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Human Relationship with Nature, Indigenous Ways of Living and Regenerative Tourism Framework
No full textIn the post Covid-19 era, human civilisation appears to undergo a significant shift in social-ecological consciousness and an emerging concept of ‘regenerative tourism’ is getting popular. The concept acknowledges the strong linkages between humans and nature and together special conditions are created for life to renew and restore itself. While indigenous people have always been aware of their actions and their impacts on the socio- ecological environments, the scientific community has started to acknowledge indigenous knowledge and ways of living. and integrated intelligence. The key aspect of the indigenous lifestyle is the linkages with physical and social environments where humans acknowledge their limitations and always worked with nature, not against nature. This paper highlights the indicators of regenerative tourism from both supply (host/destination) and demand (guest/tourist) perspectives. Given the active participation of Māori in policy making, this paper argues that New Zealand is in a unique position to develop and transform its tourism products and provide conditions for the tourism industry to rejuvenate for a better future. This paper presents a Regenerative Tourism Framework to guide the journey towards regenerative tourism by putting destinations and people at the heart of policymaking
The social response to crisis management in the Jordanian hotel sector from the government perspective
No full textThis paper is part of a major research project that discusses corporate social responsibility practices adopted in Jordan, by hotel managers and other related stakeholders, representing the community and the service providers, during the pandemic crisis. In this paper we focus on the role and measures taken by the government in general, and the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities in particular, to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic crisis. Amid the Covid-19 outbreak, the hospitality and tourism sectors were challenged and the business policies were adapted. This paper analyzes the measures implemented to secure safety and some tourism expectations as part of the hotel sector’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategy, based on a qualitative study conducted interviews with ten Jordanian hotels and a comprehensive personal interview with a Jordanian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities representative at the National Center for Security and Crisis Management. Results of the qualitative study show that the most important measures the hotels implemented refer to the use of the hotel facilities by both employees and visitors, the interaction between staff and guests, and the staff workflow
Voluntourism on the Camino de Santiago – How iteration changes motives, stakeholder interaction, and reintegration of hospitaleros
No full textHospitaleros who volunteer in the hostels along the Camino de Santiago have, to the best of our knowledge, not yet been examined, from the perspectives of voluntourism and pilgrimage research. This article aims to give an insight into a unique form of volunteering based on 32 interviews with hostel wardens conducted between 2017 and 2021. The results indicate that – while hospitaleros primarily indicate interpersonal motives for their service – the voluntary work serves as a kind of “substitute drug” to satisfy the longing for and dependence on the Camino. With increasing iterations, (1) the strength of the personal motives seems to increase and (2) the relevance of interpersonal motives to shift away from the pilgrims, and towards neighbors around the hostel. After returning home, the hospitaleros suffer – like pilgrims – from the so-called “Camino Blues”, which complicates the acclimatization in their daily routine
Trafficking Data: How China is Winning the Battle for Digital Sovereignty. By Aynne Kokas. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022.
No full textThe Weekly Challenger : 2023 : 07 : 06
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Chapter 14 Database Applications
No full textDatabases are structured collections of data that can be efficiently searched and manipulated by computers. Databases are the underlying information store powering our modern technology- driven world. These databases are like digital vaults where you can keep data safely, and authorized users can read or update the data as needed. While you may not yet know what databases are, they touch your life daily. Your student records, your score history in online video games, your checkout history at the library are all stored in databases somewhere. In all likelihood, your personal information, including your home address, your phone number, and your school grades are stored in multiple databases.
Database applications typically refer to software programs that help users interact with the data stored in databases. They fall into categories such as customer relationship management (CRM), enterprise resource planning (ERP), learning management system (LMS), etc. For example, enterprise resource planning applications help retailers update their stock information when you checkout items at the store. Learning management systems help schools tracks the performance of all students at the school. When you buy something online, inventory management applications update the stock information on the site and create the shipping label for the items to be delivered to your home. We have discussed these applications throughout this book.
In this chapter, we focus on databases and introduce the technologies and concepts used to build databases. While there are several types of databases including object-oriented databases, hierarchical databases, and relational databases, most modern applications use relational databases. We, therefore, introduce relational database technology in this chapter