Potential Destinations Research Articles

Inferring intercity freeway truck volume from the perspective of the potential destination city attractiveness

Accurately inferring the spatiotemporal distribution of freeway traffic volume is one of the bottleneck problems for intelligent management of ground transportation. Although the accuracy of the widely used machine learning-based approaches has been improving, these methods on freeway traffic flow inference tend to become more and more complex and unexplainable, and sometimes even contradict the constraints of freeway access. From the perspective of the potential destination city attractiveness, this study proposes a new method to infer freeway truck volume. First, considering the spatial scope and direction constraints of road transportation, a restricted area search method for potential destination cities of freeway traffic trips is proposed. Second, a freeway traffic inference model was constructed by combining distance and the angle-weighted socioeconomic statistics of each potential destination city. Finally, the Shapley additive explanation value was used to explain how the potential destination city attraction affects the freeway traffic flow. The results show that the proposed method only used 10 indicators; however, the prediction results were closer to the true value, and the computational efficiency improved by 3–10 times over the baseline method. The variables related to spatiotemporal heterogeneity were the most significant variable group, followed by the industrial structure of potential destination cities.

PENGEMBANGAN POTENSI WISATA BUDAYA DI DUSUN SEMBAGEK DESA SUKADANA KECAMATAN BAYAN


 
 
 
 The preparation of the thesis is based on the problem of how the strategy for developing potential cultural tourism destinations in Sembagek hamlet, Sukadana Village, Bayan District with the aim of researchers being able to get a strategy in developing cultural tourism in the Sembagek traditional hamlet in this study the researchers used descriptive qualitative methods. The data collected in this study were sourced from the results of interviews, observations and documentation from parties and institutions related to the development of tourist villages, namely cultural tourism from various data obtained by researchers collecting and processing data that had been obtained in the field for data analysis. data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion drawing. Of all the data that has been processed and analyzed, of course, get the results of the research. From the results of research in the field, it is known that the development of cultural tourism in the Sembagek hamlet requires infrastructure development in terms of attractions, amenities, accessibility, ancillary services, and institutions that have a positive impact on the economic empowerment of local communities. With the development carried out, people's incomes have increased, creating new business opportunities that have opened up job opportunities and fulfilled the needs of the population.
 
 
 

Bird diversity and mangrove forest as potential ecotourism destinations in Kapo-kapo Bay, Cubadak Island, West Sumatra, Indonesia

Abstract. Novarino W, Mukhtar E, Putri AS, Anggraini PL. 2023. Bird diversity and mangrove forest as potential ecotourism destinations in Kapo-kapo Bay, Cubadak Island, West Sumatra, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 24: 3583-3591. Mangrove forests play an important role in the management of the coastal ecosystem of Indonesia. Research on bird diversity has been carried out to support ecotourism attractions in the mangrove area of Kapo-kapo Bay, West Sumatra. The objective of this study is to determine the bird diversity and mangrove plant diversity in the mangrove kapo-kapo Bay area, West Sumatra, using the point count method and transect method. Mangrove plants have been found in three families, five genera, and six species. The vegetation composition on this research site is lower than that on Sumatra's east coast. The composition of mangrove trees and tree diversity was lower on the west coast of Sumatra than on the east coast. The composition and diversity of birds at the study sites were not significantly different between the mangrove forests on Sumatra's west and east coasts. Rhizophora apiculata Blume species dominate the mangrove forests in Kapo-kapo Bay, while Collocalia esculenta species dominate the birds. The analysis of the suitability of mangrove ecotourism in Kapo-kapo Bay obtained a score of 111 or 92.5%, placing it in the Very Suitable category (S1) to be developed as an ecotourism area. The presence of birds and bird habitat use in mangroves are all interesting ecotourism attractions.

Barking up the tree wrongly? How national security strategies frame climate and other environmental change as security issues

The right framing of climate and other environmental change is crucial to guide policy responses towards preventing human suffering, displacement, and violent conflict. This study analyzes how ministries of defense and other security policy actors from 93 countries framed climate and other environmental change in national security strategy documents (NSSD) published between 2000 and 2020. An inductive content analysis reveals three shortcomings in the representations of environmental and climate change in these documents: First, representations of direct impacts are overly dominated by a focus on disasters. Second, references to indirect climate impacts do not reflect the current state of research. Third, a share of references to climate and other environmental change represents the planetary dimension of change in problematic ways. Additionally, the global scope of the analysis reveals regional differences in climate securitization: Framings of climate migration were mostly raised by potential destination countries, which often have high historical emissions, fueling concerns of climate injustice. By contrast, questionable statements on environmental and climate conflicts were published in the Global North and South alike. All in all, this suggests that the securitization of environmental and climate change are global phenomena. They do, however, not adequately reflect the planetary uncertainties of the Anthropocene.

A connectivity-based methodology for new air route identification

The change of routes at an airport has a huge impact on airlines’ revenue and city economy where the airport is located. Planning a successful route is a complicated decision-making process that involves considerations beyond the origin and destination. Past studies rarely consider how the addition of new routes or revision of existing routes affects the global aviation network and consequently impacts direct and transfer demands. A new data analytic approach is proposed to identify new and long-lasting routes and to assess connection quality from the global network perspective. It includes a comprehensive methodology for analysing the aviation network, evaluating potential route quality, deciding which routes warrant the selection, and estimating the long-and-short term traffic volume forecasts of the selected new routes. Seven attributes have been developed for route selection, covering growth, volume and connectivity-potential. Assessing connectivity potential permits the evaluation of the importance of a potential destination airport by considering the changes in competitive position that other airports connected to the same destination can expect when that new route is added to the network. This approach exploits the geographical relationships between airports and combines the network route supply data over a 9-year period to make assessment decisions on new destinations. A list of promising new destinations is created that can enhance the origin airport’s connectivity-potential and improve the competitive advantage of airports. Managerial implications are also proposed for different aviation stakeholders to facilitate their strategic planning on airport facility and capacity expansion, airline competition, multi-airport region collaboration and air service agreements.

QUICK ANALYSIS AND STRATEGY MIX MARKETING TO IMPROVE TOUR PACKAGE SALES IN BALI

This study aims to examine the right marketing mix strategy to increase tour packages on the island of Serangan, Bali which can be a benchmark in the development of tour packages in other potential tourist destinations area. Mix method (qualitative and quantitative) research, sampling of data used by random sampling. All variables (product, price, place or distribution channel, promotion) in the study were written in the IE matrix and analyzed using SWOT analysis, EFAS, and IFAS tables. Based on SWOT analysis can be explained that (1) Strengths Opportunities strategy is made by taking advantage of existing opportunities by optimizing internal strengths, maintaining the original strategy that has been implemented, and improving the conditions that have been achieved. (2) Strengths Threats strategy was made with the internal strengths of the Turtle Conservation and Education Center and overcoming existing external threats. (3) Weaknesses Opportunities strategy is implemented based on exploiting existing opportunities by minimizing internal weaknesses owned by the Turtle Conservation and Education Center on Serangan Island. (4) Weakness Threats strategy is based on business activities to minimize existing weaknesses and avoid external threats. The position of the SWOT quadrant is based on the x quadrant axis which is located at point 3.18 and the y quadrant axis is located at point 2.42, placed in Quadrant 1 so that it can be categorized as an aggressive support strategy. The growth strategy is designed to achieve growth in sales, assets, profits, or a combination of both. This can be achieved by lowering prices, developing new products, increasing product or service quality, or increasing access to a wider market. That strategy can be applied in other potential tourist destination areas.

The Market Potential and Sustainability Bali Ecotourism Destination

Objective: This initial research is to determine the market potential and sustainabelity Bali ecotourism destination related to the five ecotourism destinations, namely West Bali National Park, Lake Buyan Area, Batur Geopark Museum, Bali Mangrove Denpasar, and Lembongan Mangrove Klungkung.
 
 Method: This study uses descriptive statistics powered by the Google Trends Tool to determine the popularity of the five ecotourism destinations in Bali, namely West Bali National Park, Lake Buyan Area, Batur Geopark Museum, Bali Mangrove Denpasar, and Lembongan Mangrove Klungkung.
 
 Results: The West Bali National Park area is the most popular ecotourism, then Bali Mangrove Denpasar, Batur Geopark Kintmani, Lembongan Mangrove, and finally the Lake Buyan area. Ecotourism in Bali has a fairly strong tourist market segmentation in some of the countries such as Australia, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, and Germany. The five Ecotourism areas in Bali have experienced fluctuations in visitors in the last five years from 2018 to the present. However, West Bali National Park, Batur Geopark Museum, and Bali Mangrove are almost stable.
 
 Conclusions: This research shows that Bali tourism destination managers can direct the promotion of ecotourism to several destination countries Australia, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, and Germany which are indicated as tourists who have a strong interest in ecotourism.

A Set of Control Points Conditioned Pedestrian Trajectory Prediction

Predicting the trajectories of pedestrians in crowded conditions is an important task for applications like autonomous navigation systems. Previous studies have tackled this problem using two strategies. They (1) infer all future steps recursively, or (2) predict the potential destinations of pedestrians at once and interpolate the intermediate steps to arrive there. However, these strategies often suffer from the accumulated errors of the recursive inference, or restrictive assumptions about social relations in the intermediate path. In this paper, we present a graph convolutional network-based trajectory prediction. Firstly, we propose a control point prediction that divides the future path into three sections and infers the intermediate destinations of pedestrians to reduce the accumulated error. To do this, we construct multi-relational weighted graphs to account for their physical and complex social relations. We then introduce a trajectory refinement step based on a spatio-temporal and multi-relational graph. By considering the social interactions between neighbors, better prediction results are achievable. In experiments, the proposed network achieves state-of-the-art performance on various real-world trajectory prediction benchmarks.

Diaspora’s intuitive role as cultural ambassador: toward a new cultural sustainability perspective

A major motivation for international travel is to experience cross-cultural interactions. Such interactions may occur outside the typical travel milieus. They can even take place prior to the actual travel to impact travel intentions. This paper focuses on cross-cultural encounters between the members of a community and the diaspora from a potential host destination who live among them. The research investigates the willingness of individuals in the community to travel to the diaspora members’ home country for the first time after having established relationships with them. Affect control theory and relational exchange theory are incorporated into a structural equation model to examine these relationships – focusing on natives of India living in the United States. The study identifies individual warmth and trust formed between the Indian diaspora and their American acquaintances as highly significant factors that could impact the latter’s travel intentions – that is, the willingness of Americans who have not visited India to consider traveling there to further experience the Indian culture. The study provides insights into sustaining the diaspora communities’ cultural identities and underscores their intuitive role as cultural ambassadors outside their countries of origin.

Lightweight carbon foam obtained from post-use polyethylene terephthalate bottles, properties, and potential applications.

The excessive consumption of plastic packaging, especially those produced with polyethylene terephthalate (PET), and the fact that most of them are destined for garbage have made such packaging a worrying environmental liability. Their inadequate disposal promotes the pollution of soils, watercourses, and oceans, and even the presence of component materials of these packages in the human body, in the form of microplastics, has been observed. As research in the area advances, greater concerns arise, as more problems arising from the excessive use and disposal of plastics are identified. Looking for an alternative for the destination of this material, a technology was developed for the production of materials with characteristics similar to 3D graphene. This carbon material has qualities and versatility that allow its wide use in several applications and is produced using PET as a carbon precursor. This work presents this production technology with possible variables, the characterization of the produced materials, and their potential applications. For the electronics area, such as supercapacitors, improvement points needed for validation were observed. For application as an adsorbent and use in the treatment of industrial effluents when using sand covered by carbon material, the results demonstrated efficiency. The material proved to be a potential destination for PET, as an alternative to reduce this environmental liability.

STRATEGI DAN TANTANGAN PENGEMBANGAN HOTEL SYARIAH DI KOTA PAYAKUMBUH

One of the potential tourist destinations in West Sumatra Province is Payakumbuh, Payakumbuh has a good positioning in preparing for the arrival of tourists from Muslim countries and regions because Islamic culture has been well ingrained and integrated with the philosophy of life of the traditional minang people, adat basandi sarak, sarak basandi kitabullah. In order for halal tourism in Payakumbuh to grow, supporting components such as sharia hotels need to be developed. This study aims to explore and describe the potential of sharia hotels in Payakumbuh, and propose development strategy by exploring this potential. This study uses qualitative method to define problems and present sharia hotel development strategies. With the repeal of Permenparekraf number 2 of 2014, there is lack of legislation, especially related to sharia hotel regulations, so an active role of the government is needed in socializing the concept of sharia hotels by providing training, education and technical guidance to local government officials, hoteliers, communities and related parties through workshops, professional education/training, focus group discussions and mock studies as well as required commitment from business actors in implementing the principles of sharia hotel management in accordance with the Fatwa of the National Sharia Council of the Indonesian Ulama Council (DSN-MUI) Number 108/DSN-MU/X/2016, so that Muslim tourists receive protection from the halal aspects of products, services and hotel business management. With good quality and standardized sharia-based hotel services, a good hotel brand image will be created for Muslim tourists and will create a revisit intention.

Ecotourism Development Strategy of Mangrove Forest in Kurau Timur Village, Koba District, Bangka Tengah Regency

East Timur Village has pristine mangrove areas. It has much potential that can be developed, one of which is mangrove ecotourism which is directly managed by the people of East Kurau Village. Mangrove ecotourism still need to optimize its potential tourism destination object. The research aims to formulate a development strategy for Mangrove Ecotourism in East Kurau Village, Koba District, Central Bangka Regency. The research uses a qualitative approach with IFAS (Internal Factors Analysis Strategy) and EFAS (External Factors Analysis Strategy). The data is collected through in-depth interviews with related stakeholders, questionnaires distributed to tourists, and field observations. Moreover, the indicators used to measure the data include accessibility, infrastructure, and other supporting aspects. The ecotourism strategy is answered using the SWOT analysis method. The results from matrix calculations of IFAS and EFAS show that the value of the X-axis was 0.93 and of the Y-axis was 0.88. This indicates that the strategic position was at the quadrant I, with the strategic formulation of S-O (aggressive strategy). Some strategies have been formulated, including: Supporting mangrove conservation and creative economic business management; Establishing cooperation in providing supporting infrastructure; Optimizing cooperation in providing education on the benefits of mangroves; and Increasing the government’s commitment to mangrove development.

The Role of Tourism Innovation in Selecting Potential Tourist Destinations: The Case of UAE

The Role of Tourism Innovation in Selecting Potential Tourist Destinations: The Case of UAE

Exploration of student environmental attitude through integrated learning of local potential tourist destinations in Central Lombok

This study explores students' environmental attitudes when participating in science learning that applies tools integrated with the local potential of Central Lombok tourist destinations. This research is descriptive. This research was conducted at junior high school MTsN 3 Lombok Tengah. The research subjects were 28 students from one of class VII. The tools used consist of lesson plans, teaching materials, and assessment instruments that integrate the local potential of Central Lombok tourist destinations. The instruments used are interview guidelines with teachers, observation sheets of learning implementation, and environmental attitude questionnaire instruments validated by expert validators. The results of this study indicate that the average value of environmental attitude in each indicator includes; (a) understanding norms about protecting the environment, which obtains a score of 60 which is included in the good category, (b) knowing the environment that must be maintained obtains a score of 50 which is included in the fairly good category, and (c) demonstrating a commitment to protecting the environment obtains a score of 59 which is included in the good category. These results indicate that using learning tools integrated with the local potential of Central Lombok tourist destinations in the sub-material Interaction of Living Things with the environment for class VII can train students' environmental attitudes.

Sawah Baru Landscape Identification for Agroedutourism Agriculture 4.0, A Community-Based Development Project

IPB University has adequate agricultural land facilities and infrastructure for education and research activities. It has the potential to be developed into an agricultural area 4.0 for agrotourism activities, one of which is in the landscape of the Babakan Education Garden or Farm Teaching Sawah Baru located in Babakan Village, Dramaga District, Bogor Regency. This study aims to identify the character of the Sawah Baru landscape for the development of community-based agricultural agrotourism 4.0. The analysis used in this study used direct observation of the field and the literature study method. The identification of several aspects in the field is carried out using drones to obtain aerial photos, which are then processed using software to produce orthophotos and continue to digitize the boundaries of the research location using spatial analyst tools. The stages of identifying new rice field landscapes for the development of community-based agricultural agrotourism 4.0 include several stages, namely the preparation and inventory stages. The results of the identification of several aspects consisting of landscape sustainability, potential tourist attraction and tourism-supporting potential show that in terms of landscape sustainability, the criteria of each existing aspect are excellent and suitable to be developed into tourist destinations. Regarding potential tourist destinations, the study area presents aspects that have the potential to attract visitors. Finally, regarding tourism-supporting potential, Sawah Baru has tourism-supporting aspects that are quite adequate to meet the needs of tourism activities. However, there is still a need to create additional facilities and utilities that can support user activity on the site. Keywords: agriculture 4.0, agroedutourism, community-based, Sawah Baru DOI: 10.7176/CER/15-1-06 Publication date: May 28 th 2023

A Novelty Methodological Approach to Coastal Scenic Quality Evaluation—Application to the Moroccan Mediterranean Coast

Many tourists around the world are interested in coastal sites of exceptional scenic quality. This paper aims to assess the landscape quality of 50 sites along the Moroccan Mediterranean coast based on a novelty Coastal Scenic Quality Evaluation (CSQE) method able to classify the attractiveness of the sites and to distinguish exceptional ones with high tourist potential. This proposed methodology relies on evaluating coastal areas through easily obtainable indicators in order to simplify its application to other regions around the world. Four landscape dimensions were selected: Substratum, Sea-Coastal Area, Vegetation and Scenic Background. Each dimension was numerically assessed and ranged from 0 to 1. The values of each dimension along the sites were classified as: <0.2 (very low); 0.2 to <0.4 (low); 0.4 to <0.6 (medium); 0.6 to <0.8 (high) and ≥0.8 (very high). The results show that the overall scenic quality score of the Moroccan Mediterranean coast is 0.6 (high quality), reflecting a potential tourist destination of high scenic value. Substratum, Sea-Coastal Area and Vegetation dimensions obtained a high quality score (0.6 to <0.8), while the Scenic Background dimension recorded medium quality (0.4 to <0.6). Urbanization, the presence of litter and sewage evidence were the main factors of degradation of the Moroccan coastal landscapes, i.e., 32 out of 50 sites (64%) obtained low scores (from 0 to 2) for these three variables. Sound management actions have to be taken to reduce their impacts, in order to preserve and improve the natural landscape, and strength its capacity to host the various tourist activities.

The Comprehensive Analysis of the Network of Superstructure Based on Territorial Characteristics of Accommodation and Food and Beverage Service Providers Considering the Financial Crisis and COVID-19: The Case of Bihor County, Romania

This study presents the territorial differences in structure of functioning accommodation and food-and-beverage service providers by their distribution based on registered field of economic activity and financial data on the level of local governments within Bihor County that were classified into four potential destination types. Furthermore, the aim of the research is to identify the concentration of business activities based on their turnover in proportion to the population on the level of local governments using the Hoover-index method for the period of 2005–2020. Lastly, another aim is to examine the efficiency of these hospitality service providers using the Hoover index on their sales revenue in proportion to their labor force between 2005 and 2020. The time frame enabled the examination of the effects of two critical incidents: the financial crisis of 2008 and COVID-19, which impacted the activity of the examined firms in hospitality. As a result, both group of service providers showed a significant increase in number of entities, turnover, and average annual number of employees after 2014. That trend was intensively interrupted by COVID-19, which was not the case for the period of financial crisis. The significance of Oradea and Sânmartin were present as central areas regarding business activities of the examined fields, thus crucially influencing the trends of the county. In the case of territorial inequalities, the two categories showed differing trends, as in the case of efficiency, although lodging services proved to show higher territorial inequalities but better performance.

Collaboration of the Stakeholders in Developing Community-Based Tourism in Terong Creative Village, Belitung

Tourism village empowerment needs to collaborate with other communities/institutions (stakeholders), in order to accelerate and expand the tourism village movement to achieve its goals. This study aims to: 1) find out the potential of the Terong Belitung Creative Tourism Village destination; 2) find out the forms of collaboration that have been carried out by stakeholders in developing the Terong Belitung Creative Tourism Village; and 3) find out the steps taken by the manager of the Terong Creative Tourism Village in managing the village which is done in accordance with the community interests. This study used a qualitative approach and data collection methods by doing interviews, observation, and documentation. Participants or informants as a source of research data were 6 (six) parties consisting of BNI Bank, BCA Bank, PLN, Tourism Office of Belitung Region, The Government of Terong District, and the Tourism Village Managers. The results of this study indicate that 1) Potential destinations include: River and Sea Tourism in Mangrove Forest in Terong Village, Aik Rusa' Berehun Tourism, Tebalu Simpor Laki Hill Tourism, Agritourism (Agriculture and Plantation), Catfish Pond Groups, Weaving Handicraft Group, Gambus Art and Culture Group, and the Community of Tourism Halfway House Management. 2) The roles of stakeholders are as Police Creator, Coordinator, Facilitator, Implementer, and also BNI, BCA, and PLN as the Accelerators. 3) The real form or contribution of the stakeholders especially from the bank and PLN is to build the homestays and the entrance gates to tourism village areas including the lighting system around the tourist village of Air Rusa Berehum (ARB), and also to conduct various culinary trainings and improvement of human resources training (HR). In improving the development of tourism villages, the role of stakeholders should run well. 4) The steps in managing a tourism village are being carried out by the planning stage, the implementation stage, and the last is the impact of benefits aspect stage.

Government Regional Strategies in Tourism Development in the Nusa Tenggara Barat Province Post-Pandemic

This research aims to explain the regional government strategies in developing tourism in the Province of Nusa Tenggara Barat post-Covid-19 pandemic, with a focus on tourism potential and flagship tourism destinations, identification of tourism problems, and regional government strategies to achieve successful post-Covid-19 pandemic tourism development. The research used descriptive analysis method. Data were collected through literature study. Data were obtained from secondary data through previous research, digital footprints based on the website of the Government of Nusa Tenggara Barat Province and other related agencies. The research concluded that the Province of Nusa Tenggara Barat is able to achieve successful tourism development through several strategies including the determination of flagship tourism destinations by building new tourism attractions and increasing the capacity of human resources to enhance the quality of tourism services such as access to information for improved tourism marketing. The impact is that tourists have increased and the economy of the people of NTB has grown. Furthermore, the research also revealed that the strategies implemented by the Regional Government of NTB post-Covid-19 pandemic are effective and successful in rebuilding tourism in the Province of Nusa Tenggara Barat.

The quest for adventure: A Tourist's perspective on choosing attractions in Zambales, Philippines

This study aimed to determine visitors' perceptions regarding factors in selecting attractions in Zambales. A survey questionnaire was conducted with 120 respondents who visited Zambales' man-made or natural attractions to gather data on their profiles and the factors they consider when selecting attractions. The study analyzed factors such as safety and security, management, cleanliness and sanitation, and ambiance/environment. Additionally, the study investigated whether there was a significant difference in the factors considered in selecting attractions based on respondents' profile variables, including gender, age, civil status, occupation, and monthly income. The descriptive research design was used to describe the problems identified, and data were analyzed using percentages and weighted mean. The research was anchored on the Theory of Travel Decision-Making to examine how tourists perceive their needs and how potential destinations, accommodations, or transport systems can fulfill these needs. The results revealed that respondents' profile variables had a significant impact on the factors they consider when selecting attractions. The study's findings could help attraction managers improve their services and amenities, making them more attractive to visitors. Overall, this study provided valuable insights into understanding the factors that affect visitors' attraction selection in Zambales.