Bir destinasyonun rekabet gücünü etkileyen çok sayıda bileşenler olabilmektedir. Çalışmada doğal, tarihi ve kültürel çekicilikler bakımından oldukça zengin olduğu düşünülen Ayvalık destinasyonunun rekabetçi özelliklerinin belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Bu amaç doğrultusunda destinasyonunda faaliyet yürüten 11 turizm paydaşının görüşüne başvurulmuştur. Görüşmelerden elde edilen veriler, sıralı ölçe...

There is great need to identify simple yet reliable indicators of fishing effects within the multi-species, multi-gear, data-poor fisheries of the Caribbean. Here, we investigate links between fishing pressure and three simple fish metrics, i.e. average fish weight (an estimate of average individual fish size), fish density and fish biomass, derived from (1) the parrotfish family, a ubiquitous ...

CONTEXT Little is known about the relationship between race/ethnicity and depression among US blacks. OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence, persistence, treatment, and disability of depression in African Americans, Caribbean blacks, and non-Hispanic whites in the National Survey of American Life. DESIGN A slightly modified adaptation of the World Health Organization World Mental Health vers...

The green turtle (Chelonia mydas) nesting population at Tortuguero, Costa Rica, is the largest nesting aggregation in the Atlantic, by at least an order of magnitude. Previous mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) surveys based on limited sampling (n = 41) indicated low genetic diversity and low gene flow with other Caribbean nesting colonies. Furthermore, a survey of nuclear DNA diversity invoked the poss...

OBJECTIVES Understanding barriers to early diagnosis of symptomatic breast cancer among Black African, Black Caribbean and White British women in the UK. DESIGN In-depth qualitative interviews using grounded theory methods to identify themes. Findings validated through focus groups. PARTICIPANTS 94 women aged 33-91 years; 20 Black African, 20 Black Caribbean and 20 White British women diagn...

To inform a community-based ocean zoning initiative, we conducted an intensive ecological assessment of the marine ecosystems of Barbuda, West Indies. We conducted 116 fish and 108 benthic surveys around the island, and measured the abundance and size structure of lobsters and conch at 52 and 35 sites, respectively. We found that both coral cover and fish biomass were similar to or lower than l...

tourism, combined with the phrase medical, seems to be a new form of tourism which has gained huge popularity in recent decades. though, a number of literatures available with regard to the tourism industry and the competitiveness of the destination, however, the major aspects which determine the satisfaction of medical tourists are hardly focused specifically on malaysia. there is a lack of em...