Browsing by Subject "recreation, park and tourism sciences."
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(Texas A&M University, 2003)The emergence of the Internet and e-commerce has opened the door to a new type of interface between business owners and consumers. Accommodating the resulting changes has led to substantive modifications in the business ...
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(Texas A&M University, 1996)International tourism is a multibillion dollar industry today. The East Asia and Pacific Region registered a growth rate nearly three times the world average in the last decade. With such growth and increased competition, ...
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(Texas A&M University, 1997)While many studies have looked at the effect of various factors on cognitive distance, interactional effects of two or more factors have not been examined. The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of ...
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(Texas A&M University, 1999)This research project explores the sacred as a principal motivated in the tourism. Here, nine in-depth interviews pertaining to things sacred / spiritual are conducted to gain a better understanding of the multiple held ...
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(Texas A&M University, 1998)Many communities are now creatively competing to draw hics. visitors to their areas by taking a new turn for their tourism development. Legalized gaming has been introduced to some communities to act as a tool to attract ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2000)The influence of popular motion pictures upon the formation of destination perceptions has received some attention in the tourism literature. Previous empirical studies have examined the effects of movies on visitation ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2002)This study addresses the problematic trend of seasonal employee turnover in ski resort settings. It presents quantitative results for strategic management practices likely to favorably influence seasonal employees to ...
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(Texas A&M University, 1996)This exploratory study examined the information sharing processes between groups of recreationists at two outdoor recreation settings in Sam Houston National Forest. The primary objective of this study was to develop theory ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2000)Past research in zoos has focused on characteristics and motivations of visitors, as well as the orientation, and layout of zoos. However, research to date does not address whether customers are satisfied. To remain ...
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(Texas A&M University, 1999)The concepts of accessibility and equity are useful means of measuring the extent and fairness of service provided by the distribution of public facilities such as urban packs. While numerous studies have been conducted ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2001)Wildlife tourism can be problematic as managers are faced with the dual responsibility of developing products and programs for visitors while simultaneously protecting the resource. This study focused on encounters with ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2002)Many view tourism as a tool for community development. However, empirical studies suggest that its growth can bring environmental, sociocultural, and economic changes to the community where it is developed. Thus, it is ...