Essays about: "tourism effects the environment"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 25 essays containing the words tourism effects the environment.

1. 1. "They call us corona boys". A qualitative study of multilocal lifeworlds and social implications of multilocality during the Covid-19-pandemic in the area of Åre, Sweden

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Institutionen för ekonomi och samhälle

   Author : Nicolai Ekecrantz; [2023-03-17]
   Keywords : Multilocality; urban-rural mobility; the COVID-19 pandemic; nonpermanent residents; remote working;

   Abstract : In accordance with contemporary scholars, the identified increase of urban-rural mobility during the pandemic testifies that multilocality, in terms of living an everyday life in more than one place, is gaining momentum (Di Marino, 2022; Willberg, 2021). In a Swedish context, however, the qualitative research on this emerging housing phenomena is sparse, despite the rich tradition of examining nonresidential housing in terms of second homes. READ MORE

3. 2. Arctic Tourism Fantasies : Tour Operators' perceptions of a winter landscape

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

   Author : Szabolcs Harhai; [2023]
   Keywords : Arctic; Arctic tourism; climate change; landscape; landscape perceptions; adaptation; Rovaniemi; Finnish Lapland;

   Abstract : The effects of global warming are evident throughout the Arctic, which is warming much more quickly than the rest of the planet and is increasingly being referred to as a fragile environment. The tourism industry in the area, which is built around notions of enchanted wintertime fantasy landscapes, is directly impacted by the effects of climate change. READ MORE

4. 3. Know Your Roots : Towards New Perspectives on Travelling through Genealogical Mapping-Based Journeys: An Exploratory Study

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Orsolya Tóth; Tamara Tasi; [2022]
   Keywords : tourism; DNA tourism; emotion; behaviour change; responsible behaviour; tourist behaviour; connectedness;

   Abstract : The current tourist behavioural trends and the increasing number of visitor nights can no longer be the main focus of the international tourism industry, as they harm the physical and social environment. However, in the current profit-driven economic and political systems, reducing the intensity of travelling seems unrealistic; besides, many people's livelihoods are dependent on the industry. READ MORE

5. 4. A CINEMATIC VILLAGE FOR A CHANGING LANDSCAPE - AN ALPINE ROMANTIC STORY

   University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

   Author : Diana Sacco; [2022]
   Keywords : Alps; Aosta Valley; Oyace; Artificial lake; Climate change; Fiction; Cinematic; Novel; Narrative; Village; Staging; Performative; Future landscapes; awareness; Movie; wilderness; artefice; constructed;

   Abstract : Climate change has already had noticeable effects on the environment. Glaciers are retreating, ice on lakes and rivers is melting earlier, plant and animal species have relocated, and trees are blooming sooner. READ MORE

6. 5. Ecotourism and Residents’ Well-being: A Case Study from Monteverde, Costa Rica, during the COVID-19 Pandemic

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Frank Schönberg; [2021]
   Keywords : Ecotourism; Well-being; Residents; Costa Rica; COVID-19; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : The global COVID-19 pandemic is having tremendous adverse effects on human well-being and the tourism industry, revealing its high vulnerability, and putting the current system into question. A promising more sustainable tourism concept constitutes ecotourism albeit its impacts on residents’ well-being remain unexplored. READ MORE