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The implications of climate change for glacier recreation and tourism at Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park, New Zealand
(Lincoln University, 2017-11-29)
Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park is an iconic alpine destination in New Zealand, attracting thousands of visitors annually with its wide array of recreational opportunities. In recent years, however, the many glaciers within ...
Sanctity on stage : investigating the social impacts of tourism to, and tourists at, sacred places
(Lincoln University, 2011)
Increasingly, tourists and tourism companies are incorporating sacred places into their travel plans and iteneraries. While pilgrimage, in a religious sense, has occurred for centuries, many people travel to sacred sites ...
Pelagic birdlife in relation to predator control and tourism: a case study of penguins in Banks Peninsula New Zealand
(Lincoln University. Faculty of Environment Society and Design, 2014-12-18)
This report aims to examine and identify the outcomes of the Wildside project on Banks Peninsula in the Canterbury region of South Island of New Zealand. Penguins in Flea Bay are the focus of this study and the objective ...
Exploring links between tourism and agriculture in sustainable development: A case study of Kagbeni VDC, Nepal
(Lincoln University, 2012)
Tourism is widely recognized as one of the world’s largest industries (Torres, 2003, p. 546). With approximately one-third of all trekking costs spent on food, creating linkages between tourism and agriculture holds great ...
Tourism and Community Empowerment: Critical Insights from Indonesia
(Lincoln University, 2018)
Empowerment is a way of enhancing an individual’s or a community’s capacity to make choices and transform those choices into desired actions leading to desired outcomes. In a tourism context, scholars have noted that ...
Transport infrastructure development, tourism and livelihood strategies: An analysis of isolated communities of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
(Lincoln University, 2019)
Geographically isolated communities around the world are dependent upon the limited assets in local subsistence economies to generate livelihoods. Locally available resources shape and give identity to unique cultural ...
Adventure tourism accidents and the New Zealand media: An analysis and discussion on implications for future research and the tourism sector : A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Applied Science at Lincoln University
(Lincoln University, 2019)
Adventure tourism is a vital part of the New Zealand tourism industry, and has great importance internationally. Due to the risks inherent in adventure activities, accidents will always occur in some quantity during these ...
International PhD students and Visiting Friends and Relatives (VFR) tourism: The case of New Zealand : A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Lincoln University
(Lincoln University, 2019)
This research explores the intersection of visiting friends and relatives (VFR) tourism and international education. It examines the VFR tourism experiences of international PhD students in New Zealand, with the focus on ...
Winery entrepreneurs rooted in “Their Place”: how lifestyle decisions, business motivations and perceptions of place influence business practices and regional initiatives in the wine and tourism industries
(Lincoln University, 2012)
This thesis explores the characteristics, motivations and business practices of winery entrepreneurs involved in tourism in two rural, New World wine regions: Central Otago, New Zealand and The Finger Lakes, New York, ...
Transport infrastructure and social inclusion: A case study of tourism in the region of Gilgit-Baltistan
(Cogitatio, 2017-12-28)
Until the building of the Karakorum Highway (1958–78), the region of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, was extremely isolated, thus preserving distinct cultural traits. The few tourists accessing the area were primarily experienced ...