The Making of a Film Tourism Destination
Film tourism is a new phenomenon that attracts many tourists to a destination. This study looks at different strategies used by tourism stakeholders in Dubrovnik, Croatia to shape the place as a film tourism destination and which stakeholders contribute to the process of shaping Dubrovnik as a film tourism destination, and how place-branding is done by them.
But First, Coffee
This study explored how heritage tourism influences the livelihood sustainability at the tourist destination, using the case of the Eje Cafetero which is designated as Colombia’s cultural heritage. The results showed that tourism has led to a diversification of the farmers’ livelihood which made them more resilient in the face of external shocks and stresses.
What is The Secret Behind Wine Tourism in Europe?
This thesis takes a closer look into the development and organization of wine tourism in Europe and answers the main research question: “How has wine tourism developed in Europe?”. This research concludes, that even though wine regions might already be very established in the wine-making process, there is still a lot of improvement for the development of wine tourism.
Ras al-Khaimah: Complementing Your Journey
Deciding upon a place for tourists to visit can be influenced by the image they perceive from this place. Especially for unknown destinations like Ras al-Khaimah, destination branding is of great importance. Combining the supply and demand side of destination branding, the formation of a successful destination image will provide a clear idea of Ras al-Khaimah as a tourist destination.
Understanding intentions to engage in animal tourism
This research explores the effect of harm beliefs, wildlife value orientations (WVO’s), and emotions towards wildlife on the intentions to engage in tourism activities that involve possibly abused domesticated wildlife. Findings show that both WVO’s and beliefs influenced one’s intention to engage in animal tourism. Emotions did not influence one’s intentions to engage in wildlife tourism.
Discourses on Tourism Mobility and Climate Change
This thesis focuses on the influence of sustainable tourism research on the discourse on tourism mobility, aviation, and climate change among Dutch NGOs and action groups. Sustainable tourism research has no significant role in how the discourse of NGOs and action groups changed, but it formed important starting points for discussions on the future of aviation in the Netherlands.
Scenarios for Tourism
“What will the future look like?” This thesis attempts to create narratives to show what the Mediterranean could look like by 2100 under several scenarios that are influenced by current tourism practices, trends, and other socio-economic factors, combined with frameworks that have been previously used for climate scenarios.
Reducing the Environmental Impacts of Airbnb Properties
This study addresses a pioneer of the sharing economy in the tourism industry, Airbnb. The study found that Airbnb’s current level of interference in reducing the environmental impact caused by users of the platform is low, while some hosts take measures to address this environmental impact voluntarily.
Conflict Tourism
Conflict tourism as touristic activities taking place at a destination that is somehow conflicted in terms of war and political instability is a relatively new phenomenon. This thesis aims to find out how perceived risks and uncertainties in conflict tourism destinations influence the process of choosing a conflict tourism destination.
The water footprint of a hotel’s food consumption
Tourism is a growing business in the world, which requires big numbers of freshwater in its facilities and services. With emerging water issues in popular tourism destinations, it is important that water consumption is managed adequately by investigating how water is used exactly, in form of a water footprint.