Holiday Destination Research Articles

Determinants Encouraging Tourists to Use Public Transport in Their Vacation Destination

ABSTRACTImplementing the concept of sustainability in tourism needs a significant reduction of vacationists' ecological footprint at destination level. A key aspect there is tourists' travel mode choice on‐site. Based on an online‐panel based survey in Italy and Germany and applying ordinal regression, this study analyzes for the destination South Tyrol, the impact of five blocks of potential factors on public transportation (PT) usage during a vacation: sociodemographics, everyday mobility at residence, attitudes toward climate change and environment, preferences for cars, and PT services at the destination, including the availability of a guest card for free PT use. The results of an ordinal regression analysis show that the availability of a guest card and the level of daily use of PT at home significantly increase PT usage. This is countered by daily use of the car at home and a positive affinity toward cars, having a negative effect on PT use.

Several intuitionistic fuzzy hamy mean operators with complex interval values and their application in assessing the quality of tourism services.

In order to assess the quality of senior tourism services in vacation destinations, we examine complex interval valued intuitionistic Fuzzy Dombi Hamy Mean (CIVIFDHM) operators. These operators successfully manage imprecision and uncertainty in the preferences of senior tourists. However, the Hamy mean (HM) operator can identify the connections between various input data sets and produce excellent outcomes when combining and evaluating information. We illustrate their usefulness and efficacy through a case study, providing a strong instrument for improving service quality for senior citizens and promoting an inclusive and fulfilling travel experience. In this work, we develop the HM operator and Dombi operations with Complex interval valued intuitionistic fuzzy numbers (CIVIFNs). We recommend the CIVIFDHM operator, complex interval valued intuitionistic fuzzy weighted Dombi Hamy mean (CIVIFWDHM), complex interval valued intuitionistic fuzzy dual Dombi Hamy mean (CIVIFDDHM), and complex interval valued intuitionistic fuzzy weighted dual Dombi Hamy mean (CIVIFWDD) operators. Next, multiple attribute decision making (MADM) models are constructed with the help of CIVIFWDHM and CIVIFWDDHM operators. We provided an evaluation of an older tourism operator in a tourist area as an example to show the suggested models.

The Long Road to Low-Carbon Holidays: Exploring Holiday-Making Behaviour of People Living in a Middle-Sized Swiss City

Decarbonising holiday travel is crucial for climate change mitigation: policy interventions need to encourage less frequent trips, closer destinations, and travelling on the ground. To increase effectiveness, interventions should fit with the specific ways holidays are perceived and performed in each context. We explore the holiday behaviour of people living in a medium-sized city in Southern Switzerland (Lugano, 70,000 inhabitants), with the aim of identifying key intervention strategies for a future “community challenge” encouraging the population to take low-carbon holidays. We combine a literature review with n = 15 qualitative, semi-structured interviews that allow us to understand the reasons for taking a holiday, the favourite destination and activity types, and the transport mode choices. As Switzerland is characterised by high cultural and linguistic diversity providing the feeling of being abroad even at a short distance from home, it could be a valuable holiday destination for Swiss people themselves. Located at the centre of Europe, it is also well-connected by train with many holiday destinations abroad. Gaps between pro-environmental attitudes and holiday behaviour suggest leveraging digital carbon trackers showing how carbon emissions compare between holiday and everyday life. Also, interventions could leverage social norms via social networks, local influencers, and travel agencies.

The Evolution of Small Town Spa Resorts in the Global South: The Historical Pathway of Montagu, South Africa

An important resource for small town tourism is maximising the local advantage of natural mineral springs. Only a small international literature exists on the evolution of spa resorts with scant writings for the Global South. For small town South Africa the histories of spa tourism mostly are unrecorded. This article addresses this knowledge gap by investigating the historical development of one spa tourism resort, namely Montagu in the Western Cape. Archival and documentary sources are utilised to analyse the tourism development of this small town from its formal establishment in the early 1850s to the closing apartheid years during the late 1980s. It is shown that Montagu’s rise was part of the wider growth of South Africa as a health destination which was anchored upon its assets of climate and mineral springs. The thermal springs of Montagu put the town on the tourist map resulting in its declaration as a health resort and emergence as a popular holiday destination. By the time of the apartheid period Montagu was becoming a more leisure-tourism dominated and a less health focussed destination.

PROMOTION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF CAMPUS TOURISM IN MALAYSIA: A REVIEW ON UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH

: Tourism contributes to social, economic, and environmental benefits, is one of the fastest-growing industries, and has garnered considerable attention. Globally, diverse forms of tourism have been introduced, and campus tourism is actively promoted. It has recently been reported that campus tourism has attracted the attention of tourists due to the beauty and variety of activities available on campus. Due to the limited exposure to campus tourism in Malaysia, this study aims to promote and enhance the understanding of campus tourism. Furthermore, this study also intends to investigate the potential criteria that might be present on university campuses to encourage its implementation. For the purpose of conducting a literature review, three search engines, Scopus, Science Direct, and Google Scholar, were utilised. According to this review, campus tourism development is characterised by six components: Urban tourism, knowledge-based tourism, the hub of activities, campuses as vacation destinations, year-round tourism, and building and landscape architecture, with China dominating. Moreover, elements and criteria for thriving campus tourism have also been explored to generate ideas for campus tourism development in Malaysia. In summary, this review provides universities and colleges with information about the potential for future campus tourism implementation promotion.

PECULIARITIES OF ECOLOGICALLY ORIENTED RECREATIONAL COMPLEXES OF EUROPE

The demand for safe recreation conditions is growing every day. Therefore, hotels, lodges which acquire ecological characteristics, improving the interiors of the premises, the exterior of the territories, causing green areas and growing organic products, supporting the ideas of resource conservation and remediation of territories. The purpose of this article is to evaluate the most successful tourism eco-projects in Europe, to identify environmental criteria that attract vacationers and improve the quality of the environment, to evaluate the service, natural attraction and creativity of holiday destinations, to make a comparative description of hotels and resorts located in different natural areas. Service, proximity to nature and the satisfaction of visitors with interaction of nature, design of the exterior and interior, the availability of exclusive decor items, and non-standard leisure activities are the three important criteria for choosing a hotel or resort today. These three criteria were studied by the method of manual analysis of visitor reviews. Most often vacationers mention natural beauty, somewhat less often – service, and quite rarely – creativity in the design and organization of recreation. For the first time, the most successfully functioning ecological resorts in Europe are divided into groups by location and natural resources. The requirements for resorts that are popular among the visitors have been formed. The criteria of service, natural advantages and creativity in different groups are compared.

“THE EMTRALD SWELL IS SPLASHING SO GENTLY ON YOU...”: EVERYDAY LIFE OF RESORT RESIDENTS IN THE CRIMEA IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURIES

The article examines various aspects of everyday life of holidaymakers in the Crimea in the initial period of the resort development on the peninsula. The sources are newspapers published in Sevastopol and other Crimean towns, guidebooks, memoirs of those who visited the Crimea in the period under study. The analysis shows a rather vivid picture of the life of resort residents and allows us to distinguish several layers of information: on the development of transport infrastructure and everyday travel details, accommodation options, accommodation and food prices, ways of spending leisure time. It is possible to trace a close connection between the evolution of living conditions of vacationers and the resort and recreational sphere as a whole and the economic and social development of the country. The creation of a network of railroads made the way to the Crimea cheaper and more convenient. In the early 20th century, recreation on the peninsula ceased to be elitist, and representatives of different social strata came here. The influx of resort guests caused the development of the entire tourist infrastructure: the number of hotels grew, the local population actively entered the market of relevant services, providing rented furnished rooms and sightseeing services. Guidebooks and memoirs show the role in the life of holidaymakers of such traditional entertainments as bathing in the sea and walks in the mountains, as well as the ways of their organization. Separate bathing of men and women was practiced both in bathing houses and on beaches. Group and individual excursions to historical sites were becoming more popular. The analysis of memoirs demonstrates that the level of service caused complaints from vacationers, who were not happy with the high level of prices at hotels, unkempt servants in restaurants, etc. However, the ever-increasing interest of the Russian society to the Crimea as a vacation destination contributed not only to the improvement of the quality of services, but also to the change of living conditions on the peninsula: villages and towns were transformed into comfortable settlements, which had all the attributes of civilization - electricity, post offices, pharmacies and hospitals.

Exploring the value of holiday preferences and routine activities for understanding tourist victimisation while on holiday

Crime risk can affect tourists’ choices of holiday destination, accommodation, and activities. However, victimisation of tourists has received limited attention in existing studies. This paper integrates tourists’ holiday preferences with lifestyles and routine activities explanations to examine the relationship between tourism and victimisation. Using a sample of Australian tourists who travelled to Bali or the British Isles (N = 1027), we demonstrate the usefulness of this integrated approach in understanding the risk of theft while on holiday. We found that tourists aspiring to be adventurous, but opting for pre-arranged package holidays and spending most of their time with other tourists, were most vulnerable to theft from their person. The findings can help ensure that security measures target those who will benefit it the most.

Beyond warzones: conflict-stricken states as viewed by the Czech corpus collocations

Abstract The aim of the article is to observe how countries that have faced armed conflicts in the recent decades are perceived in a corpus of Czech, mostly journalism texts. We focus on eight countries where soldiers of the Czech Republic or the former Czechoslovak Republic have been deployed on the basis of a mandate after 1989 (Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Iraq, Kosovo, Kuwait, Mali, and Yugoslavia). The picture of each country is determined via a quantitative, corpus-based approach. First, a frequency analysis is conducted in an attempt to show whether texts tend to mention some conflict-affected countries more frequently than others. Second, a collocation analysis is carried out to identify the stereotypes associated with the studied countries. The results show very different perceptions of the states, ranging from those connected solely to warfare (Iraq, Afghanistan) to those that are nowadays mostly seen as holiday destinations (Croatia). Moreover, some countries do not seem to be paid much attention at all (Mali). The outcome of the research may be of use for journalists, political scholars, and geographers and provides the respective disciplines with a new methodological approach.

South Korea as a promising cinema tourism destination

This article examines the factors that prove that the country is becoming a promising destination for film tourism in the world. Currently, South Korea attracts an increasing number of tourists from all over the world. In the country, in addition to standard types of tourism, new holiday destinations are becoming popular. Thanks to the Korean Wave and the Korean film industry in particular, the country is emerging as an attractive destination for film tourists. The purpose of the work was to study the potential of South Korea as a new center for film tourism.

An Integration of 3D Design in Malaysia Digital Tourism

With multiple projects aimed at boosting visitor experiences and advertising the country as a top vacation destination, the usage of digital technology in the travel and tourism sectors has been expanding quickly in Malaysia. Bringing 3D design into digital tourism is one such attempt that offers an immersive and interactive style to highlight Malaysia's tourist attractions. Despite the advantages, 3D design is mostly used in popular tourist destinations and major cities in Malaysia for digital tourism. This study analyses the use of 3D design in Malaysian digital tourism and its potential to increase tourist numbers, particularly in less well-known countryside destinations. This study will find comparable themes and patterns regarding the application of 3D design in digital tourism in various Malaysian regions using a case study approach. The expected results of this research include improving traveler and tourist experiences, archiving 3D designs for use in future research, and inviting more travelers and tourists to Malaysia, which would boost the country's tourism benefits.

Dark tourism development in a leisure destination: the perceptions of the local community in Cyprus

ABSTRACT The aim of this exploratory study was to increase the understanding of the perceptions of local communities of dark tourism development in a leisure destination and whether their perceptions could have an impact on the further development or hindrance of dark sites. Cyprus was used as a focal point for the study, an island that is a popular holiday destination but nonetheless has its share of locations and sites related to dark tourism. Social exchange theory was used as a theoretical instrument to examine the local communities’ perceptions. Qualitative research was conducted with three study groups using interviews. It used thematic analysis to identify various themes associated with dark tourism based on the perceptions of the local community. Only a little evidence was found that the concept of dark tourism plays a role in the tourism industry in a leisure destination. The overall positive shared perceptions encourage support for the development of dark tourism; thus, it points to the need to find ways to align future policies with the perceptions and opinions of the local community. This study contributed to knowledge by conceptualizing the role of local communities in dark tourism development.

What do you do or with whom? Understanding happiness with the tourism experience: an AI approach applied to Instagram

More and more tourists are sharing their experiences on their social media through a combination of photos, texts, and hashtags. But there is a scarcity of studies in literature on analyzing tourists’ visual content in relation to tourism destinations. To address this gap in literature, this study explores how and with whom users express the greatest happiness in holiday destinations, and how they share it with their community, through a mixed methods approach composed of analysis of images, text, and metadata. This approach allows us to address the objective of this research, which is the prediction of the happiness felt by tourists during their experience, using innovative techniques that allow the independent variables to be obtained. To predict tourist satisfaction, two sources of data, photos and texts, are analyzed: a novel approach and little explored in the literature, but necessary due to the interaction of both variables. This study applies various artificial intelligence analyses on visual content (deep learning), and textual and metadata content (machine learning) to 39,235 Instagram posts shared by tourists since the emergence of Instagram thirteen years ago, at a cultural and gastronomic tourist destination. The findings of the visual content analysis showed that socialization and company, that is, traveling and interacting with people, was a key aspect of a positive tourism experience. In addition, the gender of the people with whom they traveled, and the tourist’s narcissism were also key aspects in the generation and expression of positive emotions. Regarding the analysis of the textual content, the results showed that when tourists enjoyed a positive experience, they became more involved in the generation of content, that is, they showed their happiness through positive words.

A high‐dimensional multinomial logit model

SummaryThe number of parameters in a standard multinomial logit model increases linearly with the number of choice alternatives and number of explanatory variables. Because many modern applications involve large choice sets with categorical explanatory variables, which enter the model as large sets of binary dummies, the number of parameters in a multinomial logit model is often large. This paper proposes a new method for data‐driven two‐way parameter clustering over outcome categories and explanatory dummy categories in a multinomial logit model. A Bayesian Dirichlet process mixture model encourages parameters to cluster over the categories, which reduces the number of unique model parameters and provides interpretable clusters of categories. In an empirical application, we estimate the holiday preferences of 11 household types over 49 holiday destinations and identify a small number of household segments with different preferences across clusters of holiday destinations.

Exploring the impact of the Thai television series on young Chinese viewers’ perceptions of Phuket, Thailand as a holiday destination and their behavioral intentions

Exploring the impact of the Thai television series on young Chinese viewers’ perceptions of Phuket, Thailand as a holiday destination and their behavioral intentions

Preference Analysis on Vacation Destinations Among Tourists in Coron, Palawan

The research delves into the preferences of tourists in Coron, Palawan, shedding light on their vacation destinations and the influential factors shaping their choices. The historical evolution of tourism traces its origins from the 17thcentury Grand Tour to the 19th-century establishment of travel agencies like Thomas Cook & Son. Notable global tourist attractions, such as Italy and France, underscore the enduring allure of rich history, architecture, and cultural experiences. Meanwhile, the narrative expands to Asia, citing the Tiger Nest Temple in Bhutan, Siem Reap in Cambodia, and Bokeo Nature Reserve in Laos as top destinations. Particularly in the Philippines, Coron, Palawan, one of the renowned destinations in the globe, acknowledges its popularity with Kayangan Lake, Barracuda Lake, and the Twin Lagoon recognized as key attractions. The diverse demographic of respondents, predominantly aged 25-34 and representing varying income groups, adds depth to the study. Internal factors strongly influencing travel decisions include rest, adventure-seeking, and cultural exploration. Externally, factors such as friendliness of people, personal safety, and destination image hold substantial influence. Twin Lagoon emerges as the preferred destination, while Beach 91 ranks lower, underscoring variability in popularity. Age significantly influences destination preferences, warranting further investigation, while income disparities highlight the need for targeted marketing strategies or improvements in less popular destinations. Additionally, ethnicity/nationality proves to be a significant factor in determining preferred vacation destinations, emphasizing the dependency on cultural backgrounds.

Success factors for effective plastic avoidance in tourism: a German consumer study with focus on beach holidays

Hotels are under increasing pressure to reduce their plastic consumption and keep holiday destinations cleaner. Tourism experts already pointed to a variety of solutions, from replacing, avoiding to waste collection campaigns with guests. This study mirrors these measures with the opinions of German consumers who, in the European Union, travel most and mainly for beach holiday. A survey (n = 630) showed that plastic prevention should be practised by holiday organisers, actively involving guests, e.g. in beach clean-ups, was least popular. Personal attitudes towards plastic avoidance had no effect, but rather women and older people were more willing to engage on holiday (max. r = 0.17). Also, agreement tended to decrease with the distance of the holiday destination (max. r = 0.11). For effective marketing, providers of plastic-free holidays should rather avoid this material than replacing it and participate in environmental protection projects on destinations and get certified for this. This most convinces diverse consumer groups, instead of demonstrating sustainability with obligations and bans.

Pengembangan Aplikasi Holiyay untuk Perencanaan Liburan Sesuai Anggaran

Many people aspire to go on vacations, but their wishes often go unfulfilled due to the difficulty of managing the required budget for the trip. Additionally, they encounter challenges in selecting a holiday destination because well-known tourist spots tend to be crowded with visitors, leading to a less comfortable experience. These issues have sparked the interest of a research team in developing an application to address these concerns. The application is designed based on feedback obtained from a survey conducted by the research team. After processing and analyzing the survey results, the team has conceptualized an application called "Holiyay" to assist users in planning vacations within their predetermined budgets. The suggested travel destinations provided by the application are guaranteed to meet quality standards, ensuring a pleasant experience for users. To enhance the comfort of users during their vacations, the application will also offer the services of a guide called "Holiguide" to accompany them. In order to ensure security for both users and the application, a QR code will be provided to users when they book their vacation packages. This QR code will be scanned by the Holiguide to verify the identity of both parties, confirming that they are the designated user and guide provided by the application.

The Role of Sustainable Tourism Development on Tourist Satisfaction among Local Tourist in Malaysia

Tourism business has become a thriving and competitive industry recently. This industry is becoming increasingly vital to strengthen the country's economy as well as increase popularity and awareness through publicity. In today's world, travelling is the ideal kind of pleasure for people of all ages. People will travel to destinations that offer tourist facilities and experiences. It should be noted that the impact of sustainable tourism on tourist satisfaction is a critical research topic in the tourism sector. Despite a substantial amount of study on satisfaction, it remains unclear whether sustainable tourism influences on tourist satisfaction. Therefore, this assessed the visitor’s behaviour literature gap by focusing on the relationship between sustainable tourism on satisfaction from the customer’s perspective. The survey was distributed to the local tourist. A total of 202 respondents from Seremban, Malaysia was involved. This study identifies that economic benefit, sustainable tourism and perceived experience user generated content positively influence tourist satisfaction. Analysis from the study shows that the tourist satisfaction and recommend Negeri Sembilan as a holiday destination. Keywords: Sustainable Tourism, Economic, Environment, Perceived experienced, Tourist Satisfaction

PEMBUATAN VIDEO ANIMASI “GREEN TOURISM” DALAM UPAYA MENGURANGI PERMASALAHAN SAMPAH PLASTIK

A tourist attraction serves as a recreational vacation destination for both locals and foreign tourists. Tourism is therefore encouraged to grow as a result of this condition. However, there is an accumulation of plastic waste in tourist attractions. According to NatGeo's research, plastic waste was found at Kedonganan Beach, Bali, in 2019. A projection indicates that in 2050 there will be an accumulation of 12 trillion plastic wastes if the accumulation of plastic wastes is not prevented. The lack of care and awareness between the community, government and managers makes tourist attractions polluted. The amount of waste also makes the community around the tourist attractions directly affected. Therefore, it is necessary to educate about the prevention of plastic waste accumulation. Through, animated video media becomes an intermediary media for delivering information. This animation can help realize how important it is to preserve nature, especially tourist attractions to the community.