Food Monitoring Food is a Data Problem The OSU Sustainable Tourism Lab, along with partners in the College of Engineering and Computer Science are using machine learning and AI to monitor food intake to improve health outcomes. This project is part of a larger project to optimize the food supply chain from farm to trash. …
Seaside is one of over 40 cities worldwide taking part in project. By Abby Sourwine Seaside Signal Aug 7, 2023 View article here Oregon State University researchers are attempting to gauge how residents feel about the tourism industry through an online survey. Seaside is one of over 40 cities worldwide — and one of …
Lab Introduction: Too little tourism? Too much Tourism! Join us as our students explore how tourism is affecting your town! Greetings and welcome to the Official Blog of the Oregon State University Sustainable Tourism Lab! We, the students at the OSU Sustainable Tourism Lab, are on a journey to discover how tourism impacts various towns …
Pura Vida! Costa Rica Research Day One: Truly filled with pure life, Costa Rica is not only amazing for its views but also for its various communities. Lucia and I were given the opportunity of a lifetime to travel through this amazing country with our professor, Todd, and collect data with students from the local …
Music and Mountains: Our trip was coming to a close as we made one last drive along the beautiful cliffs of Costa Rica and stopped at the school to pick up the students for some more data collection. We adventured into the humid mountains where we started by interviewing a local cheese maker, a relative …
Tourist destinations tighten their rules No free parking or hot tub ragers: Tourist destinations tighten their rules March 31, 2023, 6:00 AM PDTBy Harriet BaskasView the article here: As travel demand continues to rebound, some popular locales are rethinking how many visitors to welcome and what types of activities to accept — or charge for. Cyclists …
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Sustainable Tourism Lab OPB Think Out Load Interview: Sustainable Tourism Lab measures how residents weigh pros, cons of tourism in their communities By Gemma DiCarlo (OPB) Jan. 5, 2023 5:23 p.m. View or listen to the full interview here: According to the Oregon Tourism Commission, tourism is a $10 billion industry in Oregon, generating $1.2 billion …
How Does the Community View Tourism? With the goal of understanding more about how local communities perceive the tourism industry, researchers from the hospitality management program conducted several resident sentiment surveys. The survey sought feedback from stakeholders to gauge sentiment toward tourism overall and understand how it varies across key demographic and geographic lines. To …
The labor shortage in the hospitality industry is significant and is impacting the industry’s ability to grow and serve customers. In 2016, OSU’s hospitality management degree faculty and students began researching this vital issue. Our research continues to expand and, after presenting our results at several conferences, we are now focused our energy on the solutions to …
