourism affects the residents’ place attachment in Mirissa

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Institutionen för ekonomi och samhälle

   Author : Helena Sjöberg; Caroline Påhlsson; [2019-10-23]
   Keywords : Place attachment; Tourism; Sustainable Development;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to contribute to a deeper understanding of the local residents’ perceptions of the tourism in Mirissa, Sri Lanka, and how their place attachment is affected by changes related to tourism. In order to fulfil the purpose, two research questions are answered. READ MORE