Browsing Conferences - Hospitality, Tourism & Leisure Studies by Subject "Department of Hospitality, Tourism & Leisure: TUS Midlands"

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    • Outdoor adventure, attitude, motivation and successful ageing 

      Tierney, Joe (International Council on Active Ageing (ICAA), 2021-11-09)
      The evidence is irrefutable regarding the impact of physical activity (PA) on quality of life (QoL). Specifically, outdoor PA fosters benefits regarding wellbeing, social interaction, health indices and QoL. Promoting ...

    • Reimagining ageing through adventure (exploring the motivations of older adventurers in Ireland 

      Tierney, Joe (ATRA: Adventure Tourism Research Association, 2021-11-24)
      This session provides PhD students and ECRs researching any topic related to adventure tourism an opportunity to share their research. This session will also give insights from a supervisor perspective on the journey of ...

    • 'Welcome to the home of Auschwitz tours': The online marketing of genocide tourism 

      Johnston, Tony; Tigre-Moura, Francisco (Advances in Tourism Marketing, 2013-10)
      This chapter explores the online promotion by private tour operators of the World War Two Nazi extermination camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau in southern Poland. The chapter contributes to understanding how genocide is ...

    • What matters now for tourism and leisure postgraduates 

      Tierney, Joe (Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest, 2023-09)
      Tourism has a history of recovering quickly from challenges, and early signs indicate that recovery from the COVID-19, may be no different. People are now hungrier than ever for opportunities to travel, having been starved ...