Search for dissertations about: "Tourist complex"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 swedish dissertations containing the words Tourist complex.

  2. 1. Smartphoned Tourists in the Phygital Tourist Experience

    Author : Micol Mieli; Institutionen för tjänstevetenskap; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; smartphone; tourism; phygital; mediation; tourist experience; tourist information search; tourist behaviour; digitalization;

    Abstract : The present thesis explores how the tourist experience is re-articulated through the mediation of smartphones. I adopt the postphenomenological theory of mediation as the overarching ontological position, placing the role of technologies on an ontological level, as mediators of perception and experience. READ MORE

  4. 2. Guided tourism : the role of guidebooks in German tourist behaviour in Sweden

    Author : Malin Zillinger; Dieter K. Müller; Alan A. Lew; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Car-tourists; Guidebooks; Mobility; Place; Power; Round tour; Space; Time geography; Tourist information; Tourism system; Human geography; Kulturgeografi; Business and economics;

    Abstract : Tourism is a spatial phenomenon. Tourist behaviour on-site is not only dependent on the destination itself, but also on the situation in other places, tourists’ spatial mobility and access to information. On the basis of this argument, the whole tourism system is taken into account in this thesis. READ MORE

  5. 3. Noun Phrases in British Travel Texts : A Corpus-Based Study

    Author : Tore Nilsson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; English language; corpus linguistics; syntactic variation; noun phrase NP ; premodification; postmodification; simple; complex; NP head; NP function; Engelska; English language; Engelska språket; English; engelska;

    Abstract : This study is a corpus-based investigation of the structure and variation of noun phrases in three types of British texts on tourism and travel. Based on their publishing formats, the corpus texts are divided into three Text categories: tourist brochures, newspaper feature articles dealing with travel and tourism, and travel guides. READ MORE

  6. 4. 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

  7. 5. Ecology, tourism and management of harbour seals (Phoca vitulina)

    Author : Sandra M. Granquist; Anders Angerbjörn; Per-Åke Nilsson; Hrefna Sigurjónsdóttir; Arne Bjørge; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Harbour seals; Phoca vitulina; ecology; tourism; wildlife; disturbance; zoologisk ekologi; Animal Ecology;

    Abstract : In cases where human and wildlife are co-using the same geographical areas and resources, management issues often get complex and stakeholder conflicts are common. The Icelandic harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) population is rapidly decreasing, but direct culling of seals still occurs. READ MORE