Identifying Success Factors behind Partnerships for Managing Recreation and Tourism in Urban Fringe Parks

Identifying Success Factors Behind Partnerships for Managing Recreation and Tourism in Urban Fringe Parks

Research has found that urban fringe parks are particularly sensitive to population growth and rising demands for recreation and tourism. High visitor levels, a more sophisticated and demanding visitor, and park budgetary pressures have demanded a rethink of management approaches, including the benefits of partnerships. This paper describes two current partnerships in Australia where the manage...

a framework for identifying and prioritizing factors affecting customers’ online shopping behavior in iran

the purpose of this study is identifying effective factors which make customers shop online in iran and investigating the importance of discovered factors in online customers’ decision. in the identifying phase, to discover the factors affecting online shopping behavior of customers in iran, the derived reference model summarizing antecedents of online shopping proposed by change et al. was us...

Innovative Partnerships for Sustainable Urban Tourism

Europe’s cities and towns contain a rich cultural heritage. Yet, maintaining this heritage presents many challenges, including dealing with the adverse environmental and social impacts of mass tourism. Demands from urban tourism alike are high and growing, hence the pressures and problems associated with the management of the sector have to be systematically tackled by all parties concerned. Pu...

Managing Outdoor Recreation: Case Studies in the National Parks

All those who have had the opportunity to enter Yellowstone National Park through its north entrance have been met with the unmistakable Roosevelt Arch. Its message represents to all visitors a critical mandate of the national park system: “For the benefit and enjoyment of the people.” However, this is not the only imperative for the national park system and its managers. The 1916 Organic Act a...

Shengtai anquan: managing tourism and environment in China's forest parks.