Essays about: "tourism topics"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 19 essays containing the words tourism topics.
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1. Stakeholders role in Sustainble Tourism Development. : A case study in Kenya, linked to Maasai culture.
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)Abstract : To keep in mind while reading and focus of the thesis: - Sustainable tourism, what is it and who is it for? - How can the tourist industry affect cultures? - Why do some hosting population fear culture losses but happily receive tourists? - Why do people choose to travel? - What and how can I as an individual contribute? The numbers of international tourists are steadily increasing along globalization, which makes it an important phenomenon to highlight. The tourist industry contributes to global development, which would preferably be done through sustainability’s three pillars: economically, socially, and environmentally. READ MORE
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2. Fighting for Sustainability: A Case Study about Tenerife's Activism Movement
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknikAbstract : This research explores the perspectives of the opinion leaders of the activism movement in Tenerife on tourism on the island and the solutions proposed by these stakeholders to the current sustainability problems related to tourism. These issues include tourist's misbehavior in natural protected areas, waste, submarine emissions of residual water sewage, water shortage, gentrification, overtourism, overpopulation, 14,6% of unemployment in 2022, decline of agricultural land, high population density, etc. READ MORE
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3. BUILDING RELATIONS WITH NATURE BY DESIGN METHODS
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/HDK-Valand - Högskolan för konst och designAbstract : Culture, art, and design can help us as a society and for each earthling to reflect on the ambivalent relationship between nature and humans in the Anthropocene by raising the critical question of how we can build more sustainable relations with nature through design. Respectively, this project documentation informs about my graduation project within the MFA embedded design program at HDK-Valand, focusing on design, organization, and sustainability. READ MORE
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4. Mining geosocial data from Flickr to explore tourism patterns: The case study of Athens
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskapAbstract : Kanari Domna Mining geosocial data from Flickr to explore tourism patterns: The case study of Athens Social media are providing a new type of geo-tagged data that by processing them, new types of knowledge can be generated and used by decision-makers in different areas including tourism. It includes e.g. READ MORE
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5. Ecotourists as activists : The conceptualisation of ecotourist’s practices and the role of communication
University essay from Jönköping University/HLK, Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskapAbstract : As concern regarding the environmental impact of the regular tourism industry grows, tourists are increasingly seen carrying out activism actions and rallying others to create changes in the industry. A segment of the tourism industry that meets the demand is ecotourism, a more sustainable form of travelling that is seen as environmentalism in and of itself. READ MORE