Potential Tourist Destination Research Articles

Mediating role of legal services in tourism development: a necessity for sustainable tourism destinations

ABSTRACT On one side the Republic of Iraq is a potential tourist destination, on the other hand, the country is synonymous with years of civil and regional disturbances. The levels of civil unrest, political instability, and widely reported cases of human right abuses in the country and the region at large, have created economic uncertainty, especially in the country’s tourism sector. To this end, this study employed a survey method to investigate the impact of political/economic stability, legal services, functional local authority and accessibility to the tourism destination. Three hundred questionnaires collected from conveniently accessed respondents were administered for data analyses with the aid of IBM SPSS Statistics tool. In the study, empirical evidence of examined hypotheses was found as significant with the three factors having positive on the tourism sector development in Iraq. This investigation also offers policy directives to stakeholders of the tourism sector development in Iraq especially in the area of rendering quality legal services to protect the right of the tourists from potential human right abuses and security issues. Furthermore, the study revealed the critical roles of political and economic instability, functional local authorities, and accessibility of destination.

VISUAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL STUDY OF PHOTOGRAPHIC WORKS OF GUNUNG PADANG SITE AS A TOURIST ATTRACTION IN KARYAMUKTI VILLAGE, CIANJUR, WEST JAVA

The results of the Ancient Catastropic Team's research on the Gunung Padang Site in Karyamukti Village, Cianjur, West Java, in 2011 showed that the site was older than the Giza Pyramid in Egypt. The jumble of stones in the hilly area of ​​the site is authentic evidence of the archeology of the Megalithic era. Prehistoric relics in this region are important because of the unique cultural values ​​that are part of the principles of local tourism development in Indonesia. The potential of historical and cultural tourism is also inseparable from the participation of the local community. Therefore, knowledge about the cultural values ​​of an area needs to be effectively disseminated through information media. This study aims to help preserve prehistoric relics through photography as a medium of visual communication. The combination method is used to analyze the attractiveness of the Gunung Padang Site as a potential tourist destination. Quantitatively, survey data show that 61 percent of people are interested in visiting the Gunung Padang Site because they want to know the background of prehistoric stones and take pictures with the natural scenery. Whereas qualitatively, the attraction of visual objects is described using a visual anthropology approach which is studying a culture through photography and the relationships associated with it. This study uses the principle of composition of the rule of thirds to present prehistoric stones on the Gunung Padang Site as images that carries a cultural message. The results of the analysis show that the photographic works that are focused on visualizing five stone structures as gates or entrances, streets and stairs, walls, spaces, and wells as a source of life can convey messages about the work of humans in building a place of worship to ancestral spirits as a civilization in the past. This study can be a reference in the field of visual communication design science about the Gunung Padang Site and is expected to help encourage public awareness to respect cultural heritage, as well as develop the tourism potential of the region.

EVENT CANDIPURO CULTURE FESTIVAL : STRATEGI PROMOSI PARIWISATA BERBASIS BUDAYA

The unique and interesting tourism potential and local wisdom that the region has had so far is still not being promoted. The Candipuro Culture Festival event can become an opportunity and explore the value of cultural tourism in a region to be promoted as a potential tourist destination for tourists. The purpose of the study was to find out the tourism promotion strategies carried out in promoting and cultural attractions displayed in the Candipuro Culture Festival Event
 The study used a qualitative descriptive method. collecting data technique are interviews, observation and documentation. step of data analysis activities: data collection, data reduction, data presentation and conclusion drawing.
 The results that the promotion strategy used in the Candipuro Culture Festival Event was conducted using online and offline media to increase the number of tourist visits. Cultural attractions displayed at the Culture-based Candipuro Culture Festival Event, namely in the form of traditional arts and local wisdom of local residents, but there are cultural elements whose meaning has begun to shift, so more attention is needed. The importance of cultural preservation from generation to generation so as not to lose meaning.

The Geographic Spread and Preferences of Tourists Revealed by User-Generated Information on Jeju Island, South Korea

Recreation and tourism are important ways that people interact with and derive benefits from natural environments. Understanding how and where nature provides recreational opportunities and benefits is necessary for management decisions that impact the environment. This study develops and tests an approach for mapping tourism patterns, and assessing people’s preferences for cultural and natural landscapes, using user-generated geographic content. The volume of geotagged images and tweets shared publicly on Flickr and Twitter and proprietary mobile phone traffic provided by a telecommunications company, are used to map visitation rates to potential tourist destinations across Jeju Island, South Korea. We find that densities of social media posts and mobile phone traffic are all correlated with ticket sales and counts of gate entries at tourist sites. Using multivariate linear regression, we measure the degree to which attributes of the natural and built environment explain variation in visitation rates, and find that tourists to Jeju Island prefer to recreate near beaches, sea cliffs, golf courses and hiking trails. We conclude that high-resolution and spatially-explicit visitation data provided by user-generated content open the door for statistical models that can quantify recreation demand. Managers and practitioners could combine these flexible and relatively inexpensive user-generated data with more traditional survey data to inform sustainable tourism development plans and policy decisions. These methods are especially useful in the context of landscape or regional-scale ecosystem service assessments, where there is a need to map the multiple ecological, economic, and cultural benefits of the environment.

IbM Cara Membangun Merek Lokal Dan Tata Cara Pendaftaran Produk Oleh-Oleh Pulau Bangka Melalui Sertifikat Merek

Bangka Belitung is a very potential tourist destination because it has many promising attractions to be visited by tourists. However, the problem that arises is a lot of souvenir products typical of Bangka Belitung, especially in Merawang and Sungailiat areas that do not yet have a brand. Even though the brand is very important to add attraction to tourists who want to find souvenirs. In addition, the brand is very important to show the image of the product. Therefore, it is necessary to carry out socialization and assistance regarding the brand in the product and the procedure for product registration through a brand certificate.

An Empirical Study on Tourism Potentiality of Manipu

Tourism is turning up to be an instrument of social, cultural and economic development world-wide as one of the fastest growing sectors. In country like India, rich natural beauty, cultural heritage, archaeological heritage sites, its diverse culture, languages, ethnicity, climatic conditions there is an enormous scope for tourism promotion. Manipur, “land of jewel” is one of the seven sisters in the North Eastern state of India with pleasant climate, rich nature, wildlife, cultural heritage, unique flora and fauna and vibrant and colourful festivals is a potential tourist destination. It has over 50 tourist spots, which can attract lots of tourist word-wide. Despite having so much to explore, tourism sector has not played its best to attract tourist. The objective of the study is to explore the reasons which is affecting the growth of tourism in Manipur by using fish-bone analysis and pareto analysis.

Reformulation of Regional Autonomy Strategy for Tourism Development in Indonesia

Regional autonomy is not something new in governance in Indonesia. Efforts are being made to increase the potential of various sectors and industry resources to achieve the goal of community welfare has been widely scheduled for the past two decades. However, the realization is not yet optimal. One of the leading sectors of the government today is the development of tourism. Regional autonomy has a basic role in empowering the tourism sector. Various problems regarding performance issues in the tourism sector so far have become quite comprehensive challenges and obstacles. As a potential tourist destination, reformulation of the right strategy is certainly needed. By using analysis of literature studies and based on a review of previous research to strengthen the strategy reformulation needed. The researcher concludes that tourism development in Indonesia can be done with nine reformulation strategies that are accelerative and effective, namely: cultural autonomy, developing rural tourism, building competitiveness, special autonomy, accural basis implementation, empowering community leaders, capital allocation and sustainable development.

The Mysterious Village of Daqq’a as a Potential Tourist Destination in Northwestern Ethiopia

Studying the battle field sites has a tremendous value in the reconstructions of humans past. The human history is a full of dramatic and tragedy events. In studying of those events in history, battle field site can played a pivotal role with tangible evidences. In view of this, the paper tried to show some of the evidences about the vanish of Zagwe dynasty and restoration of Solomonic dynasty at the specific battle field site called Daqq'a chirkos. The methodology to organize this paper was qualitative type of data, gathered through field survey, interview with elders and detailed observation. Some of the evidences are the tomb of Yitbarek (the last king of Zagwe dynasty) with the then 2 bishops and other tangible evidences. In addition to this, the evidence for probably disappeared town also found at the site. The site can be a best tourist destination area with its eye-catching natural resources surrounded the church. To conclude, certainly Yitbarek was killed there and the Zagwe dynasty was vanish after the activity which was performed at the battle as the evidences found at the site.

The Linguistic Landscape of Kampung Bahari Presenting the Coastal Community Development of Tambak Lorok Semarang

Kampung Bahari Tambak Lorok Semarang being prepared for a new potential tourism destination is changing not only in its infrastructure but also its social behavior. The changing infrastructure changes social structure, social belief, and social identity. The changes may be integrated in many aspects like environment, literacy, education, and economy. This paper aims at discovering the linguistic landscape which promotes the coastal community development of Kampung Bahari to create Kampung Bahari to be a nicer place to live and to visit. It seems that waste is an important problem in Tambak Lorok in order that this can make Kampung Bahari clean and be visited by many domestic or foreign tourists. The public signs indicating the facilities including waste management of the coastal community at Kampung Bahari were captured and analyzed using abductive inferential method. The result shows that the linguistic landscape of the development of Kampung Bahari indicates that Kampung Bahari has infrastructure which shows social awareness on environment, provides the community needs in economy, health, and literacy. The needs can be identified through the public names like Taman Baca Seroja indicating literacy activities, Koperasi Simpan Pinjam for banking system, Masjid Sholaha for spiritual needs. Komunitas Camar Peduli Lingkungan indicates environmental awareness and care. This study gives contribution to linguistic landscape study in terms of the contribution of linguistic study to regional development issues.

The impact of German-speaking online media on tourist arrivals in popular tourist destinations for Europeans

ABSTRACTThis empirical study analyzes the relationship between the sentiments in online media with regard to travel destinations and corresponding tourist arrivals. We expect the media reports on political and economic instability and turmoil to enhance tourist arrival nowcasts and forecasts, as they can probably complement them with information on disruptions and shocks. Therefore, we believe this research will help to build better models for tourism demand nowcasting and forecasting. We use the sentiment in the German-speaking online media because the German-speaking region is the most populated in Europe and has the largest group of travelers visiting destinations in and around Europe.An artificial neural network is used to analyze the mood of the media. The software classifies news items regarding potential tourist destinations with either positive or negative labels. The number of positive and negative news items is used to build sentiment indices for popular tourist destinations for Europeans.Our results show strong correlations between the mood concerning tourist destinations and tourist arrivals in these countries. Indeed, disruptions and shocks prevalent in the news are reflected in similar ratios in both tourist arrivals and sentiment indices. These results can be used as a new explanatory variable for tourism demand modelling.

STRATEGI PENGEMBANGAN BANJIR KANAL BARAT SEBAGAI DAYA TARIK WISATA DI KOTA SEMARANG

The number of tourists visiting Semarang City is increasing significantly year by year. However, this increase is not accompanied by an improvement in the quantity and the quality of tourist destinations in Semarang. Banjir Kanal Barat area is one of the potential tourist destinations in Semarang, but so far the existing facilities in this area are very limited. In addition, there is no any tourism activities which can be done even. Moreover, this area tends to be very unattractive. This study aims to analyze the development strategy of Banjir Kanal Barat (BKB/western canal) as an interesting tourism destination by analyzing internal and external factors. The data were analyzed descriptively qualitative to determine BKB's development strategy through SWOT analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats). The results of this study formulated 10 (ten) alternative strategies for the development of Banjir Kanal Barat as a tourism destination area. The three best alternative choices are: (1) creating tourist facilities which can be enjoyed by the community, (2) developing special water attractions, (3) inviting investors and cooperating with various parties.

Krayan Heart of Borneo: Indonesian Potential Tourism Destination Enjoyed by Malaysia

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Valuation and Development Strategy of Mawar Basecamp in Ungaran Mountain Through Individual Travel Cost Approach

Mawar basecamp in Ungaran mountain is one of the potential tourist destinations in Semarang regency. This study aims to identify the variables affect the demand of visits. Secondly, to calculate the economic valuations through the travel cost approach and determine the strategies that can be applied to the development of Mawar Basecamp. This study uses multiple linear regression analysis, economic valuation analysis and SWOT analysis. The result shows that access variables, travel motivation and travel cost have significant effect, while income variable has no significant effect to the demand of Mawar Basecamp visit. The result of economic valuation analysis based on travel cost of visitors shows that the total economic valuation is Rp 8,212,546,988,73 per year. Strategy analysis using SWOT shows that the strategies that can be applied are improving facilities and services, preserving and preserving nature, promotion and cooperation with private and government parties.

Valuation and Development Strategy of Mawar Basecamp in Ungaran Mountain Through Individual Travel Cost Approach

Mawar basecamp in Ungaran mountain is one of the potential tourist destinations in Semarang regency. This study aims to identify the variables affect the demand of visits. Secondly, to calculate the economic valuations through the travel cost approach and determine the strategies that can be applied to the development of Mawar Basecamp. This study uses multiple linear regression analysis, economic valuation analysis and SWOT analysis. The result shows that access variables, travel motivation and travel cost have significant effect, while income variable has no significant effect to the demand of Mawar Basecamp visit. The result of economic valuation analysis based on travel cost of visitors shows that the total economic valuation is Rp 8,212,546,988,73 per year. Strategy analysis using SWOT shows that the strategies that can be applied are improving facilities and services, preserving and preserving nature, promotion and cooperation with private and government parties.

Model of Nature Tourism Development and Its Economic Contributions for Local Communities in Peliatan Village, Ubud, Bali


 
 
 Aims of this study were identifying the potential of nature tourism, assessing the economic contribution to the local community and formulating a model of eco-tourism development in Peliatan village, Ubud, Bali. Results of this research showed that the potential of nature tourism were: natural landscapes, rivers, water springs, rice fields, flora and fauna. The nature tour activities that can be developed were as follows: trekking, cycling, rural tourism, outbound travel, camping, educational nature tours, and flora and fauna viewing. Source of contribution directly to the local economy were from jobs as tour guides, ticketing, palet parking, selling Balinese food, from stalls / restaurants, lodging/accomodation, souvenirs, camping, and outbound activities. The ability of saving money has made it possible for the parents to pay more money for higher education of their children. Tourism activities have contributed indirectly on increasing income for the regency in general, and also have attracted investors to build hotels. Model development of nature tourism in Peliatan village was as follows: For SO Strategy: develop new attractions, developing cooperation with investors for development of natural tourist attractions, penetrating foreign markets (for nature), in cooperation with travel agents, development tourism events, and development of micro-enterprises. The WO strategies were such as: improving the quality of the environment, nature conservation, training guides, providing more interesting information for visitors, arranging nature travel packages, developing public-private partnerships, and mapping of potential tourist destinations. For ST Strategies including: reforestation, erosion control, analyse behavior of tourists, waste management, protection of the area, which was undertaken in cooperation with tourists, and stakeholders, as well as to ensure the safety. For WT Strategies including: to do counseling, to formulate CoC, strengthening organizations, preventing environmental degradation, certification of tourism workers, community development, as well as research for nature tourism.
 
 

Ergonomic Study on Padang-Padang Beach Workers in Bali

Objectives: Padang-Padang Beach is a potential tourism destination. Every human interaction with tools and environments can cause problems if not handled properly. Ergonomic study is needed to identify those problem potentially harm the workers. Method: The method used in this study is the observation and interviews. Observation was done by observing the Padang-Padang Beach directly using 8 aspect of ergonomic study. Interviews were conducted with lifeguard, merchant, and the few visitors. Findings: Of the eight aspects of ergonomics, the main problem and need a solution urgently are the environmental aspects and aspects of information. On environmental aspects we found that management of the garbage is still lacking, the lack of public toilets on the beach, and the way that cross the cliff to the beach does not have sufficient safety. Management of information on this place also felt not optimal. Furthermore it also needs to improve the knowledge of workers for an ergonomic working position. From those eight aspects of ergonomic we need the right solution to the problem at the Padang-Padang Beach. One of the solution is using the Total Ergonomic Approach. Total Ergonomic Approach is a combination of SHIP (systemic, holistic, interdisciplinary, and Participatory) and AT (Appropriate Technology). We hope that approach can provide the right solution for solving problems and will not create new problems in the future. Novelty: This is original data of ergonomic study on Padang-Padang Beach Worker. This data can be use for further study.

Quantifying potential tourist behavior in choice of destination using Google Trends

This study uses the Information Processing Approach and the Theory of Planned Behavior of tourists to extract four time-series constructs from 63 relevant and semantically related keywords on “Kerala Tourism” using Google Trends data. Analyzing these data helps in formulating various strategies to boost tourism in a given region and, subsequently, in proposing a structured methodology that applies different econometric models to predict monthly arrivals of both global and domestic tourists to Kerala. The output of these models showed significant improvement in prediction of tourist arrivals when using these constructs in the ARIMAX models. Moreover this study provides a framework for forecasting tourist arrivals to a destination and helps to predict behaviors influencing tourist destination selection using Google Trends data. These analyses are expected to guide policy makers in understanding and making appropriate decisions to deploy resources at potential tourist destination sites to enhance the potential experience of the tourist.

Формирование туристской дестинации в Донецке: проблемы и перспективы

The article considers the development dynamics of approaches to the understanding the concept of “tourist destination” in the works of various authors, as well as notes the shortcomings taking into account the prevailing socio-economic conditions. The authors specify the notion of “tourist destination”. It can be any object (sociogeolocation, territory) from the tour operator catalogue, in other words it is a site in stable demand among tourists. The territory with the lack of sufficient infrastructure, high-qualified human resources, elements of security and an adequate level of management is able to be in demand due to active and passive image. The concept of “acting (real)” and “potential tourist destination” is distinguished. The former is sociogeolocation and currently in demand in tourists. Potential tourist destination is the territory possessing tourist potential (resources), which due to various reasons is not popular in tourists. The conditions for the formation of the acting tourist destination (Donetsk is a vivid example) are defined: transformation of tourist conditions into attractions, the improvement of the basic and subsidiary infrastructure, optimization of the management and organizational subsystems, and high-qualified staff. Political and social aspects are also important. The problems and prospects of forming acting (real) tourist destination in Donetsk are analyzed. The city has enough natural, cultural and historical resources. Climate, topography, and high level of landscaping are advantageous. There are 262 historical and cultural monuments, 140 museums and museum rooms, 3 national theatres, circus in the city. Biosocial and event resources are also presented. At the moment, Donetsk is a potential tourist destination, which has all the chances to become a real tourist destination.

Imperial Queerness: The U.S. Homophile Press and Constructions of Sexualities in Asia and the Pacific, 1953–1964

ABSTRACTThis essay examines the ways in which U.S. homophile magazines represented and constructed Asia and the Pacific from 1953 to 1964. Through an analysis of 209 items that referenced Asia and the Pacific in ONE, Mattachine Review, and the Ladder, the essay argues that U.S. homophiles referenced the region in three primary ways: first, to create relationships, allies, and exchanges with people living in the region; second, to highlight the inferiority of the East and superiority of the West; and, third, to reveal the cross-cultural and transhistorical nature of homosexuality. These references were influenced by Orientalism, colonialism, and the Cold War, which framed Asia and the Pacific as both sexually and culturally backward, but also as a potential tourist destination for gay men and lesbian women.

OLYMPIC TOURISM AND OLYMPIC LEGACY FROM A SOCIO-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE

In the recent years, we observe a growing popularity of sport tourism which includes travelling to practice sports outside one's living area, participating in sports events (both actively as an athlete, and passively as a spectator) as well as visiting sports related attractions such as sports museums or famous stadiums. Participation in major sports events, including the Olympic Games, has grown in popularity among the tourists, affecting the development of sport tourism. Olympic museums also become a major tourist attraction. Presently, many countries in the world compete to organize the Olympic event as it is widely believed that such enterprises result in an economic gain for tourist destinations and improve the attractiveness of regions as potential tourist destinations. Towns and countries more often choose sports events are a means of advertisement, to make an impression in the global media and to improve their global image. Organizing the Olympic Games brings about many social and cultural benefits as well, among others it enables multicultural communication and facilitates social integration. However, the majority of studies on sport tourism focus on the marketing and economic benefits of the major sporting events. The social and cultural impact still constitutes the minority of all the research on the subject matter, whereas it needs to be pointed out that similarly to the economic results, social and cultural impact is not solely positive. Presently, a number of negative effects of organizing major sporting events can be observed, this includes the economy, social and cultural influence as well as ecology – the reason for the above being the failure to apply the principles of sustainable development by the event organizers. Such negative effects can include, among others, too high economic cost of organizing a sporting event borne by the host-state, inappropriate behavior of spectators who intrude on the life of local societies, displacement of people due to land development for the investments required for the event, or the negative impact on the natural environment – for example, excessive deforestation related to the construction of Olympic Villages (i.e. as seen during the organization of the event in Sochi). Another issue is the use of sporting infrastructure after the event. Some olympic villages instead of becoming a tourist attraction are simply left to ruin. An example of such a situation being the facilities in Sarajevo or in Berlin (another problem is the improper use of football stadiums after the World or European Championship event). All this results in some countries becoming disinterested in hosting the Olympic Games – in the example of Sweden and Norway who withdrew from organizing the event in 2022. The aim of the present study is to perform a theoretical analysis of possible benefits and losses resulting from hosting a sporting event in the social and cultural perspective. Based on the literature on the subject available worldwide, it aims to present the impact of sport tourism, taking into account both participants – the tourists and the local populace. The analysis shall include the impact of participating in major sporting events on the individual, local populace, the nation as well as tourist destinations – moreover, the analysis includes selected examples of how hosting a major sporting event affects the development of tourism.