Tekle Shanka
Biographic Data
| ID | 6305316 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tekle Shanka |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tekle |
| FAMILY NAME | Shanka |
| SIGNATURE | SHANKA T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Curtin University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Community Participation and Quality of Life in Nature-Based Tourism
This study offers a conceptual framework reflecting relationships among nature-based antecedents of community participation in an ecotourism destination en route to achieving quality of life of the local community. The study also examines the moderating role of political instability and government policy in ensuring community participation and attaining quality of life, respectivelyData were collected through a structured survey from 449 local co…
Gift Giving
The purpose of this research is to contribute to the marketing literature through an exploratory review of gift giving behaviour as it pertains to cultural and other demographical variables. Following Mathur's (1996, Psychology & Marketing, 13(1), 107–123) recommendation that future research into gift giving might examine differences among different subgroups in the population, this study closely examined gender differences to identify variables …
Tourism Destination Attributes
The paper presents a study on tourists' consumption values and perceived beneficial image of the tourist destination, Mauritius. Specifically, the two innovations of the study are, first, that the target market is university student travellers and, second, the respondents have no previous travel experience to the tourist destination. Independent sample t-tests and one-way analysis of variance tests indicated a number of statistically significant …
Assessment of university campus café service
This paper presents the results of a study conducted to examine the important attributes in food service provision on a large Australian university campus. Ten café outlets (A to J to maintain anonymity of the café outlets) positioned across a large university campus located in an urban residential area were surveyed. A total of 410 students participated in the survey. Based on the frequency of patronage to the cafés results showed that five of t…
Tourism Forecasting and Marketing
International student graduation ceremonies
This purpose of this paper is to examine the significance of travel when associated with graduation ceremonies for the international student cohort. Due to the global growth in the international student market, the perceived importance of investigating this market in relation to the impact on tourism marketing is of timely significance. A mail survey of international students who completed their studies in a large Western Australian (WA) universi…
The perception of Ethiopia as a tourist destination
Tourism marketing has been an uphill struggle for Ethiopia, a country rich in history, culture, flora and fauna and other tourist attractions, yet it trails far behind its next door neighbors — Kenya and Tanzania. Besides the general adverse factors common to developing countries, the international image of Ethiopia leaves much to be desired. The country is perceived as famine stricken, war ravaged and politically unstable. The most recent proble…
Asian Australian student travel preferences
Students represent a potentially viable segment of international travel. The changing demographics of international travel would indicate that students represent a growing proportion of international travelers. Recent estimates indicate that this segment constitutes 20 percent of all international travelers. Despite the substantial size and economic significance of the student segment of the international travel industry, little is known about th…
The perception of Ethiopia as a tourist destination
Tourism marketing has been an uphill struggle for Ethiopia, a country rich in history, culture, flora and fauna and other tourist attractions, yet it trails far behind its next door neighbors — Kenya and Tanzania. Besides the general adverse factors common to developing countries, the international image of Ethiopia leaves much to be desired. The country is perceived as famine stricken, war ravaged and politically unstable. The most recent proble…
Asian Australian student travel preferences
Students represent a potentially viable segment of international travel. The changing demographics of international travel would indicate that students represent a growing proportion of international travelers. Recent estimates indicate that this segment constitutes 20 percent of all international travelers. Despite the substantial size and economic significance of the student segment of the international travel industry, little is known about th…
Tourism Destination Attributes
The paper presents a study on tourists' consumption values and perceived beneficial image of the tourist destination, Mauritius. Specifically, the two innovations of the study are, first, that the target market is university student travellers and, second, the respondents have no previous travel experience to the tourist destination. Independent sample t-tests and one-way analysis of variance tests indicated a number of statistically significant …
Gift Giving
The purpose of this research is to contribute to the marketing literature through an exploratory review of gift giving behaviour as it pertains to cultural and other demographical variables. Following Mathur's (1996, Psychology & Marketing, 13(1), 107–123) recommendation that future research into gift giving might examine differences among different subgroups in the population, this study closely examined gender differences to identify variables …
International student graduation ceremonies
This purpose of this paper is to examine the significance of travel when associated with graduation ceremonies for the international student cohort. Due to the global growth in the international student market, the perceived importance of investigating this market in relation to the impact on tourism marketing is of timely significance. A mail survey of international students who completed their studies in a large Western Australian (WA) universi…
The perception of Ethiopia as a tourist destination
Tourism marketing has been an uphill struggle for Ethiopia, a country rich in history, culture, flora and fauna and other tourist attractions, yet it trails far behind its next door neighbors — Kenya and Tanzania. Besides the general adverse factors common to developing countries, the international image of Ethiopia leaves much to be desired. The country is perceived as famine stricken, war ravaged and politically unstable. The most recent proble…
Asian Australian student travel preferences
Students represent a potentially viable segment of international travel. The changing demographics of international travel would indicate that students represent a growing proportion of international travelers. Recent estimates indicate that this segment constitutes 20 percent of all international travelers. Despite the substantial size and economic significance of the student segment of the international travel industry, little is known about th…
International student graduation ceremonies
This purpose of this paper is to examine the significance of travel when associated with graduation ceremonies for the international student cohort. Due to the global growth in the international student market, the perceived importance of investigating this market in relation to the impact on tourism marketing is of timely significance. A mail survey of international students who completed their studies in a large Western Australian (WA) universi…
Assessment of university campus café service
This paper presents the results of a study conducted to examine the important attributes in food service provision on a large Australian university campus. Ten café outlets (A to J to maintain anonymity of the café outlets) positioned across a large university campus located in an urban residential area were surveyed. A total of 410 students participated in the survey. Based on the frequency of patronage to the cafés results showed that five of t…
Tourism Forecasting and Marketing
Tourism Destination Attributes
The paper presents a study on tourists' consumption values and perceived beneficial image of the tourist destination, Mauritius. Specifically, the two innovations of the study are, first, that the target market is university student travellers and, second, the respondents have no previous travel experience to the tourist destination. Independent sample t-tests and one-way analysis of variance tests indicated a number of statistically significant …
Gift Giving
The purpose of this research is to contribute to the marketing literature through an exploratory review of gift giving behaviour as it pertains to cultural and other demographical variables. Following Mathur's (1996, Psychology & Marketing, 13(1), 107–123) recommendation that future research into gift giving might examine differences among different subgroups in the population, this study closely examined gender differences to identify variables …
Community Participation and Quality of Life in Nature-Based Tourism
This study offers a conceptual framework reflecting relationships among nature-based antecedents of community participation in an ecotourism destination en route to achieving quality of life of the local community. The study also examines the moderating role of political instability and government policy in ensuring community participation and attaining quality of life, respectivelyData were collected through a structured survey from 449 local co…
Business (8 works) · Marketing (8 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (6 works) · Geography (6 works) · Tourism (6 works) · Advertising (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Cruise Tourism Development and Management (4 works) · Destinations (3 works)