Field Of Tourism Development Research Articles

THE ROLE AND IMPORTANCE OF THE GMINA IN TOURISM POLICY IN POLAND

The aim of the article is to indicate the role and importance of the gmina as a special institution of the Polish tourism system in shaping the local tourism policy of the area. The article presents the concept and objectives of tourism policy, and describes the various entities of tourism policy in Poland and their tasks. Against this background, the article captures the gmina's tasks in the sphere of tourism together with the instruments of tourism policy that are at its disposal. The article uses a descriptive and qualitative analysis method that allowed to identify the role of the gmina in the tourism system in Poland. The analysis includes literature in the field of economic sciences, based additionally on legal acts related to the discussed issue. As an institution of the tourism system, the gmina has the task of satisfying the needs of the local community and stimulating local development, thanks to which it plays an important role in shaping the local tourism policy. The gmina has a wide range of activities on the local tourist economy. It should be emphasized that this is not an individual task of the gmina, although there is no doubt that it has a wide range of opportunities to influence this sphere of social and economic life. Tourism policy should be undertaken and implemented in cooperation with private sector entities conducting tourist activity, but also entities from outside the tourism industry (so-called paratourism entities) and their organizations and associations. Tourism policy should also be implemented together with other local government units, the area of which is covered by an initiative in the field of tourism development, including also higher-level entities (such as poviats and voivodships), as well as with local and regional tourist organizations and other non-governmental organizations.

観光研究の再考と展望 : フィジーの観光開発の現場から( 観光の人類学 : 再考と展望)

観光研究の再考と展望 : フィジーの観光開発の現場から( 観光の人類学 : 再考と展望)

A Model to Measure Tourist Preference toward Scenic Spots Based on Social Media Data: A Case of Dapeng in China

Research on tourist preference toward different tourism destinations has been a hot topic for decades in the field of tourism development. Tourist preference is mostly measured with small group opinion-based methods through introducing indicator systems in previous studies. In the digital age, e-tourism makes it possible to collect huge volumes of social data produced by tourists from the internet, to establish a new way of measuring tourist preference toward a close group of tourism destinations. This paper introduces a new model using social media data to quantitatively measure the market trend of a group of scenic spots from the angle of tourists’ demand, using three attributes: tourist sentiment orientation, present tourist market shares, and potential tourist awareness. Through data mining, cleaning, and analyzing with the framework of Machine Learning, the relative tourist preference toward 34 scenic spots closely located in the Dapeng Peninsula is calculated. The results not only provide a reliable “A-rating” system to gauge the popularity of different scenic spots, but also contribute an innovative measuring model to support scenic spots planning and policy making in the regional context.

Role of Indian Railways in Promotion of Tourism in India: A Case Study of Foreign Tourists

Travel has been one of the fastest and ever growing service industries with an enormous potential for further growth in world. The bulk of tourist arrivals are in developed countries but now developing countries are also increasingly sharing in the tourism boom. Tourism has come to play an important role in the socioeconomic development of a country. It is both cause and consequence of economic development. Travel today, is sold like any normal consumer product through retail outlets, wholesalers and even departmental stores of many countries. The reasons for travel too have changed over the span of time. Tourism in India is witnessing widespread growth on the back of increasing inbound tourists by the burgeoning Indian middle class, rising inflow of foreign tourists and successful government campaigns for promoting ‘Incredible India’It is a fact that tourism is an inter-disciplinary subject by nature and each of its aspect is too complex and complicated. Form the Indian railway’s point of view, the significance of the study lies in identifying and highlighting the problem areas in the field of tourism development. It specially aims towards finding answers to problems and shortcomings in the field of infrastructure development, improvement in quantity and quality of basic amenities for foreign tourists and requirement marketing of and publicity for the promotion of tourism.

Optimization of Tourism Development in Egypt by Examining the Tourism Development Experience in UAE

The tourism sector in Egypt has become one of the increasingly important sectors within the economy, as it contributes about 35% to the gross domestic product and 12.6% to the volume of employment. In the recent period, Egypt has made remarkable progress in the field of tourism development, as the total number of tourists in 2006/07 reached 9.79 million. The United Arab Emirates has achieved tremendous advances in the field of tourism development and managed, in a limited period, to have a distinguished position on the map of international tourism. Although Egypt has a tremendous amount of tourist attractions compared to the United Arab Emirates, the first tourism competitiveness index issued in March 2007 placed Egypt in the 58th position globally among 124 countries while the United Arab Emirates was ahead of it in the ranking in relation to the competitiveness index, where the UAE ranked No. 18. As both Egypt and the United Arab Emirates share many circumstances, as both are an Arab country located in the Middle East region, Islam is the official religion of both countries as they converge to some degree in culture. Therefore, the United Arab Emirates represents a successful model for tourism development that deserves analysis and evaluation to benefit from it. This study aims to maximize tourism development in Egypt by presenting the experience of tourism development in Dubai and analyzing each of the factors affecting tourism development in it: as components of tourist attraction, ways to reach it from various points of export, facilities and types of services available, tourism activation, stability and tourism policy To the state. It also reviews the obstacles and challenges that correspond to tourism development in both countries. This analysis is useful for evaluating this experience and examining its weaknesses and strengths, and thus focusing on the obstacles that correspond to tourism development in Egypt. The research also analyzes the opportunities and challenges of SWOT Analysis for each of the two countries' tourism development. The research reached the necessity of effective tourism marketing and adequate allocations for research and marketing studies, as well as stressing the importance of the timing of activation campaigns. This is in addition to the necessity of developing the human element through economic and social development in general, with a focus on education and training. On the other hand, the development of public facilities, infrastructure, and some services, such as transportation, is considered one of the most important challenges to tourism development in Egypt and this requires huge financial credits, which calls for the need to continue encouraging the state to invest in these areas.

Seeing a new side to seasides: culturally regenerating the English seaside town

AbstractThe ‘buzzword’ for the 1990s was undoubtedly the concept of sustainability in all its various manifestations, not least in the field of tourism development. Its successor for the 2000s looks set to become the phenomenon of cultural regeneration, which is already dominating the urban landscape of much of western Europe. However, the extent to which regeneration through cultural development and the revival of tourism can become the new panacea for declining resorts is open to debate. This issue will be discussed in more depth in the context of English seaside towns, focusing in particular on a case study of Southend‐on‐Sea. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley &Sons, Ltd.