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Nature BAsed Tourism

Greene, M. (2016). Exploring bear attractant management strategies in Vancouver Island campgrounds. (Thesis) 
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Lyimo, W.H. (2021). Exploring factors facilitating the engagement of women in traditionally masculine employment in tourism delivery: A case study of Tanzania Northern Tourism Circuit. (Thesis) 

Mbilinyi, B. (2021). 
The Roles and Responsibilities of Tour Guides in Tanzania. (Thesis)
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Tourism DEvelopment

Alharbi, A. (2016). The role of festivals in contributing to the development of social capital: A study of Dubai Summer Surprises festival. (Thesis)

Kaur, H. (2016). Barriers to information and financing in small and medium-sized enterprises in central Vancouver Island.​ (Thesis)
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Hain, S. (2017). Amenity migration and tourism participation: A comparative case study of seine Bight and Placencia, Belize. (Thesis)

​Jessen, K. (2014). Voluntourism and its influence on the capacity of the host community: The case of Ghana. (Thesis)
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FEstivals & Events

Alharbi, A. (2016). The role of festivals in contributing to the development of social capital: A study of Dubai Summer Surprises festival. (Thesis)

Chen, Y. (2015). Local residents perceptions of the social impacts of sports events: The case of Nanaimo as a host city for the 2014 BC Summer Games. (Thesis)

Heritage Tourism

Borgi, S. (2017). The marketing and management of Tunisia’s past: Visitor experience and narratives in historic sites and heritage tourism. (Thesis)

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​Livelihoods & Entrepreneurs

Chiberches, N. (2019). Entrepreneurship profiles of guest ranch operators in the Cariboo Region of British Columbia. (Thesis)
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Granja, M.A. (2018). The Shea livelihood in Wechiau, Ghana: Assessment of its sustainability from a gender perspective. (Thesis)

​Lyimo, W.H. (2021). Exploring factors facilitating the engagement of women in traditionally masculine employment in tourism delivery: A case study of Tanzania Northern Tourism Circuit. (Thesis) 

Mbilinyi, B. (2021). The Roles and Responsibilities of Tour Guides in Tanzania. (Thesis)

Vera, L.O.T. (2019). Machacuyacu community-based tourism enterprise and Indigenous entrepreneurs' motivation. (Thesis) 
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Visitor Decisions

Bucan, I. (2015). To go free or not to go green: An analysis of hotel choice decision-making. (Thesis)

Huang, H. (2016). Comparing consumer choice factors between green hotels and conventional hotels using big data. (Thesis) 

Shahidi, S. (2020). ​The relationship between sustainability-related user generated contents and Vancouver Island visitors' intention to purchase sustainable products. (Thesis)
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Voluntourism

Jessen, K. (2014). Voluntourism and its influence on the capacity of the host community: The case of Ghana. (Thesis)

Markets & Marketing

Clark, G. (2014). The potential utility of tourism demand as an indicator of sustainable development in tourism. (Thesis) 
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Dey, D. (2020). Indian international students as quasi-domestic travellers in Canada: Exploring travel motivations and behaviours. (Thesis)

Karwal, E. (2019). Content analysis of whale watch operations websites. (Thesis)

Kaur, S. (2020). Impacts of religious tourism at Sikh pilgrim centre of Amritsar, India. (Thesis) 
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Kayaga, P.S. (2021). Destination Narratives in a pandemic: Comparing the social media posts of Kenyan and Tanzania Tourism Boards. (Thesis)

Nehm, A. (2015). The youth traveller market in Canada: A travel motivation segmentation study. (Thesis)

Pan, Y. (2016). Identifying seniors' travel motivations and travel barriers in China: an exploratory study in Beijing. (Thesis) 

Tamhankar, S. (2017). Using internet review sites to create restaurant brands. (Thesis)
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Xiao, X. (2018). Analysis of visitor’s perceptions of sustainability of a Chinese cultural destination: A content analysis of TripAdvisor comments on Wuzhen Ancient Town. (Thesis)

Zhang, X. (2019). Winter tourism experiences and Chinese visitors to the Yukon Territory, Canada: Implications for sustainable tourism development. (Thesis) 

Policy & Operations

Kaur, H. (2016). Barriers to information and financing in small and medium-sized enterprises in central Vancouver Island.​ (Thesis)

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