Tourism Tourist Research Articles

Relationship Between The Covid-19 Pandemic And The Decreasing Number Of Tourists In The Tourism Sector: Systematic Literature Review

The COVID-19 pandemic, which has been going on for a long time in several countries, is one of the reasons for the decline in tourists in several tourism industries in the world, including Indonesia. The COVID-19 pandemic situation has caused a breakdown in global supply chains, domestic, financial markets, consumer demand. The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic was enormous and affected the entire Tourism/UKM value chain which is also the creative economy sector. The purpose of this research was to determine the decline in the number of tourists in Jojogan nature tourism during the COVID-19 pandemic. This research method describes the procedures and steps for conducting a review which include: Review method; scoping review is a method used to identify in-depth and comprehensive literature obtained through various sources with various research methods and related to the research topic. The results of the number of articles selected based on databases, namely Pubmed, Ebsco Host, and Scopus, found that there were 6 articles that had been selected. COVID-19 is one of the reasons for the decline in the number of tourists in the tourism industry. The decline in the number of tourists greatly affected several industrial sectors, especially the food industry, the health industry and the financial industry. The suggestion is that several ways to increase the number of tourists and reduce the spread of COVID-19 have been carried out, namely by creating new trends and appearances at these tourism spots, then to reduce the number of spreads of COVID-19 conducting health checks for all tourists who will visit.

Evaluation of Tourism Attraction Factors in West Sichuan of China Minority Areas Based on G1-EAHP

The ethnic tourism developed in China has become an important industrial pillar for poverty alleviation. This paper takes ' West Sichuan ' as the research object, verifies the correlation degree of regional featured tourism attraction factors, and then uses the extended analytic hierarchy process (EAHP) to calculate the weight of each factor, and puts forward analysis and suggestions. Research shows that: 1) Natural scenery and folk culture are the incentive factors. 2) Preference for ethnic tourism tourists compared to the degree of regional development, prefer the original features of the scenic area. 3) The actual situation and cultural connotation of scenic spots play a decisive role in the choice of tourist destinations. The conclusions not only contribute to the targeted improvement of ethnic tourism in West Sichuan, but also serve as a model for other regions to learn from to help ethnic areas flourish.

What Drives Tourist Delight and Tourist Equity and Consequences in Tourist Loyalty

Purpose: This study was to test Sensory Experience Tourist Equity, Affective Experience, Tourist Delight, Cognitive, Behavioral Experience, Tourist Delight, Tourist Equity effect on Tourist Loyalty. Theoretically framework: The article is portraited various research which includes quantitative, and case studies available in various databases like a web of science, Scopus is illustrated for a better understanding of the topic. Design/methodology/approach: This study are tourism tourists who have visited Huta Tinggi once a year. The sample in this study were 200 respondents using a purposive sampling technique with the criteria of tourists who had visited Huta Tinggi once a year. This research is a quantitative research with a survey method. The data collection tool in this study used a questionnaire. Data analysis using PLS-SEM. Findings: showed that Affective Experience had a positive and significant effect on Tourist Delight, Cognitive Experience had a positive and significant effect on Tourist Delight and Tourist Equity, Sensory Experience had a positive and significant effect on Tourist Delight and Tourist Equity, Social Experience had a positive and significant effect on Tourist Delight and Tourist Equity, Tourist Delight has a positive and significant effect on Tourist Equity, Tourist Delight has a positive and significant effect on Tourist Loyalty, Tourist Equity has a positive and significant effect on Tourist Loyalty. Originality/value: This study provides empirical evidence and will be a useful guide for tourism in building more strategic destinations for tourists' enjoyment or tourist delight.

Retracted: Landscape Preference of Rural Cultural Tourism Tourists Based on GIS Spatial Statistical Technology and Emotion Analysis

Retracted: Landscape Preference of Rural Cultural Tourism Tourists Based on GIS Spatial Statistical Technology and Emotion Analysis

Analisis Insentif Finansial dan Insentif Non Finansial Terhadap Loyalitas Kerja Karyawan (Studi Pada PT. Anta Utama Kediri)

PT Anta Utama is a ticket sales service company with experience in the fields of: Transportation, ticketing, travel documents, haj/umroh, and tourism tours. The purpose of this study is to explain whether incentives can increase employee loyalty, organizations are required to pay more attention to financial factors that affect them such as incentives and non-employee incentives. This research method is to use quantitative research and conducted at PT Anta Utama Kediri. The population in this study are all employees at PT. Anta Utama has 50 employees. The results in this study are that giving incentives is one of the company's ways or efforts to increase employee loyalty. The results of the study show that incentives and non-financial incentives simultaneously affect employee loyalty at PT Anta Utama Kediri Financial. Thus, the provision of incentives to employees shows that partially financial incentives affect employee loyalty at PT Anta Utama Kediri.

Székelyföldi barlangok értékelése turisztikai hasznosíthatóságuk szemszögéből

Speleology and caving are becoming increasingly popular activities these days, with a high number of visitors flocking to these mysterious but breathtaking natural wonders. However, cave exploration and research is not as popular and the number of people interested in such researches seems to be decreasing. The aim of the research was to evaluate the touristic potential of ten selected caves in Szeklerland. The caves were studied based on several criteria, using quantitative SWOT analysis, to find out which caves could be developed for tourism and included in the tourism circuit, and which ones had a low appeal as a natural resource and were not worth investing time and energy into their touristic development.

Estágio e Mercado de Trabalho Percepções dos alunos dos cursos de Turismo e Hotelaria de Instituições de Ensino Superior do Rio de Janeiro [Brasil

Taking into account the General National Curriculum Guidelines for the organization and operation of the Technology Courses and the National Catalog of Technology Courses (2016), this paper derived from research in Master course aims at proposing a unit study plan of the Cocktail Preparation discipline (this is, as a rule, part of the curriculum structure of Technology in Culinary courses). Its didactic-pedagogical process, theoretically and methodologically based on meaningful learning, aims at promoting the articulation of knowledge related to Cocktail Preparation and the drinks involved in it, with other areas of knowledge and the passage from a know-how restricted to the technical domain (elaboration of cocktail recipes) to a reflexive theoretical-practical action. For this, the Study Plan concludes the proposition of learning activities in the direction of co-creation and development, by students, of a project of a tourist circuit linked to Creative Tourism. This will bring to the course of the discipline the perspective of professional insertion in the applicability of these studies, as well as the design of an alternative tourism product that could be implemented.

Strategies for territorial tourism planning in natural protected areas (NPAs): Alto Mayo Protected Forest (BPAM), Peru

The Alto Mayo Protected Forest (“Bosque de Protección Alto Mayo”, or BPAM for its Spanish acronym) is one of the largest natural protected areas (NPA) in Peru. The BPAM has several tourist attractions owing to its great biodiversity of ecosystems and species. However, the BPAM does not have an optimal offer of tourism services because of the lack of infrastructure articulated to the multiscalarity of its territory. The objective of this research is to propose integral strategies for permitted tourism uses of the BPAM, considering its plans and planning instruments oriented to the conservation of the ecosystem through sustainable projects. To diagnose the site and collect data, participatory workshops were held with local inhabitants and authorities involved in the administration of the BPAM. As a result, the BPAM was structured into five tourist zones to propose intervention strategies at three scales: territory, community, and architecture. At the territorial scale, a network of infrastructure and tourist circuits has been proposed. At the community scale, the suitability of each tourist zone was evaluated to propose activities classified as ecotourism, adventure, or rural. At the architectural scale, sustainable tourism equipment was configured through schematic strategies that considered the architectural object, connectors, and site. Finally, this study is synthesized as an example of an intervention instrument to promote sustainable tourism in NPAs with similar characteristics in the Peruvian Amazon.

Returning to the gaybourhood: Expectations of resilience and recovery of Chueca (Madrid) after the COVID-19 pandemic

Chueca, in Madrid, is Spain’s most well-known gaybourhood, a significant space for both local and national LGBTQ individuals and activist movements, as well as for the Spanish and European LGBTQ tourist circuits. The COVID- 19 pandemic hit hard in a neighbourhood already heavily disputed among arguments of touristification and tourist accommodation, as tourist-oriented businesses began closing and other, more resident-oriented ones transformed themselves to survive the year 2020. Drawing from ethnographic research undertaken from 2019 to early 2021, this article analyses different experiences and expectations of recovery among local professionals, mostly business- owners from Chueca itself. The opposition between a return to business-as-usual and a revolution towards a more humane or sustainable tourism, on the one hand, and an already conflicted debate over the nature of the neighbourhood, on the other one, interacts with the wider situation of urban tourist destinations in Western Europe and with the practices of discourses unveiled in Chueca. The article argues for the pandemic’s role as a catalyst for pre-existing conflicts, as local and global processes intertwine.

Inclusive tourism: the experiences and expectations of Indonesian wheelchair tourists in nature tourism

ABSTRACT This study sought to understand the travel experiences and expectations of wheelchair tourists. The increasing demand for wheelchair tourists to visit natural destinations, the barriers while travelling, and the inclusivity of tourism are the main motivations of this study. While previous studies have investigated accessibility in tourism, they have rarely focused on inclusive tourism, especially from wheelchair tourists’ perspective. Driven by social constructivism theory, this research presents the results of the experiences of Indonesian wheelchair tourists in natural destinations by utilising the exclusion-inclusion and critical theory. In this emancipatory disability research, snowball sampling was employed to conduct semi-structured interviews with ten wheelchair users, and the empirical materials were thematically analysed. The findings revealed that participants were excited about travelling, but the barriers made wheelchair tourists more selective in choosing natural destinations. Inclusivity was perceived to be an issue that required the achievement of a cultural shift. While accessibility was deemed necessary, service and concern from tourism providers and other tourists were crucial at the lower experience level during travel. A ‘friend in tourism’ was reported as necessary to push toward inclusivity and equality in the tourism industry to ensure a better future.

How travel motivation and engagement can boost loyalty to wellness tourism in Yogyakarta

Wellness tourism is a type of special interest tourism that aims to maintain the body's fitness of tourists. Wellness tourism with facilities or activities that involve tourists, such as yoga, spas, and art performances. One of the fitness tourism destinations in Indonesia that is currently entering the development stage is the Special Region of Yogyakarta. These destinations have various kinds of local wisdom to be an attraction in terms of attractive fitness tourism activities. This study was conducted to analyze the effect of tourist motivation on destination loyalty (loyalty to destinations) through the involvement of tourists in wellness tourism in the Special Region of Yogyakarta. This study uses a quantitative approach, the type of explanatory research, by distributing questionnaires to 120 domestic tourists who visit fitness tourism destinations in the Special Region of Yogyakarta using a non-probability sampling technique with purposive sampling. The data analysis technique used is statistic descriptive, regression analysis, and Sobel Test which is used to see the influence between variables, either directly or indirectly. The results of this study indicate that there is an influence between tourist motivation and destination loyalty through the involvement of tourists in wellness tourism in the Special Region of Yogyakarta. In addition, the tourist involvement variable has a mediating role for the tourism motivation variable with destination loyalty.

How Responsible Tourism Behavioral Intentions Influence Tour Choices: Effects of Economic, Socio-Cultural, and Environmental Responsibility

ABSTRACT This study aims to examine how economic, socio-cultural, and environmental responsibility affects tourists’ responsible behavioral intentions in Thua Thien Hue province, Vietnam. Moreover, the relationship between responsible tourism intention and responsible tourism tour choice was examined. The structural equation modeling with SMARTPLS was used to test multiple hypotheses (N = 200). The findings represent a positive effect of the determinants studied on the tourist’s responsibility and the choice of responsible tourism tours. It was highlighted that environmental responsibility factors play a crucial role in tourists’ responsible behavior. Research findings provide a scientific basis for researchers, destination management organizations, and tour operators to promote responsible tourism.

Quantitative Assessment of Destination Service Quality of the Buddhist Circuit Using Relative Importance Index

This paper aims to quantitatively assess the destination service quality of the Buddhist Circuit, a network of sacred Buddhist sites located in India. The quality of destination services is critical to visitor satisfaction, which, in turn, affects the sustainability of the tourism industry. Despite the popularity of the Buddhist Circuit as an iconic tourism circuit, little is known about the quality of services offered at the site, which could impact the overall visitor experience. A quantitative research design is followed based on a structured questionnaire survey. The empirical data for the study was collected at five prominent destinations along the Buddhist Circuit: Bodh Gaya, Nalanda, Rajgir, Vaishali, and Sarnath. The data gathered from the survey was analyzed using the relative importance index (RII) method. The study identified key service attributes that shape the destination service quality of the Buddhist Circuit and highlighted areas for improvement. The study provides valuable insights for policymakers, destination management organizations (DMOs), and service providers to enhance service quality and improve the visitor experience at the Buddhist Circuit.

An Analysis of Latent Demand in Language Tourism

Studies on language tourism have been scarce. Existing research has focused on language tourists and their experiences. However, no study has approached nonparticipants and latent demand in language tourism. Latent demand refers to demand that cannot be satisfied due to particular constraints, and despite the interest of the individual. Yet, the characteristics of latent demand in this type of tourism remain unknown, as well as the constraints that impede the participation of these potential language tourists in language tourism. The present study aims to fill this gap in knowledge by identifying: a) the characteristics and constraints of latent demand in language tourism; and b) which factors predict the intentions of becoming a language tourist. This study comprises a sample of 1,462 nonparticipants in language tourism. Statistical quantitative data analysis (including a binary logistic regression method) was performed using SPSS. Among other findings, we concluded that several predictors increased the odds of intending to participate in language tourism (e. g., being single, being able to speak English, being enrolled in higher education), while others decreased it (lack of interest, lack of a travel companion, family commitments). Analyzing nonparticipants with high potential is key to remove constraints to their participation in language tourism.

Land Use Development of Bahuluang Island as a Leading Tourism Object in Selayar Regency, South Sulawesi

The Republic of Indonesia is an archipelagic country made up of 16,771 islands. The 314 islands are within the administrative area of ​​South Sulawesi Province. Bahuluang Island in the Selayar Islands Regency is one of them, which has rare resources that have not been utilized optimally as a source of driving the economy for the welfare of the people. This island has coral reef islands, white sand islands, and beautiful white sand beaches. Its natural conditions are very attractive and have the potential to be developed into a world-class tourist area. What is the academic perspective on the potential of this island to become a world-class tourist area, and how the development concept is right for it is a research problem. The aim is to reveal the potential and strategy for developing the area and its development model to become a world-class maritime potential-based tourism area. The method used is logical argumentation analyzed using the SWOT method. The results of the study revealed that Bahuluang Island has the potential to be developed into a marine tourism area with an all-in-one tourism concept. Its natural tourism landscape has the potential to create purely natural, traditional, modern, to extreme tourism activities. The existence of great opportunities for all-around tourism on this island can be presented side by side with marine tourism in the scarcity of coral islands and white sand islands to become world-class tourist areas. The potential of human resources as island property owners is a sizeable asset in supporting the presence of a tourist area in its place. The development strategy can be carried out by involving the community as the main part as owners of capital, which are protected by the management and control authority of the area and driven by third parties from investors together with supporting institutions in the protection of the Government of the Republic of Indonesia. The concept of building facilities must become a rare world tourism tour.

Penguatan Branding Aspek Gizi dan Kemasan Ole-Ole Kuliner Khas Indramayu (BROKU) dalam rangka menuju Pariwisata Kelas Dunia

The reopening of tourism for tourists presents opportunities and challenges in improving the economy and public health status. The high potential of natural resources and tourism, combined with the lack of diversity in processing local food ingredients in Indramayu, requires action to maximize the management of local food ingredients from a technological aspect. This activity aims to improve the quality of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) through guidance and assistance in ensuring the quality of each product menu offered to customers. The activity method consists of: Focus Group Discussions, Identification of Indramayu's Typical Souvenir Potentials, Hygiene-Sanitation Education and Assistance, as well as Nutrition Value Calculation and Packaging Design for one of the MSMEs, namely Abon Ikan Gabus. Based on community service activities that have been carried out, it was found that the potential of Indramayu's natural resources for producing nutritious souvenirs is still underutilized, and there is a need to increase knowledge about hygiene and sanitation in food service, as well as information about product nutrition values and attractive product packaging design. Therefore, it is concluded that the potential of Indramayu's typical souvenir products is high, with the availability of local food ingredients, adequate knowledge with branding for nutrition and packaging. Continuous guidance efforts and increasing the number of involved MSMEs need to be carried out.

The Effect of Service Quality and Domestic Tourist Satisfaction on Intention to Revisit Marine Tourism in Komodo National Park

Issues occurred in marine tourism Komodo National Park can affect the satisfaction of tourists which threatens the sustainability of tourism. This research intends to examine the effect of service quality on domestic tourist satisfaction and revisit intention of 100 domestic tourists who had visited marine tourism in Komodo National Park. Data were collected through observation, questionnaire, and documentation using purposive sampling. Concepts used are service quality, satisfaction, and revisit intention. The measurement model (Convergent Validity, Discriminant Validity, Composite Reliability, and Cronbach Alpha) and structural model (model fit, R Square, Path Coefficient, T-Statistics, Predictive Relevance (Q2), and Path Coefficient) tests were utilized to evaluate the data using SEM PLS student version (3.0). The result shows that the service quality positively and significantly affects the satisfaction as well as the intention to revisit of domestic tourists in marine tourism at Komodo National Park. This indicates that customer satisfaction and intention to revisit are closely associated with service quality. In addition, satisfaction provides a partial mediation effect between service quality and intention to revisit. In other words, service quality can influences domestic tourists' intentions to revisit marine tourism in Komodo National Park with the mediation of satisfaction or without the mediation of satisfaction.

MuSEAum – Branding the Sea Museums of Portugal Research findings and perspectives of an innovation journey

The presence of the sea in Portuguese museums, monuments and sites is formidable, a multifaceted heritage providing experiences transposing history, exploration, industry, commerce, lifestyles, technologies, architecture, popular and fine arts. muSEAum focused on management competencies for the competitive exploration of museums’ characteristics, environment, and collection. The co-innovation project with a nationwide sample of sea-themed museological institutions – not just maritime or marine museums -- addressed the definition, management and communication of the museum brand, the benefits of a Sea Museum of Portugal collective brand, visitor experience technologies, national and international reach and awareness, spirit of belonging, new learning partnerships, and local tourism. Research on audiences and management practices provided a solid evaluation basis. Notwithstanding some noteworthy, good practices, most institutions suffer from insufficient funding and administrative autonomy. Promotional efforts are geared towards local constituencies leading to residual national and international visibility, affecting particularly those off tourist circuits. Incipient or inexistant brands, inefficient or non-existent websites, inconspicuous SEO and digital marketing activities, own domain names a rarity keep many museums absconded in the internet maelstrom.

Destination fascination, well-being, and the reasonable person model of behavioural intention in heritage tourism

ABSTRACT Studies on fascination have thus far focused on natural attractions, the effects of destination fascination in heritage tourism remain unknown. This paper identifies hypothetical relationships among destination fascination, eudaimonic experience, hedonic experience, and behavioural intention concerning a heritage street from a reasonable person model (RPM) perspective. A total of 376 valid questionnaires were collected in Shennong Street in Taiwan through a street intercept survey. A positive relationship among tourists’ destination fascination, well-being (eudaimonic and hedonic experience), and behavioural intention was discovered. Structural equation modelling verified that both eudaimonic and hedonic experience mediated the effect of destination fascination on behavioural intention in heritage tourism. This is the first study to comprehensively examine the eudaimonic and hedonic experiences of tourists in heritage tourism. This study offers guidance and insights into heritage tourism from the perspective of the RPM.

Perfil e indicadores de los establecimientos de larga estancia para adulto mayor en Chile

Background and objectiveIn this article we sought to characterize the Long Stay Establishments for the Elderly in Chile, besides presenting the services offered in the public and private. Material and methodsIt is a quantitative, cross-sectional descriptive study, with secondary information source. We analyze all establishments in the country registered with the National Service of the Elderly. As of November 2015, a total of 724 establishments were registered and distributed in 169 neighborhoods throughout the country in which 16,985 adults aged 60 and over were institutionalized. ResultsMost of the establishments (65.9% [n=246/724]) are private, 47.5% of them (n=344/724) are located in the metropolitan region of Santiago. Of the residents’ health, only 26.5% are considered functional brave, 28.3% are physically handicapped and 8.8% are mentally handicapped. Most establishments offer manual activities, physical exercises, memory classes, cultural classes and recreational or touristic tours. Proportionally of the activities offered were mostly private ones. ConclusionsIn Chile, most of the establishments are private, located in the metropolitan region where there is the largest supply deficit of this type of service, with an occupancy rate of 90.7%, with 72.4% women and almost half 47.7% with some physical or psychic dependence.