The present study aims to analyse the Tourism Supply Chain Management based on the published articles, available statistical data and the conducted research among the par- ticipants of the Tourism Industry (service provider/tour operator, intermediaries, cus- tomers). The paper has a goal to present a deeper insight into the factors affecting the choice of the distribution channel proposing a model based on the accumulated informa- tion regarding the tourism services distribution. In the research we pay a special atten- tion to the analysis of the factors motivating customers to choose traditional intermedi- aries at the time when all the operations can be done through the Internet. This problem would be analysed from both service provider and customers personal approach. The model also includes the future perspective of the development in the field of e-Tourism. The major contribution of this paper is the confrontation of the customers real prefer- ences and company‟s strategies with published earlier empirical research.

This research is mainly through research and data analysis from the world's major tourism master advanced to the national tourism policy, observe the revitalization of tourism, by advanced countries for effective tourism policies and strategies for the revitalization of tourism, to understand our tourism development strategy in the most urgent need to improve and strengthen, to develop the overall tourism development strategy. In March 2007, World Economic Forum (WEF) issued a "The Travel & Tourism Competitiveness (TTC) Ranking" for 124 countries and areas of travel or travel conditions, assess the global competitiveness; WTTC forecasts until 2010, the scale of the global tourism industry will reach 11.6% of world GDP, equivalent to six trillion 591.1 billion U.S. dollars; forecast until 2010, the global tourism industry employed population reached 200 million 5162 million. In 2008,we have rank the tourism industry as one of the six major industrys for our nation, may foresee the important of developing tourism to our economy. Literature shows that many experts and scholars views on the development of tourism and research, but many emphasize on promote and marketing tourism. Advanced countries development strategy of tourism policy of our country than lacking. If we want to develop the tourism of Taiwan, in addition to the established policy of tourism, tourism development must be integrated with the main industry, civil society, experts and scholars to work together and research to bear fruit. In this research literatures, summarized the major dimension of tourism development and related development strategies, after that combined with the unit organization and the use of Delphi method to reach experts and scholars in the tourism development strategy aspects of the consensus, to develop a fit for our overall tourism development strategy recommendations. The results show that Taiwan's most urgent need is to establish a unique tourist features and brand, whether the function of government guidance the tourism industry, tourism personnel training and certification, tourist facilities, tourist attractions are needed for integration and partnership, In addition, need to improve Tourism industry as a national issue, Taiwan's tourist profile and degree of internationalization, How to promote Taiwan's tourism promotion to increase the number of tourists is also very important.Accommodation,transportation,attrations,communicate should be integrated between tourist industry person.

The global economic adaptations, he current trend of internationalization and the strategy of promoting local economic development for virtually every country in the 21st century .The current promotion of the national development plan in Taiwan, i .e. a challenge to 2008.aims to advance the country¡¦s worldwide competitiveness. The content includes the key plans; among them three plans are related to the ¡§aboriginal tourism¡¨. For instance, there are the traditional craft techniques of the cultural creation industry; the increase of numbers of tourists through the rectification of present tour routes and the designing of new community, establishment etc. It all involves the expectations centered on aboriginal tourism. However, it attests to the fact that the government greatly values the development of aboriginal tourism in Taiwan. The study takes the aboriginal town, Maolin, as an example. The study methods of questionnaire, in-depth interview and literature collection were employed. The subjects were representatives of the institution and tribe, residents, tourists and proprietors of the tourist centers. The actual tourism situation was researched in order to better understand the organization of the related institution and tribe, as well as the plans and strategies concerning tourism eco-tourism and the impact and problems that may result. The results are revealed as follows: 1. The present mechanism resources of Maolin tourism should conform to the development plan; the National Scenic Area Administration should take charge of the tourism operation and help tribe to promote it. 2. Tourism should focus on the hot spring exploitation, natural eco-tourism, and the tourism experience of aboriginal life and culture Besides these activities, other developments can be further extended. 3. The aboriginal generally lack the requisite knowledge of running businesses. They believe that tribal development is the responsibility of the local government, and consequently, they dependence and expectation have become obstacles to the growth of tourism. Training of aboriginal talents should be implemented. 4. Tourism location reconstruction and convenient connection can elevate the travel quality. 5. Communication and coordination between the tribes, proprietors of the tourist centers and authorities should be made easy and frequent. If all parties could only envision the benefit of tourism, an excellent travel environment cam be built, within which tourists can enjoy beautiful, safe and comfortable.

The purpose of the study was to gather strategies and factors from tourism security professionals from which terrorism risk management policies can be developed. This study utilized the Delphi method in order to provide structure for the group process. Twelve tourism security experts made up the panel completing three rounds of questionnaires via the email based Delphi technique. This research identified fifty-four strategies to reduce the propensity of terror attack at a tourism venue. Those strategies were divided into four levels of priority based on criticality and feasibility. The fifty-four strategies were grouped into nine subordinate categories. The subordinate categories were related to Training, Communications/ Liaison, Planning/ Assessment, Background Checks, ID Badges/ Secure Entrance, Specialty Security Units, Architectural Design, Media Cooperation, and Technology Based strategies. Alongside the strategies are a collection of comments by the experts regarding strengths, weaknesses, and any barriers to implementation pertaining to the individual strategy. Tourism risk managers, security personnel, and insurance underwriters can all use the results in reducing the opportunity for a terrorist attack at a tourism venue. Major research findings from this study included: 1. The strategy receiving the highest criticality ranking over all other strategies involves training first responders on their role in circumventing the success of terrorists. 2. The subordinate category Communication/ Liaison contains the largest number of strategies indicating the significance of this category among experts. 3. The subordinate category of Specialty Security Units contains the second highest number of strategies indicating the importance of the topic among experts. 4. All of the technology based strategies fell into the lowest priority level. Based on the findings of this study, researcher recommendations include: 1. The guidelines developed in this study should be used by operators of tourism venues to make the best use of limited resources. 2. National or international conferences should be established to further discuss these issues. 3. A greater number of communications mediums should be established to facilitate the exchange of ideas and experiences between affected professionals. 4. Insurance providers should use this information to establish validated guidelines so that, if prospective clients adhered to the recommendations, a reduction in premiums could be offered. 5. Other entities may benefit from this study, such as public school systems, the energy production industry, hospital systems, and pipeline systems.

The intent of this thesis is to examine the ways in which grief tourism has changed the nature and progress of the Madres de Plaza de Mayo as an organized group of mothers who have spent thirty years searching for answers about the fate of their disappeared children. This thesis will provide a historical overview of the Dirty War followed by a definition of grief tourism and an analysis of tourist's motivations to visit sites of death and disaster. With the increase and development of mass communications, people are able to research and discover remote corners of the world very easily. Furthermore, death and disaster always features as the predominant portion of the daily news. With the free flow of information, whether desired or not, coupled with an innate fascination for the morose, one is enticed to discover and visit sites of death and disaster. Grief tourism has linked visitor destinations all over the world including the concentration camps in Germany, Ground Zero in New York and now, the Plaza de Mayo in Argentina. Research indicates that grief tourism emerges in many differing forms of tourism, cultural being the most prominent. The research also shows that visitation to such sites is becoming increasingly popular. During the thirty years of their campaign, the Madres de Plaza de Mayo have been successful in bringing to justice many of the military leaders guilty of human rights violations, assassination and murder. Having partially met their initial goal, the Madres have continued to focus their attention on other human rights work. Their new found enterprises are intertwined with increasing visitation to the Plaza de Mayo. They have used tourism to their advantage in helping attain their goal of achieving a free Argentina.

Thesis--PlanB (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis--PlanA (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 85).

This study investigates aspects of working artists’ lives when in their home environments and when travelling and holidaying in the elsewhere. Artists are seen by Florida (2002) as being a central group in the functioning of a new creative economy in the West based within a global division of labour. This creative economy is seen to be founded on the proliferation of bohemias in cities as catalysts of growth and regeneration, as artists are seen to attract further ‘creative capital’, and form new directions of consumption and lifestyle through their creative outputs and practices. Surprisingly, very little study has been done that gives voice to artists in relation to aspects of their lifestyles, that may inform new directions of consumption. Just as importantly, artists’ views in relation to changing bohemias, wrought through gentrification processes, have often been ignored. This thesis investigates the meanings of place, changing place through gentrification, leisure practices and the travel and tourism preferences of this group. Empirical findings suggest that a desire for an integrated life that blurs the boundaries of work, leisure and travel or holidaying is important to this group. Creativity is a central aspect that permeates the life world of my participants. Gentrification processes are viewed negatively or ambivalently. These processes are not predominantly disparaged due to fears of immediate displacement however, but are related to ideas of changing place, including the social makeup of newer users of the Ouseburn Valley and their sheer numbers, and the associated increased levels of bureaucratic regulation and commercial interests in the formerly ‘marginal’ Valley. During the course of the study, empirical and theoretical directions led to the construction of what I have termed a ‘governing ethic’ that can be seen to inform many of the discourses and practices discussed in relation to the working artist in the Ouseburn Valley. This ethic is one that promotes an integrated life of self-expressive individualism. It is seen to have origins within the Romantic Movement in the late 18th Century, and can be detected in creative-countercultural ideologies and practices up until the end of the 20th century.

In this paper it is illustrated that late eighteenth-century English travel guidebook writers promoted idyllic rural landscapes that met or were created to meet picturesque tastes while concurrently advocating the alteration of regional landscapes by means of agriculture, industry and transportation routes. While the impulses behind nostalgic and developed landscapes are at cross-purposes, both were concepts used by guidebook authors to renegotiate perceptions of their local regions: the former to exhibit regional beauties and marvels by appealing to the prevailing aesthetics, the latter to combat stereotypes of backwardness, reframing regional identities within national trends of development and "improvement." In this way late eighteenth-century travel guidebooks afford an interesting perspective on the rural English landscape of that period and how it was seen, experienced and represented by local promoters.