This study analyzes the consumer perception of yield management (YM) with an example in the hotel sector. Hotels use these practices in order to increase their incomes. However, the dual entitlement theory suggests that customers perceive YM practices as unfair when they are not the result of cost...

The purpose of the case-study is to review the initiatives to restore and conserve a five-hectare area in the Andean cloud forest at the foot of the Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu, where the Inkaterra Machu Picchu Pueblo Hotel is located. As a pioneer of ecotourism in Peru since 1975, Inkaterra ...

Impacts of global climate change on the biophysical components of wilderness areas have the potential to alter their recreational utility of wilderness areas. Concomitantly, the frequency and patterns of both land-based and water-based wilderness recreation activities will be affected. Despite the...

Non-existence of floristical potential evidence, as well as permanent devastation of the existing green areas on the territory of Budva municipality in Yugoslavia, untested and unplanned projects bring in the necessity of determining floristical material, especially egzots (exotic species)....

This paper reports on Canada's tourism performance, i.e. the trends in visitor arrivals from various country and origin markets. A market share analysis is carried out showing Canada's market penetration in target markets. This is followed by a shift-share analysis that encapsulates two indices...

Patterns of land ownership and economics are changing in the Northern Forest Region of New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. The percentage of people living in the region who work in the resource extraction industry has become much smaller. Tourism and outdoor recreation are promoted as...

In the effort to augment hospitality and tourism education beyond classroom instruction and internships, the added instructional methodology of community service learning is suggested. Service learning is an instructional method where students learn and develop through active participation in...

The impacts of tourism in the Sa Pa district of Vietnam are studied as part of a broader study of the value of tourism as a means of achieving sustainable development in developing countries. The Sa Pa district, in the Lao Ci province of Vietnam, is a region that has undergone very rapid expansion...

In Brazil, there is a coexistence of characteristics typical of poor countries, with technological advances and growth of indicators of globalization. Changes in dietary patterns are influenced by the availability of nutrients, and proliferation of fast food restaurants and supermarkets....

Walleye, doré jaune (Sander vitreus), is a popular sport fish in Canada and the United States where fry and fingerlings are produced by governmental agencies and commercial aquaculturists for enhancement stocking. Walleye is also an esteemed food fish, often a fundamental entrée of upscale ("white...