Well-being Of Local Communities Research Articles

Impacts of Sustainable Tourism in Porto and North of Portugal: A Literature Review on Post-Covid Evolution and Implications

This research delves into the post-COVID evolution of sustainable tourism in Porto and North of Portugal, aiming to shed light on critical aspects for industry stakeholders and researchers. The motive behind this study lies in the imperative to understand the shifts in tourism dynamics and their implications for the region’s sustainability, catalyzed by the transformative impacts of the pandemic and challenges posed by mass tourism. With the surge in awareness, the study explores the need to reconcile economic development with environmental preservation and the well-being of local communities. Addressing a void in the literature, our focus extends beyond the immediate effects of the pandemic, emphasizing the evolving landscape of sustainable tourism. The study’s significance lies in providing insights into the trends, challenges, and opportunities that have emerged in the region. Methodologically, a narrative literature review allows us to synthesize existing knowledge, offering a nuanced perspective on the subject. This approach enables a holistic analysis of the sustainable tourism landscape, considering both the successes and challenges faced by the region. Our findings indicate a positive shift towards sustainability, marked by a reduction in seasonality rates and a transition from coastal mass tourism to a more sustainable inland tourism model in rural areas. These findings signify a promising direction for future tourism development in the region. Summarily, this study provides valuable insights into the post-COVID evolution of sustainable tourism in Porto and North of Portugal, addressing a critical gap in the literature and providing practical implications for industry professionals and researchers.

Advanced Clustering Approach for Peer-to-Peer Local Energy Markets Considering Prosumers’ Preference Vectors

Local energy markets (LEMs) are utilized in a bottom-up power systems approach for reducing the complexity of the traditional, centralized power system and to enable better integration of decentralized renewable energy resources (RES). Peer-to-peer (P2P) energy trading creates opportunities for prosumers to trade their RES with other prosumers in the LEM. Although several scenarios were proposed in the literature for modelling P2P energy trading, there is still a gap in the literature considering the heterogeneous characteristics of prosumers’ bidding preferences during P2P matching in the LEM. In this paper, we present heterogeneous characteristics of bidding preferences for prosumers considering energy quantity, bid/offer price, geographic location, location of agents on the local community and cluster welfare. Moreover, this paper proposes an advanced clustering model for P2P matching in the energy community considering the heterogeneous characteristics of bidding preferences for prosumers. For evaluating our proposed model performance, two German real case scenarios of a small and large communities were studied. The simulations results show that using price preference, as the criterion for clustering, offers more technical and economic benefits to energy communities compared to other clustering scenarios. On the other hand, clustering scenarios based on location of prosumers ensure that energy is traded among prosumers who are closer to each other.

Existence Mentaraman: Sustainable Rural Tourism Approach for Pagelaran

Pagelaran has cultural potential and natural capital which is the uniqueness of the Pagelaran community. The performing community does have a Mentaraman which is well known locally. However, the stretching of cultural education tourism in the Mentaraman the performance has not yet shown its climax, there are still obstacles that become a trap for Pagelaran to develop the potential become an independent tourism. The main problem. Underdevelopment of resources to expand public access to the existence of the Mentaraman Pagelaran is very limited. The diversity of tourist attractions in Pagelaran will become a contradiction if it is not synergized with the supporting components and elements of a tourism create an independent and sustainable educational tourism. This research was conducted with a qualitative approach using an exploratory research model. This study aims to analyze efforts to develop Mentaraman sustainable tourism. Mentaraman tourism destination prioritizes the preservation of local culture, traditional wisdom, and community welfare, considering sustainable environmental impacts. Data was collected through in-depth interviews with local communities, tourism village managers, and other related parties. In addition, participatory observation and analysis of related documents were also carried out to obtain more complete data. Mentaraman to develop sustainable strategies in developing culture-based tourism. Some of the strategies identified include creating active community participation in managing tourism, diversifying culture-based tourism products, using green technology to reduce environmental impact, and collaborative approaches with external parties to strengthen promotion and marketing.

Optimizing the Socio-Economic Welfare Aspect of Communities in Rural Tourism Areas by Developing the Potencies of Indigenous Creative Economy

Development activities in villages based on tourism activities can be a catalyst for economic activity and investment. There are still many villages that are less than optimal in developing their tourism activities. The innovation that can be made in the village is to increase creative economic activities that have the potential to support the development of tourism activities. This research aims to conduct in-depth identification related to various creative economic potentials and formulate a model for strengthening the creative economy that will support tourism attractions in rural areas. This research uses qualitative research methods with a participatory action research approach. Data were collected by conducting observations and structured interviews as well as triangulation to explore in-depth information. The research findings show that the rural areas studied have a variety of potential superior creative economic activities to support tourism activities. Strengthening creative economic activities in the village area received support from tourism stakeholders. The synergy built greatly influences the management and governance of creative economic development that supports the innovation of existing tourism activities. The level of socio-economic welfare of local communities has increased in the form of additional income and better access to education and information.

The effect of tourism village development project on economic sustainability through tourism villages based on natural and cultural potentials

Tourism village development projects have become attractive to the community during the Covid 19 Pandemic and after. This condition is caused by many people in urban areas who wish to travel to natural and indigenous cultural destinations. Tourism village development is a process that emphasizes ways to develop or advance tourist villages. Village green tourism development projects through natural and cultural destinations are expected to provide sustainable village economic sustainability. The distribution of questionnaires to obtain the potential for village tourism development was determined by the project team that will develop in identifying, assigned consultants and key people from local villages, including leaders with a total of 46 respondents. Data processing looks at the relationship between village economic sustainability and village economic sustainability through natural and cultural tourism potential using partial least squares. The data processing results show that the village tourism development project has a positive effect on nature tourism potential, cultural tourism potential, and village economic sustainability by increasing the welfare of local communities. The nature tourism potential of the village, which has attractive mountains and a reliable source of agricultural products, is capable of impacting the local community's interest. Cultural tourism potential owned by the village with attractive tourist performances on a regular and well-scheduled basis and the ability of the village to show dance performances that reveal their identity can impact the village's economic sustainability. The village green tourism development project is set in the finalization stage of project planning by considering the project completion time.

Post-permit social forestry: An analysis of the economic impact of the forestry revolving fund facility to the community of forest farmers

Social forestry was expected to improve the welfare of local communities by supporting people who live near the forest and rely on its natural resources while preserving their forests. The social forestry business was focused on managing all potential resources (Non-Timber Forest Products and Timber Forest Products) over its area's development as well as environmental services. In this regard, providing only legal access is not quite sufficient. It should be followed by strengthening business capital for forest farmers as their most basic problem was limited capital for their business development. The government has answered this matter by providing a Revolving Fund Facility, also known as Fasilitas Dana Bergulir (FDB), to forest farmers. In accordance with those elaborations, this study aimed to analyze forest farmers’ characteristics who received the FDB program benefits and to investigate the FDB impact on their Economic. This study was conducted on the selected community forest farmers group in Tebat Pulau Village as the largest beneficiaries of the fund in Rejang Lebong, Bengkulu Province. This study uses exploratory and descriptive-analytical methods. The economic impact of the FDB Program is increased production (76%), income, and employment (20%). Regression analysis proves that land area, number of workers, and partnerships positively affect income. The types of partnerships that have been carried out are bringing in Off Takers, capital support, education and training, equipment assistance, provide counselling. Furthermore, the determinants of income are the number of workers, the proportion of transportation costs, the proportion of input costs, the type of partnership, the appropriate use of funds, and their involvement in planning.

Tree-based ecosystem services supply and multifunctionality of church forests and their agricultural matrix near Lake Tana, Ethiopia

Ecosystem services (ES) are the connection between nature and society, and are essential for the well-being of local communities that depend on them. In Ethiopia, church forests and the surrounding agricultural matrix supply numerous ES. However, the ES delivered by both land use types have not yet been assessed simultaneously. Here we surveyed both church forests and their agricultural matrices, aiming to quantify, compare and unravel the drivers underlying tree-based ES supply, density and multifunctionality. We found that almost all church forests and half of the agricultural matrices provided high ES densities. ES multifunctionality was higher in the agricultural matrices, suggesting that people deliberately conserve or plant multifunctional tree species. Furthermore, the supply of all categories of ES was positively correlated with church forest age (p-value < 0.001) in the agricultural matrix, while the extent of church forest was positively correlated with the density of all categories ecosystem services score in the church forests (p-value < 0.001). Our results can be used to prioritize conservation efforts at sites that provide high levels of ES supply, ES density and ES multifunctionality, and to prioritize restoration efforts at sites with low levels thereof.

Analisis Pengembangan Pariwisata Berbasis Masyarakat Di Kawasan Agrowisata Payo

Community Based Tourism is a concept that refers to an effort that ownership, control, and benefit of tourism development is in the hands of community, so that the success of the community-based tourism doesn’t only attract domestic and international tourists to visit tourism destinations but also to dig and create business opportunity in order to increase the economy of community that leads to welfare of local community. Research was conducted in Payo located at RW 6 Tanah Garam Village Lubuk Sikarah Sub-District Solok City West Sumatera Province. The purpose of the research is to describe the development of community-based tourism at Payo Agrotourism Region and to analize community-based in developing Payo Agrotourism Region based on ownership, control, and benefit aspects. The research uses case study research design, type of the desain is descriptive, and strategy of the desain is survey within case study. The research consists of qualitative and quantitative data. Qualitative data is collected through case study strategy while quantitave data is collected through survey strategy. The Result of the research shows that the development of Payo Agrotourism Region is not community-based, based on aspects of community-based tourism that are: ownership, control, and benefit.

Local Government Revenue Generation and Community Welfare Services: A Descriptive Analysis of Kwashil

Local Government Revenue Generation and Community Welfare Services: A Descriptive Analysis of Kwashil

Ecotourism in Onrust Archaeological Park, Thousand Islands, Jakarta

This research takes a case study in a cultural heritage tourism area on Onrust Archaeological Park by taking into account the role of local communities. Tourism is an important sector in increasing the economic growth of a country or region. This study aims to improve the welfare of local communities by prioritizing ecotourism aspects. The researcher used a qualitative descriptive analysis approach with data collection in the form of document studies, observations, and semi-structured interviews. This approach is considered appropriate in analyzing, describing, and summarizing the conditions of tourism and the people who work on the Onrust Archaeological Park. In this study, the researcher found that the welfare of the working community can be influenced by 2 reasons, namely, the number of tourists and the availability of contract workers. Ecotourism is believed to be an alternative way to increase the number of tourists and the income of the people working on Onrust Archaeological Park.

The Impact of Edutourism "Kampung Inggris" on the Improvement of Community Welfare in South Tetebatu Village, Lombok, Indonesia

Purpose: This Research aims to determine the contribution of English Village educational tourism to the level of welfare of the people of South Tetebatu. Methods: The method in this study uses qualitative methods with a case study approach. Primary research data comes from the Tetebatu Selatan Village Government and Staff, as well as the Tetebatu Selatan Village Community using interview, observation and documentation methods. Data analysis techniques using data reduction, data display and drawing conclusions. While the validity of the data using the extension of the presence of researchers and triangulation of sources. Result: The results of this study indicate that the English Village of South Tetebatu has had a positive impact on the economy and the level of welfare of the people of South Tetebatu which is marked with 1). Hotels and inns for residents close to Kampung Inggris are starting to be filled by course participants for places to stay, 2). The stretching of UMKM has also started to show results, with the presence of several small traders in the English Village area, and the spread of the laundry business, 3). Opening new job vacancies, namely providing opportunities for local people to become tutors, and other businesses such as laundry and catering certainly require employees for their operations, 4). increase the income of the local community, which has implications for the level of community welfare. In addition to the positive impact, the existence of Kampung Inggris also has a negative impact, namely the occurrence of social conflict due to the uneven distribution of beneficiaries from the Kampung Inggris Tetebatu Selatan edutour, as well as conflicts of interest between tourism development, schools and the community, by taking over part of the school land for the construction of Rest Areas and Pertashops . Contribution: this reseach is practically to be useful as input from stakeholders in South Tetebatu Village in improving the welfare of local communities with the development of tourist villages. The development of community-based tourist villages that prioritize community participant in the development of tourism Village is very necessary to improve the welfare of local communities and can reduce conflicts.

Management of Tourism Villages Using the Triple Bottom Line Concept

Tourism villages have emerged as a viable option for local economic development and community welfare. As a result, the development of tourist villages has become a national initiative. The purpose of this research is to examine the accomplishments of a tourist village's management using the triple bottom line concept. Nonongan Selatan Tourism Village in North Toraja Regency and Kolesawangan Tourism Village in Tana Toraja Regency were chosen as research sites. The data for this study was gathered using a qualitative method, including interviews, observation, and document analysis. The findings of this study show that the Tourism Village Concept, as applied to Lembang Nonongan Selatan Village, which emphasizes people's daily lives, and Lembang Kole Sawangan Village, which emphasizes historical tourist destinations, has reflected the Triple Bottom Line Concept, which is measured in three areas: profit, people, and planet. This demonstrates that the concept of a tourist village is consistent with the government's goals, which are to improve the quality of life and welfare of the community while maintaining environmental quality. Keywords: Tourism village, sustainable economy, triple bottom line

Land Use Preference for Ecosystem Services and Well-Being in Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh

Researchers increasingly investigate ecosystem services to assess their role in supporting livelihoods, well-being and economic value in order to inform decision-making. Many studies have explored links between ecosystem services and community-based livelihoods, with a very narrow focus on the importance of land use to well-being. We evaluated the value of ecosystem services from various land uses supporting livelihoods and the overall well-being of local communities in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) of Bangladesh. By applying a participatory habitat valuation approach with the ethnic communities from eight villages, we explored their preferences for, and perceptions of, ecosystem services and their sources in a multi-functional landscape under different land use, i.e., forest, swidden and low-land agriculture, fruit orchard and water bodies, and three land ownership contexts (state, private and mixed ownership on forest lands). Our findings revealed that community land use preference for ecosystem services supports ten different well-being needs. Among others, forests were valued land used for two-thirds of well-being needs, including the provision of shelter, nutrition, primary health care, an adequate supply of potable water, a lower level of ecological stress (i.e., protection from associated landslide soil erosion), cultural and spiritual benefits and livestock foraging. People commonly valued the food, income and nutrition contributions of all land uses. However, different forest and land ownership contexts and rights within the landscape influence people’s preference for ecosystem services from land use in supporting their well-being. People with secure ownership (i.e., private and private-community) showed a broad and positive appreciation for ecosystem services to meet their well-being needs. Our study highlights that local and ethnic people’s land-use preferences and ownership contexts are critical factors in assessing well-being in the context of multifunctional landscapes. We recommend that ecosystem services be considered in future decision-making related to forest and land use to support human well-being.

The impact of overtourism on the residential well-being

Overtourism has a number of negative impacts on both the attractiveness of tourist destinations and the way of life of the local residents. The period of tourism converging to almost nothing, which appears from time to time during the period marked by the outbreak and global spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, is suitable for examining the residents' perceptions of overtourism. In this study, the question of research focuses on the impact of overtourism on the residential well-being of local communities. Sentiment analysis was used to answer the research question, which proved to be a good tool for exploring the impacts of overtourism perceived by local residents in an unconventional way.&#x0D; The results, based on 13,145 comments, support which sensory perception allowed by representational systems – such as sight, hearing, touch, taste, smell – is more significant in the case of the examined keywords. Knowing the correlations of overtourism and residential well-being the non-governmental organizations and the local government of the municipality – which providing housing for the residents – can effectively shape the factors of residential well-being, but in addition the local residents as well exposed to the environmental impacts of tourism can play a key role in shaping their own residential well-being.

Empowerment Tourism Village Natural Resources in Improving the Economy of the Community of Pagar Alam City, South Sumatera Province

Natural resources are something that can be used for various interests and needs of human life in order to live a more prosperous life around our natural environment. Utilization of a resource is determined based on the use of these resources for humans themselves. Therefore, the more useful a natural resource is, the more valuable it will be. Utilizing existing natural resources is a form of empowerment based on local potentials that strongly supports community development. Good natural resources management can improve the welfare of local communities. The implementation of community service activities (PKM) was carried out by using the Focus Group Discussion (FGD) method and the approach method with related parties, especially the Pagar Alam City Tourism Office. In addition, the collection of data on the potentials and natural resources in Pagar Alam is also carried out through a database search at the Tourism Office. From the results of the data collection obtained, it can be concluded that the empowerment of natural resources in Pagar Alam City can help the community's economic growth. Based on data from the Central Bureau of Statistics of Pagar Alam City, Pagar Alam City's economic growth in 2021 grew by 4.39%. The highest growth was achieved by the accommodation and food and drink provision sectors at 8.83%. This is an indication of the empowerment of existing natural resources. Pagar Alam with its potentials can be further developed into an international standard tourist village by implementing the empowerments given.

Ekowisata di Kawasan Cagar Budaya

This research takes a case study in a cultural heritage tourism area on Onrust Archaeological Park by taking into account the role of local communities. Tourism is an important sector in increasing the economic growth of a country or region. This study aims to improve the welfare of local communities by prioritizing ecotourism aspects. The researcher used a qualitative descriptive analysis approach with data collection in the form of document studies, observations, and semi-structured interviews. This approach is considered appropriate in analyzing, describing, and summarizing the conditions of tourism and the people who work on the Onrust Archaeological Park. In this study, the researcher found that the welfare of the working community can be influenced by 2 reasons, namely, the number of tourists and the availability of contract workers. Ecotourism is believed to be an alternative way to increase the number of tourists and the income of the people working on Onrust Archaeological Park.

5 The Effect of Financial Management and Digital Marketing In Efforts To Increase Sales Turnover For MSMEs

Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises have an important role in national economic development starting from the absorption of labor and the welfare of local communities. The importance of this business role needs to be optimized, one of which is by increasing turnover through financial management and digital marketing. The results showed that financial management obtained an F count of 49,564 with a significance level of 0.000 &lt;0.05, which means that there is an influence of the financial management variable (X1) on the variable increasing MSME turnover (Y). While the digital marketing variable obtained an F count of 17,812 with a significance level of 0.000 &lt;0.05, which means that there is an influence of the Digital Marketing variable (X2) on the variable increasing MSME turnover (Y). Based on the multiple linear regression test, the results show that financial management and digital marketing simultaneously have a significant effect on increasing MSME turnover in the city of Bandung.

The Smell of Water

Residents of riverine and Indigenous communities in and around the Nanay River in the Peruvian Amazon have indicated that the smell of water is shifting. This article traces the changing smell of water in various communities in the Amazon to understand the importance of water for Amazonians (both spiritually and concretely), the extent to which the human nose is capable of smelling environmental change, and the future work that must be done to protect these fragile and increasingly polluted waterways. While it is well documented that the Amazon’s biodiversity and flora and fauna are under threat due to industrial activities and illegal resource extraction, the role that smell plays in recognizing and denouncing contamination is rarely considered. This article combines recent work in the field of smell studies with anthropological and environmental writings on Amazonia to translate stench into a vivid indicator of a slow violence on the waterways of this biome. Drawing on a documentary film focused on water, the writings of Indigenous philosophers Rafael Chanchari Pizuri and Ailton Krenak, and interviews with residents living along the Nanay River, the significance of water for this region is complexified and linked to larger moments of environmental destruction. The changing smell of water in the Amazon promotes what I call “slow smelling,” where harmful smells go unnoticed and become an accepted part of the odors of a place. Bilious odors indicate serious pollution and contamination of waterways that are necessary to the well-being of local communities and carry ancestral significance.

THE EFFECT OF ASTA BRATA LEADERSHIP ON JOB SATISFACTION IN VILLAGE CREDIT INSTITUTIONS (LPD) IN TABANAN REGENCY

Village credit institutions or known as LPDs are microfinance institutions that have a very important position in traditional villages. Village credit institutions have the authority to implement their management based on the respective traditional village pararem. Given the important position of village credit institutions in improving the welfare of local communities, village credit institutions must be improved as a financial institution. Given the number of problematic village credit institutions in Tabanan Regency caused by many mismanagement of the leadership, this study was conducted to see the influence of Asta Brata's leadership on employee satisfaction at village credit institutions (LPD) in Tabanan Regency. This study used a sample of 93 people from a total population of 1190 people. Sampling using the Proportionate Stratified Random Sampling method. The data analysis technique uses path analysis. Collecting information from respondents using a questionnaire with a Likert scale. Data from respondents is still in ordinal scale units and the data processing requirements used are path analysis, so the data must be increased to intervals using the interval successive method.The results of this study are to answer the proposed hypothesis. The results showed that the leadership of Asta Brata with subvariables Indra Brata, Yama Brata, Surya Brata, Candra Brata, Bayu Brata, Kuwera Brata, Baruna Brata and Agni Brata had a positive and significant effect on employee job satisfaction at village credit institutions in Tabanan Regency. Asta Brata with the greatest influence on job satisfaction at village credit institutions (LPD) in Tabanan Regency is Indra Brata. If you want to increase job satisfaction in village credit institutions (LPD) in Tabanan Regency, you need to improve Indra Brata's leadership first and then the others.

The Use of Level Based Weight Assessment (LBWA) for Evaluating Public Participation on the Example of Rural Municipalities in the Region of Warmia and Mazury

Social participation is presently a legal requirement or a prerequisite for public policy decision-making both on the global and local scale. Therefore, both international (Agenda 21, Agenda 2030) and domestic documents (in Poland: Social Capital Development Strategy and Strategy for Responsible Development) emphasize the role of social participation for development. The co-participation of local residents and local authorities is thus an important factor that contributes to the success and well-being of local communities, improves local governments’ relations with the residents, and promotes a sense of belonging to a community and responsibility for the “common good”. The main aim of the present study was to evaluate public participation in rural municipalities of the Region of Warmia and Mazury and to analyze the influence of various indicators on the level of public participation. The four categories of public participation were selected based on a review of the literature and an analysis of data availability: public action, public involvement, electoral participation, and obligatory participation. These categories were described with the use of fourteen indicators. Data for the study were obtained from publicly available statistical databases and a survey of local government representatives. Public participation was evaluated with the use of the Level Based Weight Assessment (LBWA) method, which revealed that public participation in rural municipalities of the Region of Warmia and Mazury is moderate and is influenced mostly by social consultations, legislative initiatives, and local government elections.