City Tourism Research Articles

FROM HERITAGE TOURISM TO SUN AND BEACH DESTINATIONS: THE EXPLANATORY ROLE OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS ON THE AVERAGE DAILY RATE

Purpose – This study aims to analyse whether the impact of external factors on the average daily rate (ADR) varies according to the type of destination. The study measures the effects of length of stay, share of international tourism and seasonality on hotel rates for sun and beach tourism, city tourism and heritage destinations.. Methodology/Design/Approach –We collected monthly data from January 2021 to June 2023 and conducted a regression analysis to measure how international tourism, length of stay or seasonality differ by destination type and what impact these factors have on ADR. The data refers to the 106 tourist destinations defined by the Spanish Statistics Institute (INE). Findings – Increasing the length of stay has a positive effect on ADR for cultural heritage destinations. In all types of destinations, a higher share of international tourism increases ADR, but the effect is particularly strong for city tourism. Greater seasonality is associated with higher hotel prices and is particularly relevant for sun and beach destinations. Originality of the research –A better understanding of ADR determinants, depending on the different destination types, is important for hotel managers and those designing tourism policies at destination level

The influence of tourists' emotional experiences on destination loyalty from the perspective of community economy

AbstractCommunity research has been a significant topic in various fields over time. This study (a) constructs a structural equation model for hypothetical community relationships between six factors: tourist interaction, positive emotional experience, general emotional experience, tourists' subjective well‐being, tourist satisfaction, and tourist destination loyalty, and (b) examines the impact of tourists' emotional experiences on their destination loyalty by taking community members as the main survey objects. The results show that tourist emotional experiences have a positive impact on tourists' loyalty. Finally, taking Guilin's evolution into a world‐class tourism city as an example, we propose suggestions on the development of community tourism.

Сучасні виклики та перспективи розвитку міського туризму в Україні у повоєнний період

The article is aimed at identifying the peculiarities of urban tourism functioning and the main challenges caused by the full-scale war in Ukraine. The relevance of the study is stipulated by the need to understand the main transformational changes in tourism in Ukraine during the war and in the post-war period. The purpose of the study is to analyse the prospects for the development of urban tourism and the main challenges caused by military operations in Ukraine. In order to achieve this goal, we will focus on two key tasks: analyzing the problems caused by Russia's military aggression against Ukraine and identifying the main challenges faced by urban tourism in Ukraine, both during the war and in the post-war period. Despite the difficult situation in the country, it has been established that urban tourism continues to function in relatively safe cities. In addition to rather small domestic tourism, "non-traditional" inbound tourism has begun to develop in the form of visits by delegations of representatives of governments, international organisations, NGOs, volunteers, and military journalists. The study found that the main challenges of today are due to the need to strengthen security measures, take into account the availability of bomb shelters and shelters when visiting cities, and organize excursions. In this regard, there is a growing need to find ways to transform the tourist offer, increase the use of Internet technologies in the tourism sector and develop new approaches to promoting the tourist offer of urban tourism. One of the key tasks today and in the future is to develop adaptive and inclusive tourism in Ukrainian cities.

Analysis of the Spatial Form of Ancient Cities based on Image Theory: Taking the Ancient City of Zhangzhou as an Example

The construction of historical and cultural blocks in ancient cities is a new direction for the development of tourism in historical and cultural cities. As the core of the famous historical and cultural city of Zhangzhou and an important window of the city's image, the ancient city of Zhangzhou plays a decisive role in the development of Zhangzhou. This article is based on the theoretical study of Kevin Lynch's "Image of the City", and analyzes the spatial form of the ancient city of Zhangzhou from the material form (roads, boundaries, areas, nodes and landmarks) and spiritual form (specialty snacks, traditional operas, handicrafts) ), conducting a study on the individual characteristics and overlapping characteristics of the image elements, revealing that the image elements of Zhangzhou ancient city need to coordinate with each other to ensure the integrity and distinctiveness of the ancient city's characteristics, promote the sustainable development of the ancient city's spatial form, and have an impact on the overall spatial system and human environment of the ancient city.

Formation mechanism of heritage responsibility behaviour of tourists in cultural heritage cities from the perspective of affective-cognitive evaluation

Formation mechanism of heritage responsibility behaviour of tourists in cultural heritage cities from the perspective of affective-cognitive evaluation

ОСОБЛИВОСТІ УПРАВЛІННЯ ТУРИСТИЧНОЮ ДЕСТИНАЦІЄЮ МІСТОМ КИЄВОМ: ВІДНОВЛЕННЯ ТА РОЗВИТОК В УМОВАХ ПАНДЕМІЇ ТА ВОЄННОГО СТАНУ

The socio-economic situation in Ukraine, the lack of a comprehensive, systematic model of tourism management leads to the decline of this sector. The relevance of this topic is due to the need to develop strategies and management measures aimed at ensuring the attractiveness of the city for tourists and the restoration of the tourism sector. The pandemic and war have significantly affected the tourism industry throughout the country. Negative influences have put the tourism industry in Ukraine at risk of decline. The threatening decline in tourism activity poses major risks to the country's socio-economic situation. The decline in tourist flow leads to job losses, lower revenues for businesses serving tourists, and a general deterioration in economic activity. The main purpose of this study is to analyze the aspects of management, development, and recovery of a tourist destination, using the example of Kyiv as part of Ukraine's economic system in the context of a pandemic and war. The study used such methods as system analysis, structural and functional approach, comparison, and statistical method. The study considered the problems associated with a decrease in the flow of tourists and loss of income in the tourism industry due to ineffective management of the tourist destination (pandemic and military operations in the country), insufficient infrastructure. This made it possible to formulate recommendations for solving the problems, namely improving the transport infrastructure, creating, and maintaining tourist infrastructure, such as hotels, restaurants, and other facilities that will form an open tourism policy of the state. The paper develops the concept of spatial and economic management and practical functionality of tourist destinations on the example of Kyiv, provided that modern technologies, approaches and methods of tourist destinations formation are used, which are the components of the model of management of tourist territories development. The obtained results from the study can be used in the system of management of tourist destinations at the international and regional levels.

A constraint programming approach for multi-objective tourist trip design problem with mandatory visits: A case study for İzmir Turkey

The Orienteering Problem (OP) is an optimization problem that finds the locations and routes that will return the highest profit/benefit, starting from the initial location of the traveler/vehicle, visiting these locations, and ending with the starting location of the tour within a given time or distance limit. There is no obligation to visit all locations in the problem structure. OP has many real-life applications, such as staff routing and disaster relief routing. In this study, OP with Time Windows (OPTW), an extension of OP, is discussed with hotel selection and mandatory visits. Although the main objective of OPTW is profit maximization, it is also essential to minimize the total travel time to complete the tour efficiently. For this reason, we consider the OPTW as a multi-objective problem. In the problem considered here, it is assumed that the profit/benefit, travel time between locations, service period, and time interval that each location can be visited are determined to be known. Within the scope of the study, first, a Mixed Integer Programming (MIP) model is prepared for the problem. Since the proposed mathematical model does not provide solutions in a reasonable time for large networks, the problem is solved by a Constraint Programming (CP) approach. Attractive tourist points of interest for Izmir, one of Turkey's major tourist cities, are determined, and the proposed method is applied to the real-life problem. The problem is modeled as Multi-Objective OPTW with MIP and CP and solved. Also, sensitivity analysis is performed by considering two different scenarios.

Spatio-temporal evolutionary analysis of ecological economic resilience in typical Chinese tourist cities

Abstract In recent years, China’s tourism sector has experienced rapid growth. Ecological economic resilience, a crucial metric for assessing urban comprehensive strength, has increasingly garnered attention from academics and governmental bodies. In this study, we assess the resilience of tourism cities’ ecological economies using 28 selected indicators. By employing the entropy value method, we establish the weights for these indicators, facilitating an exploration of their temporal evolution. Spatial evolution characteristics are examined through spatial autocorrelation analysis, incorporating the global Moran’s I index. Utilizing a coupled coordination model, we calculate the ecological, economic resilience, and urban tourism development levels across various cities. Our findings indicate a significant increase in ecological resilience, rising from 0.2129 in 2014 to 0.2807 in 2023. The Moran’s I index rises from the trough value of 0.0532 to the peak value of 0.0951 and then steadily declines to 0.0738, presenting a fluctuating trend of alternately increasing and decreasing development. The coupling coordination degree is more significant than 0.5 in 2023, which is at a highly developed stage. This study serves as a reference for the sustainable development of urban tourism.

Implementation of Tourism Development Strategy After the Covid-19 Pandemic in Sibolga City

This study aims to examine the results of implementing strategies in developing tourism after the Covid-19 pandemic in Sibolga City. In previous studies, a model of tourism development strategy after the Covid-19 pandemic in the Lake Toba Region has been examined using the theory of the basic components of tourism consisting of tourist objects and attractions, accommodation, transportation / tourist transportation, tourist facilities and facilities, and tourism infrastructure (promotion, marketing and policy). Lake Toba and Sibolga are marine tourism destinations. This research applies the tourism development strategy found in previous research to Sibolga City. After the implementation, an evaluation was carried out through the Customer Satisfaction Index (CSI) questionnaire method, the Importance Performance Analysis (IPA) method and also interviews with tourists and tourism stakeholders involved in Sibolga City tourism. The results obtained from the calculation of the CSI value are 68.57%, in the range of 0.66% – 0.80%. The meaning of this value is that tourists are satisfied with the attributes measured by their satisfaction level. The average conformity score is 83.46%, meaning that the performance achieved and the importance of attributes according to travellers have shown excellent results. Through the FGD, it can be seen that the implementation of tourism development strategies from previous research in the Lake Toba Area is also appropriate

Personalized Recommendation Method for Cultural Creative Products in Tourism Cities Based on User Profiles

This examine introduces a novel personalised recommendation technique for cultural and innovative merchandise in traveler cities, leveraging the superior abilities of BERT4Rec along designated user photos to noticeably enhance the advice machine's precision and customization. with the aid of undertaking an in-intensity evaluation of users' historical conduct, the studies harnesses the state-of-the-art deep mastering and self-attention mechanisms intrinsic to BERT4Rec. This technique adeptly captures the nuanced long-range dependencies in user activities, imparting a profound perception into the styles and selections that define user behavior. The innovation extends to integrating these dynamic behavioral insights with the static demographic statistics of users—such as age, gender, and occupation—to forge a extra nuanced and whole user profile. This holistic view not solely mirrors the users' beyond interactions however also weaves in fundamental demographic information, paving the way for tailored and nuanced suggestions. The deployment of BERT4Rec stands as a testomony to its prowess in decoding complex consumer engagement tendencies and tendencies, whilst the fusion with consumer pix extensively bolsters the system's potential to cater to the various and specific desires of users.Empirical proof underscores the prevalence of this technique over modern tourism product advice algorithms, marking a giant stride in the realm of cultural innovative product recommendations inside traveler cities. furthermore, this paper's insights and methodologies provide treasured implications for reinforcing advice structures across severa domain names.

Research on Optimization of Traffic Management in Smart Tourism Cities for Sustainable Development

Abstract In order to accelerate the efficiency of urban traffic operation in tourism and maximize the efficiency of urban traffic operation. This paper conducts systematic research on urban traffic conditions and proposes the construction of an intelligent urban traffic management system. First of all, the system structure is designed from the whole, and the system is divided into the information collection stage, the information processing stage, and the information release stage to clarify the functions that the system needs to realize. The design of the system includes queries for road conditions, bus transfer, walking navigation, and background management of each functional module. By building a good system development environment, system functions can be realized in code. Visitor satisfaction was evaluated using the fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method, and simulation experiments were carried out to evaluate the system’s optimization effect. The satisfaction of tourists in terms of convenience and comfort is improved compared with that before the use of the system. After the implementation of the intelligent traffic management system, the delay time of the intersection with the most complex road conditions in peak hour E is reduced by 19.8 s. The delay time in the peak hour is reduced by 4 s. It shows that the system improves the satisfaction of tourists in terms of convenience and comfort reduces the possibility of congestion for the tourists and the residents to travel, and improves the utilization rate of the road. The utilization rate of the road.

The concepts of Smart cities, Smart Tourism Destination and Smart Tourism Cities and their interrelationship

Because of the dramatic urbanization processes and increasing number of the population, cities are required to develop complex strategies and innovative plans for their future. Advancing technologies are causing the transformation of cities into smart cities and the recent trend of tourism research shows the potential relationship of smart cities with tourism. In this article, the content of the concepts of smartness, smart tourism destination (STD), smart city, smart tourism cities, their interdependence and importance are studied. Furthermore, the purpose of this study is to explore what STDs provide for tourists and the chances that smart cities offer for local people, analysing the potential benefits of STDs for tourists, stakeholders and destinations, and their importance in urban development based on current scholar research.

Factors influencing weekend travel destination choice: A study in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam

Nowadays, weekend travel is gradually gaining people's attention due to societal impacts, with the desire to improve health, relax, rest, and entertain after days of exhausting work. Therefore, the development of weekend travel is a strategy of interest to managers and leaders, leading to intense competition among destinations. Although it has been long established worldwide, weekend travel in Vietnam has only recently gained popularity, primarily among young people. Therefore, researching the factors influencing the decision to choose weekend travel destinations is significant in developing strategies for this type of tourism. The research results show that the choice of weekend travel destinations by Ho Chi Minh City tourists is driven by various internal and external factors. Among them, internal motivations, income, convenience in the trip, the image of the destination, etc., are factors rated highly by tourists. There are significant differences in some internal and external factors according to age groups. Model testing and research hypotheses indicate that 66.4% of destination choices are influenced by the proposed factors in the model. Among them, the destination image has the most significant impact, followed by income, internal motivations, and distance. The remaining factors in the model have low or no impact on the satisfaction and commitment to return to weekend travel destinations for Ho Chi Minh City tourists.

Implementation Of The Al-Qur’an Literacy Education Program At The Darussalam Foundation, Cibubur Tourism City

Al-Quran Literacy Education is part of the development of a mosque, where the mosque becomes the center of education and worship for Muslims. The Qur’an is primary literature among Muslims, both used as guidance and worship. Moreover, Minister of Education and Culture Regulation No. 21 of 2016 concerning Educational Content Standards states that reading and understanding the Al-Qur'an is an important component in Islamic Religious Education. The reality is that the Al-Quran literacy index in Indonesia is not high, in fact tends to be low, there are around 60-70% of Indonesian Muslims who cannot read the Al-Qur'an. Therefore, the Darussalam Mosque in the tourist city is implementing a Qur'an literacy education program which is religious education to overcome Al-Qur'an illiteracy/Qur'an illiteracy for the community. The targets in this research is the Management of the Darussalam Mosque. The research method uses a qualitative descriptive approach. The results show that the educational service program is the Qur'an Workshop. The Qur'an Workshop program is a Qur’an learning education for elderly people ranging from 50-60 years and over as an effort to enlighten the Muslim community so that they can read and understand the holy book of the Koran as a guide to life based on activities taught by teachers at the mosque (ustadz and ustadzah) who really have the ability to teach Qur’anic literacy to the elderly community. The presence of the Qur'an workshop program is expected to be able to overcome the very high number of Qur'an illiteracy in the community.

Government Capability in Encouraging Sustainable Innovation: A Case Study of the Makassar City Tourism Alley Program

This study aims to analyze the innovation capacity of the Lorong Wisata Makassar program based on the innovation capability model developed by Lawson & Samson (2001). By analyzing the seven elements of innovation capability, namely: vision and strategy, utilization of bases and competencies, organizational intelligence, management of creativity and ideas, structure and organization, culture and climate and technology management. The type of research used is to use an exprolative qualitative approach to analyze and prorelate in depth related to the phenomena that occur in research. Data collection techniques i.e., observation, in-depth interviews, documentation. The results showed that in element the Vision and Strategy have been implemented optimally because the program has been able to improve the economy of the hallway community. Base utilization and competence have not been achieved due to budget constraints in the utilization of hallways. Organizational intelligence has run well as seen from the government's ability to change people's mindset. Management of creativity and ideas has been carried out optimally, supported by the ability of the Makassar City government to provide stimulant assistance to the community through synergy between SKPD. The organizational structure and system have been implemented optimally, because the Makassar City government has been able to monitor the development and monitoring of the hallway regularly. The culture and climate of implementation have not been able to be optimal, this is due to the development of Lorong Wisata which is continuously established by the government, while on the other hand there are still many abandoned alleys.

Planning For The Development of Urban Tourism Destinations (A Study on The Tourism Office of Kupang City

The relatively low revenue from the tourism sector indicates that tourism management in Kupang City requires serious attention from the local government, considering the promising tourism potential of Kupang City, which can be an option to increase local revenue and boost the community's economy towards building the region for the better. This research is qualitative, and the data were obtained from primary and secondary sources collected through observation, interviews, and document review with 40 informants. The collected data were analyzed using data analysis techniques (Creswell, 2016). The research findings indicate that the planning for the development of urban tourism destinations at the Kupang City Tourism Office revealed: (a) the actors involved in the planning process include both official and unofficial actors; (b) a review of the situation and identification of issues from an economic perspective shows that the threat is the community's mindset, which is difficult to change, while the opportunity lies in the economic development involving many creative economic players in Kupang City. The weakness is the lack of budget for urban tourism development, but we have the strength of being the capital city of NTT province and a gateway to Timor Leste; (c) forecasting indicates that the current tourism condition is still limited to natural tourist destinations, while urban tourism development has not been maximized. The actors strongly support the planning for more advanced urban tourism development; (d) the establishment of goals and strategy formulation refers to the vision and mission of the Kupang City Government. In implementing tourism development strategies, the organization first conducts communication among stakeholders and the local community; (e) the approval of plans indicates that, to date, the development plan for urban tourism destinations at the Kupang City Tourism Office is still in the planning stage

철도교통과 한반도 지형 변화

Railways are an indispensable civilization for modernization, but on the other hand, imperialism has two sides as a typical means of invading and colonizing weaker countries. Japan was able to seize and further colonize transportation and logistics on the Korean Peninsula through the construction of railroads. In addition, it used this as a bridgehead to develop a policy of invading the continent.
 After the opening of the port, Japan developed Busan as a base city to promote an aggression policy. Busan was the base city of the railway network, the last stop of the government-affiliated contact line, and the starting point of the Eurasian International Railway. In this process, while Dongnae, a traditional strategic point in the southeastern region of the Korean Peninsula, declined, Busan overtook Pyongyang to grow into Korea's second-largest city. In this process, Dongnae strengthened its character as a recreational tourism city for the Japanese living in Busan.
 The railroads established by Japan reorganized traditional transportation and logistics, and further changed the power relations and topography between cities. The presence or absence of railroads became the main criterion for the rise and fall of cities. As such, it can be seen that railroads were the main means of Japan's colonization of Korea, and were a fundamental force that changed the traditional power relations, topography, logistics, and markets between cities.

Cruise Tourism in Japanese Coastal Cities: The Role of Revisit and Word-of-Mouth Intentions as Proxies for Behavior

Cruise Tourism in Japanese Coastal Cities: The Role of Revisit and Word-of-Mouth Intentions as Proxies for Behavior

EKSPLORASI POTENSI TAMAN NASIONAL KOMODO: PENDEKATAN PENGEMBANGAN PAKET WISATA BERBASIS WISATA BAHARI


 
 
 Komodo National Park. The purpose of this research is to find out the potential and packaging of marine tourism packages that have not been optimized in Komodo National Park.Data collection techniques in this study are observation, interviews, literature studies and documentation. The informant determination technique in this study is purposive sampling. The analysis technique used is qualitative descriptive. The results of this study show that in Komodo National Park there are fourteen potential Marine tourism. The marine tourism potential consists of Pink Beach, Siaba Besar, Kanawa Island, Batu Bolong, Kalong Island, Crystal Rock, Taka Makassar, The Cauldron, Manta Point, Kelor Island, Waecicu Beach, Pede Beach, Rangko Cave and Ujung Village. These potentials can be packaged into 3 tour packages, namely, Komodo Dive Tour with Full Day Tour activities, Labuan Bajo City Tour with Full Day Tour tourism activities and Komodo Oversea Tour with 3 day 2 tour activities Nights.
 
 

Impacts of Tourism on Development of Urban Areas in Indian Cities: A Systematic Literature Review

The paper aims to review the impact of tourism on the development of urban areas in Indian cities. The study explores the various ways in which tourism acts as a catalyst for the development of any city in terms of sectors like the economic, social, and physical development of urban areas. In the context of India, there are many cities which are already heavily dependent on tourism activity, and they are flourishing as tourism cities. This also examines the challenges the cities face in managing tourism's growth and the impact it has on the local communities. The findings suggest that while tourism has the potential to bring significant benefits to urban areas, it also has negative effects on the environment, cultural heritage, and quality of life for residents. This paper is based on a systematic literature review and content analysis.