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This study investigated the travel decision motives and the decision-making factors influencing wedding tourism, and the factors that pull people to choose a specific wedding location destination. A structured online questionnaire was distributed to 101 brides and grooms that have already done or they have scheduled to experience wedding tourism. Multiple linear regression analysis was used to test the research hypotheses, and the findings revealed that perceptions of a wedding destination influence its destination brand equity. Furthermore, travel decision motives have the highest impact on the wedding destination decision-making process, followed by health and safety standards and service quality. These findings provide insight into the factors that affect the appeal of a wedding destination in the tourism market. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Migration, from rural to urban settings is a common phenomenon in Latin America, due to social, economic, political, and other factors. Young people in search of economic and educational opportunities, financial, and social stability, have been migrating to larger urban centers, thus crafting important shifts in rural labor, generational transfer, and domestic economies. Through a systematic literature review of scientific literature, and documents from public institutions and international organizations, published between 2012 and 2022, this article addresses rural-urban migration of youth in Colombia and Guatemala's cattle sector, particularly identifying (i) driving factors, (ii) their impacts on cattle farming, and (iii) public policies implemented to counteract prejudicial effects. Results show that unemployment, lack of educational opportunities, and insecurity are the main reasons for youth migration to cities or abroad, with Mexico, the United States, and Spain being the most common destinations. Additionally, impacts on the cattle sector include shortage of labor and a perfectible generational transfer, hindering the modernization of the industry and investments in climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies. Despite various implemented public policies, the results are partial, and the issue of accelerated youth migration remains relevant. Consequently, without more effective measures adopted by national governments, the cattle sector will lag behind its regional and international competitors, deterring the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. As the main contribution of the study, the analysis of migration is highlighted based on its effects on a specific economic sector and not focused on its causes, as evidenced in a wide range of literature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the emotional journey of the narrator as they navigate the loss of their pet, Herman, while attending a book club meeting. Topics include the narrator's memories of caring for Herman, the impact of the pet's absence on their daily life, and the unexpected joy that arises from a friend's acknowledgment of their grief.

This paper investigates the infrastructure projects undertaken for the event initially known as the Semaine des sports d'hiver, which took place in Chamonix, France, from 25 January to 4 February 1924 and was later recognized as the first Winter Olympics. Although the already famous resort town was able to use its existing hotels to accommodate visitors and athletes, it also made a considerable investment in the construction of new sports infrastructure. Following an agreement signed just 9 months before the Games, these facilities included a large ice rink, a bobsleigh run and a ski jump. The project was entrusted to the Ponts et Chaussées engineers, who encouraged local firms to help with the construction. Archival analysis will be used to examine the relationship between the project and the changing environment. Our aim is to show how the work in Chamonix modified the environment by exploiting certain natural elements (e.g. water, soil and forests) and, conversely, how the natural (in particular, the geological and climatic) and historical (notably land ownership) components of the environment affected the execution of these works. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Destination brand love plays an important role in contributing to the competitive advantage of a destination. Based on the meaning transfer theory, match-up hypothesis, schema theory, etc., this study proposed a hierarchical model that examines the effects of three pairs of congruences among "celebrity," "destination brand," and "tourist" on destination brand love. A triangulation-based research design, taking Hong Kong, Shanghai, and New Zealand as focal destination brands, was used to collect data to test the hypotheses. The results showed that tourist/destination congruence and destination brand trust sequentially mediate the influence of celebrity/destination congruence and celebrity/tourist congruence on destination brand love. Tourist/destination congruence, attitude toward the ad, and attitude toward the destination sequentially mediate the influence of celebrity/destination congruence and celebrity/tourist congruence on destination brand love. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Drawing on the tenets of Nonviolent Communication (NVC), this paper presents a discourse analysis of UK news coverage regarding the phenomenon commonly referred to as "pet regret". This is an informal expression coined by mainstream media to indicate feelings of remorse experienced by individuals who acquired a companion animal during the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequently found themselves questioning their decision, leading some to consider relinquish or leaving without care their pet. This paper will discuss examples from newspapers that used a moralistic framework to depict pet owners by resorting to forms of value judgments woven into rhetorical and syntactic structures. The tone of these judgments reinforces a type of representation grounded on binary thinking, potentially encouraging classifications of people based on reductive notions of right and wrong. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Coastal resorts, whose dominant economic activities are those of providing an array of recreational services to tourists, reflect this specialization in their land-use patterns. Therefore, the business districts in coastal resorts have a unique morphology, landscape, and land use. However, the literature reflects that there is limited attention to the tourism business districts (TBDs) that have developed in coastal resorts. Moreover, few empirical studies have been conducted in developing countries, such as Thailand, China, and Turkey, as well as developed ones such as United States, Canada, and Italy. This study discusses the TBDs located in Turkey's coastal resorts in terms of location, form, and function. The findings are presented statistically, and detailed maps are presented to explain the TBDs from a geographical and practical perspective. In this study, ArcGIS 10.5 software has been used to perform spatial analysis of the data. The main findings include that Turkish TBDs have similar characteristics in terms of location, form, and function compared to other coastal resorts worldwide. Therefore, it is possible to say that these similar features constitute a model in terms of land use. In addition, the statistical findings of the study are largely similar to those found in the literature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Destination weddings have become increasingly popular, offering couples a unique opportunity to exchange vows in exotic and picturesque locales. This study investigates the multifaceted dimensions of destination weddings in Uttarakhand, India, employing advanced statistical methodologies to analyze the factors influencing attendees' satisfaction and future intentions. After providing 600 questionnaires to respondents who travelled to the state of Uttarakhand to enjoy a destination wedding, 429 viable responses were obtained overall. Utilizing IBM SPSS version 21 and AMOS 21.0, the research applies Structural Equation Modeling (SEM), and mediation and moderation analysis to discern differences in culinary experiences, scrutinize the proposed structural model, and explore the mediation and moderation effects. The study's significance lies in its potential to inform destination wedding practices, offering insights for planners, hospitality professionals, and policymakers to enhance attendee experiences. The findings contribute to both academic understanding and practical applications in the dynamic landscape of destination weddings and experiential tourism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article discusses the role of the Northern Islands in an episode of Egils saga, a medieval Icelandic text written during the first half of the thirteenth century. The episode focuses on the complexities of a wedding in which the involved groups do not have an initial agreement, developing into a conflictive situation spanning into several lands and agents. The resolution of said conflict, which involves some of the major characters in the saga, leads to a discussion of the concept of “liminality”. Its possibilities and limits for the analysis of Norse societies are here assessed through this case study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article features three poems by Kim Addonizio titled "Unleaving," "Getting to Know You," and "I Believe This Way of Life is Ending I Said." The poems explore themes of grief, personal experiences, historical trauma, and the fragility of life. Kim Addonizio is an accomplished poet and author, with several published works and awards to her name. She currently resides in Oakland, California, and teaches poetry workshops online. [Extracted from the article]

This study decodes the functions and meanings conveyed through sojourner user-generated images (UGI) and furthers the application of the theory of visual rhetoric to tourism by examining the online visual communications of sojourners—an understudied yet critical group of consumers and producers of tourism. A two-step qualitative mixed-method approach, involving expert interviews and visual rhetorical analysis of 453 sojourner UGI was adopted. Key findings resulted in the conceptualization of a theoretical framework that explains the construction of sojourner UGI. The framework identifies contemporary online visual culture, and the different frames sojourners move between (tourist, resident, home, and away) as factors that shape, and differentiate sojourner UGI from those of tourists. Collectively, the findings provide an initial understanding of sojourners as key visual influencers/online organic agents that offer destinations, specifically conurbations, the reach, relevance, and resonance in targeting the unique VFR segment, a key post-crises tourism segment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

At a global level, the telecommunications industry has a great impact on the economy of the countries due to its complex structure, the organizational climate is distorted in several of the companies dedicated to this industry, in Latin America and Ecuador, the performance of the workers depends a lot. of the motivational practices of companies, which translates into "a good work environment generates greater productivity". In this investigation, a qualitative approach methodology was used, which was based on the documentary and bibliographical review of various sources obtained from the database of academic search engines. It is of a narrative nature since for the object of study it was necessary to resort to results of several authors and their conclusions regarding the subject. It was found that the first national with its dimensions represents a compact structure before the labor well-being of the workers, in the telecommunications industry the work is very strenuous and generates overload in the personnel, this emotionally and psychologically impacts all the collaborators by is the percentage of productivity of a motivated worker and is the percentage of an unmotivated worker, which agreed with some authors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the context of an increasingly complex, culturally more diverse, and also more unequal society, we should note an increase in litigation, for which the resolution of conflicts becomes essential in order to guarantee peaceful coexistence. In this sense, the importance of access to justice as a guarantee of the eff ectiveness of the rights to which citizens are entitled is an indisputable truth. However, the obstacles traditionally faced by certain population groups in a context of particular vulnerability, as minors and gendered violence victims, are not few. Therefore, bearing in mind that the access to justice right also includes the right to resort to Alternative Dispute Resolution, we will analyse how mediation can contribute to improving the exercise of this right in connection with the 2030 Agenda and the Brasilia Rules. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The application of branding techniques has emerged as a strategy to identify, position, and differentiate destinations. Brand extensions primarily focus on leveraging a single common brand, which avoids the need for customers to be familiar with another partnered brand. One way DMOs and destination marketers use brand extensions is through the use of sport events. This study used the Phoenix Metropolitan Area, AZ (PMA) as a research site to investigate the process of destination branding by examining sport events as destination brand extensions. A qualitative case study approach was employed, with interviews with key stakeholders. Results suggest that the PMA's overall destination brand relates to the outdoors, with four individual brand extensions identified: (a) weather; (b) resorts; (c) recreation and leisure activities; and (d) sport/sport events. Major professional sports team events did not fit as congruently as other types of events when serving as destination brand extensions, relative to the Valley's outdoor parent brand. Results are discussed in terms of sport events' role as part of greater destination brand range, relationship to other destination brand extensions, and using sport event brand extensions to enrich the destination brand. This study revealed that sport events in the PMA do serve as a prominent asset and selling point that influences the PMA's overall destination brand. However, sport events are not seen as the area's primary destination branding strategy, and local DMOs and tourism stakeholders in the PMA must create and maintain a broader and more comprehensive destination brand that showcases other notable attractions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The COVID-19 pandemic caused devastating socio-economic impacts in tourism destinations around the world. Many governments and tourism authorities could use the pandemic to seek more sustainable tourism development futures; for example, pre-pandemic Bali's 'tourism boom' barely benefited local people and local businesses because of economic leakage and 'tourist bubbles'. With an increasing demand on spiritual travel in the post pandemic period, Bali is seeking new opportunities as a spiritual tourism destination. This opportunity is based on their rich cultural and natural resources, and living heritage that can be related to spiritual tourism activities. This spiritual tourism development can contribute to local communities by creating sustainable livelihoods and providing diverse income sources as well as helping revitalise the local spiritual culture. However, tourism activities should be connected to, involve and empower local people and communities. Beyond the luxury yoga resort developments, governments, tourism authorities and large businesses should invest in supporting small-scale spiritual tourism businesses, so as to build more sustainable and inclusive spiritual tourism futures. This type of development would serve evolving tourist interests, as greater numbers of tourists prefer small-scale, community-based and cultural experiences, prefer to travel to remote and rural areas, and like to engage in spiritual practices and activities for their psychological recovery. Therefore, any post COVID-19 tourism recovery strategy must focus on the poorest communities in rural Bali where poverty rates accelerated during the pandemic. Authorities in Bali and similar destinations should support more opportunities for the poor and offer investment, education, and appropriate training programmes to reduce poverty and develop sustainable communities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Many nations with advantages in the tourist industry have encountered the overtourism issue since the COVID-19 epidemic. The term "revenge tourism" or "revenge traveling" refers to a secret desire to travel or a desire to travel that has been hindered for the previous two years by limitations on community social movements due to the COVID-19 epidemic. Overtourism is a problem that travel destinations face, and it may have a detrimental effect on sustainability and environmental concerns. This problem also affects Banyumas Regency, which counts tourism as one of its primary industries. This study aims to evaluate the local government's efforts to curb overtourism in the Banyumas region. In order to combat the problem of over-tourism caused by retaliation tourism and overpromising, the Banyumas district administration has adopted several initiatives. The Banyumas district government's strategy for coping with the overtourism situation is described analytically using public policy analysis and the ideas of sustainable and responsible tourism. This article's technique is descriptive-analytic, drawing on secondary data from sources including academic journals, sessions, reference books, the internet, and other supplementary resources. This study offers a fresh perspective on overtourism in the Banyumas area, showing that once COVID-19's development slowed, people's desire to visit tourist spots generally increased, leading to an excessive mass accumulation at each destination. Due to the buildup of too many visitors, Banyumas, a location that caters mainly to nature tourism, is in danger of suffering environmental harm as well as other problems that come along with it. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The subject is characterized by modernity as it dealt with a renewed issue with many repercussions at the Iraqi and Arab levels, as it is characterized by wide interest in a serious issue represented by normalization with the Zionist entity and its repercussions on the Palestinian cause and the Arab conflict (the Israeli), as the study aims to know the contents of newspaper articles as well as to identify the trends of newspaper articles towards the issue of normalization as it aims to identify a The reason for the Arab countries to resort to normalization with the Zionist entity, the study is among the descriptive research using the survey method based on a tool for analyzing the content of the newspaper articles on the issue of normalization for the study community, represented by the Iraqi press for different directions, and it was represented by Al-Sabah newspaper expressing the government direction, Al-Zaman newspaper is independent, and the People's Way newspaper is partisan for the period from 13/8/2020 to 31/12/2021, which started from theEmirati normalization through the Iraqi normalization conference in ARibeel and its repercussions after three amonth. The researcher made a comprehensive inventory of all newspaper articles in the mentioned period, the large number of the sample, which amounted to (13126), prevented the study of all the items of the sample, which forced the researcher to adopt the intentional sample by choosing articles that dealt with the subject of normalization ostensibly ornon-apparently, which amounted to (311) articles divided on the sample newspapers by (152) ) an article in Al-Zaman newspaper, (139) articles in Al-Sabah newspaper, and (20) articles in Al-Shaab Road newspaper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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