La Sacralisation littéraire et picturale de la montagne au XIXe siècle : (re)naissances et épiphanies by Françoise Dupeyron-Lafay

“…Mountains, that had been objects of indifference, fear, or even terror and loathing until the mid-18th century, became literary and pictorial subjects in their own right from the Romantic period onwards, especially in the wake of Rousseau’s La Nouvelle Héloïse (1761)—that radically changed the approach to nature—, and the first ascents of Mont Blanc in the 1780s that marked the beginning of Alpine tourism, and turned Chamonix (and later the Swiss Alps) into indispensable features of the "Grand Tour". We shall see the various—and sometimes complementary and converging—approaches to mountains from the late 18th century on: those emphasizing their pristine, Edenic nature; those extolling their power, sublimity and elemental violence, Turner’s paintings being emblematic in this respect : and those bringing out their divine essence, their sacred and holy quality. …”
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Social Networking Sites: A panacea for enhancing productivity in the organisation during Covid-19 crisis, the case of tourism SMEs in South Africa by Blessing Mbatha

“…Sampled SMEs included: 20 "bed and breakfasts", 20 guest houses, and 10 tour operators. Interviews were then conducted with their relevant managers. …”
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Does Urban Rail Transit Discourage People from Owning and Using Cars? Evidence from Beijing, China by Shasha Liu, Enjian Yao, Toshiyuki Yamamoto

“…This paper explores the URT effect on car ownership and use based on the home-based work tour data in Beijing, China. Considering the mediating effects of car ownership and travel distance simultaneously, we develop a structural equation model to examine the complex relationship among URT, car ownership, travel distance, and car use. …”
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“As she had some good, so had she many bad parts”: Semiramis’ Transgressive Personas by Janice Valls-Russell

“…Les Pères de l’Église, dont Saint Augustin, l’associaient à la cité de Babylone et, en prolongement, à la tour de Babel. Le présent article explore quelques facettes de la figure de Sémiramis telle qu’elle s’est recomposée dans des textes européens de la fin du Moyen Âge et de la première modernité, et d’étudier les représentations contrastées qui en découlèrent dans la littérature anglaise, grâce au matériau qui circulait dans les dictionnaires et les traductions. …”
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Development of a Web-Based Village Tourism Management Information System to Support Sustainable Tourism Destinations by Hennie Tuhuteru, Dessy Gloria Palyama, Junioverrill Gavriel Ferdinandus, Desya Y Metiary

“…The results of this study demonstrate that the developed system successfully fulfills user requirements, enhancing the management and accessibility of Tourism Villages. Key features include tour package selection and an online reservation system, simplifying travel arrangements for visitors. …”
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Chondrosternal Arthritis in Infant: An Unusual Entity by Athina Nikolarakou, Dana Dumitriu, Pierre-Louis Docquier

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No major impact of new grape varieties on Bordeaux wine typicity: expert assessments in blind and non-blind tastings by Marc Plantevin, Sophie Tempère, Cécile Thibon, Lucile Dijkstra, Julien Lecourt, Agnès Destrac-Irvine, Cornelis van Leeuwen

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Efikasnost rada mobilne šumske žičare Konrad Mounty 4000 pri transportu oblog drveta u sastojinama bukve by Danilović Milorad, Antonić Slavica, Stojnić Dušan, Babić Violeta, Gojković Slaven

“…The effects of the operation of the mobile cable yarder differed depending on the operating conditions, the length of the cable route, the lateral distance of attraction, the average volume of the tour, the construction method. The effects of working with a mobile cable yarder with a processor head were determined individually by phase. …”
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PENGEMBANGAN GASTRONOMY GARDEN SEBAGAI WISATA EDUKASI DI DESA TARO KABUPATEN GIANYAR BALI by I Made Gede Darma Susila, Ida Ayu Anggreni Suryaningsih, Putu Guntur Pramana Putra

“…This is so that it can provide educational value to tourists who visit and can maintain this tour in a sustainable manner.…”
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C2C Startup Model of Balinese Ceremony Ticketing System in Ubud Bali by Ni Wayan Sumartini Saraswati, I Wayan Dharma Suryawan, Eddy Hartono

“…Tourists can witness the traditional and religious ceremonies held through information from tour guides, who are ceremony organizers. The availability of a ceremony ticketing system that connects tourists with traditional village/banjar communities can directly address the problem of access to information and services for the implementation of traditional and religious ceremonies in Ubud. …”
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Analysis and prediction of unforced errors in men’s and women’s professional padel by Rafael Conde-Ripoll, Diego Muñoz, Bernardino J. Sánchez-Alcaraz, Adrián Escudero-Tena

“…To do this, the unforced errors (which are provided by World Padel Tour (WPT)) were collected from 2,567 sets (1,476 men’s sets and 1,091 women’s sets) corresponding to matches from the final draw (round of 32, round of 16, quarterfinals, semi finals and finals) of tournaments on the WPT men’s and women’s circuits during 2016 to 2022 seasons, which are available on the WPT YouTube channel and on the WPT TV website. …”
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Espaces virtuels et pré-expérience de l’espace géographique by Jérémie Valentin, Fanny Georges, Yasmine Boumenir, Birgitta Dresp-Langley

“…We see through a comparative experiment, as part of a complex path, subjects who had a pre-experience of virtual space are less efficient than subjects who saw a plane 2D paper and less effective than subjects who completed a tour. Analysis of GPS traces of subjects will allow us to draw conclusions about the types of failures and errors.…”
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Le regard des photographes commerciaux. Quelques clichés du fonds égyptien de la Collection Fouad Debbas à l’étude. by Yasmine Chemali, Anne-Hélène Perrot

“…Shortly after the invention of photography, Egypt, which was henceforth part of the Grand Tour, became a sought-after tourist destination. …”
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Mitigating Software Vulnerabilities through Secure Software Development with a Policy-Driven Waterfall Model by Shariq Hussain, Haris Anwaar, Kashif Sultan, Umar Mahmud, Sherjeel Farooqui, Tehmina Karamat, Ibrahima Kalil Toure

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Le toposcope et l’indicateur des alpes by Rachel Floch

“…The orientation tables produced by the Touring Club de France (TCF) at the beginning of the 20th century display composite representations of the landscape on circular or semicircular platforms made of enamelled lava. …”
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Fossils and Theories of Evolution in Gustave Flaubert’s Bouvard et Pécuchet by Anthony Zielonka

“…This chapter of the novel is of considerable interest as a comic tour-de-force in its ownright and when read in the context of the scientific discoveries, theories, controversies, and disputes (including conflicts between religious and scientific world views), that were raging in Flaubert’s lifetime. …”
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Central Asia Cold Case: Siberian Pine Fingers New Suspects in Growth Decline CA 1700 CE by David M. Meko, Dina F. Zhirnova, Liliana V. Belokopytova, Yulia A. Kholdaenko, Elena A. Babushkina, Nariman B. Mapitov, Eugene A. Vaganov

“…Tree-ring width chronologies of <i>Pinus sibirica</i> Du Tour from near the upper treeline in the Western Sayan, Southern Siberia are found to have an exceptional (below mean–3SD) multi-year drop near 1700 CE, highlighted by the seven narrowest-ring years in a 1524–2022 regional chronology occurring in the short span of one decade. …”
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De la tourismification d’un village au déplacement de sa population : expressions d’un rapport hiérarchique entre l’État chinois et la nationalité minoritaire wa by Sarah Coulouma

“…Après plus d’une décennie de développement touristique, la récente mesure de déplacement de la population villageoise dans un « Nouveau village rural » exemplifie à son tour ce que l’auteur propose de nommer un primitivisme intérieur, comme une forme extrême d’orientalisme.…”
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Changes in the Guimarães visitors` profile and the city attributes perceptions in the post hosting of the 2012 European Capital of Culture by Paula Cristina Remoaldo, Laurentina Vareiro, José Cadima Ribeiro

“…One believes that the empirical results attained are a valuable source of information for tour operators and, mainly, for city planning and for the managing authorities.…”
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Lawatan Misi Kesenian Mangkunegaran ke Mancanegara 1989: Kontribusi bagi Pembangunan Nasional by Meilinia Fathonah, Dhanang Respati Puguh

“…Because it moves from the momentum of an arts mission tour, this study can be used as a basis for policy making in the future.…”
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