Tourism policies and territory

US and territory telemedicine policies: identifying gaps in perinatal care.

BACKGROUND Perinatal regionalization is a system of maternal and neonatal risk-appropriate health care delivery in which resources are ideally allocated for mothers and newborns during pregnancy, labor and delivery, and postpartum, in order to deliver appropriate care. Typically, perinatal risk-appropriate care is provided in-person, but with the advancement of technologies, the opportunity to ...

Residents’ perceptions of tourism impacts and attitudes towards tourism policies in a small mountain community

The purpose of this paper is to explore residents’ perceptions of tourism impacts and how they affect attitudes towards local tourism policies. Particular attention is paid to the analysis of community attachment and employment sector of residents. This study presents the results of a quantitative survey among residing families of a small mountain community located in the North-East of Italy. T...

Government Policies and the Development and Management of Tourism Destinations: a Case Study of the Brazilian Policies

This article explores the fact that economic benefits are seen as the greatest determinant of the interest of developing countries to embrace tourism as a possibility to obtain growth and better standards. In order to evaluate the social and cultural opportunities and risks brought by this content, the study focus on Brazil (so called) development in terms of tourism and the evolution of the po...

The Tourism Industry of Ethics and Tourism

The tourism industry is one of the largest industries in the world, and despite recent events that have made its operating environment more complex, the industry continues to grow [Theobald, 2005, Global Tourism, 3rd., Butterworth-Heinemann/Elsevier]. Commensurate to the size of the industry is a growth in the number of students pursuing degree courses in tourism around the world. Despite an in...

Consent, Contract and Territory