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Reverse osmosis: Cultural sensitivity training in the Costa Rican luxury ecolodge setting
(VIU Publications, 2019-09)This case study portrays a real situation and account of staff training designed to improve staff morale and bridge their intercultural understanding of international visitors, encountered during a 2-month fieldwork at ... -
Transdisciplinary university engagement for sustainable tourism planning
(VIU Publications, 2019-09)Sustainable tourism literature reveals an increasing understanding of the complexity of tourism development and the need for a holistic approach to sustainable tourism planning. This includes mixed-methods approaches that ... -
Recreation economies and sustainable tourism: Mountain biking at Kingdom Trail Association in Vermont
(VIU Publications, 2019-09)Rural communities that are dependent on manufacturing, mining, energy, and timber are witnessing population declines while amenity-rich communities are growing, particularly those with a desirable physical environment and ... -
Expanding agritourism in Butte County, California
(VIU Publications, 2019-09)This case study examines the strategies and impacts of collaboration among diverse Butte County stakeholders to support agritourism development and increase agritourism participation by out-of-area visitors to the sparsely ... -
Stakeholder engagement and collaborative corridor management: The case of New Hampshire Route 1A/1B Byway Corridor
(VIU Publications, 2019-09)This case study describes the methods associated with the development and completion of a comprehensive Corridor Management Plan based upon the collaborative efforts of a wide range of stakeholders. The notion that critical ... -
Kentucky Trail Town program: Facilitating communities capitalizing on adventure tourism for community and economic development
(VIU Publications, 2019-09)Since 2012, the state-wide Kentucky Trail Town program has been guiding Kentucky communities located in geographically advantageous areas to capitalize on adventure tourism through a systematic trail-based community and ... -
Enhanced performance and visitor satisfaction in artisan businesses: A case study of the evaluation of the ÉCONOMUSÉE® model in British Columbia
(VIU Publications, 2019-09)This case study describes an innovative model that was developed to enhance business performance and visitor satisfaction in the artisan sector. ÉCONOMUSÉE® is a non-profit organization founded in 1992 in Quebec, Canada ... -
Indigenous tourism and reconciliation: The case of Kitcisakik cultural immersions
(VIU Publications, 2019-09)This case study explores an initiative originating in the Anicinape community of Kitcisakik, Québec. The community hosts non-Indigenous students for an experiential and immersive outdoor engagement with Anicinape ways. ... -
Hawaii Ecotourism Association's Sustainable Tour Certification program: Promoting best practices to conserve a unique place
(VIU Publications, 2019-09)The United Nation World Tourism Organization (2017) concluded that a well-designed and managed tourism sector could support the host’s sustainability goals. Quality systems similar to Fodor’s star rating system for hotels ... -
Innovative and promising practices in sustainable tourism
(VIU Publications, 2019-09)The intent of this volume is to provide an opportunity for academics, extension professionals, industry stakeholders and community practitioners to reflect, discuss and share the innovative approaches that they have taken ... -
Edmonton's WinterCity Strategy - enhancing winter living through innovative leisure practice in a northern Canadian city
(VIU Press, 2018-02)Winter climates provide opportunities for residents and visitors to engage in a variety of leisure activities such as skating, toboganning, skiing, snowboarding and more recent introductions such as fat biking. These ... -
Creating a logical model of positive youth development through a multiple instrumental case study
(VIU Press, 2018-02)Though positive youth development (PYD) interventions heavily utilize recreational contexts, there has been little focus within research on examining these contexts themselves and developing knowledge on what features and ... -
The social practice of care hotel vacations
(VIU Press, 2018-02)Due to the increase in the number of elderly and people seeking medical care, the hotel market with a blend of care and leisure experiences is expected to grow in the future (Han, 2013; Karuppan & Karuppan, 2010; Laesser, ... -
Work integrated learning as a tool for therapeutic recreation students in the first year of their undergraduate degree
(VIU Press, 2018-02)Therapeutic recreation is one field within leisure practice. Exposure to Therapeutic Recreation (TR) or Leisure studies as a future career, for most commencing undergraduate students is limited in Australia. At Western ... -
Organizational revitalization: A study of a leisure professional association creating an action plan for change - part 2
(VIU Press, 2018-02)In 2016 North Carolina Recreation and Parks Association (NCRPA), a leisure and recreation professional association, implemented an organizational change with the hopes of becoming more relevant and vital to recreation ... -
Journey to Churchill interpretative exhibit case study: Innovation in evaulation
(VIU Press, 2018-02)This chapter demonstrates the importance of innovative evaluation methods in visitor contexts, through a case study at a zoo. The Assiniboine Park Zoo in Winnipeg, Manitoba developed a new exhibit, Journey to Churchill. ... -
Helping families play: Development of a framework for family recreation programming
(VIU Press, 2018-02)Providing experiences for families has become increasingly important over the past several years. Family recreation is an important part of life for many families, but many people may not be participating in as much family ... -
Innovative leisure practices: Cases as conduits between theory and practice
(VIU Press, 2018-02)The World Leisure Centre of Excellence at Vancouver Island University is privileged to share its third volume of Case Studies, as part of the Innovative Leisure Practices series. Our intention, with the release of this ... -
Active offices: Changing workplace culture by "breaking up the day"
(World Leisure Centre of Excellence in Sustainability and Innovation at Vancouver Island University, 2016-12)The average adult is sedentary between 55 and 71% (9 to 11 hours) of their waking day, many of these in the workplace. Recent research into healthy lifestyles has shifted from measuring time spent in physical activity, to ... -
Innovative leisure practices: Cases as conduits between theory and practice
(World Leisure Centre of Excellence in Sustainability and Innovation at Vancouver Island University, 2016-12)
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