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Item Imagining Newfoundland - Reflections on Tourism and Self from the Bonavista Peninsula(2018-08-31) Symmes, Clara; Bachelor's DegreeJutting off of the coast of Newfoundland in the northern Atlantic Ocean is the Bonavista Peninsula, a region where I spent four weeks as a volunteer at a hostel in the summer of 2018. Nature tourism has played a large role in my life. Growing up, I spent summers hiking and winters skiing in New Hampshire's White Mountains. As an adult I have traveled to scenic landmarks in the United States and Europe, but my recent studies in the Goucher College Philosophy Department have encouraged me to think about my travel in a different way. The Bonavista Peninsula was the perfect place for me to learn. At the hostel, I worked five hours a day, five days a week either preparing breakfast for the hostel guests, changing beds and cleaning, or monitoring the hostel in the evening. Whether I was on-shift or not, I was constantly exposed to an international community of travelers who had come to the region for its remarkable landscape and wildlife. As the region pushes to adapt to a growing number of tourists, I had a front-row seat at a young tourism business working to strengthen the economy of a community which has struggled since a moratorium on cod fishing was enacted in 1992. Join me as I reflect upon my time on the Bonavista Peninsula and the experiences there that challenged and shaped my ideas of participating in tourism in rural Newfoundland and beyond.Item "Is that a bird or a plane in the distance? No, it’s Superman”: Metropolis, Illinois and the Hope in Becoming a Destination as Superman’s Hometown, 1972-Present(2022-01-01) Fitzpatrick, Corey; Blair, Melissa; History; Historical StudiesBy the 1970s, Metropolis, Illinois, a small city on the northern bank of the Ohio River, seemed doomed. The local glove factory had closed down. The commercial infrastructure was crumbling. Locals were leaving in droves. A villain in the form of deindustrialization had taken over. Metropolis needed a hero. But wait, look! Up on the water tower! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s Superman! This theses examines Metropolis, Illinois and its conversion into the "Hometown of Superman” as a case study to gauge the historical viability of tourism as a tool of downtown revitalization in the wake of deindustrialization. But it is one thing to get people to visit Metropolis, Illinois and it is another to get them to stay. This work expands upon the often overlooked roadside attractions beyond the usual examination of their aesthetic quirks and fits it into the social and economic history of the deindustrialized communities that the attractions represent.Item Layers: Significance, Heritage and the Complex Historic Place(2018-06-14) Gurdo, Cabryn; MA in Historic PreservationThis study uses the Erie Canal Village (ECV), an outdoor heritage museum located in Rome, New York, as a case study. Intended to become an economic development tool for the city, it is now privately owned and threatened by neglect, although several layers of history and heritage are present at the site. This study also addresses how to approach a complex historic site with varying levels of significance assigned to each historic layer, in order that it receive the recognition and protection needed. Like other layered sites, geography was a factor in the presence of human use of the ECV site for transportation, defense, and then heritage activities. An analytical framework includes the evaluation of heritage and heritage tourism as it relates to the site, where history is both present and presented. Discussion includes the determination of which layer of the site’s history matters most. Analysis of current methods of evaluating historic and/or culturally significant places compares current American and Australian systems to determine which approach is more appropriate for a complicated, layered site and provides a broader application of protection and recognition. Understanding a layered historic place like the ECV will assist other historians and preservationists in coping with similarly complicated sites. The ECV layer is the only layer of the site that possesses local and state significance, while all of the other layers present at the site possess national levels of significance. I conclude that this layer, if protected and properly maintained, will continue to provide protection to the remaining historical layers present at the site. The presence of the village buildings, in effect, protects the historic layers at ground level, as well as the site’s undiscovered archeological resources.Item Mobile app development: The effect of smartphones, mobile applications and geolocation services on the tourist experience.(2018-01-18) Fox, Rhiannon; Walsh, Greg; University of Baltimore. School of Information Arts and Technologies; University of Baltimore. Master of Science in Interaction Design and Information ArchitectureCurrently in Bermuda, there is limited access to information about scuba diving sites and shops. Research shows that smartphones and mobile applications are a popular tool used by tourists during travel to look up information and make decisions. The current study aims to design and develop a mobile application that gives access to information and is appealing to users. The application should utilize functionalities such as geolocation services, social media photo and video sharing and reviews. Design development was conducted which consisted of a competitive analysis, card sorting, personas, site mapping, wireframes, user testing, branding, and focus groups. Participants were between the age of 18-60 and consisted of both divers and non-divers. The final branded app was a summation of edits from the user testing with the objective of appealing to users by engaging them, reducing clicks, simplifying information, and gaining repeat users.Item New Directions in Tourism in Guanajuato(2021-03-15) Aguirre Oliver, Klaudia; Baron, Robert; MA in Cultural SustainabilityPost-Covid, an opportunity that presents itself is, the ability not to reset, but to significantly upgrade tourism from mass tourism to culturally sustainable and beneficial tourism in what Anna Pollock (2020) of Conscious Travels says is "not different software but a whole new operating system." This paper peers through the cracks, revealing small pockets of passion, resilience, and collaboration necessary for survival and upgrade to the emerging tourism model. The paper achieves this by discussing and providing recommendations for a regenerative tourism model in Guanajuato centered on local traditions, with educational and experiential experiences in areas of the state where tourism has not yet been developed. I will examine emergent locally-generated micro-initiatives that began during the pandemic, and which have generated benefits that will remain in the community.