Recent studies on urban policy responses to increasing tourism have moved beyond the physical impact of tourism to also include the way tourism is framed by social movements. This paper contributes to this line of research with a focus on frame resonance: the extent to which frames strike a responsive …

This is a business plan related to the tourism and travel industry about a new ecotourism startup that focuses on providing ecotours and cultural tours in the country of Costa Rica. The goal of this business plan is to identify potential customers, stakeholders and evaluate if the business idea can be …

People living with dementia need flexible care to maximise their independence, enabling them to respond to their changing needs at different points in time. At present, care is either limited at home or all-encompassing in an establishment. CASCADE is the abbreviation of Community Areas of Sustainable …

This report represents research on the current state of tourism and city hospitality in Amsterdam, which is referred to as over tourism. There is an increasing pressure on the city and its inhabitants, hence sustainable tourism development is needed, with the use of socio-cognitive mindfulness for visitors. …

This graduation project provides a comprehensive investigation into the decline of the liveability of the UNESCO World Heritage city: Venice. It sheds light on the dichotomy between liveability and (over)tourism, and proposes a new perspective for Venice, which in the last 20 years has undergone a massive …

This chapter investigates the deeply mediatized experience of place and space within the lived practice of events by studying two annual Dutch cultural events as cases: Oerol Festival (2017) and 3FM Serious Request (2017). Drawing on substantial datasets containing online and offline participant observations, …

A study into how cultural heritage stories are used in tour guiding.

Carnival Futures: Notting Hill Carnival 2020 is a King’s Cultural Institute project led by Nicole Ferdinand (Culture, Media and Creative Industries at King’s College London) which sought to engage cultural organisations and other stakeholders in planning for the future of the Notting Hill Carnival. The …

This thesis is about volunteer motivation and engagement. The research elaborates on the motivation and engagement of volunteers in the project InduS. Nowadays, a world without volunteers cannot be imagined. They get more and more important in every aspect of social life, for example volunteers are …

This guide has been designed to measure and manage the impact of social events in urban areas. Our aim is to facilitate (event) organizers who would like to give a in depth justification for their work on enhancing social and sustainable (local) communities. These events tend to be small-scale cultural …