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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Feasibility study of a constrained Dijkstra approach for optimal path planning of an unmanned surface vehicle in a dynamic maritime environment
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics EngineersTorres VedrasDanvers, 2018-06-11)Optimal path planning is an important part of mission management hierarchy in a modern unmanned surface vehicle (USV) guidance, navigation and control frame work. USVs operate in a complex dynamic marine environment ... -
Book reviews: Journal of Tourism Consumption and Practice Volume 6 No.1 2014
(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, ... -
Isolation of Oropouche Virus from Febrile Patient, Ecuador.
(United States, 2018-05)We report identification of an Oropouche virus strain in a febrile patient from Ecuador by using metagenomic sequencing and real-time reverse transcription PCR. Virus was isolated from patient serum by using Vero cells. ...
