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An analysis of the changes in the seasonal patterns of tourist behavior during a process of economic recovery
This paper studies how the improvement of the economic situation influences the behavior patterns of national and foreign tourists in relation to the seasonal trends that define their trips. After analyzing the patterns ...
Effects of Vacation Rental Websites on the Concentration of Tourists-Potential Environmental Impacts. An Application to the Balearic Islands in Spain
The concentration of tourists at certain times of the year can damage sensitive environments. The use of peer-to-peer vacation rental websites has increased greatly during the last decade. This system could either reduce ...
Seasonal Variation in the Physiological and Behavioral Responses to Tourist Visitation in Magellanic Penguins
(Wiley, 2014-10-13)
Penguin colonies are highly visited worldwide. Although several studies have addressed how penguins behaviorally respond to tourist visitation at a point in time, nothing is known about their response across the entire ...
Speleoclimate dynamics in Santana Cave (PETAR, S(a)over-tildeo Paulo State, Brazil): general characterization and implications for tourist management
(Societa Speleologica Italiana, 2015-01-01)
Show caves provide tourists with the opportunity to have close contact with natural underground spaces. However, visitation to these places also creates a need for management measures, mainly the definition of tourist ...
Tourist cruises in South America: new opportunities and challenges
(ECLAC, 2001-04)
More free time and disposable income not only in developed but also in emerging countries have generated a demand that shipping lines have capitalized on by offering ocean cruise services to an exponentially growing segment ...
An analysis of tourism sector seasonality and its relation to the economic cyclee: the case of Spain
This study analyzes the changes in the seasonal trends in the Spanish tourism sector in relation to the economic cycle. The methodological originality of the analysis stems from its multi-dimensional index of tourism ...
Diet of the maned wolf, Chrysocyon brachyurus (Mammalia : Canidae), during wet and dry seasons at Ibitipoca State Park, Brazil
(Cambridge University Press, 2001-05-01)
Analysis of 141 seats of maned wolf Chrysocyon brachyurus collected in a region of upland forest and meadows of south-eastern Brazil yielded 351 food items in the wet season (60 seats) and 407 in the dry season (81 seats). ...
Diet of the maned wolf, Chrysocyon brachyurus (Mammalia : Canidae), during wet and dry seasons at Ibitipoca State Park, Brazil
(Cambridge University Press, 2001-05-01)
Analysis of 141 seats of maned wolf Chrysocyon brachyurus collected in a region of upland forest and meadows of south-eastern Brazil yielded 351 food items in the wet season (60 seats) and 407 in the dry season (81 seats). ...
An analysis of the stability of rural tourism as a desired condition for sustainable tourism
Tourism is a key sector in the sustainable development of rural environments. Its ability to create stable employment and an acceptable level of profits is conditioned by the stability of tourist activity throughout the ...