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1. A study of foreign exchange student’s consumption motivations from a food tourism perspective in Shanghai, China
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för tjänstevetenskapAbstract : Despite the massive growth of the tourism industry worldwide in the past years, there is still a noticeable scarcity in scientific and scholarly literature when it comes to the phenomenon of food tourism, or simply the awareness that food and beverages play a vital role within the tourism industry. Particularly in developing countries but also in cosmopolitan cities such as Shanghai, food tourism has been widely neglected by researchers, companies and culinary establishments as a possibility for growth and improvement of the tourism machine. READ MORE
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2. A study of foreign exchange student’s consumption motivations from a food tourism perspective in Shanghai, China
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för tjänstevetenskapAbstract : Despite the massive growth of the tourism industry worldwide in the past years, there is still a noticeable scarcity in scientific and scholarly literature when it comes to the phenomenon of food tourism, or simply the awareness that food and beverages play a vital role within the tourism industry. Particularly in developing countries but also in cosmopolitan cities such as Shanghai, food tourism has been widely neglected by researchers, companies and culinary establishments as a possibility for growth and improvement of the tourism machine. READ MORE
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3. Coping with Overtourism: Redirecting tourism consumption through social media and the Internet
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : With tourism being the largest industry in Europe and one of the fastest growing sectors, the importance of sustainable tourism consumption from an economic, social, cultural and environmental aspect is vital. A problem related to growing tourism is overcrowding, also known as overtourism; a relatively new phenomenon describing destinations where hosts or guests, residents or visitors are having the perception of there being too many tourists in one place. READ MORE
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4. Welcoming Online Communities : Social Sustainability of ESN Kalmar
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE)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
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5. Adoption of e-Commerce in micro tourism firms located in Umeå
University essay from Umeå universitet/KulturgeografiAbstract : A new and an effective Internet business model such as electronic commerce (e-Commerce) has obtained great importance in the tourism industry (Li & Suomi, 2008). e-Commerce has great importance also for small firms. READ MORE