Tourism Geography Research Articles

Students Team Achievement Division

Student Team Achievement Division (STAD) is one of the cooperative learning methods that involves small groups in which each member of the group works together on a common task to achieve the common goal. STAD was carried out using Kemmnis and McTaggart’s Participatory Action Theory, among first semester students to evaluate students’ attitude towards tourism geography subject. Achievement test was compared between the experimental group and control group using quasi pretest and posttest via experimental design on the students. Attitude inventory scale and team work satisfaction scale were measured to understand the students’ feedback on STAD teaching technique. The experimental group of STAD students rated highest statement on “My team develops clear collaborative patterns to increase team learning efficiency” (M=4.45, SD=0.73). In team work participation evaluation, the experimental group respondents this statement highest “Interacting with the other members can increase my motivation to learn” (M=4.43, SD=0.73). This research concluded that STAD technique improved students’ achievement test (t-value= 9.01*), attitude and teamwork among the experimental group students.

Widawski, K. and Wyrzykowski, J. (eds.): The Geography of Tourism of Central and Eastern European Countries

Widawski, K. and Wyrzykowski, J. (eds.): The Geography of Tourism of Central and Eastern European Countries

Interpretive walks: advancing the use of mobile methods in the study of entrepreneurial farm tourism settings

AbstractThis article draws on the application of interpretive walks in a socio‐geographical study of tourism‐oriented entrepreneurial activity on multi‐generational family farms in New Zealand. We highlight the great potential this method holds for tourism researchers interested in the ways tourist spaces are produced in processes of place‐making. Mobile methods have been a feature of qualitative field research in several disciplines for some time, particularly in cultural geography with its emphasis on human interactions in and with landscapes. The interpretive walk, known also as the walking interview, has been applied mainly in urban neighbourhood, health, transport, and housing research, where it has proven very useful for revealing human connections to place that have been difficult to elicit using stationary face‐to‐face interviews. This article is one of the few that reports on the use of the method in a farm tourism setting. It is also one of few applied studies seeking to understand the local geographies of farm tourism and their connections to the farm site as both family home and place of primary production. The method is characterised as an effective tool for navigating and interpreting the socio‐spatial settings in which new rural tourism ventures emerge, evolve, and are embedded. The approach allows for unexpected encounters with spatial practices and strategies, projects, and objects, behind which lie stories of changing human relationships with the land, economy, and community, and of the exigencies of everyday life that are less readily unearthed using conventional interviews.

A geography of ecotourism in Cambodia: regions, patterns, and potentials

ABSTRACTTourism visits to Cambodia have expanded rapidly, with over 5 million visitors arriving in the country by 2016. Angkor Wat remains the primary tourist attraction, but increasing numbers of tourists also visit ecotourism destinations. This study draws on Weaver’s [(2002). Asian ecotourism: Patterns and themes. Tourism Geographies, 4(2), 153–172] spatial and structural analysis of ecotourism in Asia as an organizing framework to develop a geography of ecotourism in Cambodia. In a comprehensive review of academic publications, reports, online ecotourism clearinghouses, and project websites, 30 Cambodian ecotourism sites were identified based on 5 ecotourism criteria. A content analysis of ecotourism project websites was then conducted to group together ecotourism sites with common characteristics in particular geographic regions. Each site was plotted on a Google Terrain map, and local and regional terrain, land cover, transport, and other physical features were analyzed, supplemented by detailed geographical data from Google Panorama, Earth, and Satellite map functions. Three relatively distinct ecotourism regions were identified: the (a) mangrove and rainforest region, (b) highland trekking region, and (c) wetlands and waterways region. For each region, tourism gateways and ecotourism development challenges and potentials are elaborated. The paper concludes with a discussion of study findings and their implications for ecotourism development in Cambodia.

РИНОК ТУРИСТИЧНИХ ПОСЛУГ ТЕРНОПІЛЬСЬКОЇ ОБЛАСТІ: ДИНАМІКА ТА РЕТРОСПЕКТИВИ РОЗВИТКУ

The purpose .The purpose of the study is to study the current state of functioning of the regional market of tourist services and the specifics of its territorial organization, substantiation of directions of its optimization in the region. Methodology. The basis of the research is the fundamental positions of modern social geography in the field of regionalistics, geography of services, population geography, geography of tourism, marketing geography, conceptual approaches of domestic and foreign scientists who studied the problems of tourism development. Based on the interdisciplinary approach, various methods have been used in the study, including dialectic, abstract-logical, systemic, sociological, statistical, cartographic, as well as comparative-geographical, cluster and multidimensional mathematical analysis, etc. Results. The territorial organization of the tourist services market is explored. The present state of the tourist market in the Ternopil region, its territorial differences is determined. The main factors of functioning of the market of tourist services in the region are analyzed. The evaluation and analysis of tourism business in the region is carried out. The main problems and opportunities of tourist activity in the Ternopil region are revealed. Scientific novelty. The main areas of concentration of tourist resources are prominent, promising for the development of certain types of tourism activity, on the basis of which a map of tourist regionalization of the region was developed. Practical significance. The formation of a modern competitive tourism industry in the Ternopil region will provide an opportunity to meet the needs of foreign and domestic citizens in tourist and recreational services.

ФОРМУВАННЯ ТЕЗАУРУСУ ГЕОГРАФІЇ СПОРТИВНОГО ТУРИЗМУ

The purpose of the study is to analyze the process of forming the thesaurus of sports tourism geography as a set of scientific terms, categories, concepts about spatial aspects of sports tourism, which represent its theoretical (conceptual) design. Methodology. A multilateral, simultaneous analysis of the research object which takes into account the geosystem, cluster and geospatial paradigms, and a number of propositions of modern theoretical and methodological interdisciplinary models of tourism research has been put into practice to study sports tourism. Apart from this, it has been taken into consideration that a powerful resource paradigm has been formed in tourism geography. As a result, the author has put forward a space-resource approach as the main methodological approach to the study of the geospatial organization of sport tourism. Results. Forming the thesaurus of sports tourism geography is a certain result of the socio-geographical study of the geospatial organization of this phenomenon of modern times. The contents of the thesaurus of sports tourism geography has been determined by the following key concepts: defining the notions of "tourism", "sports tourism", "sports tourism geography" → methodology → paradigms → conceptual and terminological frameworks → reference dictionary. The result of the formation of the thesaurus of sports tourism geography was the creation of an explanatory reference dictionary that contains almost 1,900 terms, 1,600 articles on sports tourism geography, tourismology, systematization of sports tourism, active recreation, and tourism-sports practice. Scientific novelty. Improvement of the theoretical and methodological frameworks of tourism geography in general and of its component - sports tourism geography, in particular, the enhancement of their subject-object sphere and the pursuance of the applied research on an updated basis. Practical significance. Theoretical and practical developments in the system of sports tourism can be useful in those types of tourism that have been singled out lately and have similar goals, the nature of activity, etc.

МОЖЛИВОСТІ РОЗВИТКУ ВІЙСЬКОВОГО ТУРИЗМУ В УКРАЇНІ

The constant interest of people in military history, historical battles, battles and other military heritage promotes military tourism. However, despite the presence of a certain array of research and publications on various aspects of the development of this type of tourism, basic research in terms of defining and classifying types of military tourism, the geography of military tourism in Ukraine is not identified. Therefore, theoretical studies of the essence of military tourism, as well as the potential and opportunities for the development of this type of tourism in Ukraine are timely and relevant. To achieve this goal, an analysis of the main theoretical provisions and principles of military tourism, covered in domestic and foreign scientific publications. It is proposed to understand military tourism as one of the types of tourism, which involves visiting historical and modern military sites / institutions / locations, attracting tourists to the realities of modern military life, in safe military events or their historical reconstructions, etc. Among the tasks of military trism, its importance is clarified, first of all, for the patriotic upbringing of young people, especially in modern conditions, when the heroism and love of freedom of ancestors comes to life in Ukrainian soldiers who defend the country from Russian aggression. The main motives of tourists for military travel are described. The typification of the main criteria and principles of classification of military tourism in tourist activity is given. The author's classification of types of military tourism is offered, according to which military-historical, military and military-event types of tourism are distinguished. «Military» places and locations of Ukraine were monitored. This allowed to identify potentially popular for tourists objects: ramparts, fortresses, castles, castles, bastions, forts, defensive monasteries, temples, cathedrals, fortresses, defensive lines, battlefields, battles and military glory, which are associated with feats of national heroes, museums, memorial complexes, monuments dedicated to military themes, dioramas, bunkers, bunkers, DOTs, trenches, remnants of equipment, etc., which can be used in the development of new tourist products of military tourism.

A Pro-Poor tourism as a new approaching to populace development in Murshidabad Town: A case study

Pro-poor tourism is a new concept of tourism geography that featuring new idea in tourism that has been creating employment and generate a self help affiliate to improve socio-economic status of poor people by eradicates poverty. It is to increase communicate line between the tourism trades and native poor people that's native poor people improve their self-sufficient income. It is a decision making process that can access or develop any one of local people, small company, small lodge and local tourist operator. The essentials salient feature are not a type of company or not a type tourist operator, the local people direct involve the poor local people and benefits from tourism. There are not needed a lot of money investment, just a few money invest and more and more benefits or profits earn from this tourism. The main objectives of this paper that to enlighten brief concept about Pro-poor tourism, to highlight the tourist spots attraction in Murshidabad district, to elaborate human livelihood through the GDI and HDI and through the Pro-poor tourism in this area economic development of the local people is incredible. The data base mainly, primary data have been collected from the field survey and secondary data collected from various books, journals, internet, webpage, different govt. office. In general hypothesis, the higher value of composite index so also tourist potential is higher. The analysis may vary from person to person based on the individual choice and interest. This paper relates tourism development for good of living livelihood, living standard and wellbeing of poor rural people which may achieve by a set of effectiveness, participant, and earnest cobwebby of rural work force for development of tourism potential areas.

Development of Geographical Tourism Education Potentials with Analysis Geographical Curriculum in 2013 to Improve Tourist Attraction in Jember Regency

The development of tourism potential in Jember Regency can to improve the economy of the population. Thepotential of tourism with special interest in accordance the program Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy. Thegeographical location of Jember Regency becomes characteristic and varied potential to be developed into special interesttourism as destination for the tourists.This study aims to explain the potential of geographic education constraints, distribution, geographic educationdevelopment direction, and the potential of geography education tourism in Jember district in the future. This researchmethod uses qualitative description of spatial geography (Spatial Geography). Data collection techniques used: (1)Interview, (2) observation, and(3) documentation. The data analysis technique uses interactive model of analysis which includes data selection, datapresentation, and data deduction by analyzing high school in social sciences program geography curriculum whichobtained among others potential, constraints, distribution, and SWOT analysis to increase interest in developing thepotential of geography education in Jember Regency.The result of the research shows that the result of social sciences program geography analysis of curriculum 2013 resultedin 26 locations of tourism objects that have the potential of tourism geography education. The development of geographiceducation tourism attraction with 3A analysis that is the analysis of Attraction, Accessibility, Amenitas as the supportingof SWOT analysis, the potential of tourism of geography education is very potential and become tourist attraction andtourist destination with special interest of geography education.

Paisaje y territorio en la playa Juan de Dios, Bahía Málaga, Pacífico colombiano (2005-2016): una aproximación desde la nueva geografía del turismo

La Reserva Natural Juan de Dios, ubicada en la Bahía de Málaga en el Pacífico colombiano, es el escenario de una dinámica turística particular en la que se ha configurado el paisaje y se ha construido el territorio sobre las bases del respeto por la naturaleza. El presente artículo da cuenta de la experiencia turística desde sus aristas física, social y ambiental. Dicho acercamiento se hace desde la nueva geografía del turismo, una postura que entiende el turismo como una práctica socioespacial compleja en la cual se enfatiza el componente cultural. Las principales conclusiones giran en torno a la importancia de reivindicar los estudios sobre el turismo desde una perspectiva humanística, así como demostrar la necesidad de abordarlos en mayor número y con enfoques distintos al puramente económico. Del mismo modo, el valor simbólico aparece como la principal característica desde la cual es pertinente trabajar las dinámicas de turismo y conservación del lugar objeto de estudio.

Academic research achievements in the geography of tourism at the Department of Regional Geography and Tourism, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin: Didactic and practical applications

The present paper is an attempt to assess academic research achievements in the field of the geography of tourism and their didactic and practical applications. The study method was a review of academic articles and archival compilations as well as materials collected in the department.

Tourism and externalities in an urban context: Theoretical model and empirical evidence

Although the majority of economists defend the positive role of tourism growth in global development, a number of tourism geography studies present divergent views on the local impact of tourism overgrowth on host communities. To examine the issue, this study develops a simple theoretical framework to illustrate that liberal economic doctrines shape host communities' policy-making towards a higher degree of inbound tourism than is optimal without considering the externalities accompanying tourism booms. Evidence from Macao and Hong Kong shows that massive inflows of tourists in the face of greater tourism openness tend to generate divergent impacts on both cities depending on their physical and socioeconomic conditions and thus lend support to the theoretical predictions.

Empirical analysis of the cross-cultural information searching and travel behavior of business travelers: A case study of MICE travelers to Qatar in the Middle East

Very few tourism geographers have investigated the way meetings, incentives, conventions, and exhibitions (MICE) travelers search for information and their travel behavior based on cultural background and country of origin. In addition, little attention has been paid to examining the factors that affect MICE travelers' decisions to visit a certain destination. To address this knowledge gap, this paper aims to examine the impact of cultural factors on the information acquisition and travel behaviors of MICE tourists. It also examines the factors that affect travelers' decisions to visit a certain destination in cross-cultural settings. The primary data, related to the impact of cultural aspects of MICE travelers on their information searching and travel behaviors, were collected through a self-administered survey. The survey tool was composed of key elements—the country of normal residence, behaviors in information searching, the arrangement of the present trip, travel behaviors, significant effects on tourists' choices and satisfaction, and the socio-demographic characteristics of MICE travelers. The sample population was composed of Chinese-, Arabic-, and English-speaking MICE travelers at one of the top Middle Eastern MICE tourism destinations, Doha, Qatar. The relevant data were collected from MICE travelers at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Center, which is considered the main MICE sector setting in Doha. To test the proposed hypotheses, which concern categorical variables, a series of chi-square tests for independence or relatedness were conducted. These tests are appropriate for analyzing the relationship between two categorical variables. The study revealed notable differences between the three respondent groups. This paper proposes that destinations marketers should develop targeted marketing strategies based on the information and travel behavior of each cultural group. Particular marketing implications for Doha are discussed.

Mapping an invisible population: the uneven geography of second-home tourism

ABSTRACTSecond-home tourism is a very popular form of tourism in many countries, particularly in the Nordic countries. More than half of the Swedish population have access to second homes. Previous studies have revealed that there is great variation between different second homes. Examples range from rustic Australian shacks, lonely cabins in the Norwegian mountains, spacious Swedish archipelago villas and palatial Russian dachas. Still, second homes are often seen and analysed as a unitary category – a perspective that obscures the considerable heterogeneity within the category as well as spatial differences in the impact of second-home tourism. Using a second-home typology from previous research and data on about 660,000 second homes, we analyse the heterogeneity of second homes by mapping the composition of the Swedish second-home stock. Results show the uneven geography of second-home tourism, revealing significant and sometimes steep differences between peripheral areas and urban hinterlands, tourism hot-spots, and areas in decline. Based on these results, we assert that there is good cause to move away from using second homes as a unitary category. Instead, we argue for viewing second homes as an umbrella concept with dwelling use in focus. This enables a greater sensibility to place and more accurate analyses of the uneven impacts of second-home tourism. The results also give greater insights into the impact of the ‘invisible population’ of second-home owners from a public planning perspective.

Geographies of tourism development and planning

ABSTRACTDevelopment and planning have long been a focus of tourism geographers. Although the ideas of development and planning are complex and challenging to define and study, there is a strong agreement on the academic and societal relevance of their research in tourism geographies: tourism is a growth industry which requires holistic and future-oriented planning measures that minimize the negative externalities of tourism and guide the industry's growth towards a development path. A brief overview of early phases and current directions of development and planning approaches in geographical tourism research shows how traditional approaches are still relevant. There is, however, a need to recognize distinct contextual and historical dimensions around the geographies of tourism development and planning in versatile research contexts. These historic and contextual elements influence the present and future characteristics and power relations of tourism in place and can help us to understand how tourism works with localities and localities with tourism.

Addressing the Importance of the Sensory Aspect in Tourism Studies—A Literature Review

Although sensory aspects has been discovered as one of the most important areas in tourist experience, reviewing the previous literature on the importance of the sensory aspects in tourism studies is still in the limelight. This review paper examines two major areas in tourism studies which discusses the influence of sensory aspect towards the tourist experience, namely, in the area of tourism marketing and tourism geographies. Based on the key research gaps which have been identified, it is concluded that there are the needs for sensory aspect studies in relation to the tourist experience in developing a positive impact of the quality of tourist experience in tourism literature.

The Black Paris project: the production and reception of a counter-hegemonic tourism narrative in postcolonial Paris

ABSTRACTTourism in Paris embodies the contradictions of contemporary France, which struggles to think critically about its own postcolonial era. The invisibilization of colonial and anticolonial traces in the production of Parisian tourism narratives, the heightened otherness of Black communities in the tourist offer and the complex institutional heritagization of the colonial past illustrate the challenges in thinking about racial difference. By articulating two bodies of work, one dealing with racialization processes in French society, and the other with the geography and anthropology of tourism, this article examines the modalities in which a counter-hegemonic narrative of Parisian and French identity is produced and received based on the analysis of a tourism project, Le Paris Noir, or Black Paris. The article casts light on the symbolic violence that occurs through the internalization of the invisibilization of Black geographies and the challenges in breaking with France's powerful assimilationist legacy among racialized minorities. The Black Paris project serves as a laboratory to observe the effects of the racial denial mechanisms occurring in French society, and the resistance to them, taking the form of a decolonial praxis. The article emphasizes the role of social technologies in shaping the relational narrative of a transatlantic Blackness.

‘Kicking Sand in the Face of Apartheid’: Segregated Beaches in South Africa

Abstract This article makes a contribution to address the overwhelming ‘present-mindedness’ of tourism geography scholarship. Using a range of archival sources an analysis is undertaken of the rise and demise of racial segregation on South Africa’s beaches during the period 1953-1989. The division of beach space along racial lines is an aspect of the implementation of what was termed ‘petty apartheid’. This analysis reveals that the national government’s attempts to legislate the making of beach segregation were uneven and contested in different coastal centres. By the 1980s, however, mounting opposition and resistance to the apartheid state resulted in the crumbling of beach apartheid and the formal desegregation of beach spaces.

The Active Role of Geography: A Manifesto

The Active Role of Geography: A Manifesto

Huhu grubs, bull semen shots and koki: Visceral geographies of regional food festivals in Aotearoa

This article draws attention to the visceral geographies of two unique Aotearoa New Zealand regional food festivals – Kāwhia KaiFest and Wildfoods Hokitika. We address the question: how do organisers and attendees sensually experience place through food festivals? Interviews, participant ‘sensing’, the researchers’ own bodies and ‘gut feelings’ were used as research instruments. The affective work of visceral pleasure and disgust highlight food that is deemed (in)edible. We argue that the visceral is crucial to understanding place for wild Hokitika or calm Kāwhia. The two food festivals provide insights and paradoxes into the embodied experiences of regional and culturally diverse tourism geographies.