Qatar National Research Fund - Leveraging the 2022 Qatar World Football Cup for the promotion of green and active living. A multiple stakeholder evaluation of strategic options Nov 1, 2013 - Mar 31, 2016
Generate an audit of current activities of various Qatari based institutions (public, private and voluntary sectors) linked to the promotion of green and active living via events.
Elicit constructive dialogue between focus group members on per... Read More about Qatar National Research Fund - Leveraging the 2022 Qatar World Football Cup for the promotion of green and active living. A multiple stakeholder evaluation of strategic options.

Research in Scotland on the Water Business: Strathpeffer Spa c.1850-2014 May 1, 2014 - Jun 30, 2017
To analyse the rise, decline, and rise again of Strathpeffer Spa, c.1850-2014. This project will provide insight into the history and development of a distinctive, business-related highland community; further our understanding of the history of tour... Read More about Research in Scotland on the Water Business: Strathpeffer Spa c.1850-2014.

Destination Organisations in Scotland: types, issues and characteristics Jul 1, 2014 - Dec 31, 2015
The aim of this project is to carry out a comparative study of the adaptation of destination organisations to their policy and operating environment in Scotland and Denmark with the view of identifying best practice. Following a systematic review of... Read More about Destination Organisations in Scotland: types, issues and characteristics.

Regionalism & cooperation in tourism- S'th Africa Jan 1, 2008 - Feb 28, 2010
Regionalism & cooperation in tourism- South Africa

Channel Scheme - Egypt Jan 15, 2015 - Aug 31, 2017
The aim of the research is to investigate and analyze the ability of
the tour guide in Egypt to achieve intercultural rapprochement
between Egypt's and Spain's cultures depending on the guide's
function as a cultural mediator, ut... Read More about Channel Scheme - Egypt.

Gastronomy and Creative Entrepreneurship in Rural Tourism Feb 27, 2017 - Nov 30, 2017
Sustainable landscape management in rural areas requires the creation of opportunities that treat landscapes in the context of their historical, cultural and social factors. The growing popularity of gastronomy efforts, as part of broader sustainable... Read More about Gastronomy and Creative Entrepreneurship in Rural Tourism.

Senior Visitors to Visitor Attractions Nov 1, 2017 - Feb 28, 2018
This project aims to develop a new and innovative structured visit programme focused on the needs and wants of this increasingly significant older population group. Specifically aimed at the over 75 year old group, this project will evaluate existing... Read More about Senior Visitors to Visitor Attractions.

Festival UK* 2022 Dec 1, 2020 - Nov 30, 2021
Festival UK* 2022 is bringing Scientists, Technologists, Engineers, Artists and Mathematicians together to collaborate on big ideas.

To ensure the work created for Festival UK* 2022 is open, original and optimistic, it is currently inv... Read More about Festival UK* 2022.

Failure to plan is planning to fail: An evidence informed approach to sustainable tourism planning May 1, 2022 - Jun 30, 2024
A comparative analysis between Ireland and Scotland which examines the extent to which local authorities plan for sustainable tourism. This study uses mixed methods, both content analysis and interviews, to develop an evidence informed approach to po... Read More about Failure to plan is planning to fail: An evidence informed approach to sustainable tourism planning.

Staycations, localisation, community and place-making: Edinburgh as a destination in tourism recovery Jun 15, 2023 - Jul 31, 2024
The Covid-19 pandemic devastated Edinburgh’s tourism sector. This research project examines how the city can reimagine the long-term sustainable role of tourism in post-pandemic times. It considers how Edinburgh’s tourism sector can sustainably adapt... Read More about Staycations, localisation, community and place-making: Edinburgh as a destination in tourism recovery.

Spring into Methods 2023 May 1, 2023 - Apr 30, 2024
The Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities (SGSAH) and the Scottish Graduate School of Social Science (SGSSS) are collaborating on Spring into Methods to commission interactive, interdisciplinary and innovative research methods training for o... Read More about Spring into Methods 2023.