This study explores the research question: "How do Spanish and foreign residents in Jávea perceive tourism's impact on their local community differently?" Both groups see economic benefits but share concerns about cultural loss, environmental harm, and lifestyle disruptions. Foreign residents report higher concerns about organized crime and manage rising costs better than locals, who face more economic pressure. The study recommends sustainable tourism practices to protect resident well-being.
Frequent flyer programs (FFP) have gained popularity overtime in both the aviation industry and the research field. This thesis focuses on the case of KLM's FFPs Bluebiz, and examines the differences in flight behavior of leads and actual members of a corporate airline loyalty program in order to find out whether corporate FFPs have an influence on the corporate flight behavior.
Little literature is available how tourism impacts affect the physical and social living environment.. The aim of this thesis is to gain 1) a deeper understanding on how different residents perceive the tourism impacts, and 2) how they find it to affect the physical and social living environment, and how involvement in the tourism industry influences these perceptions.
Motivation is a widely researched concept for volunteering. However, little literature talks about the motivation and experiences of crisis volunteers in the context of the European refugee crisis. The aim of this thesis is to get a deeper understanding of the motivations and experiences of crisis volunteer workers in Greece, Lesvos looking at the European refugee crisis from the perspective of the volunteer.
This thesis examines the decision-making process of travel influencers (TIs) regarding their posting behaviour on Instagram. The aim is to determine what is needed to change TIs’ process, to make their decisions more responsible Mixed methods were used to conduct the study, fussing on decision-making, responsibility, willingness, to change, and points of improvement for TIs.
Rail tourism is a well-developed sustainable mode of transport in Europe. Despite ageing population of Europe, Interrail's marketing and offers target the youth instead of the generation of Baby Boom. The research project made use of a survey which showed that there are considerable differences in terms of experiences, behaviour and preferences among the two different generations.
The aviation industry uses carbon compensation as one of its primary ways to counter the emissions from its carbon-heavy operations. Despite its widespread use, carbon compensation has received a wide range of critiques. This research highlights the strong need for discourses of climate delay and greenwashing practices to be identified, challenged and overcome to make way for meaningful climate action.
Air travel is one of the most emission-intensive industries. Because of this, the European Union actively tries to stimulate the transition from air to rail travel, as trains were more eco-friendly. However, train tickets were also increasingly more expensive. The aim of the research is focused on the effect of train ticket prices on holiday travel mode choice.
Local food plays a vital role in the vacation experience of tourists. However, some countries, such as the Netherlands, are not attractive for culinary tourism. This research therefore explores the influence of Dutch local food specialties on the vacation experience of tourists.
Sex tourism and poverty are both phenomena still present in Southeast Asia. As poverty and the sex industry go hand in hand, this study investigates how sex tourism has the ability to help sex workers move out of poverty in Southeast Asia.
