Search for dissertations about: "Tourism"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 164 swedish dissertations containing the word Tourism.

  2. 16. 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

  4. 17. Tourism Development in Peripheral Areas : Processes of Local Innovation and Change in Northern Sweden

    Author : Patrick Brouder; Peter Fredman; Linda Lundmark; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : change; development; evolution; peripheral; Sweden; tourism.;

    Abstract : Tourism has reached almost all regions of the world and has had a notable growth in the peripheral regions of Europe. Attempts at tourism development in rural and peripheral areas have resulted in widely varying outcomes and have often been undertaken as a last resort by communities. READ MORE

  5. 18. 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

  6. 19. International tourism development and poverty reduction in Lao PDR

    Author : Saithong Phommavong; Dieter K. Müller; Aina Tollefsen; Erika Sörensson; Timothy S. Oakes; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; pro-poor tourism; tourism development; poverty reduction; ethnic tourism; gender; Laos;

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  7. 20. Behind the Scenes of Rural Tourism : A Study of Entrepreneurship in Micro-Firms

    Author : Jonathan Moshe Yachin; Dimitri Ioannides; Susanna Heldt Cassel; Szilvia Gyimóthy; Högskolan Dalarna; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Tourism entrepreneurship; rural tourism; micro-firms; entrepreneurial behaviours; spatial bricolage; Complex Systems – Microdata Analysis; Komplexa system - mikrodataanalys;

    Abstract : This thesis is a study of entrepreneurship in tourism micro-firms in rural areas. It provides a close, behind-the-scenes look at how owner-managers of tourism micro-firms generate value, overcome limitations, and promote change through interactions with their customers, their local environment and actors in their social networks. READ MORE