Search for dissertations about: "thesis on tourism industry"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 32 swedish dissertations containing the words thesis on tourism industry.

2. 1. Sami tourism in Northern Sweden : Supply, demand and interaction

   Author : Robert Pettersson; Ulf Wiberg; Dieter K Müller; Bruno Jansson; Thomas Hinch; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social and economic geography; Indigenous Tourism; Sami; Sápmi; Tourism Supply; Tourism Demand; Stated Preference; Attitudes; Kulturgeografi; Human geography; Kulturgeografi; Social and Economic Geography; kulturgeografi; Human geography; economic geography;

   Abstract : Indigenous tourism is an expansive sector in the growing tourism industry. The Sami people living in Sápmi in northern Europe have started to engage in tourism, particularly in view of the rationalised and modernised methods of reindeer herding. Sami tourism offers job opportunities and enables the spreading of information. READ MORE

4. 2. New perspectives on socio-economic impacts of tourism : A study on the distributive effects of tourism and events on regional employment and income

   Author : Kai Kronenberg; Matthias Fuchs; Maria Lexhagen; Tom Baum; Mittuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : In the broad field of the economic impact of tourism and events, most studies seek to understand regional tourism development by only focusing on a growth-oriented perspective and highly aggregated indicators, such as increases in GDP. Such a narrow view, however, systematically overlooks and disregards the negative socio-economic consequences that accompany economic growth, such as income inequality and precarious working conditions. READ MORE

5. 3. Living with tourism : Perspectives of Indigenous communities in Québec, Canada

   Author : Teresa Miranda Maureira; Susanne Stenbacka; Albina Pashkevich; Susanna Heldt Cassel; Cecilia Möller; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Indigenous tourism; sustainable development; ethnography; resilience; authenticity; representation of territory; gender; Québec; Canada; Social and Economic Geography; Kulturgeografi;

   Abstract : This study focuses on the transformation process and reshaping of Indigenous tourism in Québec, Canada, using an ethnographic approach and methods. The central aim is to understand how Indigenous communities are affected by the development of Indigenous tourism and how they deal with this development. READ MORE

6. 4. Can tourism be sustainable? : Service Experiences from Tourism Destinations in Europe

   Author : Anna Sörensson; Jan-Åke Törnroos; Mittuniversitetet; []
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   Abstract : The tourism industry is growing rapidly, and thus there is an urgent need to developing sustainable tourism. The research objective of the thesis is to explore and discuss the concept of sustainability within the tourism industry from a marketing point of view, focusing on the perspective of tourist producers’. READ MORE

7. 5. Imagining Tourist Spaces as Living Spaces : Towards a Relational Approach to Alternatives and Morals in Tourism

   Author : Solene Prince; Dimitri Ioannides; Sandra Wall-Reinius; Kevin Hannam; Mittuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Rural tourism; Volunteer tourism; ethnography; narratives; Bornholm; Sólheimar eco-village;

   Abstract : Many actors are taking advantage of the flexible barriers to entry of the tourist industry to engage in the production of varied forms of tourism closely related to their lifestyle, professional and communal ambitions. With the increased popularity of forms of tourism bringing the guest close to the host, it becomes relevant to ask questions related to lived experiences and close encounters in tourism scholarship. READ MORE