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The reduction of foreign tourism is an opportunity for Africans to experience many of the continent’s premier parks at a discount.
A new study shows e-scooter hire schemes increase the number of tourism destinations visitors can reach. And once at these destinations, e-scooter users spend more.
Bike-share programs don’t just cater for residents. When tourists use them too, that greatly increases the value the whole community gets from these bikes.
There has always been a strand running through P.E.I.‘s history of some Islanders expressing ambivalence, displeasure or outright hostility towards the tourists and tourism that the island relies on.
To untangle the relationship between climate change, fall foliage and national park visitors, researchers are asking tourists to check their old photo albums for snapshots that could hold valuable data.
Finding a place to eat in a new city can be daunting. Economics and big data have a few tips to find the right place.
Bad tourists are causing a global backlash, with consequences for the entire industry.
Virtual reality can be more than a mirror that gives you a realistic simulation of the current world: it can bring the past into the present.
Cheap flights and irresponsible tourists are causing many holiday destinations to become overrun with visitors.
Since the 1970s, Wales has been marketed as a footnote to British history.
The big cities are still magnets for tourists, but often they find the smaller towns offer a more satisfying taste of local life. It’s why rural tourism can be ‘the perfect small town business idea’.
These lists have been all the rage this summer – but they haven’t calmed tensions between visitors and hosts much.
A series of attacks on popular holiday destinations has authorities concerned.
Films motivate people to travel to locations previously unknown. In the process, tourists become a lot like spiritual seekers.
Expecting tourists to pay a little more than locals is defensible – whether in Bruges, Venice or Thailand.
From Chinese tourists in Kidlington, to Brits slumming it in Rio, everyone wants an ‘authentic’ experience.
Social media is changing the way we travel, with people increasingly eager to visit Instagram-worthy destinations. Has a place’s visual appeal become more important than its history and authenticity?
In 2015 more people around the world died while taking selfies than were killed by sharks. Many tourist landmarks have banned the taking of selfies and selfie sticks to prevent untimely accidents.
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Professor, Cities Research Institute, Griffith University
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Malcolm Smith Professor of Asian Law and Director of the Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer in Tourism Management/ Adjunct Associate Professor, University of South Australia
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Professor in Visual Culture Studies, University of Pretoria
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Karine Dupré is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor in Architecture, Griffith University
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Senior lecturer, Business School, University of Huddersfield
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Senior Lecturer in Spanish, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Professor and Chair, Southwestern Environmental Science and Policy, Northern Arizona University
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Assistant Professor of Communication, Elon University
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Senior Lecturer in Tourism and Hospitality Management, University of Huddersfield
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Professor in Economics, The University of Queensland
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Enterprise Fellow, University of South Australia
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Deputy Dean (Business School), King's College London
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Professor of Religious Studies and Cinema and Media Studies, by special appointment, Hamilton College
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Lecturer in Tourism & Events, Glasgow Caledonian University
