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  1. 1. Welcoming Strangers : a study about digitalized hospitality visuals of Airbnb and Couchsurfing dwellings

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

    Author : Anna Puzanova; [2020]
    Keywords : tourism; hospitality; Airbnb; Couchsurfing; digital media; visual analysis; visual culture of hospitality; privacy; metaphors; viewer’s gaze; work of imagination; aestheticization; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : We live in a digitalized world where visuals are as essential to us as they have never been. Tourism and hospitality are not an exception here but rather examples of huge dependence on visual culture. READ MORE

  3. 2. "We cannot love nature to death" : an evaluation of the implementation of Nature’s Best ecotourism certification in Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Louis Eberstål; [2017]
    Keywords : sustainability science; nature conservation; sustainable tourism; sustainable development strategy; knowledge transfer; voluntary governance mechanism; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Ecotourism is the concept of traveling responsibly to natural areas where the environment and the well-being of the local people are sustained, where the economic profit is reinvested in the area and where knowledge is communicated to decrease visitor impact and maintain the local environment. Ecotourism is the fastest growing segment of the global tourism industry and therefore it is important to have an efficient implementation strategy so that it can realize its full potential and thus prevent tourism from degrading the nature it depends on. READ MORE

  4. 3. Kattegattleden : ett gestaltningsförslag för rastplatser längs med Sveriges första nationella rekreations- och turistcykelled

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Hanna Ekenberg; Fanny Lundén; [2015]
    Keywords : rekreationscykling; cykelturism; Kattegattleden; cykelrastplats; cyklistens behov; landskapsarkitektur; gestaltning; recreational cycling; bicycle tourism; the Kattegatt Trail; rest areas for cyclists; cyclist’s needs; landscape architecture; design;

    Abstract : Rekreationscykling och cykelturism ökar i takt med ett växande intresse för hälsa, miljö och fysisk aktivitet. Cykling ligger i tiden och flera länder i Europa har de senaste åren satsat på nationella turistcykelleder. Kattegattleden kommer att bli Sveriges första nationella cykelled för turism och rekreation. READ MORE

  5. 4. Artificiell natur : om ett kalkbrotts brytpunkt mellan industri och natur

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Emil Gottberg; [2013]
    Keywords : Natur; industri ; kalkbrott; social efterbehandling; identitet; det vilda; det sublima; postindustriella landskap; Gotland; Slite; Västra brottet;

    Abstract : Genom att undersöka begrepp som natur, det vilda och det sublima, i en idéhistorisk tillbakablick baserad i västerländsk kulturtradition, presenteras en ny möjlighet för efterbehandling av kalkstensbrottet Västra brottet i Slite på Gotland. En analys av platsen och tidigare nämnda begrepp leder till en förändring av det befintliga förslaget på efterbehandlingsplan. READ MORE

  6. 5. Good Practice in Sustainable Tourism: Developing a Measurement System by Providing a Model Assessment Procedure

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Wei Huang; [2011]
    Keywords : sustainable tourism; good practice example; sustainable tourism research framework; global sustainable tourism criteria; tourism assessment procedure; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : There are many good practice examples in sustainable tourism, but the difficulty is how they can be transparently measured, monitored and disseminated. The study aims to develop a measurement system for good practice in sustainable tourism, meanwhile to make some contribution to the monitoring and reporting system. READ MORE