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Discover your full potential at TDM, NHTV by Sasiwan “Mink” Kludkesa

Sasiwan "Mink" Kludkesa

Born in a small town of Thailand and bound with the belief that girls should not study much, I was never confident of myself. After completing a Bachelor degree in Economics in Thailand, I realized that I wanted to work in the field of tourism. After one year, I moved [...]

Laura van Meer, TDM alumnus about combining working life and academic achievements

Laura van Meer

My name is Laura van Meer and I finished TDM by the end of 2010. I have been working for over a year now and would not have thought to enjoy it so much after some great student years. I always wondered where this master would take me professionally and [...]

The amazing journey from Rwanda “the land of thousand hills” to NHTV Breda in the Netherlands

Frank Murangwa is a NHTV Master in Tourism Destination Management alumnus and in this blogpost he shares what the program has contributed to his career. It had always been my dream to advance my career in the tourism field. Having completed my bachelors in tourism management in 2006 and having worked in the tourism [...]

A TDM student stuck in between China’s power and Australian tourism

Giancarlo Fedeli

The plan was set up from the beginning: after the field trip to the three destinations, Melbourne, Cambodia and Bali, I would have headed back down under to delve into this country that fascinated me since childhood. My intention was combining the duty and challenge of undertaking my own research thesis, [...]

Limitations and incentives for sustainable tourism development

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Literature review

This literature review is written by Ruta Dambyte as part of her NHTV Master in Tourism Destination Management.

The implementation of sustainable practices in tourism related companies is an object of discussions by many academics. There are various researches made about incentives and obstacles while switching towards sustainable business model (Le & Hollenhorst, 2005; La Lopa & Day, 2011). The scholars question if sustainability is a trend, a way to gain more profit (Higgins-Desbiolles, 2009) or moral duty (Jarvis, Simcock, Weeden, 2010). Moreover, the doubts are being expressed towards the existence of sustainability in tourism while being a very complex industry (Vukonovic, n.d.). Therefore, this literature review reefers to the main reasons limiting tourism related companies to implement sustainability, as well as the incentives to switch towards different business approach.

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