scholarly journals High Altitude Hospitality

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 62-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Basant Prasad Joshi
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
High Altitude ◽  
Significant Contribution ◽  
Rock Climbing ◽  
High Altitudes ◽  
Direct Bearing ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Hospitality And Tourism ◽  
Physical Elements ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality

Most of the books and journals of hospitality and tourism, generally talk about history, trends and components of hospitality as a newly emerging discipline but there are a few books could only make significant contribution on the prospects, challenges and opportunities for hospitality especially in high altitudes where the challenges are ample. People would basically be interested to travel to altitudes to crave the places of adventures specially trekking, hiking, mountaineering, rock climbing, snow skiing, etc. Providing hospitality in high altitudes is a very perplexing task where there is always a scarcity of man, material and management. Hochschild (2003) in his book The Managed Heart explains about the human factors that are important in providing hospitality services. The importance of feelings and its belongings on the offered services to the client and guests has a direct bearing on the overall experience and this experience is much important in high altitudes where the sentimental values are more important than the physical elements of a good service.Journal of Tourism and Hospitality EducationVol. 7, 2017, page : 62-82

The Russian hospitality and tourism market

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 510-522 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina Y. Sheresheva
Keyword(s):  
New Destinations ◽  
Content Type ◽  
International Trends ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
Key Characteristics ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Pros And Cons ◽  
Hospitality And Tourism ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality ◽  
And Shifts

Purpose This paper aims to review the contributions made to the strategic question about the challenges and opportunities driving the Russian tourism and hospitality market as it becomes more diverse with new destinations. Design/methodology/approach Based on the strategic question, a brief analysis of each contribution was carried out to identify the key findings, as they relate to the theme. Findings The findings reveal 11 key characteristics related to major issues and shifts in the contemporary Russian tourism and hospitality market. Research limitations/implications The findings add to the literature on hospitality and tourism in emerging markets by unveiling the pros and cons of developing new destinations and types of tourism in Russia. Overall, the theme issue provides a useful framework for discussion with a wider range of stakeholders. This is important to both academics and practitioners engaged in hospitality and tourism development and research. Originality/value All 11 articles have contributed different perspectives to the topic and confirm that it is important for all key stakeholders to consider both international trends in hospitality and tourism and the region-specific resources and opportunities that make many parts of Russia potentially attractive to different target audiences with broad interests and preferences.

scholarly journals A Multiscale Framework for Deconstructing the Ecosystem Physical Template of High-Altitudes Lakes

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dragos G Zaharescu ◽  
Peter S Hooda ◽  
Carmen I Burghelea ◽  
Antonio Palanca-Soler
Keyword(s):  
High Altitude ◽  
Aquatic Vegetation ◽  
Landscape Heterogeneity ◽  
Driver Model ◽  
High Altitudes ◽  
Lake Ecosystems ◽  
High Altitude Lakes ◽  
Relative Contribution ◽  
Total Percentage ◽  
Physical Elements

An ecosystem is generally sustained by a set of integrated physical elements forming a functional landscape unit - ecotope, which supplies nutrients, microclimate, and exchanges matter and energy with the wider environment. To better predict environmental change effects on ecosystems, particularly in critically sensitive regions such as high altitudes, it is imperative to recognise how their natural landscape heterogeneity works at different scales to shape habitats and sustain biotic communities prior to major changes. We conducted a comprehensive survey of catchment physical, geological and ecological properties of 380 high altitude lakes and ponds in the axial Pyrenees at a variety of scales, in order to formulate and test an integrated model encompassing major flows and interactions that drive lake ecosystems. Three composite drivers encompassed most of the variability in lake catchment characteristics. In order of total percentage of variance explained they were: (i) hydrology/hydrodynamics- responsible for type and discharge of inlets/outlets, and for water body size; (ii) bedrock geomorphology, summarizing geology, slope and fractal order- all dictating vegetation cover of catchment slope and lake shore, and the presence of aquatic vegetation; and, (iii) topography, i.e. catchment formation type- driving lakes connectivity, and the presence of summer snow deposits. While driver (i) appeared to be local, (ii) and (iii) showed gradient changes along altitude and latitude. These three drivers differentiated several lake ecotopes based on their landscape similarities. The three-driver model was successfully tested on a riparian vegetation composition dataset, further illustrating the validity and fundamental nature of the concept. The findings inform on the relative contribution of scale-dependent catchment physical elements to lake ecotope and ecosystem formation in high altitude lakes, which should be considered in any assessment of potentially major deleterious effects due to environmental/climate change.

The waterscape at high altitudes

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dean Jacobsen ◽  
Olivier Dangles
Keyword(s):  
High Altitude ◽  
Regional Climate ◽  
Water Source ◽  
Aquatic Systems ◽  
Running Waters ◽  
High Altitudes ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Geological Origin ◽  
Broad Variety ◽  
The Tropics

Chapter 2 presents the amazing variety of running waters, lakes, ponds, and wetlands found at high altitudes. These waterbodies are not equally distributed among the world’s high altitude places, but tend to be concentrated in certain areas, primarily determined by regional climate and topography. Thus, a large proportion of the world’s truly high altitude aquatic systems are found at lower latitudes, mostly in the tropics. The chapter presents general patterns in the geographical distribution of high altitude waters, and gives examples of some of the most extreme systems. High altitude aquatic systems and habitats cover a broad variety in dynamics and physical appearance. These differences may be related to, for example, water source (glacier-fed, rain-fed, or groundwater-fed streams), geological origin (e.g. glacial, volcanic, or tectonic lakes), or catchment slope and altitude (different types of peatland wetlands). This is exemplified and richly illustrated through numerous photos.

scholarly journals The Impact of COVID-19 on Hospitality Industry in Greece and Its Treasured Santorini Island

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (14) ◽  
pp. 7906
Author(s):  
Nikola Medová ◽  
Lucie Macková ◽  
Jaromir Harmacek
Keyword(s):  
Social Impact ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Multiple Variables ◽  
Hospitality Sector ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Further Development

This paper focuses on the dynamic of the recent upheaval in the tourism and hospitality sector due to the COVID-19 epidemic in Greece and Santorini island. It uses the case study of a country one-fourth of whose GDP consists of tourism. We compare the available statistical data showing the change in variables in the previous years with 2020 and look into the new challenges and opportunities posed by the drop in the numbers of visitors and flights. We focus mainly on the economic and social impact on the destination and possible future scenarios for further development in the area. Data show a significant effect of the pandemic on multiple variables, such as the long-term trend of the importance of tourism sector in GDP in Greece, the number of flights and visitors to Greece and Santorini island, and the contribution of tourism and travel to GDP. Based on the available data, we also construct three foresight scenarios that describe the possible futures for Santorini island in terms of the pandemic evolution. These scenarios may help various stakeholders and policymakers to be better prepared for different developments that may appear.

Children with Medical Complexity: Challenges and Opportunities for Human Factors/Ergonomics

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 697-701
Author(s):  
Hanna Barton ◽  
Ryan Coller ◽  
Sara Finesilver ◽  
Christopher Lunsford ◽  
Rupa S. Valdez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Family Caregivers ◽  
Family Caregiver ◽  
Children With Medical Complexity ◽  
Patient Journey ◽  
Medical Complexity ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Vulnerable Patient

For vulnerable patient populations, such as children with medical complexity (CMC), the patient journey is fraught with challenges. By providing a range of perspectives including clinicians, a family caregiver, and Human Factors/Ergonomics (HF/E) experts, the present panel will describe the unique opportunities for HF/E to design jointly optimized systems for CMC and their family caregivers, including an explication of some of the specific challenges and complexities related to studying the work of and designing systems for this population. We will also highlight the ways in which HF/E could help in the design of solutions to improve outcomes for families.

scholarly journals What Are the Drivers of Citations?: Application in Tourism and Hospitality Journals

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (19) ◽  
pp. 9288
Author(s):  
Eunhye Park ◽  
Woohyuk Kim
Keyword(s):  
Topic Modeling ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Sharing Economy ◽  
Online Media ◽  
Research Topics ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Hospitality And Tourism ◽  
Citation Counts ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality ◽  
Topic Structure

In line with the qualitative and quantitative growth of academic papers, it is critical to understand the factors driving citations in scholarly articles. This study discovered the up-to-date academic structure in the tourism and hospitality literature and tested the comprehensive sets of factors driving citation counts using articles published in first-tier hospitality and tourism journals found on the Web of Science. To further test the effects of research topic structure on citation counts, unsupervised topic modeling was conducted with 9910 tourism and hospitality papers published in 12 journals over 10 years. Articles specific to online media and the sharing economy have received numerous citations and that recently published papers with particular research topics (e.g., rural tourism and eco-tourism) were frequently cited. This study makes a major contribution to hospitality and tourism literature by testing the effects of topic structure and topic originality discovered by text mining on citation counts.

scholarly journals Integrated Physiological and Transcriptomic Analyses Responses to Altitude Stress in Oat (Avena sativa L.)

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu Jinqiu ◽  
Li Bing ◽  
Song Tingting ◽  
He Jinglei ◽  
KongLing Zelai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Altitude ◽  
Avena Sativa ◽  
Molecular Mechanisms ◽  
Rna Seq ◽  
High Altitudes ◽  
Genome Wide ◽  
New Findings ◽  
Polymerase Chain ◽  
Transcriptomic Changes ◽  
Stressful Environments

Oat is an annual gramineous forage grass with the remarkable ability to survive under various stressful environments. However, understanding the effects of high altitude stresses on oats is poor. Therefore, the physiological and the transcriptomic changes were analyzed at two sites with different altitudes, low (ca. 2,080 m) or high (ca. 2,918 m), respectively. Higher levels of antioxidant enzyme activity, reactive oxygen and major reductions in photosynthesis-related markers were suggested for oats at high altitudes. Furthermore, oat yields were severely suppressed at the high altitude. RNA-seq results showed that 11,639 differentially expressed genes were detected at both the low and the high altitudes in which 5,203 up-regulated and 6,436 down-regulated. Gene Ontology and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes pathway enrichment tests were conducted and a group of major high altitude-responsive pigment metabolism genes, photosynthesis, hormone signaling, and cutin, suberine and wax biosynthesis were excavated. Using quantitative real-time polymerase chain response, we also confirmed expression levels of 20 DEGs (qRT-PCR). In summary, our study generated genome-wide transcript profile and may be useful for understanding the molecular mechanisms of Avena sativa L. in response to high altitude stress. These new findings contribute to our deeper relevant researches on high altitude stresses and further exploring new candidategenes for adapting plateau environment oat molecular breeding.

scholarly journals Comparison Between Pressure Swing Adsorption and Liquid Oxygen Enrichment Techniques in the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array Facility at the Chajnantor Plateau (5,050 m)

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan Lopez ◽  
Reinaldo Aravena ◽  
Daniel Soza ◽  
Alicia Morales ◽  
Silvia Riquelme ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Altitude ◽  
Pressure Swing Adsorption ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
High Mobility ◽  
Oxygen Enrichment ◽  
Oxygen Availability ◽  
Liquid Oxygen ◽  
High Altitudes ◽  
Pressure Swing ◽  
Very High

The Chilean workforce has over 200,000 people that are intermittently exposed to altitudes over 4,000 m. In 2012, the Ministry of Health provided a technical guide for high-altitude workers that included a series of actions to mitigate the effects of hypoxia. Previous studies have shown the positive effect of oxygen enrichment at high altitudes. The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) radiotelescope operates at 5,050 m [Array Operations Site (AOS)] and is the only place in the world where pressure swing adsorption (PSA) and liquid oxygen technologies have been installed at a large scale. These technologies reduce the equivalent altitude by increasing oxygen availability. This study aims to perform a retrospective comparison between the use of both technologies during operation in ALMA at 5,050 m. In each condition, variables such as oxygen (O2), temperature, and humidity were continuously recorded in each AOS rooms, and cardiorespiratory variables were registered. In addition, we compared portable O2 by using continuous or demand flow during outdoor activities at very high altitudes. The outcomes showed no differences between production procedures (PSA or liquid oxygen) in regulating oxygen availability at AOS facilities. As a result, big-scale installations have difficulties reaching the appropriate O2 concentration due to leaks in high mobility areas. In addition, the PSA plant requires adequacy and maintenance to operate at a very high altitude. A continuous flow of 2–3 l/min of portable O2 is recommended at 5,050 m.

Life at High Altitudes The Biology of High-Altitude Peoples P. T. Baker

BioScience ◽  
1978 ◽  
Vol 28 (11) ◽  
pp. 723-723
Author(s):  
Paola S. Timiras
Keyword(s):  
High Altitude ◽  
High Altitudes

scholarly journals The Factors Influencing Technical University Students’ Hospitality and Tourism English Vocabulary Learning

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chiung-Li Li ◽  
Yi-Chieh Lin ◽  
Chienyan Hsieh
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Vocabulary Learning ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Learning Motivation ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Southern Taiwan ◽  
Hospitality And Tourism ◽  
Technical University ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality ◽  
Male Subjects

The purposes of the study were to examine technical university students’ tourism and hospitality English vocabulary learning achievement and the factors influencing their hospitality and tourism English vocabulary learning. The subjects were 62 students from a technical university in southern Taiwan. The instruments included one questionnaire called TARGETT questionnaire consisting of seven factors about learning motivation on hospitality and tourism English vocabulary and one English test called Professional Vocabulary Quotient Credential (PVQC) on hospitality and tourism. The subjects accepted a 40-hour vocabulary learning training course. Then, the subjects took a 50-minute PVQC test and 10-minute TARGETT questionnaire on December 22, 2015; the researchers collected the data from the questionnaire and PVQC test and analyzed the data by descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. The results revealed that most of the subjects liked to learn hospitality and tourism English vocabulary, and found that learning hospitality and tourism English vocabulary was important for the subjects. The results also showed that male subjects had significantly different opinions from female ones in some factors of learning motivation. Moreover, female and male subjects significantly showed that teaching tasks, grouping activities, and evaluation had more effects on their hospitality and tourism English vocabulary learning. Finally, the researchers drew a conclusion based on the results and provided some teaching and research implications for the future.

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