Analysis of the Development Mode Evolution of Holiday Resorts in Suburban Areas of Beijing City

To study the investment activities of tourism developers in suburban tourism destinations of metropolis.421 holiday resorts around Beijing City are selected to study the evolution process of their economic types and development modes.The results show that the development mode of holiday resorts in suburban Beijing is guided by state investment,collectively operated by rural residents,and supplemented by private or other investment types.

On the Problems and Strategies in Chinese-English Translation of Public Signs in Scenic Resorts

More and more foreigners come to China on business or for a tour, which makes the translation of public signs important and necessary. Focused on the public sign in scenic resorts, this article briefly gives a short presentation for the present study status; and the errors in the translation of signs are set forth from the viewpoint of three rules of Skopostheorie. Some suggestions are proposed to make a further study of public signs with a wide scope of examples.

Factors Affecting Corporate Sustainability Among Colorado Ski Resorts： A Mixed Methods Approach

Mixed methods were used to gain an understanding of Colorado ski resort employees＇ perceptions of diffusion ofsustainability innovation. Data included eight semi-structured interviews with sustainability managers from six skiareas in Colorado and quantitative data from online surveys （N = 264） distributed to employees from five Coloradoski resorts. A sustainability framework coupled with diffusion of innovations theory linked the qualitative andquantitative data. The strongest indicator of corporate sustainability was innovativeness as it relates to leadership.General agreement between the two study groups pertained to drivers and barriers of corporate sustainability fromthe external environment, including competition, customer demand, and government regulations as well as therole of company size and financial structure. While sustainability managers considered innovation characteristicsas important factors affecting corporate sustainability, the second study group （employees not holdingsustainability-related positions） felt those items affected just one dimension of sustainability. Internalcommunication within the resort and the possible lack of understanding of corporate sustainability at allorganizational levels was a concern. Challenges and opportunities for organizational change towards corporatesustainability were noted from the mixed-methods approach.

State-Level Holiday Resorts

To promote China’s tourism industry, the State Council has approved the setting up of a group of State holiday resorts, since October 1992, as follows: 1. Dalian Jinshitan State Holiday Resort. Located in Jinsihtan scenic area in Dalian City, it covers 13.6 square kilometres and faces the sea on three sides. The resort is divided into a service area, villa area, scenic area,

Hainan's Key Holiday Resorts

For the period of theme activitiesin the ’96 China Holiday Tour,Hainan Province has set up four keyareas for holiday activities.They are:

Interest requirements and its implementation of core stakeholders of heritage resorts:A case study of Jiuzhaigou

The reformation of Heritage resorts management system is to establish a balance of interest mechanism that we must first be able to meet the Heritage resorts core stakeholders interest demands.The article takes the World Heritage resorts Jiuzhaigou as an example,offering an approach of twodimensional management objectives to identify its core stakeholders,studing the interest demands and its implementation from an empirical perspective.The results show that heritage resorts involves a number of stakeholders with complex relationships in the tourism development; different heritage resorts with different core stakeholders; different core stakeholders with specific interest demands,the methods to meet their demand are different as well.

RESIDENTS' ATTITUDES TO TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN ANCIENT VILLAGE RESORTS——Case Study of World Cultural Heritage of Xidi and Hong Villages

Tourism development surely has social, economic and environmental impacts on tourist destinations.The study on resorts residents' attitudes can help understand the nature of tourism development and the extent to which it may influence on tourist destinations. By now, researches on residents' perception and attitudes are plenteous in the international circle and achievements are great, yet few are found in developing countries. As a most representative cultural tourist destination, World Cultural Heritage-Xidi and Hong villages in Yi County of Anhui Province, are drawing the attention of both tourists and academic circles. This article, taking Xidi and Hong villages as examples, seeks to analyze ancient village residents' attitudes towards tourism impacts and then tries further to explore the connection between tourism development and residents' attitudes. Both qualitative and quantitative surveys are applied in the exploratory investigation into local residents' attitudes of tourism impacts. Based on abundant face-to-face interviews with the local households, tourism enterprises concerned, local government and tourists from July to August of 2002, we are able to have a better understanding of local residents' attitudes to community life, and perception of tourism impacts on society, economy and environment. By this we can promote domestic study on resorts residents' attitudes, and provide some theoretical grounds for establishing tourism development planning and perfect community participation system at tourist destinations.

Assessing the Carrying Capacity of Tourist Resorts: An Application of Tourists’ Spatial Behavior Simulator Based on GIS and Multi-Agent System

Based on the study of visitors' individual spatial behaviors, a tourists'spatial behavior simulator (TSBS) to assess the carrying capacity of tourist resorts was developed,TSBS employs GIS (Geographic Information System) to manage the spatial data,and Multi-Agent systemto simulate the actions of individual visitors. By utilizing TSBS, visitors' travel patterns such aslocation, cost, and state can be analyzed and predicted. Based on this analysis and prediction, themodel of assessing the carrying capacity of resorts is built. Our results show that TSBS will be aneffective tool to accurately assess the carrying capacity of tourist resorts.

Ecotourism Practices in Sri Lankan Eco Resorts： A Supplier Perspective Analysis

Ecotourism is potentially the best growing segment in the international market. Many hoteliers in Sri Lanka promote the sustainable use of this concept as a new market-oriented concept. However, arrivals of eco tourists to Sri Lanka have been less than 1% over the last decade. A comprehensive case study research approach was used to conduct this research. Interpretive paradigm and the social constructionists＇ philosophical stand of the researchers provided the opportunity to explore or describe a phenomenon in context using a variety of data sources. In the sample, managerial level staffs were selected to conduct in-depth interviews to explore the meaning of the term ＂eco resort＂. Analysis of in-depth interviews and observations showed that the practice of the eco resort concept has been misused by the hoteliers in Sri Lanka. They have been unable to classify the eco tourists and identify the market and customer segment clearly.

Steamship Connections to Haapsalu and Kuressaare Resorts

This subject and the association with the resorts and their traffic connections had developed from a formerly studied subject： ＂maritime connections to Haapsalu--how the vacationer arrived in the resort＂. After the first passenger steamer, PS Comet, was deployed in 1812 on the river Clyde, this new vessel type was used for commercial services. It was recognized quite soon that steamboats had big potential for recreational activities. This paper uses the deductive and the comparative historical methods to examine how these trends were followed in the Baltic region. Deductive method is used for explaining the common trends in using the early steamers, for example, Baltic region. Comparative history method is, on the one hand, used for showing the differences and similarities between Baltic region and Europe steamers traffic developments in 19th century. On the other hand, there is used comparison of the steamer routes and their coherence with resorts vacationer numbers. The aim of this paper is to explain how resorts were integrated into steamship schedules by shipping companies operating in the Baltic provinces of the Russian Empire.

Liaoning: Building Ice and Snow Tourist Resorts in Northeast Asia

In Liaoning Province,there are 30-plus ski resorts and more than 100 ice&snow theme parks covering all the 14 cities of the province.The people can experience the high speed and excitement of skiing as much as they like,while enjoying the in finite fun of ice&snow games including skating,ice gyro,bumper car on ice,ice slide,sleigh,and interesting sports such as ice dragon boat,ice spike crossing,iceboating,etc.

Comparison and analysis of skiing injuries at ski resorts in Chongli,China and Japan

Purpose:The rapid development of winter sports requires investigation on injuries in Chongli district,Zhangjiakou city,one of the ski sites of the 2022 Winter Olympics.Careful evaluation is required to observe which injuries are caused under what circumstances,and then we can make corresponding preventive measures and recommendations based on the results.Methods:In this retrospective study,the data of injury cases at ski resorts in China(Chongli district)and Japan were analyzed to provide a reference for the ongoing injury prevention at ski resorts.We collected data on injuries at Wanlong and Fulong ski resorts in Chongli district during the 2017–2018 and 2018-2019 ski seasons.We referred to the skiing injury report issued in February 2020 of a nationwide ski safety statistical service–Japan Ski Safety Association.The causes of injury and specific injured body parts were analyzed based on the data of Chinese and Japanese ski resorts.Statistical significance has been calculated using the Chi-square test.Results:During the 2019–2020 ski season in Japanese ski resorts,the number of reported injuries per 10,000 skiers was 0.93,of which 457(17.3%)were over 50 years old,accounting for a large proportion of injuries,meanwhile in Chongli ski resort,the injury rate of skiers aged 50 and over was 7.1%.The knee joint(23.7%at Wanlong ski resort and 28.4%in Japanese ski resorts)was the most injured body part among Chongli and Japanese skiers.Among snowboarders,shoulder joint injury(17.7%in Japanese ski resorts)was the most common,and injury on hands and fingers(16.3%in Wanlong ski resorts)was the most common.Head injury rates are similar in Chongli,China and Japanese ski resorts(8.2%and 8.7%,respectively).Conclusion:Our analysis demonstrated that injury data recorded among young skiers was higher in Chinese ski resorts(Chongli district)than that in Japanese ski resorts,and elderly skiers made up a larger proportion of skiing injuries in Japanese resorts.Thus,according to our research,the protection of knee joints,shoulder joints,and hands and fingers should be taken seriously.It should pay attention to the teaching of ski poles(for finger protection),and use protective devices such as knee pads,helmets,etc.

Potential impacts of climate change on the spatial distribution of Chinese ski resorts

Chinese skiing tourism is rapidly developing,but it will be potentially affected by snow resources and climate conditions.This study systematically analysed the spatial characteristics of snow resources,climatic conditions and ski resorts in China;revealed the potential impacts of climatic environment on current ski resorts by using Regional Climate Model(RegCM4.4);and proposed suggestions for climate resource assessment and spatial planning of ski resorts.The mean snow depth and snow cover days are more than 4.50 cm and 150 d between the years 2000 and 2014,respectively,in high-latitude areas,where fewer ski resorts are located.In the middle-low latitude areas,the mean snow depth and snow cover days are less than 3.00 cm and 100 d,respectively,with ski resorts being intensively distributed.In most of these areas,the pronounced climate warming exceeded 0.50℃ during the ski period of 2009–2015 relative to 1961–2015,and mean annual precipitation was less than 800 mm,with some even less than 400 mm.In the 2030s and 2050s,the regions with drastic temperature increases are mainly in the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau,Northeast China,and the Yangtze River Basin.The upper and middle reaches of the Yangtze River are expected to experience reduced snowfalland temperature increases with an almost 1–1.6℃,respectively.In this context,some ski resorts will face major threats because of shortened skiing durations and rising management costs.Skiing tourism should not pursue a one-sided growth rate in the number of ski resorts in areas with short snowpack periods.Instead,it should rely highly on snow resources,climatic conditions,geographical environment,population and economic basis,and rationalise its spatial layout to promote the industry towards sustainable development.

The Spatio-temporal Evolution of Ski Resorts in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region:Characteristics and Influencing Factors

Ski resorts are one of the bases for the development of ice-snow sports and tourism,and they are also a hot topic of social concern.Taking 117 ski resorts in Beijing,Tianjin and Hebei as the research object,geospatial analysis methods such as kernel density and spatial autocorrelation were used to explore the spatial and temporal distribution patterns of the ski resorts.The geographic detector was used to deeply explore the underlying factors influencing the spatial and temporal distribution of ski resorts in terms of policy factors,natural factors and economic and social factors.This study found that the spatial and temporal distribution of ski resorts in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region showed a significant Olympic event-driven characteristic.From 2009 to 2021,the spatial pattern of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei ski resorts has changed from“single-core development”,to a“single-core with multi-point”layout,and then to a“multi-core”layout.The spatial pattern has changed from agglomeration to diffusion.Cold and hot spots of the spatial and temporal characteristics in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei ski resort have shifted from north to south,from the initial suburbs of Beijing to the southern cities of Baoding,Shijiazhuang,Xingtai and other cities in Hebei Province.The spatial and temporal distribution of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei ski resorts has been influenced by many factors,from“GDP per capita”to“population density”to“policy quantity”,showing a shift from“Economic-driven”to“population-driven”to“policy-driven”processes.

Polio in Gaza:Another disastrous outcome of the Gaza conflict,2023-2024

On October 7th,2023,a devastating conflict erupted between Gaza and Israel,causing around 40000 deaths and over 90000 injuries.The war has displaced more than 1.9 million people,who now live in overcrowded tent camps facing severe shortages of clean water,sanitation,fuel,electricity,and food.Many rely on international aid and resort to unsafe methods for basic needs[1].The Gaza Strip,a tiny coastal area of just 365 square kilometers with 2.3 million residents,is one of the world's most densely populated regions.Already burdened by inadequate infrastructure,the ongoing war has worsened conditions,caused the collapse of sewage and water systems and severely disrupted daily life.This devastation has created a breeding ground for infectious diseases,especially among the displaced people living in overcrowded camps[2,3].

The Ice-Snow Industry Heated Up the Winter

This winter witnessed the popularity of cities in Northeast China,especially Harbin.People’s enthusiasm for the ice and snow grew,and more and more people started to focus on and engage in the ice-snow industry.At the ski resort,skiing enthusiasts from all over the country wear goggles and sprint down slopes on their snowboards.

Resilience:Analyzing the Crisis Management of Ski Resorts in China

Resilience has become an important concept for the ski resorts of China,which have suffered heavy losses due to COVID-19.In order to help China’s ski resort service industry successfully adapt to the crisis and achieve sustainable development,the goal of this paper is to develop the definition of resilience of the ski resort service industry through interviews based on the concept and general analysis framework of resilience.The ski resort resilience theory analysis framework is then constructed from the three basic elements(market,skiing,and stakeholders)and four system features(flexibility,adaptability,and collaborative learning ability).The results indicate several measures that can be taken to spread risk:enrich the product supply;eliminate risks and build a multi-agent networked industrial governance system;and establish a risk prevention and management mechanism based on a multi-organization alternative learning mechanism to overcome the difficulties encountered in the development of ski resorts.

Gloria Hotels & Resorts Hosts Appreciation Dinner

The Gloria Hotels & Resorts 2011 Road Show kicked off on September 1 at the Celebrity International Grand Hotel Beijing with a "Xiexie Evening." The cele bration was held to thank media, corporate clients,travel agents and partners for their support of Gloria Hotels & Resorts in China and abroad.During the evening,

Gloria Hotels and Resorts to Manage Second Hotel in Hefei

A signing ceremony was held recently at Kolam Gloria Plaza Hotel Hefei for the signing of the management contract between Gloria Hotels and Resorts and The Real

Nanomaterials for Fighting Multidrug-Resistant Biofilm Infections

Multidrug-resistant bacterial infections represent a dire threat to global health.The development of antibiotic resistance in bacteria coupled with the lack of development of new antibiotics is creating infections requiring antibiotics of last resort,and even some infections for which we have no available treatment.Biofilm-based infections present some of the most challenging targets for treatment.The biofilm matrix provides a physical barrier that can impede access of antibiotics and antimicrobials to resident bacteria.The phenotypic diversity found in biofilms further exacerbates the difficulty of eliminating infections,with quiescent“persister”cells evading therapeutics and re-initiating infections after treatment.Nanomaterials provide a tool for combatting these refractory biofilm infections.The distinctive size regime and physical properties of nanomaterials provide them with the capability to penetrate and disrupt biofilms.Nanomaterials can also access antimicrobial pathways inaccessible to conventional antimicrobials,providing a synergistic strategy for treating biofilm infections.This review will summarize key challenges presented by antibiotic resistance and biofilms when treating infection and provide selected examples of how nanomaterials are being used to address these challenges.