Historical Tourism Resources Research Articles

PENERAPAN TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL PADA RANCANGAN BUKU ELEKTRONIK PANDUAN PERJALANAN WISATA SEJARAH KOTA BANDUNG

Historical tourism resources are one of the comparative and comparative advantages of Bandung city to other tourist destinations in Indonesia. The special characteristic of historical tourism is that the power of narratives poses a broader need for means of interpretation in the form of travel guides. Through the application of Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), this applied research reveals the process of designing electronic guidebooks that can be used as a means of interpretation for historical tourism visitors in The City of Bandung. The method of design with descriptive writing pattern is used to produce research reports on the design of electronic guidebook products in Bandung. This applied study has gathered opinions from 132 respondents through the dissemination of questionnaires about the components of travel guidebooks in accordance with the concept of Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) which is then analyzed descriptively. This applied research has resulted in a travel guidebook product and an understanding that tourists have a need for travel guidebooks that are easy to use and useful for themselves.

Application of Technology Acceptance Model on Electronic Book Design of Bandung City History Travel Guide

Historical tourism resources are one of the comparative and comparative advantages of Bandung city over other tourist destinations in Indonesia. The unique characteristic of historical tourism is that the power of narratives poses a broader need for means of interpretation in the form of travel guides. By applying the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), this applied research reveals the process of designing electronic guidebooks that can aim to be used for the interpretation of historical tourism visitors in The City of Bandung. The design method with a descriptive writing pattern is used to produce research reports on the design of electronic guidebook products in Bandung. This applied study has gathered opinions from 132 respondents through questionnaires about the components of travel guidebooks following the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) concept, which is then analyzed descriptively. This applied research has resulted in a travel guidebook product and an understanding that tourists require accessible travel guidebooks to use and value for themselves.

The Prioritizing of Scenic Tourism Resources over Historical Tourism Resources in Huangshan City, China, and the Substance of Resident Claims that Reverting the City to Its Former Name Would Boost the Latter

The Prioritizing of Scenic Tourism Resources over Historical Tourism Resources in Huangshan City, China, and the Substance of Resident Claims that Reverting the City to Its Former Name Would Boost the Latter

Improving the cultural and historical tourism resources for sustainable development in Ondo State – A survey of Idanre Hills and resort centre, Idanre

It has been observed that necessary attention has not been given to Idanre hills and resort centre as tourists’ attraction and its sustainability is being threatened. Thus, this paper revealed that many studies have been carried out on Idanre hills and resort centre but had only focused on its beautifications, geo – tourism potentials, landscape management, maintenance and tourists’ patronage pattern. Hence, the objectives of this study revealed possible strategies of making the cultural and historical tourism attraction of Idanre hills and resort centre sustainable for both this generation and the future generation and how these strategies can specifically be of economic and social benefits to the residents of Idanre community for sustainable livelihood. The study adopted oral interview, personal observation and administration of questionnaire for data collection of which 200 questionnaires were administered and 188 were returned representing 94.00%. Meanwhile, the questionnaires were presented and analyzed with the use of simple percentage method while percentage point of t – test distribution (One – tailed) analysis was adopted in validation of the hypothesis. The result indicated that t (calculated) was 0.13 and was greater than t (tabulated) of -2.92; thus, the null hypothesis was rejected, while the alternative hypothesis was accepted, which states that there are promising economic and social benefits of specifically developing and sustaining the cultural and historical tourism resources of Idanre hills and resort centre. The study concluded that if Ondo State Government and relevant tourism stakeholders should put the necessary strategies in making the cultural and historical tourism resources of Idanre hills and resort a haven in place; its development will have specific economic and social benefits such as economic stability and social integration etc on the residents of Idanre community and Ondo State at large by stimulating its local economy both directly and indirectly through multiplier effects.

Exploring the prospects of English in the tourism economy

As an ancient civilization with a world-renowned reputation, China has rich cultural and historical tourism resources. In recent years, with the continuous improvement of China's economy and comprehensive national strength, China's tourism economy has also achieved unprecedented development. With the rapid development of China's tourism economy, the tourism economy for international tourists urgently needs to be further expanded, and for that, English plays an important role in the development of China's tourism economy in the new era. This paper mainly analyzes the current status of China's tourism economy and the impact of English on the development and prospects of tourism economy, and discusses and studies how to use English to promote the development of tourism economy.

Assessment of Potential Tourism Resources in Elkere District of the Ethiopian Somali Region

Today, tourism is vigorously growing global economic sector. The influences of tourism go far beyond economy and touch the socio-political and cultural life of people in the world. Ethiopia is one of the few countries highly endowed with natural and historical tourism resources. However, large parts of Ethiopia’s tourism resources are remained unstudied. Therefore, this research is conducted to assess potential tourist attraction found in Elkere District of Ethiopian Somali Region. To achieve this objective, the researcher used a mixed approach of both quantitative and qualitative techniques. The researcher used purposive sampling to select informants. Self-administered questionnaires of both close ended and open ended, interview and filed observation were used as data gathering instruments. Finally, descriptive statistics and narrative approach are used to analyze data. Accordingly, the research result indicated that Elkere District of Ethiopia has high potential of both nature based and cultural (historical) tourism resources.

Assessment and Identification of the Tourism Resources of Bale Zone, Ethiopia

Although Bale Zone is endowed with diversified potential tourism resources, there were no clear assessment, identification and inventory of the tourism resources. Therefore, this study focused on assessment and identification of tourism resources of Bale Zone. Local communities, tourism experts from culture and tourism offices of Bale Zone and woredas, NGO’s, destination managers, staffs of agriculture and administration offices of Bale Zone and woredas were subjects of the study and 150 samples were selected for survey questionnaires purposively. In addition to this, four focus group discussions were held and 51 key informants were purposively selected. The result revealed that the zone is bestowed with spectacular scenery such as BMNP scenic beauty, Wabe Shebele and Gasera gorges, Konodria standing stone, Sof Umar, Welmel waterfalls and endemic plant, animal, and bird species. Tangible and intangible cultural and historical tourism resources such as, Dirre Sheik Hussein Shrine, Oda Roba, Madawalabu and Oda Jila historical place are the major resources of Bale. However, Bale is limited potentials in terms of tourism infrastructural facilities and services. Financial and human resource incapacity, inaccessibility and less community awareness were the major problems identified in the study. Since, Bale has tourism potentials and to exploit its tourism potentialities, there should be development package.

Assessment of the Potentials Tourism Resources of Choke Mountain and its Environs, Ethiopia

This study focused on assessment and identification of potential tourism resources of Choke Mountain and its Environs. In the study, mixed research approach was employed to collect both qualitative and quantitative data which were collected via extensive review literature, questionnaire, interview, focus group discussion, and field observation. 74 samples were selected from Culture and Tourism Bureau and Agriculture and Rural Development at regional, Zonal and Woreda level purposively. The collected data were systematically organized, described, verified, analyzed, and interpreted through both qualitative and quantitative data analysis methods. The result revealed that Choke Mountain and its surroundings are endowed with natural, cultural, and historical potential tourism resources. Such as Aba Jime forests, Arat Mekerakir, Molalit cave, lake Bahire Giyorgies, and wildlife species accompanying with both tangible and intangible cultural and historical tourism resources such as churches and monasteries. For instance, Merto le Mariyam, Debre Worq and Dima monastery, and Washa Giyorgies Filfil church and others like T/ Haymanot palace, broken bridge, history of Belay Zeleke and his battle fields.

Exploring the Conceptual Boundaries of Diaspora and Battlefield Tourism: Australians' Travel to the Gallipoli Battlefield, Turkey, as a Case Study

Historical tourism resources associated with diasporic communities and battlefields would at face value appear to have little in common. On closer inspection, however, diaspora and battlefield tourism share several elements in common. These commonalities are explored in greater detail, with an eye to investigating battlefield tourism sites indelibly linked to the birth of modern nations, where it is argued that there is a particularly blurred boundary between these two forms of tourism that must be recognized. The Gallipoli battlefield, Turkey, provides the contextual anchor for this discussion in suggesting that a key reason Australians travel to this foreign place to is to find out what it means to be an Australian. The prominence of this battlefield in the psyche of Australians is borne out of the involvement of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (Anzac) in the First World War campaign that commenced at what is now known as Anzac Cove at Gallipoli on April 25, 1915. This campaign was the first united action of the fledging Australian nation bought together through federation in 1901. Qualitative data collected from Australians visiting the Gallipoli battlefields in Turkey during 2010 is used to explore whether the experiences of those traveling to battlefields strongly associated with nation building legends and stories resemble those of diasporic tourists in seeking to return to their homeland. Emerging from the analysis, the confines of the blurred boundary between diaspora tourism and battlefield tourism is discussed in detail and an associated research agenda is proposed that aims to further clarify the scope of these concepts in relation to the broad spectrum of heritage tourism resources.