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Walking the Ancient Tea Horse Road: The Rise of the Outdoors and China’s First Long Distance Branded Hiking Trail
(University of Plymouth, 2014)Having made the transition from a life-time acquired skill to something acquired by the casual tourist through a professional operator, outdoor ‘adventure’ tourism is now one of the fastest growing sectors. After having ... -
Re-evaluating rural environments: rural tourism development in Japan
(University of Plymouth, 2014)The beautiful scenery of rural environments has been created by the agricultural and forestry industries but nowadays, in various rural areas, tourism has become lucrative and has developed as a leading industry. When the ... -
Tourism and religion: an uneasy relationship?
(University of Plymouth, 2014)The interrelationship of religion and tourism has barely been touched upon in research (Vukonić, 1996). Smart (1996) distinguishes various dimensions of religion, but not in terms of cultural meaning and identity. Changes ... -
Book reviews: Journal of Tourism Consumption and Practice Volume 6 No.1 2014
(University of Plymouth, 2014)Re-imagining Heritage Interpretation – Enchanting the Past-Future Staiff, R. (2014) Ashgate 194 pp. ISBN 9781409455509 Tourists, Signs and the City – The Semiotics of Culture in an Urban Landscape Michelle Metro-Roland, ... -
Memorable tourist experiences in authentic Vicos, Peru
(University of Plymouth, 2014)The desire for new experiences which are truly authentic and meaningful has become an important mainstream in the tourism industry and is in line with the increasing search for authentic experiences in the present-day ... -
(Re)thinking Maori tourism: the third space of hybridity
(University of Plymouth, 2014)This commentary reflects on the salience of hybridity as a theoretical tool in postcolonial studies. It argues that embedded paradigms such as colonised /coloniser and binary constructs Self/Other become subject to ... -
Host perspectives on ethnic minority tourism in Northern Thailand
(University of Plymouth, 2014)In recent years tourism scholarship has increasingly recognized the role and importance of host perspectives in ethnic minority tourism. The main aim of this paper is to explicate the opinions and perceptions of ethnic ... -
‘Cultural icons’: media representations of second homes in New Zealand
(University of Plymouth, 2014)New Zealanders have a long history of second home ownership, and the second home landscape is an important part of the New Zealand culture. Traditional second homes are known colloquially as the ‘bach’ or ‘crib’, and it ... -
Film tourism: the pre-production perspective. A case study of Visit Somerset and the Hollywood story of Glastonbury
(University of Plymouth, 2014)Film tourism has been researched now for many years and the consequences of post-production are clear. However, there has been little opportunity to explore the perceptions of filming, pre-production, until now. Using a ... -
Challenges to comsumer protection legislation in tourism contexts
(University of Plymouth, 2014)Many destinations worldwide have enacted laws to protect consumers in general but which have relevance to tourists as consumers and thus destination competitiveness. The impact of any such consumer protection, however, ...
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