Garden Tour Research Articles

Translating gardens into accessible multisensory tours for blind and partially sighted visitors: an exploratory case study

AbstractThis paper presents an exploratory case study which illustrates the first stage of our multi-stage methodology for translating gardens into a multisensory and accessible tour for blind and partially sighted (BPS) visitors and gathering feedback to be used in a future project on producing a smart audio descriptive guide to assist BPS visitors to appreciate gardens in a multisensory way. The key research questions are: how can the multisensory potential of gardens be translated into an accessible experience for BPS visitors? and to what extent can a smart audio descriptive guide enable access to gardens and provide multisensory visitor experiences primarily for BPS visitors? Our multi-stage methodology begins with an exploratory case study in which a group of BPS visitors were led by a human guide on a tour of the historic Hillsborough Castle and Gardens. The first stage involved the tour guide and accessibility expert working closely together to plan the multisensory garden tour. Then the actual tour of the gardens was carried out with a small group of BPS visitors. In-tour questions for the BPS visitors stimulated reflection and feedback, and interviews were carried out at the end of the tour. The paper presents some of the more significant observations which emerged from the tour, and draws conclusions about the extent to which a smart audio descriptive guide could provide many of the benefits of a human guide, and its advantages and inherent limitations. Some of these findings are relevant to those planning similar visits in other garden venues, including for broadening the application for universal access.

A Grassroots Alternative to Urban Shrinkage? A Comparative Analysis of Place Reputational Remaking in Buffalo and Cleveland

This article explores how local actors in Buffalo and Cleveland mobilized through garden tourism as a form of alternative urbanism to rehabilitate heavily stigmatized places and remake their city's reputations. Buidling off the concepts of civic action and scene styles, I compare how grassroots actors in Buffalo mobilized through a symbolic purity scene style to deracialize urban stigmas to how grassroots actors in Cleveland mobilized through a diversity scene style to create an inclusive place reputation that addressed the city's internal racial and ethnic divsions. I found that in the process of rehabbing their communities, grassroots actors in both cities replaced racialized urban stigmas with a different form of Whiteness, and when residents and elites shared the same scene style, they were more likely to cooperate, which entrenched the garden tour with local elites and other organizations in the cultural tourism field. Cultural variables like a place's reputation matter in how and what kind of Rust Belt city will emerge from the era of urban shrinkage. Data for this article comes from 50 semistructured in-depth interviews, fieldwork, and archival data.

Exploring Eco-tourism Treasure of North-eastern States of India: A Sustainability Perspective

The North-eastern states of India are blessed with beautiful natural landscapes, flora and fauna, folk music, mountains, mysterious clouds, cuisines, and tribal culture, making it unique for eco-tourism. The region has enormous scope for the growth of eco-tourism, with many wildlife sanctuaries and national parks, local arts and crafts, and fairs and festivals that can attract more tourists from home and abroad. This beautiful region abounds with adventurous activities like jungle safari, trekking, pilgrimage tours, mountaineering, tea garden tours, and ornithological tours are also available. However, transportation, accessibility, security threats, tourist facilities, hygienic food, accommodation, tourist information systems, system of permission, and brand image are the basic challenges before its tourism sector. Through a descriptive analysis, this paper discusses the opportunity and scope of sustainable eco-tourism in the North-Eastern states of India.

Exploring Eco-tourism Treasure of North-eastern States of India: A Sustainability Perspective

The North-eastern states of India are blessed with beautiful natural landscapes, flora and fauna, folk music, mountains, mysterious clouds, cuisines, and tribal culture, making it unique for eco-tourism. The region has enormous scope for the growth of eco-tourism, with many wildlife sanctuaries and national parks, local arts and crafts, and fairs and festivals that can attract more tourists from home and abroad. This beautiful region abounds with adventurous activities like jungle safari, trekking, pilgrimage tours, mountaineering, tea garden tours, and ornithological tours are also available. However, transportation, accessibility, security threats, tourist facilities, hygienic food, accommodation, tourist information systems, system of permission, and brand image are the basic challenges before its tourism sector. Through a descriptive analysis, this paper discusses the opportunity and scope of sustainable eco-tourism in the North-Eastern states of India.

Pengaruh Pengalaman Wisatawan Terhadap Kepuasan Dan Niat Berkunjung Kembali

This research was conducted to determine "The Influence of Tourist Experience on Satisfaction and Intention to Return (Study on Visitors to Pak Budi Pasuruan's Garden)" The strategy used in this study was associative research with a quantitative approach, by distributing questionnaires as a data collection technique. The sampling method uses purposive sampling, which is a sampling technique where the people selected as samples are in accordance with the purpose of conducting research, the sample used is 100 respondents, carried out at Pak Budi Pasuruan's Garden Tour, and uses samples with the Lemeshow formula and uses data processing modeling using Smartpls 4.0 (Partial Least Square). The results of the study state that the variable Tourist Experience has a positive and significant effect on Tourist Satisfaction and Revisit Intentions.

Digitalization-Based Religious Tourism Village Development Strategy Case Study in Nyatnyono Village, Semarang Regency

The digital village is a new strategy for urban development and management. Currently, villages rarely utilize online media for information exchange. When people need information, they have to visit the village office to request the necessary information and communicate with village members to convey it. The Digital Village program aims to provide internet access to villages that previously had no internet connectivity at all. Conceptually, a digital village is a program that transforms villages into development areas that empower communities with adequate information technology facilities. In the context of the government, the massive implementation of technology began with Presidential Instruction Number 3 of 2003 regarding the implementation of electronic government. With quality and competitive village development, the quality of information, systems, and services positively influences user satisfaction. User satisfaction and outcomes (organizational objectives) are among the main goals that the government must achieve in providing services to the community. The implementation of e-government in Village Governments can be a key intervention in driving villages towards progress. This research is descriptive research. The approach used is qualitative and conceptual. The data sources used are secondary data. Data analysis is conducted descriptively and qualitatively. Conclusions are drawn using deductive methods, which involve drawing conclusions from general to specific, particularly related to the research topic of Digitalization-Based Religious Tourism Development Strategies in the Village. This study found that Nyatnyono Tourism Village is a religious tourism village that offers pilgrimage tours of nature and traditional cultural heritage located in Semarang Regency. The tourism attractions in Nyatnyono Tourism Village include Wali Bathing Water, river tracking tours, salak fruit garden tours, arts and cultural tours, wali pilgrimage, and more. The accessibility to the tourism village is easy, and the tourism facilities in Nyatnyono Tourism Village are complete, including a mosque, musholla, security posts, public toilets, and even vintage bicycles. The management of Nyatnyono Tourism Village has shifted to using digital media to promote the village. With tourism digitalization, the management provides information about tourist attractions, tour packages, and supporting components through interactive websites and social media platforms to engage with tourists and provide information. In practice, digitalization in Nyatnyono Tourism Village through social media has been highly effective, as visitors can easily access information about the tourism village and directly book their accommodations online with available tour packages. Embracing the concept of "from the community, for the community," the management of digital tourism in Nyatnyono Tourism Village starts with the planning process by creating social media accounts and a website as promotional tools.

Biomimetics in Botanical Gardens-Educational Trails and Guided Tours.

The first botanical gardens in Europe were established for the study of medicinal, poisonous, and herbal plants by students of medicine or pharmacy at universities. As the natural sciences became increasingly important in the 19th Century, botanical gardens additionally took on the role of public educational institutions. Since then, learning from living nature with the aim of developing technical applications, namely biomimetics, has played a special role in botanical gardens. Sir Joseph Paxton designed rainwater drainage channels in the roof of the Crystal Palace for the London World's Fair in 1881, having been inspired by the South American giant water lily (Victoria amazonica). The development of the Lotus-Effect® at the Botanical Garden Bonn was inspired by the self-cleaning leaf surfaces of the sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera). At the Botanic Garden Freiburg, a self-sealing foam coating for pneumatic systems was developed based on the self-sealing of the liana stems of the genus Aristolochia. Currently, botanical gardens are both research institutions and places of lifelong learning. Numerous botanical gardens provide biomimetics trails with information panels at each station for self-study and guided biomimetics tours with simple experiments to demonstrate the functional principles transferred from the biological model to the technical application. We present eight information panels suitable for setting up education about biomimetics and simple experiments to support guided garden tours about biomimetics.

Ethnomathematics exploration on tourism in the rice field of pematang johar as a mathematics lesson

This research aims to find out, examine, and describe what are the elements of applying mathematics, as well as explore the mathematical concepts that exist in the Spatial Planning of Taman Sawah Tourism in Pematang Johar Village. This research took place in Pematang Johar Village, Labuhan Deli District, Deli Serdang, North Sumatra. The type of research that the author examined was descriptive qualitative research, in which the collection of data was taken through a process of documentation, direct observation, and literature review. The documentation and observation are used to explore ethnomathematics and mathematical concepts in the Taman Sawah Tourism in Pematang Johar Village, while literature review is used to find out about the cultural values that exist in the Sawah Park Tourism in Pematang Johar Village. Based on the results of data collection, several mathematical concepts were obtained in the rice field garden tour, namely (1) Flat Shape Concept, (2) Line Concept, (3) Geometry Transformation Concept, (4) Set Concept. These tourist attractions can be used as a medium for learning mathematics, especially at the elementary and secondary levels, in order to increase interest in learning mathematics.

‘Ways of being’ in the domestic garden for people living with dementia: doing, sensing and playing

Abstract Domestic gardens represent a site for enacting embodied identity and social relationships in later life, and negotiating tensions between continuity and change. In the context of dementia, domestic gardens have significant implications for ‘living well’ at home, and for wider discussions around embodiment, relational selfhood and agency. Yet previous studies exploring dementia and gardens have predominantly focused on care home or community contexts. In light of this, the paper explores the role of domestic gardens in the everyday lives of people living with dementia and their households, using qualitative, creative methods. This includes filmed walking interviews and garden tours, diaries and sketch methods, involving repeat visits with six households in England. Findings are organised thematically in relation to different ‘ways of being’ in the garden: working in and doing the garden; being in and sensing; and playing, empowerment and agency. These different ‘ways of being’ are situated within relationships with household members, neighbours and non-human actors, including pets, wildlife and the materiality of the garden. Garden practices illustrate continuity, situated within embodied biographies and habitus. However, identities, practices and gardens are also subject to ongoing readjustment and reconstruction. The conclusion discusses implications for extending literature on gardens and later life, describing how social and material relationships in domestic gardens are renegotiated in the context of dementia, while highlighting opportunities for ‘play’, active sensing and agency. We also explore contributions to understandings of dementia, home and place, and implications for garden design and care practice.

Pengembangan Menu Unggulan Modern Berbahan Baku Lokal untuk Cafe di Wisata Rainbow Garden Poetoek Soeko Trawas Kabupaten Mojokerto

Poetoek Soeko Rainbow Garden Tour is one of the tourism attractions managed by BUMDES Sukosari Makmur in Trawas-East Java that provide beautiful flower garden objects. The presence of a café is one of the supporting factors of rainbow garden tourism. To give characteristics and improve visitor interest, café menu diversification based on local possibilities must be established. Local potential in the form of spice, tuber and local plants was cultivated through the Matching Fund community service initiative started by UBAYA in the form of instruction in the manufacturing of local-modern fusion food. Participatory Action Research (PAR) method was implemented and delivered in three stages: planning, execution, assessment, and monitoring. This community service initiative resulted in three variations of local-modern cuisine which are implemented in new menu book in the Poetoek Soeko Rainbow Garden café. This program had a beneficial influence on boosting the partners' knowledge and abilities, as evidenced by an examination of test scores before and after the training. Cooking competitions held after product creation not only measure participant skill, but also boost competitiveness in the development of future menus. Based on post-test conducted resulting the increase of knowledge regarding local ingredients and processing up to 15.63%.

Pengembangan Objek Wisata Taman Bunga dalam Pemberdayaan Masyarakat Desa Jatimulyo Kecamatan Jati Agung Kabupaten Lampung Selatan Menurut Perspektif Ekonomi Islam

The flower garden in the Jati Agung District is one of the tourism assets based on local agro tourism, which is a flower display garden. With this flower garden tour, the Jatimulyo community can be independent without depending on others and can be an opportunity for the local community to help their economy. Therefore, assistance is needed in the form of developing science and technology for the trading community in that place. This type of research includes field research. This research will eventually be analyzed, so the research process raises data from problems in the field relating to the development of flower garden tourism objects in empowering the community of Jatimulyo village, Jati Agung sub-district, South Lampung district according to an Islamic economic perspective. Based on the results of the study, it is known that the impact of developing tourism potential on community economic empowerment in flower garden tourism is the independence of the community in developing self and regional potential for community and regional development. The economic empowerment of the community according to Islamic economics is as the goal of Islamic economics itself, namely all the rules revealed by Allah SWT in the Islamic system that lead to the achievement of goodness and prosperity. Therefore, a flower garden tourism object in a religious view is positive, because it is run in a good way to achieve a good goal as well. Therefore, suggestions that can be given are to the local government of Jatimulyo village and Jati Agung sub-district, it is hoped that they can continue to develop ideas or ideas for the development of tourism objects and can continue to socialize and invite local people to be aware of tourism and can participate in the development of tourism management that can improve tourism. community and regional welfare.

Peran Media Terhadap Pengembangan Eduwisata Sebagai Strategi Pariwisata (Studi Kasus Kebun Pak Budi)

The Role of Media in the Development of Edutourism as a Tourism Strategy (Case Study: Pak Budi’s Garden. Media has an important role in the digital era. Social media is primarily a forum that can provide massive trends that can affect the development of the world of tourism. The object of the focus of writing this article is directed at the study of the media used by Pak Budi's garden tours. Departing from the question of how to use media in building educational inspiration for Pak Budi's garden tours in the tourism industry. The research method uses Participatory Learning and Action which in its stages takes primary and secondary data. Primary data was taken from interviews, while secondary data was obtained from literature review and data analysis. The results obtained in this study indicate that the media has an important role in the formation of market segmentation. Pak Budi's garden as an educational tour has its own segmentation in the media with the attractiveness of the facilities and places presented. The media has a big role in the development of tourism as a forum for providing information and can be used to receive input from visitors. Keywords: Media; trend; Pak budi's garden; education; segmentation

The Implications of Customs and Local Culture for Katingan Regency Tourism Development

The implications of cultural customs through the development of cultural tourism in Katingan Regency in the form of results in the field, including the occurrence of conservation efforts carried out by the community by maintaining traditional buildings, preserving cultural arts through dance, bamboo crafts, batik, garden tours, and highlighting regional specialties, and changes have occurred. The livelihoods of the people who originally worked as farmers turned to bamboo craftsmen, batik, culinary, garden tours and white-water rafting. With the existence of a tourist area, managers explore and maintain traditional and cultural values that they already have.

Visitor Satisfaction at Merangin Garden Tour Merangin Regency, Jambi Province

The purpose of this study was to find out how the facilities at the Merangin Garden Tourism Park are, to find out how the visitor satisfaction is at the Merangin Garden Tourism Park and to find out how much influence the facilities have on visitor satisfaction at the Merangin Garden Tourism Park. The method used is quantitative research methods. The type of data used is taken from several sources of primary data and secondary data. The population in this study amounted to 10,112 people, with a sample of 100 respondents. Results The correlation coefficient value of 0.648 means that the level of closeness of the relationship between facilities and visitor satisfaction is strong. For the R square value of 0.420, which means that the Facility variable affects the visitor satisfaction variable by 42% and the remaining 58% is explained by other variables that the author did not examine. The results of the t-count (8.427>1.660) so that Ha is accepted and Ho is rejected. It can be concluded that the facilities have a positive and significant effect on visitor satisfaction. It is recommended that the owner or manager improve the facilities that are inadequate and no longer suitable for use, maintain and care for the cleanliness of the park, the existing complementary facilities should be managed properly, cared for and those that are no longer feasible use replaced with new.

Diversity and Management of Useful Homegardens Plant Species in Arba Minch Town, Southern Ethiopia: Implication for Plant Diversity Conservation and Food Security

Homegardens host a significant portion of plant biodiversity and played an important role towards the development of early agriculture and domestication of crops and fruit trees, a still ongoing process. The study was conducted on homegardens of Arba Minch town, Southern Ethiopia with the aim of documenting the indigenous knowledge on categorization, use and management of useful plants species in ho-megardens. A random sample of 100 homegardens from four sub-cities of Arba Minch town was used to collect useful plant species data. Techniques used were focus group discussion, semi-structured interviews, home garden tour and free listing. A total of 138 useful plant species were documented, of which 12.36% were edible plants, 11.90% income source plants, and 8.92% shade plants. Fabaceae was the dominant family represented by 17 species, followed by Euphorbiaceae with 10 species and Asteraceae and Poaceae with 6 species each. Homegarden size of the study area ranged from 220 to 1235 m2 with an average size of 727.5 m2. The age of homegarden is ranged from 10 years old to 50 years old with an average age of 30. The number of species in the homegarden ranges from 10 to 45 with the average of 27.5. The study indicates that homegardens are contributing to food security, income generation and livelihoods in Arba Minch town through production of ornamental, food plants, fodder, medicinal, timber and construction. The study recommended that the management of useful plant species in homegardens will be scaled up and further expanded and assisted by agricultural extensions in urban areas in Ethiopia.

Le tourisme culinaire, la plus récente récolte des fermes et pâturages du sud de l'Italie: éliminant l'amertume de cette nouvelle économie prometteuse

Food tourism offers important opportunities for southern Italian communities struggling with high unemployment and the erosion of food traditions. These foodways are at once threatened in a modern reality and desirable to tourists looking to connect with local food and its producers as part of an “authentic” travel experience. For this new economy to be sustainable, both economically and culturally in southern Italy, there are lessons to be learned from Tuscany’s embrace of agriculturally-based tourism, where the power of tourism has crafted romantic narratives of the Mediterranean Diet and La Dolce Vita that are often more meaningful to the paying customer than rural residents. Data collected in the regions of Puglia and Campania since 2014 are presented here to explore how best to validate food traditions through tourism. Examples of food and heritage tourism, including lemon garden tours, the historic role of nuns in pastry making, and shepherding traditions of the Murgia Plateau, highlight the potential benefits and vulnerabilities of tourism-based revitalization initiatives.

CUSTOMER PARTICIPATION AND QUALITY OF SERVICE IN IMPROVING LOYALTY VISITORS IN TOURISM PARK

Agrotourism is one of the government’s commitment to further improve the quality of tourism in the region and the agrotourism customers play an important role in the agrotourism destination, in this case, is Mekarsari Fruit Garden in improving loyalty. The purpose of this research is to know the role of customer participation and the quality of service in improving loyalty at Fruit Park Mekarsari, West Java. Respondents from this study were visitors who took part in the Mekarsari Garden Tour Package. Questionnaires were given directly after the respondents participated in following the green land package. The number of samples in this study was 144 respondents. Model and Data Analysis Technique for this research used PLS (Partial Least Square). The results of this study indicate that there is no direct correlation between motivation and loyalty, but there is a significant relationship between motivation and loyalty if we consider Service Quality to improve customer loyalty. This indicates that customer motivation will play an important role in improving customer loyalty if customers also feel the quality of service well.

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The study was conducted on homegardens of Hawassa city, Southern Ethiopia with the aim of documenting useful plant species; identifying the internal and external household factors related to useful plant species diversity in and around home gardens and examining its contribution to household food security and income generation. A random sample of 120 homegardens from eight sub-cities of Hawassa city was used to collect useful plant species data. Techniques used were focus group discussion, semi-structured interviews, home garden tour, market survey, free listing, priority ranking, and preference ranking. A total of 258 useful plant species were documented, of which 47.29% were ornamental plants, 29.75% food plants, and 15.89% medicinal plants. Fabaceae was the dominant family represented by 9 genera and 20 species, followed by Euphorbiaceae and Asteraceae with 17 and 16 species each respectively. Homegarden size of the study area ranged from 220 to 1235 m2 with a mean size of 571 m2. The age of homegarden is ranged from 15 years old to 55 years old with a mean aged of 28. The number of species in the homegarden ranges from 10 to 45 with the mean of 23. The study indicates that home gardens are contributing to food security, income generation and livelihoods in Hawassa city through production of ornamental, food plants, fodder, medicinal, timber and construction. The study recommended that the management of useful plant species in homegardens will be scaled up and further expanded and assisted by agricultural extensions in urban areas in Ethiopia. Key words: Urban home garden, plant species diversity, household livelihood, food security.

Kajian Perilaku Dan Pakan Drop In Monyet Hitam Sulawesi (Macaca Nigra) Di Taman Agro Satwa Dan Wisata Bumi Kedaton

Sulawesi black monkey (Macaca nigra) is endemic animal in Sulawesi. Habitat of sulawesi black monkey are in tropical rain forest, primary and secondary forest. Sulawesi black monkeys are hunted for consumption, trade, and used as pets. The efforts of breeding and protection of the existence of sulawesi black monkey can be performed by insitu or eksitu conservation. For successful breeding, we need information about the behavior and food nutrient content , therefore the study was conducted. The aims of this study are to determine the daily behavior and nutritional value of drop in food in the breeding cage. The research was done in Agro Animal And Garden Tours Bumi Kedaton (TASWBK). The research methods of daily behavioral used focal sampling and nutrient content of sulawesi black monkey food were analyzed by proximate and conversion methods of food composition. The results showed the highest proportion of daily activities of sulawesi black monkey is resting (34.22%), followed by eating (32.89%), moving (24.89%), and others (8%). The type of drop in food provided form muli bananas, carrots, sweet potatoes, cucumbers, kale, spinach, beans and corn. Keywords: Sulawesi black monkey, daily behavior

An ethnobotany of the Lukomir Highlanders of Bosnia & Herzegovina.

BackgroundThis aim of this study is to report upon traditional knowledge and use of wild medicinal plants by the Highlanders of Lukomir, Bjelašnica, Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H). The Highlanders are an indigenous community of approximately 60 transhumant pastoralist families who speak Bosnian (Bosanski) and inhabit a highly biodiverse region of Europe. This paper adds to the growing record of traditional use of wild plants within isolated communities in the Balkans.MethodsAn ethnobotanical study using consensus methodology was conducted in Lukomir in Bjelašnica’s mountains and canyons. Field work involved individual semi-structured interviews during which informants described plants, natural product remedies, and preparation methods on field trips, garden tours, while shepherding, or in settings of their choice. Plant use categories were ranked with informant consensus factor and incorporated into a phylogenetic tree. Plants cited were compared to other ethnobotanical surveys of the country.ResultsTwenty five people were interviewed, resulting in identification of 58 species (including two subspecies) from 35 families, which were cited in 307 medicinal, 40 food, and seven material use reports. Individual plant uses had an average consensus of five and a maximum consensus of 15 out of 25. There were a number of rare and endangered species used as poisons or medicine that are endemic to Flora Europaea and found in Lukomir. Ten species (including subspecies) cited in our research have not previously been reported in the systematic ethnobotanical surveys of medicinal plant use in B&H: (Elymus repens (L.) Gould, Euphorbia myrsinites L., Jovibarba hirta (L.) Opiz, Lilium bosniacum (Beck) Fritsch, Matricaria matricarioides (Less.) Porter ex Britton, Phyllitis scolopendrium (L.) Newman, Rubus saxatilis L., Silene uniflora Roth ssp. glareosa (Jord.) Chater & Walters, Silene uniflora Roth ssp. prostrata (Gaudin) Chater & Walters, Smyrnium perfoliatum L.). New uses not reported in any of the aforementioned systematic surveys were cited for a total of 28 species. Thirteen percent of medicinal plants cited are endemic: Helleborus odorus Waldst. et Kit., Gentiana lutea L., Lilium bosniacum (Beck) Fritsch, Silene uniflora Roth ssp. glareosa (Jord.) Chater & Walters., Silene uniflora Roth ssp. prostrata (Gaudin) Chater & Walters, Salvia officinalis L., Jovibarba hirta (L.) Opiz, and Satureja montana L.ConclusionsThese results report on the cohesive tradition of medicinal plant use among healers in Lukomir, Bosnia and Herzegovina. This work facilitates the community’s development by facilitating local and international conversations about their traditional medicine and sharing insight for conservation in one of Europe’s most diverse endemic floristic regions, stewarded by one of Europe’s last traditional Highland peoples.