Sökning: "tourism and gender relations"

Hittade 5 avhandlingar innehållade orden tourism and gender relations.

1. 1. Socio-Economic Transformation and Gender Relations in Lao PDR

   Författare :Damdouane Khouangvichit; Aina Tollefsen; Gunnar Malmberg; Jonathan Rigg; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; socio-economic transformation; gender relations; Lao PDR; globalization; livelihoods; tourism; mining; economic liberalization; Human geography; Kulturgeografi; Social and Economic Geography; kulturgeografi;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of this study is to examine socio-economic transformation and gender relations in Lao PDR after the adoption of economic liberalization by the Lao government in the late 1980s. Against a background of general socio-economic transformation in Laos the main focus of the study is on the local level, with emphasis on how people in their everyday lives have engaged with and handled the changes. LÄS MER

3. 2. Making a living in the world of tourism : Livelihoods in backpacker tourism in urban Indonesia

   Författare :Erika Sörensson; Dieter Müller; Aina Tollefsen; Michael Haldrup Pedersen; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; tourism geography; low-budget tourism; tourism work; backpackers; gender; development geography; livelihood; qualitative research; Indonesia; Southeast Asia.; Human geography; Kulturgeografi;

   Sammanfattning : In many ‘Third World’ societies tourism is seen as a force for economic development and socie-tal change. Employment in tourism has increased, new destinations have been drawn into tour-ism circuits, and many ‘Third World’ governments have adopted ‘pro-poor’ tourism policies as part of their poverty reduction strategies. LÄS MER

4. 3. Tourism as Interaction of Landscapes : Opportunities and obstacles on the way to sustainable development in Lamu Island, Kenya

   Författare :Siw-Inger Halling; Peeter Maandi; Erik Westholm; Elisabeth Gräslund Berg; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Lamu; sustainable development; tourism; landscape; moral landscapes; tourism and gender relations;

   Sammanfattning : Abstract Lamu Island on the Kenyan coast is the home of a society with a thousand year history of contacts with other cultures through trade and shipping.  The loss of its traditional socio-economic base has led to the entry of tourism as the main income generating activity and the major contact with distant peoples. LÄS MER

5. 4. Members in Tourism Settings : their motivations, behaviours and roles

   Författare :Anna Karin Olsson; Högskolan Väst; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; relationship marketing; membership; nonprofit; tourism; co-creation; Business administration; Företagsekonomi; relationship marketing; membership; nonprofit; tourism; co-creation;

   Sammanfattning : Membership programs are widely-used marketing tools. Many customers belong to a number of different membership programs across a variety of organizations and contexts. Memberships are based on the idea of mutual benefits of a relationship. LÄS MER

7. 5. Resfeber : Berättelser från semesterns barndom 1938−1959

   Författare :Aurora Lewén; Mats Morell; Ann-Catrin Östman; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; vacation history; vacation memories; holiday consumption; history of travel and tourism; history of the holiday; views on nature; views on social relations; views on family; views on relaxation and rest; motives for legislation; advertising vacation; semesterhistoria; semesterminnen; semesterfrågelista; semesterkonsumtion; turismhistoria; resehistoria; semesterresa; naturuppfattning; syn på sociala relationer; syn på familjen; syn på vila; motiv till semesterlagstiftning; semesterreklam; ekonomisk historia; Economic History;

   Sammanfattning : The dissertation provides an in-depth analysis of Swedes’ perceptions about vacations during the period of 1938 to 1959. The aim is to contribute to a more thorough understanding of vacation-related consumption, which in Sweden was of growing economic importance from the 1930s and onwards. LÄS MER