Search for dissertations about: "Tourism"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 164 swedish dissertations containing the word Tourism.

  2. 21. Young adults in rural tourism areas

    Author : Peter Möller; Helena Kåks; Mats Lundmark; Erik Westholm; Emma Lundholm; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; young adults; adult transition; tourism; rural areas; Sälen; telephone interviews; register study; life history interviews; population change; mobility; Social and Economic Geography; Kulturgeografi; Complex Systems – Microdata Analysis;

    Abstract : This thesis examines how tourism affects conditions for young adults in rural areas. Such a study lies at the intersection of research about tourism impacts, adult transition, and rural areas. READ MORE

  4. 22. "Anyone could do that" : Nordic perspectives on competence in tourism

    Author : Kajsa G. Åberg; Dieter K. Müller; Roger Marjavaara; Doris Carson; Tim Coles; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; tourism; education; workforce; competence; destination management; destination development; recruitment; Sweden; Finland; Norway; Social and Economic Geography; kulturgeografi;

    Abstract : In academic reasoning, as well as policy rhethoric, much attention has been drawn to the low thresholds to employment and entrepreneurship in tourism. The purpose of this thesis is to go beyond the simplified images and examine the educational characteristics of the tourism workforce in a way that includes both a geographical and work task related aspect. READ MORE

  5. 23. Count data modelling and tourism demand

    Author : Jörgen Hellström; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Time series; Count data; INARMA; Unit root; Aggregation; Forecasting; Tourism; Truncation; Inflation; Simulated maximum likelihood; Bivariate hurdle model.;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of four papers concerning modelling of count data and tourism demand. For three of the papers the focus is on the integer-valued autoregressive moving average model class (INARMA), and especially on the ENAR(l) model. READ MORE

  6. 24. The Scandinavian sporting tour : A case study in geographical imagology

    Author : Pia Sillanpää; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; tourism; tourism history; travel; travel writing; Geographical Imagology; image; Jämtland; Tröndelag; Scandinavian; British travellers; fishing; shooting; hunting; sporting gentlemen; imperialism; exploration; Other Germanic languages; Övriga germanska språk;

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  7. 25. Moved by the mountains : migration into tourism dominated rural areas

    Author : Maria Thulemark; Susanna Heldt Cassel; Mats Lundmark; Linda Lundmark; Högskolan Dalarna; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; tourism. mobility; lifestyle migration; amenity migration; litestyle amenities; creative class; occupational communities; tourism employment; seasonal workers; rural Sweden; Bergslagen database; interview study; focus groups; Complex Systems – Microdata Analysis; Komplexa system - mikrodataanalys; Social and Economic Geography;

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