Electrification of boat tours: preferences of foreign and domestic tourists in Guatemala

Background Whale shark tourism can provide an incentive to protect whale sharks and their habitats by making them worth more alive than dead. However, the sustainability of these tourism activities is critical to the long-term success of this approach. Whale shark tourism in Oslob is one of only two places in the world where tour operators feed whale sharks to facilitate tourist interactions. To date, no comprehensive studies have assessed tourists' attitudes towards whale shark provisioning. This study assesses tourists' support for whale shark provisioning, as well as their satisfaction with the tour experience in Oslob. Approach TripAdvisor comments of the Oslob whale shark watching experience (n=216) were thematically coded and analysed in NViVO 10. Tourist surveys were collected during the 2014 whale shark watching season in Oslob (n=761) in order to measure attitudes towards interactions with whale sharks. Survey results were coded and analysed in SPSS Version 21. Results TripAdvisor analysis identified four main issues with the experience in Oslob: crowding, provisioning, impacts on sharks, and pricing. Survey results suggest that foreign tourists were significantly more likely to feel crowded compared to national tourists, both in terms of number of other snorkelers (37% vs. 19%; χ2(1, N=629)=23.475, p=0.000, Cramer's V = 0.193) and number of boats (50% vs. 28%; χ2(1, N=623)=30.919, p=0.000, Cramer's V = 0.223), despite the fact that both groups reported encountering the same number of people. Both the survey and TripAdvisor analyses found no significant difference in overall satisfaction with the tour between foreign and national tourists. However, the TripAdvisor analysis did identify a foreign tourist segment termed ‘guilty pleasure’, which exhibited negative feelings towards the ethics of whale shark feeding and an unwillingness to return to Oslob, but still recommended the tour to others. These findings were reflected in the survey results. Foreign tourists were significantly less likely to be willing to participate in whale shark tourism in Oslob again (62%) compared to national tourists (90%; χ2(1, N=632)=67.686, p=0.000, Cramer's V = 0.327), but the vast majority of both foreign (93%) and national (99%) tourists would still recommend the tour (χ2(1, N=632)=18.153, p=0.000, Cramer's V = 0.169). Foreign tourists were also significantly less likely to support the feeding of whale sharks than national tourists (35% vs. 65%; χ2(2, N=635)=55.209, p=0.000, Cramer's V = 0.295), with a further 35% and 22% neutral on the topic, respectively. Although the majority of both groups felt the price of the tour was appropriate, foreign tourists were willing to pay significantly more for the whale shark experience than national tourists (US$63 vs. US$33; t=–6.020, p=0.000, rpb=0.245). Foreign tourists were willing to pay the most for an experience where sharks were not fed, but there was 100% chance of seeing a shark (US$64), followed by sharks fed with 100% chance of seeing sharks (US$43). National tourists on the other hand were willing to pay US$17 for an experience where there was 100% chance of seeing a shark regardless of whether the sharks were fed. Conclusions Few participants perceived the feeding of whale sharks as a negative activity, although foreign tourists were less supportive than national tourists. Most foreign tourists would recommend the tour to others despite their stated intention to not return and misgivings regarding the ethics of provisioning or potential impacts on whale shark health. More in-depth interpretation is necessary to inform tourists of the conservation status and threats facing whale sharks, as well as the potential impacts of tourism activities, both positive and negative. Furthermore, the number of boats and swimmers should be controlled in the whale shark viewing area to address crowding issues.

The global tourism industry, including the Yogyakarta Special District, is severely affected by the Covid-19 pandemicHowever, as a result of policies that supported and strengthened tourism infrastructure from 2020 to 2022, there has been considerable progress in the number of foreign and domestic tourist visits. This positive trend can continue and make a greater contribution to the development of a region. This study aims to identify the annual trend of growth of this group of travellers, select popular tourist attractions, and predict the trend of foreign and domestic tourist arrivals in Yogyakarta Special District based on the type of hotel in 2023. The basic sample of the research consists of 36 months from 2020 to 2022. The research was conducted quantitatively and focused on time series analysis using a linear trend model. The results of the study show that foreign tourists are far fewer than domestic tourists, but the trend in the percentage growth of foreign tourists from 2020 to 2022 is greater than the growth trend of domestic tourists; The growth of domestic and foreign tourists peaked in July 2020 and March 2022, respectively; Domestic tourists are more interested in nature sights, with Bantul Parangtritis Beach as their favourite location. Meanwhile, foreign tourists are more interested in historical attractions, with Yogyakarta's Taman Sari as their favourite; Forecasting the trend of foreign and domestic tourist arrivals to the Special Region of Yogyakarta for 2023 shows an increasing number with a decreasing growth percentage in the same period.

Demand for enhanced forest amenities in private lands: The case of the Ruka-Kuusamo tourism area, Finland

The economic outreach of tourism businesses has undoubtedly had a significant contribution to the economic growth of countries and regions. Attracting tourists to the tourist provinces is an important regional growth and development issue. The main aim of this study is to present the factors influencing the tourism location choice of both foreign and domestic tourists. Cross-sectional spatial analysis is applied to Turkish province-level data for 2002-2019, and the time and spatial effects of regional tourism demands are considered. Lisa and Geary’s cluster maps provide the regional clusters. Accordingly, Bitlis, Siirt and Tunceli are the common low-tourist number provinces surrounded by low-ranking provinces (low-low cluster), whereas Burdur is the common low province surrounded by high-ranking provinces (low-high cluster). Both domestic and foreign tourist location choices were strictly influenced by their choice in 2002, i.e., time consistency in location choice is valid. The location choices do not depend on whether the province is on the seaside or inland, which is contrary to our expectations. Foreign tourists’ location choices are influenced by domestic tourists’ location choices three times more than that domestic tourists. Most importantly, according to the spatial autocorrelation results, location choice made by foreign tourists is spatially dependent, but this is not true for domestic tourists.

Tourist preferences can help in creating a tourist product that matches the type of tourist activity the tourist wants during a trip to a region. The purpose of this study is to know the preferences of tourists in choosing local food culinary tours in Bali. The sample determination technique used is purposive sampling with a sample size of as many as 320 tourists, consisting of 160 domestic tourists and 160 foreign tourists. This research used 5 (five) attributes such as price, quality of food, restaurant service system, food recipes and cooking techniques. Based on the results of the analysis using SPSS Version 26, domestic tourist prefer affordable price with the authentic taste to restaurant service with counter service because of ease in ordering food, cooking recipes are of service direction because corresponds to the presentation intructions in the restaurant as well in the dining house and cooking technique using traditional tools. Meanwhile, the foreign tourist prefers price consistency with innovative food, then a restaurant service system of self-service, cooking recipes that match the weight and measure and the use of traditional tools. This study reveals that domestic and international tourists aged 24–39, mainly from Jakarta and Australia, show strong preferences for local culinary tourism in Bali

Nowadays, the tourism industry has grown so rapidly that it can become the driving force of a country's economy. For those many things that need to be improved in order to compete globally in the tourism context, one of them is to improve the experience quality of domestic and foreign tourists. Therefore, in this research, researcher wanta to know and examine in depth about the difference of experience quality between domestic and foreign tourists through its dimensions those are education, entertainment, peace of mind, and escapism. This study uses 359 tourists, who come to enjoy Sundanese cultural performance in Bandung as the object of research. The result of this study that is there are not differences in several dimensions of experience quality such as education, entertainment, and peace of mind. Meanwhile, the dimensions of escapism in the experience quality between foreign and domestic tourists is different.

Banjar Tegal Gundul as tourist villages in the province of Bali, which visits by foreign and domestic tourists. Every years the number of foreign and domestic tourists to the Banjar Tegal Bald is increases. This situation makes the tourism sector as the main livelihood of local people. That's condition become the background of this research, they are: 1) to understand how to influence tourist entities to the English language skills of local people in Banjal Tegal Gundul and 2) how language attitude of local society towards English. The research uses the method of observation and questionnaire submitted to 24 respondents, who are local people as workers and business owners in the area. This study is found that the language functions used by local people to communicate with foreign tourists is: Greetings, Offering, asking for information, giving information, Saying Like, Giving an opinion, persuading, asking someone to do something, Accepting invitations, apologizing, persuading, and saying / returning thanks. The sentences are used in grammatical rules in English. The language attitudes towards English seen from the cogBanjar Tegal Gundul is one of the tourist villages in the village area of ​​Tibubeneng, North Kuta, Badung, Bali, which receives visits by foreign and domestic tourists. Every year the number of foreign and domestic tourist arrivals to the Banjar Tegal Gundul region has increased. The situation makes the tourism sector as the main livelihood of the local community Banjar Tegal Gundul. The situation is the background of this research, namely: 1) to find out how the influence of foreign tourist entities on the English language ability of local people in Banjar Tegal Gundul and 2) how the attitude of the local people's language towards English. The research uses the method of observation and distributes questionnaires to 24 respondents, who are local people as workers and business owners who are in the area of ​​the area. The step taken in this study is to analyze the language functions used by local people when communicating with foreign tourists. The results obtained in this study indicate that local people are able to communicate with foreign tourists, by using language functions such as: Greeting, Offering, asking for information, giving information, Saying Like, Giving opinion, persuading, asking someone to do something, Accepting invitation, apologizing, persuading, and saying / reply to thank. The sentences are used in accordance with grammatical rules in English. For language attitudes towards English seen from the cognitive, affective and conative components, showing positive language attitudes by local people towards English. That is because the equality of local people's thought orientation will benefit from English, for the livelihoods of local people, both in terms of workers or business owners in the Banjar Tegal Gundul region.

The city of Surakarta is one of the cultural and historical tourist destinations that continues to develop in Indonesia. The trend of an increase in the number of tourists in 2016-2018 has led to the emergence of many accommodation facilities in the city of Surakarta. Differences in location characteristics in each accommodation facility will affect tourists in choosing accommodation facilities. This study aims to determine the characteristics of the location of accommodation facilities chosen by domestic and foreign tourists in the city of Surakarta, as well as the relationship between the characteristics of the location of accommodation facilities with the characteristics of tourists based on the age and place of origin of tourists. This study uses a spatial comparison analysis method and uses a chi-square statistical analysis to see the relationship between variables, such as the characteristics of the location of accommodation facilities and characteristics of tourists. The results of this study indicate that the location characteristics of the accommodation facilities chosen by foreign and domestic tourists are different. Foreign tourists tend to choose star hotels, while for domestic tourists the choice varies, namely star hotels and non-star hotels. In addition, there is a relationship between the characteristics of domestic tourists with the characteristics of the location of selected accommodation facilities, while for the characteristics of foreign tourists there is no relationship with the characteristics of the location of selected accommodation facilities.

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine halal certification for halal culinary, destination brand and emotional experiences on customer satisfaction and behavioral intention.Design/methodology/approachThis study uses a quantitative survey approach to 400 respondents consisting of Muslim foreign and domestic tourists who had visited Lombok in the past three years. The sampling technique is by purposive sampling. The analysis technique used in this study is structural equation modeling-partial least square (SEM-PLS).FindingsThe findings showed that halal certification has no effect on customer satisfaction but on influenced behavioral intention, destination brand of Lombok had no effect on customer satisfaction; customer satisfaction influenced behavioral intention and emotional experiences affected customer satisfaction and behavioral intention.Research limitations/implicationsThis study collects data from respondents both domestic and foreign tourists simultaneously. However, the data acquisition of respondents and foreign tourists is not balanced. Thus, this study analyzes tourists in general, not distinguished between foreign and domestic tourists.Practical implicationsThe government and tourism organizers in Lombok need to provide socialization for domestic and foreign tourists on the need to choose halal-certified food and drinks to ensure halal and hygiene. In addition, so that the destination image of Lombok can provide a beautiful experience that becomes a moment of the truth, then the local government should improve its service strategy holistically.Social implicationsDestination image needs to be improved. This requires holistic tourism quality services so that the social community knows that Indonesia has a halal tourism destination that exists as tourists come from the airport to the hotel and enjoy food in restaurants and tourist attractions that are Muslim friendly.Originality/valueThis paper contributes to filling the void in the literature related to tourism management that is linked to tourism in the aftermath of natural disasters, where empirical studies on halal tourism are on the rise. Therefore, respondents in the study were specific, that is, those who had traveled. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is the first of a kind that includes behavioral intention in tourist destinations after natural disasters in the Indonesian context.

The aim of this research paper is to depict the level of satisfaction and importance of Full expressions Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises’ (MSMEs)’ human resources (HR) and the tourism sector community in East Java. The research was conducted on all aspects of HR in tourism sector MSMEs, among foreign and domestic tourists in East Java. The research is a quantitative and descriptive one. Primary data are used. The population of the research is HR in tourism sector MSMEs as well as domestic and foreign tourists. The sampling technique used is purposive sampling. Ten cities of high tourism potential were chosen. Determination of the sample size used the minimum criteria of a structural model that is between 100 and 200 units. In total, 200 tourism sector MSMEs were determined from ten tourism cities in East Java. From every tourism sector MSMEs, four employees and three tourists were taken. As a result, the entire research consisted of 800 employees and 600 foreign and domestic tourists. Importance performance analysis (IPA) was utilized as an analysis tool in this paper. The result indicated that each tourism resort, being a sample, has different findings. Batu City demonstrates a lack of transglobal leadership (TL). Malang, Kediri, and Blitar City demonstrate organizational citizenship behavior (OCB). Malang City lacks employment engagement (EE). Meanwhile, Pasuruan City and Blitar Regency are about human resources performance (HRP). For Pasuruan Regency, the variable of quality of work life (QWL) should be improved. For Sidoarjo Regency, sustainable tourism competitiveness (STC) should be paid attention. For Kediri City, the main variable that needs to be enriched is responsible marketing (RM). Overall, for the East Java region, the main variable that needs to be improved is RM. The findings obtained constitute a practical contribution for main tourism stakeholders to formulate relevant policies to cope with problems.

Morotai Island Regency as one of the tourist destinations that has the potential for natural and cultural tourism that has the potential to be developed into an attraction for tourist visits, both domestic and foreign tourists. The charm of Morotai Island is able to divert the eyes of tourists so that more tourists come to Morotai Island and enjoy the beautiful charm of amazing tourist objects, with the charm of natural tourism and strong historical tourism able to make Morotai Island one of the 4 favorite tourist attractions in North Maluku by foreign tourists and domestic tourists. The purpose of this study was conducted to describe the strategy of the concept of developing the promotion of Marine Tourism and Historical Tourism as a strengthening of Identity as a tropical paradise region to attract tourist visits to Morotai Regency, North Maluku Province. The concept of marine ecotourism as the right model for the development base of tourist objects and attractions owned by Morotai Island Regency. The development of historical tourism in Morotai Island Regency can be in line with strengthening the identity of Morotai Island Regency as an area that became part of the history of World War II, by providing direction for the design of elements forming the image of the region, namely paths, nodes, landmarks, districts, and edges, based on the historical value of Morotai Island Regency. From the results of this study, recommendations can be given to the Regional Government of Morotai Island Regency to be able to develop and promote marine and historical tourism destinations in Morotai Island Regency as the main tourist attraction, and the natural beauty of Morotai Island Regency is an additional attraction that supports tourism potential in Morotai Island Regency as a whole.

Morotai Island Regency as one of the tourist destinations that has the potential for natural and cultural tourism that has the potential to be developed into an attraction for tourist visits, both domestic and foreign tourists. The charm of Morotai Island is able to divert the eyes of tourists so that more tourists come to Morotai Island and enjoy the beautiful charm of amazing tourist objects, with the charm of natural tourism and strong historical tourism able to make Morotai Island one of the 4 favorite tourist attractions in North Maluku by foreign tourists and domestic tourists. The purpose of this community service is to encourage tourism management of Morotai Islands and encourage policies that must be prepared by the Morotai Regency Government so that they can be used as guidelines for stakeholders in the world of tourism in Morotai Regency to jointly realize tourism recovery and be able to bring tourists to travel to Morotai Island.The development of marine and historical tourism in Morotai Island Regency can be in line with strengthening the identity of Morotai Island Regency as an area that became part of the history of World War II. From the results of this service, recommendations can be given to the Regional Government of Morotai Island Regency to be able to develop and promote marine and historical tourism destinations in Morotai Island Regency as the main tourist attraction.

The Minahasa Regency is the first district that was formed in North Sulawesi Province. Geographically the location of Minahasa Regency is quite strategic. Minahasa Regency is directly adjacent to several districts and the capital of North Sulawesi Province, Manado, which is the economic and government center in North Sulawesi Province. Tourism areas in Minahasa Regency consist of cultural tourism, natural tourism and artificial tourism. Cultural tourism includes historical heritage sites such as Batu Pinabetengan, Benteng Moraya and Tombs of National Heroes. Natural tourism in Minahasa Regency consists of beaches, lakes, waterfalls and hot springs. Artificial tourism is Bukit Kasih in the kawangkoan Barat sub-district and Horse Racing in Tompaso sub-district. Tourism is one sector that is the mainstay of the government to generate regional income and expand employment opportunities, in addition to introducing national and regional identities and cultures. Tourism development can be done by expanding and utilizing regional tourism potential. The Long-Term Development Plan for 2010-2025 in Minahasa District stipulates that the area is one of the tourist destinations in North Sulawesi. In fact, the number of domestic and foreign tourist arrivals to the district is still far from what is expected, the purpose of this study is: (1) To find out more about the factors that influence tourist visits in Minahasa Regency (2) To find out more what is the potential competitiveness of tourism in Minahasa Kabuaten compared to other Districts / Cities in North Sulawesi Province. This type of research is primary research using descriptive quantitative approach. Data sources used in this study are primary data that is obtained through survey data collection techniques. Secondary data used in this study are scientific publications issued by related parties, for example the BPS and the Minahasa Regency Tourism and Culture Office. The population in this study were all foreign tourists and domestic tourists who visited the tourist objects in the Minahasa Regency. For the study sample, researchers took samples accidentally against tourists who visited Bukit Kasih Kanonang and Benteng Moraya Tondano. Each of the 50 people for each place. The total sample in this study was 100 tourists. The research questionnaire was arranged based on the research variables, namely: the quality of human resources, the promotion of tourism, facilities - tourism infrastructure. The collected data is analyzed using percentages. Where the percentage is expected to reflect the most dominant factor influencing tourist visits in Minahasa Regency. Keywords: Tourist Visits, Minahasa Regency Tourism, Affecting Factors

Tourists must plan a schedule for seeing tourist sites when visiting a tourist destination. This is necessary since each tourist attraction has numerous alternative tourist destinations that might be visited. One of the districts in Indonesia that is a tourist destination is the Rembang district. Rembang district is visited by many domestic and foreign tourists and has many tourist points which include heritage tourism, nature tourism, special interest tourism (culture, agriculture, crafts), museums, and shopping tours. By having a variety of alternative tourist destinations, tourists need to make an itinerary or a travel plan. This principle can be solved by involving aspects of user experience, and direct observation from researchers on tourism objects. The purpose of this study is to design a recommendation for a user experience-based tourist itinerary using K-Means Clustering. 20 tourist destinations are used in this study. According to the study's findings, the clustering approach and the K-means algorithm can solve the problem of grouping the itinerary on the trip package. There are five types of tour packages. Based on the results of the study, it can be concluded that the clustering method and the K-means algorithm can solve the problem of grouping the itinerary on the tour package.

This study aims to determine the factors that influence the number of domestic and foreign tourist visits and to measure the value of willingness to pay for the benefits of tourism objects in Banda Aceh by using the Travel Cost Method Approach. The type of data used is primary and secondary data. Primary data obtained by non-probability sampling, obtained as many as 30 domestic tourists and foreign tourists as many as 30 people, with the method of analysis of ordinary least square (OLS). Secondary data was obtained from the Central Statistics Agency, Tourism Office and other study literature. The results showed that for domestic tourists, the independent variables on travel costs, alternative costs, time costs, and income had significant effect on the number of domestic tourist visits with an R² value of 0.690. In foreign tourists, the independent variables of travel costs, alternative costs, and income have a significant effect on the number of visits, while the cost of time has no effect on the value of R² 0.693. The average value of WTP of foreign tourists is greater than that of domestic tourists, namely domestic tourists with a WTP of 4,000,000 rupiahs while foreign tourists are 217,000,000 rupiah. Given the large contribution of tourism to the economic conditions in Indonesia, especially in Aceh, the government should maintain and pay attention to the conditions of tourism objects and improve tourism facilities so that tourists reach the maximum level of utility so that it will increase the value of PAPs.