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Evaluating the environmental sustainability strategies of the housekeeping department: the case of an international hotel chain in Hong Kong, China 评价客房部的环境可持续性策略:以中国香港的一家国际连锁酒店为例

Tourism Critiques: Practice and Theory Pub Date : 2021-05-05 DOI: 10.1108/TRC-01-2021-0001

Monica W. C. Choy, Justin J Cheng, Kar C. Yu

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引用次数: 11

Tourism policy and environmental impacts in Musina municipality: lessons from a case study of failure 穆西纳市的旅游政策和环境影响:失败案例研究的教训

Tourism Critiques: Practice and Theory Pub Date : 2021-03-29 DOI: 10.1108/TRC-12-2020-0021

A. Ramaano

引用次数: 20

Tertiary tourism graduate employees and tourism employers’ perceptions on tourism skills and competencies relevant for providing quality tourism services in Kenya 大专旅游毕业生雇员和旅游雇主对肯尼亚提供优质旅游服务相关的旅游技能和能力的看法

Tourism Critiques: Practice and Theory Pub Date : 2021-03-29 DOI: 10.1108/TRC-07-2020-0013

Janet C. Kimeto

引用次数: 6

The concept of subjective well-being: its origins an application in tourism research: a critical review with reference to China 主观幸福感概念的起源及其在旅游研究中的应用:以中国为例的批判性回顾

Tourism Critiques: Practice and Theory Pub Date : 2020-07-20 DOI: 10.1108/trc-04-2020-0009

Zengxian Liang, Hui Luo, Chenxi Liu

引用次数: 8

Monkey and the mandate of heaven: rethinking the social construction of nature in ecotourism 猴子与天命:对生态旅游中自然社会建构的再思考

Tourism Critiques: Practice and Theory Pub Date : 2020-06-06 DOI: 10.1108/trc-03-2020-0005

Qingming Cui, Honggang Xu

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Exploratory research on college students’ motivations to volunteer – a case of international events hosted in China 大学生志愿服务动机的探索性研究——以中国举办的国际活动为例

Tourism Critiques: Practice and Theory Pub Date : 2020-05-30 DOI: 10.1108/trc-03-2020-0003

Guiqiang Qiao, Hongyue Zhang

引用次数: 0

Refereeing articles including SEM – what should referees look for? 评审包括SEM在内的文章——评审人应该寻找什么?

Tourism Critiques: Practice and Theory Pub Date : 2020-05-28 DOI: 10.1108/trc-03-2020-0002

C. Ryan

引用次数: 16