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Artistic and literary places in France as tourist attractions
- Tourism Management
, 1996
"... As heritage and cultural tourism assume greater significance, the variety of 'tourist places' covered by that description has become more evident. Places associated with writers, painters and others can use those connections to promote a specific kind of image and to attract visitors. Ther ..."
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. There is a general assumption that such artistic or literary places will attract the more discerning visitor and this is tested with reference to three small towns in France. The evidence presented here suggests that the visitor group is more diverse and includes both 'generalist' tourists
MAY 1999JOURNAL OF TRAVEL RESEARCH Determining Tourist Role Typologies: An Exploratory Study of Singapore Vacationers
"... This article examines the segmentation of Singapore va-cationers visiting overseas destinations. Of the 150 respon-dents who participated in the study, it was found that they could be effectively classified into four tourist roles across the novelty-familiarity continuum. Each tourist role pos-sesse ..."
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-sessed different trip characteristics and attached varying de-grees of importance to vacation activities. However, with re-spect to their sociodemographic profiles, all the tourist roles were fairly homogeneous, thus reiterating the need for a more discerning basis of segmentation. Implications and strategies
Interface and Interaction Design Patterns for E-commerce Checkouts
, 2012
"... Checkout processes are an important aspect of e-commerce websites. The performance of these checkout processes relates directly to the revenues for such websites. The better they perform, the more visitors will manage to complete the checkout from start till end. Or more concretely: from clicking Ad ..."
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Checkout processes are an important aspect of e-commerce websites. The performance of these checkout processes relates directly to the revenues for such websites. The better they perform, the more visitors will manage to complete the checkout from start till end. Or more concretely: from clicking
INTERPRETATION
"... Though the specific mission of state managed wildlife areas may differ, many wildlife areas attract similar groups of people interested in outdoor recreation activities, such as hunting, fishing, and wildlife watching. Websites are often the main informational link between state wildlife areas and v ..."
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and visitors. The Internet is a powerful tool that provides natural resource personnel with nearly limitless possibilities for information sharing. Unfortunately, users of the Internet are becoming increasingly discerning in their tastes for Internet content. Wildlife area websites must meet both the content
Gender and Architecture: Women in the Architectural Workplace Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow by
, 2009
"... Built space inevitably structures social relationships by creating interior and exterior spaces, categories of inhabitants, visitors, and strangers, separating those with power from those who lack power.1 Architecture is a subject that must to be understood within the proper context. The context of ..."
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Built space inevitably structures social relationships by creating interior and exterior spaces, categories of inhabitants, visitors, and strangers, separating those with power from those who lack power.1 Architecture is a subject that must to be understood within the proper context. The context
Exploring the Museum: A Comprehensive Approach
"... To understand what role a museum, such as a National Museum, plays in society this paper proposes the approach of looking at museums in a comprehensive way. An exhibition can be seen as a process of mediation and three phases of this process can be discerned and analysed. Different actors and condit ..."
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To understand what role a museum, such as a National Museum, plays in society this paper proposes the approach of looking at museums in a comprehensive way. An exhibition can be seen as a process of mediation and three phases of this process can be discerned and analysed. Different actors
Social Determinants of Community Health Services Utilization among the Users in China: A 4-Year Cross-Sectional Study
"... Background: To identify social factors determining the frequency of community health service (CHS) utilization among CHS users in China. Methods: Nationwide cross-sectional surveys were conducted in 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011. A total of 86,116 CHS visitors selected from 35 cities were interviewed. ..."
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Background: To identify social factors determining the frequency of community health service (CHS) utilization among CHS users in China. Methods: Nationwide cross-sectional surveys were conducted in 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011. A total of 86,116 CHS visitors selected from 35 cities were interviewed
Freedom to Be: Friendship and Community at Holiday Parks
"... ABSTRACT Slow tourism is motivated by the desire for personal and communal well-being. It emerged as an antidote to the fast-paced imperatives of global capitalism that urge the entrepreneurial self to speed up and work harder to achieve and demonstrate desired social status. The entrepreneurial se ..."
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relationships. In this paper it is argued that leisurely social relations can be reclaimed by letting go, even temporarily, of time-thrift and the compulsion to use leisure time purposively. Data drawn from in-depth interviews with repeat visitors at two Australian caravan parks revealed that for the period
WHY ISLAND FEMINISM?
"... ABSTRACT: Island Studies literature rarely has engaged with feminism or queer theory to explore how gender and sexuality, as it intersects with other social forces, contour the lives of islanders and the cultural and socio-economic conditions of islands. Concurrently, feminist and queer research on ..."
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of visitors (tourists, "experts," kin etc.) upholding long standing transnational social networks and parallel enduring local communities, maintain a particular set of gendered and sexual arrangements that deserve consideration by feminists, island studiers, and social scientists. An island feminist
Developing and implementing an integrated delirium prevention system of care: a theory driven, participatory research study. BMC Health Serv Res
"... Abstract Background: Delirium is a common complication for older people in hospital. Evidence suggests that delirium incidence in hospital may be reduced by about a third through a multi-component intervention targeted at known modifiable risk factors. We describe the research design and conceptual ..."
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to the silence and inactivity of patients once care needs and clinical observations were completed. We could discern two parallel but distinct ward rhythms: a staff rhythm marked by frenetic movement and continuous noise -of buzzers, telephones and the clatter of trolleys; and a patient rhythm distinguished by a
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