Essays about: "social impact on tourism industry"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 33 essays containing the words social impact on tourism industry.

  1. 1. Creating the world's most sustainable and attractive travel destination. A content analysis of sustainable place brand identities in Southern Sweden

    University essay from Institutionen för tillämpad informationsteknologi

    Author : Douglas Berglund; Katherine Driscoll; [2023-11-22]
    Keywords : place brand identity; place branding; sustainability; content analysis;

    Abstract : This study examines how the place brand identities of seven Destination Management Organisations (DMOs) in southern Sweden guide their sustainable tourism communication. With the importance of sustainability becoming clear, interest in sustainable place branding is growing rapidly in scholarly and professional contexts. READ MORE

  3. 2. The polarized attitudes of offshore wind - The social acceptance of planned offshore wind farm Västvind among Öckerö municipality residents

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för miljö- och klimatvetenskap (CEC)

    Author : Milla Marzelius; [2023]
    Keywords : Offshore wind energy; Social acceptance; Place attachment; Västvind; Öckerö; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Climate change, the energy crisis of 2022-2023, and estimations of future electricity demands have stressed the necessity for a rapid transition of the energy system. Offshore wind energy plays an important role in this transition, and is expected to expand considerably on a global level, in the EU and in Sweden. READ MORE

  4. 3. A Heavy Burden - Coloniality and Exploitation of the Subaltern in Nepal’s Mountain Tourism Industry

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Sara Frenning; [2023]
    Keywords : tourism; trekking; climbing; Subaltern; workforce equity; coloniality; Nepal; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis analyzes the effects of mountain tourism on local people and communities in Nepal with a focus on three main questions: the equity of mountain jobs, the impacts of Western mountaineering’s dominance on local cultures, and the respect and lack of respect for local workers' lives. Despite repeated accounts of precarious and dangerous working conditions the adventure and mountain tourism industry continue to exploit some bodies on behalf of others. READ MORE

  5. 4. Digital Sustainability: How does digital transformation in the tourism industry affect sustainable development? : A case study of the Innovation Voucher Project in Korea

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Jongwoo Lim; [2023]
    Keywords : Digital sustainability; Digital transformation transition ; Tourism business; Sustainable development; COVID-19; Service Marketing; Innovation Voucher Project;

    Abstract : This paper examines how the adoption of a series of digital technologies in tourism companies affects economic, social, and environmental sustainability. This research conducted a quantitative survey on tourism companies in Korea to empirically explore the connection between digital transformation and its impact on sustainability. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Cultural Impacts On Working Conditions for Employees in the Tourism Industry : Sweden Versus Turkey

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för marknadsföring och turismvetenskap (MTS)

    Author : Michelle Adamsen; Izabel Belskaya; [2023]
    Keywords : Culture; Cultural Impact; High Contextual Culture; Labor Laws; Low Contextual Culture; Monochronic Culture; Polychronic Culture; Scandinavia; Sweden; The Middle East; Tourism Industry; Turkey; Working Rights;

    Abstract : Travel is an adventure into a new unexplored culture, different from what surrounds the traveler in the usual life at home. Culture is reflected not only in architecture, food, and literature but also in social relationships. How people react to everything they hear and see is based on the characteristics of their cultures. READ MORE