Local Attraction Research Articles

Pengembangan Sistem Informasi Geografis Berbasis Android Pada Wisata Daerah Lombok, Nusa Tenggara Barat

Lombok Island is one of the tourist destinations in Indonesia that has the potential to be developed. Based on data from the NTB Provincial Tourism Office at the end of 2019, the number of tourist visits was 3,706,352 tourists, with details of 1,550,751 foreign tourists and 2,155,561 domestic tourists. Based on the 2018-2023 Strategic Plan, the Culture and Tourism Office of West Nusa Tenggara Province, the island of Lombok has potential tourism objects such as beach tourism, waterfalls, mountains, culinary, culture, religion, and others. However, not all existing tourist attractions are known by visiting tourists, both the location of tourist attractions or the distance traveled to tourist sites, so it is necessary to make efforts to increase the number of visitors who come to the island of Lombok through various efforts. One of the efforts that can be done is the application of an Android-based tourism system so that it can be accessed by foreign tourists or domestic tourists who can provide complete information about tourist information on the island of Lombok. The system development method used in this research is the Research and Development (R&D) method. Geographic Information Systems with the Research and Development (R&D) method can provide good results and can be proven from the limited test results getting an average result of 71.45% with "GOOD" criteria, and field testing with an average result of 72.32 % with “GOOD” Criteria

Multidimensional sorting framework of cities regarding the concept of sustainable and smart cities with an application to Brazilian capitals

The concept of a smart and sustainable city refers to a city that uses information and communication technologies (ICTs) and other means to improve the quality of life and urban services in order to meet the current and future needs. The main objective of this research is to propose a multidimensional assessment of cities from the aspects of a smart and sustainable city, through a sorting multicriteria analysis. Therefore, the model developed by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) was adapted and the FITradeoff method was used because it requires only partial information. The applicability of the proposal was illustrated by an application to Brazilian capitals. The results show that there is weakness on the part of the Brazilian capitals in relation to their access to and development of technology, innovation, local attractiveness and economic issues. Moreover, the capitals of the Northeast region of Brazil have lower performance compared to the cities of the South, Southeast and Midwest regions. Finally, this study can serve as a support tool in the decision process for managers, city planners and private sector entities seeking development strategies in relation to the theme, as well as helping to mitigate the gap found in the literature.

Promosi Pariwisata Bali Utara Berbasis Sastra Melalui Novel “Aku Cinta Lovina” dan “Rumah Di Seribu Ombak”

Tourism promotion can be actualized through brochures, advertising, films, literary works, and works of art by doing direct marketing or word of mouth recommendations to promote local tourist attractions. Literary works can also describe tourist attractions through myths, folklore, travel books, novels, and films. This study analyzed the promotion of North Bali tourism through novels. The novels used as research objects are the novel Aku Cinta Lovina by Sunaryono Basuki and Rumah di Seribu Ombak by Erwin Arnada. The novel Aku Cinta Lovina is considered as tourism promotion because it has a background story in Lovina, describing the tourist attraction of North Bali, the interaction between local people and foreign tourists, cultural diversity, the hospitality of the local people, and the story of cross-country travel between European tourist and Balinese girl. Meanwhile, the novel entitled Rumah di Seribu Ombak has been adapted into a film with the same title. The best-selling novel took the location of filming, most of which took place in North Bali. This study aimed to examine tourism in North Bali through the novel Aku Cinta Lovina and Rumah di Seribu Ombak as a literature-based medium for promoting tourism in North Bali. This study also contained the opinions of stakeholders related to tourism promotion through novels. The main theory used in this research is literary tourism theory, supported by promotion theory, host and guest theory. The relevant research approach used in this study was qualitative. The data analysis technique in this study used Content Analysis. Data were collected through observation, interviews, and documentation. This study concludes that the story's content in the novel Aku Cinta Lovina and Rumah di Seribu Ombak depicts natural and cultural tourist attractions, promoting North Bali tourism through natural beauty history, tradition, and culture of the local community.
 Keywords: literary tourism, North Bali tourism, tourism promotion.

Iterated local search with partition crossover for computational protein design.

Structure-based computational protein design (CPD) refers to the problem of finding a sequence of amino acids which folds into a specific desired protein structure, and possibly fulfills some targeted biochemical properties. Recent studies point out the particularly rugged CPD energy landscape, suggesting that local search optimization methods should be designed and tuned to easily escape local minima attraction basins. In this article, we analyze the performance and search dynamics of an iterated local search (ILS) algorithm enhanced with partition crossover. Our algorithm, PILS, quickly finds local minima and escapes their basins of attraction by solution perturbation. Additionally, the partition crossover operator exploits the structure of the residue interaction graph in order to efficiently mix solutions and find new unexplored basins. Our results on a benchmark of 30 proteins of various topology and size show that PILS consistently finds lower energy solutions compared to Rosetta fixbb and a classic ILS, and that the corresponding sequences are mostly closer to the native.

The Quadruple Helix Strategy for Tourism Development: Case Study at Mekar Rahayu Village, Marga Asih District, Bandung Regency

ABSTRACT : The purpose of this research is to know the potential of tourism as well as implement the Quadruple Helix strategy in developing tourism in Mekar Rahayu Village, so that it can be used as a reference for the government of Mekar Rahayu Village, Marga Asih District, Bandung Regency, West Java, Indonesia to implement policies in developing tourism in the region. This research uses qualitative descriptive approach, using secondary data and primary data. Respondents to this study consisted of local government, academics, tourism community, and tourism businesses. The results showed that academic, government, business, and community as stakeholders of Quadruple Helix strategy play an important role in developing tourism in Mekar Rahayu Village. The results of research and community service from universities in Mekar Rahayu Village have not been followed up with implementation by both the village government and stakeholders related to tourism development in the region. Bandung Regency Government policy related to tourism development in Mekar Rahayu Village is to develop the potential of religious tourism that already exists in the village and become a mainstay tourism potential. So far, awareness to develop and utilize tourist destinations in Mekar Rahayu is only owned by people who are in the location of tourist attractions, such as the community in Kampung Mahmud. KEY WORDS: Development; Strategy; Tourism; Quadruple Helix. About the Authors: Dr. Hidayat is a Senior Lecturer at the Postgraduate School UNNUR (Nurtanio University), Campus II, Jalan Casa No.2 Sulaiman, Bandung 40229, West Java, Indonesia. Asep R. Rukmana, M.A.P. is a Lecturer at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences UNNUR in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. For academic interests, the Authors are able to be contacted via e-mails address at: hidayat.dr@unnur.ac.id and asepryadi@gmail.com Suggested Citation: Hidayat & Asep R. Rukmana. (2021). “The Quadruple Helix Strategy for Tourism Development: Case Study at Mekar Rahayu Village, Marga Asih District, Bandung Regency” in EDUCARE: International Journal for Educational Studies , Volume 13(2), February, pp.117-130. Bandung, Indonesia: Minda Masagi Press owned by ASPENSI with ISSN 1979-7877 (print) and ISSN 2621-587X (online). Article Timeline: Accepted (December 14, 2020); Revised (January 17, 2021); and Published (February 28, 2021).

МОЖЛИВОСТІ ВПРОВАДЖЕННЯ СОЦІАЛЬНОЇ ПОСЛУГИ ІНКЛЮЗИВНОГО ТУРИЗМУ В УКРАЇНІ

According to current trends, the category of people with disabilities is constantly growing, due to the aging population, the spread of disease and deteriorating living conditions. To minimize the negative consequences, it is necessary to pay attention to the socio-cultural and social life of these people. All this is achieved by raising the cultural standard of living, expanding horizons, changing social habits. In more developed countries, attention has long been paid to this problem. Along with physical recovery, the spiritual coexists closely. First of all, the emphasis is on creating a safe and accessible infrastructure and implementing social adaptation programs for people with disabilities. All this can be combined in the means of tourism, including inclusive, aimed at people with disabilities. One of the most important needs of this category of tourists is the safety of tourist travel. This can be explained as well as the safe and accessible location of tourist attractions. And providing a sense of security of the person with a disability. That is, the so-called support in obtaining inclusive tourism services. Although our country has a number of obstacles in the development of a culture of inclusive tourism and the provision of these services. However, there are already many achievements and experiences in the implementation of inclusive tourism and appropriate conditions for people with inclusion, especially people with disabilities, are being actively created and improved. The article highlights the features of the development of inclusive tourism as a social service for people with disabilities. But as a means of social and psychological rehabilitation that helps to return to a full life, establish new social connections, broaden the horizons, acquire new skills and resocialize in society. Social services for the possibility of introducing inclusive tourism in them are analyzed. The relevance of the social service of inclusive tourism for people with disabilities is theoretically substantiated. A content analysis of the experience of implementing inclusive tourism in Ukraine was carried out and the best practices were highlighted. The real state of implementation of inclusive tourism as a means of rehabilitation and social services for people with disabilities is revealed.

A new chaotic system with nested coexisting multiple attractors and riddled basins

This paper presents a new three-dimensional chaotic system with a nonlinear term. More interesting is that the system can produce different types of coexisting attractors under one sets of fixed model parameters, which include point attractor, bursting orbit, three kinds of period orbits, and two kinds of chaotic orbits. At the same time, the coexisting attractors have nested structure. In addition, riddled basins are observed on local attraction basins, which indicate that the dynamical behaviors of proposed system are extremely sensitive to the initial conditions. Finally, by setting different initial condition, the circuit can generate multitudinous coexisting attractors. The circuit implementation in Pspice supports furtherly numerical analyses and validates the mathematical model.

Impacts of COVID-19 on tourists' destination preferences: Evidence from China

Using data of online ticket sales for attractions in the seven provinces of South Central China, this study focuses on the impact of COVID-19 on tourists' destination preferences after the end of lockdown. Empirical results reveal that tourists' destination preferences have changed significantly, which holds under a number of robustness checks. Specifically, we find that tourists avoid traveling to destinations with more confirmed cases of COVID-19 relative to their places of origin, especially Hubei Province, and prefer destinations close to home, especially local attractions. The empirical findings have significant implications for managers and policymakers in tourism and we provide potential mechanisms for these findings based on signaling, risk perception, and prospect theory.

Elevating Cultural Preservation Projects into Urban Regeneration: A Case Study of Bahrain’s Pearling Trail

The island of Muharraq in the Kingdom of Bahrain was previously in a state of socioeconomic disrepair and neglect, until the nine years-long “Pearling Trail” project revived the area. Historically, Muharraq’s importance inheres in it being the main trade center of the Middle East since the Mesopotamian period, especially as the source of the finest pearls in the world. However, the discovery of oil that led to the rapid urbanization of the region and Japan perfecting the production of cultured pearls had meant that Muharraq dwindled out of cultural significance. Due to the residents’ dissatisfaction and nostalgia for the island’s past glory, along with the government’s new policies towards cultural preservation, the “Pearling Trail” Project commenced in 2012. The Ministry of Culture of Bahrain repaired, renovated and preserved an area of 3.5 km, transforming it into an eco-museum with a thriving business and cultural community. The transformation of the island elevated the city into a trendy local attraction, hosting local and global cultural festivals and events, owing to the “Pearling Trail’s” Urban Regeneration Project’s success. By studying the “Pearling Trail” three success factors are identified: Project expansion beyond UNESCO preservation requirements, focus on sustainability and continuous use, and improved access to culture and cultural opportunities. Identifying these factors could allow for future preservation projects in Bahrain or elsewhere to be upgraded for urban regeneration or revitalization.

A new locally active memristive synapse-coupled neuron model

In this paper, a new type of non-volatile locally active memristor with bi-stability is proposed by injecting appropriate voltage pulses to realize a switching mechanism between two stable states. It is found that the memristive parameters of the new memristor can affect the local activity, which has been rarely reported, and this phenomenon is explained based on mathematical analyses and numerical simulations. Then, a locally active memristive coupled neuron model is constructed using the proposed memristor as a connecting synapse. The parameter-associated dynamical behaviors are revealed by bifurcation plots, phase plane portraits and dynamical evolution maps. Moreover, the bi-stability phenomenon of the new coupled neuron model is disclosed by local attraction basins, and the periodic burster and multi-scroll chaotic burster are found if a multi-level pulse current is used to imitate a periodical external stimulus on the neurons. The Hamiltonian energy function is calculated and analyzed with or without external excitation. Finally, the neuronal circuit is designed and implemented, which can mimic electrical activity of the neurons and is useful for physical applications. The experimental results captured from the analog circuit are consistent well with the numerical simulation results.

The effect of tourist attraction, location and promotion toward local tourist decision visit to Air Manis beach in Padang city in new normal policy

This study aims to analyze the effect of local tourist attraction, location and promotion toward the tourists decision among pandemic covid-19 and usefull for government to make a tourist marketing strategic of local tourist visiting of Air Manis Beach in Padang city which is famous with the legend of the stone Malin Kundang, a rebellious child who was cursed by his mother to became astone. This legend really makes people curious about the existence and shape of the rock which is located on this beach. Data analysis using Partial Least Square (PLS) with 100 respondents with purposive sampling method shows that 1) Attractiveness does not affect to the decision of tourists to visit the marine tourism object of Air Manis beach 2). Location has a positive effect on tourists decision to visit the marine tourism object of Air Manis beach 3) Promotion does not affect the decision of tourists to visit the tourist object of Air Manis beach. From the results of the research, it can be suggested the manager of tourist objects in this case the regional government pay more attention and improve more on locations such as road access to beach locations and providing sufficient and safe parking locations, so that tourists can park vehicles comfortably and the provide the availability of cleanliness facilities such as toilets.

Hidden dynamical behaviors, sliding mode control and circuit implementation of fractional-order memristive Hindmarsh−Rose neuron model

In order to describe the complex dynamical behaviors of neurons with electromagnetic effect, this paper presents a fractional-order memristive (FOM) Hindmarsh–Rose (HR) neuron model by introducing a magnetic flux-controlled memristor to the three-dimensional HR neuron model. The proposed FOM HR neuron model without equilibrium point shows complex hidden dynamical behaviors, such as periodic orbits, chaotic behaviors, period-doubling bifurcations, and coexisting asymmetric phenomena, which are revealed by numerical simulations of local attraction basins, Lyapunov exponents, bifurcation diagrams, phase portraits, and so on. Furthermore, since most biomedical diseases are caused by abnormal discharge of neurons, a sliding mode control strategy is applied to suppress the chaotic behaviors of the FOM HR neuron model, which is helpful to prevent and treat diseases. Finally, we introduce the circuit designs of the FOM HR neuron model in detail, and the simulation results captured by oscilloscope in circuit implementation match well with the theoretical analysis.

Peta Digital Dusun Pagersari, Mranggen, Srumbung, Magelang Berbasis Aplikasi CarryMap

Pagersari is a hamlet located in Srumbung Magelang District, which is planned to be developed into a tourist village. To access the hamlet, a map showing the location and informative information is needed so that tourists can easily reach the location. The hamlet must have an information system containing partial administrative data. The problem often occurs the lack of administrative processing that provides complete, accurate, and easy-to-update data. This service aims to update the hamlet information system by mapping the hamlet, which contains information on population data and other attributes according to the needs based on Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and assisted by using ArcGIS then exported to CarryMap software. The implementation method is collecting population data from family cards, taking coordinate points, and inputting the ARCGIS software. The results obtained are that the public can find out in detail the location of the residents' houses and the population data available in the form of an online map. Therefore, the community can more easily access or update the hamlet population data through the operator. The community can also list the business opportunities they have. With an accurate digital map, it can make it easier for the outside community to find the location of tourist attractions that the village will plan as a tourism village by the potential of each hamlet.

COMPETITIVENESS OF SUSTAINABLE ECOTOURISM AT THE BROMO TENGGER SEMERU NATIONAL PARK

Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park (BTSNP) is one of the conservation areas in Indonesian that functions as a protected area, a biosphere reserve area, and a tourism destination. The research was conducted to determine the BTSNP sustainable competitiveness potential as a tourism destination as well as conservation area. This research used secondary data obtained from the TripAdvisor site in 2018 and primary data obtained through interviews, FGD, documentation, and observation. The data was analyzed by using a sentiment analysis approach based on the Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index (TTCI) concept. The result showed that BTSNP’s sustainable competitiveness was most negatively influenced by tourism policy and environmental conditions. To overcome those of negative impacts, the related stakeholders need to apply more suitable policies based on natural and social condition of BTSNP, such as biosphere reserve and local tourism clustering-based policy. The purpose of developing a new local tourism attraction (clustering) in BTSNP was to overcome waste and excess tourist capacity in the BTSNP protected area. The clustering also aims to maximize local tourism development strategies based on the biosphere reserve concept in the BTSNP area. So, the policies related to biosphere reserve and tourism clustering can effectively increase sustainable competitiveness ecotourism in BTSNP.

Rancang Bangun Aplikasi Mobile Virtual Tour Menggunakan Foto 360° dengan Objek Penelitian Museum Nasional

Virtual reality (VR) is a technology that can make people experience something immersive, one of which is for virtual tours. Virtual tours are a new way of doing digital tours so that users can see the location of these tourist attractions even though they are very far away. With the Large-Scale Social Restrictions (PSBB) due to the Covid-19 pandemic, currently, people cannot travel freely as before. Because of this, virtual tours have great potential for people who want to experience visits to tourist attractions without having to visit directly, although they cannot replace the experience of visiting tourist attractions directly, the use of virtual tours can provide new tourist experiences for the community. Therefore, a virtual tour application solution is designed and built to be able to offer the experience of visiting tourist attractions indirectly to the public. The object of research for the virtual tour application is the National Museum. In making this application, it will use a 360 ° photo to be able to represent the location of the tourist spot in real terms. Based on the results of testing the effect of the application, it is known that the use of VR has an influence on the aspects of education, entertainment and immersion, the overall virtual tour experience and affects the user's intention to visit directly.

The Roles of Youth in Preserving Local Cultures to Develop Tourism in Sabang City

This study aimed to analyze youth roles in protecting, developing, and utilizing local cultures to develop tourism in Sabang. This type of research was descriptive research with a qualitative approach; that is, the research is carried out in natural conditions (natural settings). The results showed that youth's role in protecting local Culture to develop tourism in the city of Sabang could be seen with youth's enthusiasm in publishing, inheriting, and animating local Culture in attractions, access, amenities, ancillary, safeness, and comfort. The role of youth in developing local Culture to develop tourism in Sabang City could be seen with youth's enthusiasm in disseminating, assessing, and enriching local cultural diversity in attractions, access, amenities, ancillary, safeness, and comfort. The role of youth in utilizing to develop tourism in the city of Sabang could be seen with the enthusiasm of youth in increasing cultural resilience, improving youth welfare, and innovating local cultural attractions, access, amenities, ancillary, safeness, and comfort. Thus, the role of youth in preserving local Culture is needed in developing tourism in the city of Sabang.

Iterative Likelihood: A Unified Inference Tool

We propose a framework for inference based on an “iterative likelihood function,” which provides a unified representation for a number of iterative approaches, including the EM algorithm and the generalized estimating equations (GEEs). The parameters are decoupled to facilitate construction of the inference vehicle, to simplify computation, or to ensure robustness to model misspecification and then recoupled to retain their original interpretations. For simplicity, throughout the paper, we will refer to the log-likelihood as the “likelihood.” We define the global, local, and stationary estimates of an iterative likelihood and, correspondingly, the global, local, and stationary attraction points of the expected iterative likelihood. Asymptotic properties of the global, local, and stationary estimates are derived under certain assumptions. An iterative likelihood is usually constructed such that the true value of the parameter is a point of attraction of the expected log-likelihood. Often, one can only verify that the true value of the parameter is a local or stationary attraction, but not a global attraction. We show that when the true value of the parameter is a global attraction, any global estimate is consistent and asymptotically normal; when the true value is a local or stationary attraction, there exists a local or stationary estimate that is consistent and asymptotically normal, with a probability tending to 1. The behavior of the estimates under a misspecified model is also discussed. Our methodology is illustrated with three examples: (i) estimation of the treatment group difference in the level of censored HIV RNA viral load from an AIDS clinical trial; (ii) analysis of the relationship between forced expiratory volume and height in girls from a longitudinal pulmonary function study; and (iii) investigation of the impact of smoking on lung cancer in the presence of DNA adducts. Two additional examples are in the supplementary materials, GEEs with missing covariates and an unweighted estimator for big data with subsampling. Supplementary files for this article are available online.

CITIZENS’ SATISFACTION ON ECONOMIC AND INVESTMENT PROMOTION SERVICES OF A COASTAL TOWN IN CAMARINES SUR, PHILIPPINES

This study assessed the people’s satisfaction on the Economic and Investment Promotion Services of a Local Government Unit (LGU) in Camarines Sur, Philippines utilizing the Citizen Satisfaction Index System (CSIS) initiated by the Department of the Interior of Local Government (DILG). Particularly, it determined the awareness, availment, and satisfaction of the citizens on Economic and Investment Promotion Services provided by the LGU. The study used a mix of quantitative and qualitative research methods through face-to-face interviews with 150 actual residents randomly sampled from the barangays with male and female equal distribution of the target LGU. Samples were drawn from barangays where most people resided. Barangays with larger shares of the population had more spots and respondents in the sample. The latest 2015 census data on population and housing was the basis for allocating the spots among the barangays according to population share. The multi-stage probability sampling was employed to give all citizens, 18 years old and above, an equal chance to be selected as a participant (CSIS, 2019). The residents of this coastal, 4th class municipality had a low level of satisfaction but high in need for action on Economic and Investment Promotion. Their recommendations focused on the need for livelihood trainings on the production of local goods as well as conduct of promotional activities of these locally-produced goods. With 67.33% of the household-respondents who are beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), another recommendation centered on giving attention to the conduct of promotional campaigns of the local tourist attractions because the citizens believe that tourism activities could help create local employment for them to improve their economic condition. KEYWORDS: Citizen Satisfaction, Local Government Unit, Basic Services, Economic and Investment Promotion

A Reinvenção do Rural no Rio de Janeiro: A Experiência do Café na Roça no Bairro Campo Grande

The socioeconomic, political and cultural integration process of the region known as Zona Oeste [West Zone], in the city of Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], was built on agricultural vocation conceiving. The spatial analysis of this work is Rio da Prata, a neighborhood of Campo Grande, in the West Zone. Using desk and field methods, the methodological orientation is given by the theoretical framework of Social Memory. A contextualization of the region is presented in a historical perspective, seeking to dialogue in an interdisciplinary way with issues inherent to representations about the urban-rural from a perspective reoriented towards to the environmental bias, and also about the notions of 'tourism' and 'leisure'. It is hypothesized that the increase of visitation in natural areas, allied to the tendency of turistification of rural communities’ lifestyle changed the people flow in the neighborhood and produced symbolic goods. This work discusses the nuances presented in the turistification process and highlights that it is the memory of what remained in the social representation as rural that draws up the local attractiveness.

Identifying Priorities for Marine Tourism Development at Tanggamus Regency, Lampung

This research aims to determine priorities for the development of marine tourism in Tanggamus Regency. To obtain recommendation for priority for marine tourism development, this research focuses on three marine tourism destinations that managed by Tourism Awareness Group (Pokdarwis) together with Tanggamus Government, namely Kiluan Bay, Karang Putih Beach, and Muara Indah Tourism Park. Focus Group Discussions (FGD) as well as questionnaire were conducted with informants from Tourism, Culture, Youth and Sports Agency of Tanggamus Regency, and Pokdarwis representatives from management of the research location. This research uses Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) method, and the priority preferences for the development of marine tourism are assessed from the aspects of connectivity (C1), governments program support (C2), potential problems (C3), and potential value-added locations (C4). The results show indicators in each data cluster prioritize Kiluan Bay as the first priority to be developed. The results also recommend to increase tourism promotions in the airport area and optimizing the constructions of access roads (C1), synchronizing tourism development plans in the Regional Spatial Plan to the Lampung Province Medium-Long Term Development Plan and facilitating investors in the tourism sectors (C2), educating the public regarded the potential dangers of disasters (C3), supporting for accommodations, local communities attractions and culinary centers (C4).
 Keywords: Analytical Hierarchy Process, Marine Tourism, Priorities of Development.