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Bhattarai, Amit. "Sustainable tourism: benefits for the local community?" Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2004. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31261218.
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Mutshekwa, Ndidzulafhi Prince. "The benefits of development and promotion of tourism in Thulamela Municipality." Thesis, University of Limpopo (Turfloop Campus), 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/1173.
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Krug, Wolf. "Maximising sustainable national benefits from nature tourism in Namibia." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.405580.
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Borovičková, Kateřina. "Analýza přínosů dálkových cyklotras Eurovelo 4 a 7 pro Prahu." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2015. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-201954.
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The thesis is focused on effects of cycle tourism on a destination. In the introductory chapters there is the basic cycling terminology explained, the most common issues are discussed, great emphasis is put on long-distance cycling trails. The main goal is to analyse how EuroVelo 4 a 7 influence tourism in Prague. By means of a questionnaire survey among cyclists - visitors to the capital - the general (cyclo)consumer behaviour is defined and the benefits (brought to the destination because of the trails) are expressed in numbers.
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Chae, Dong-Ryul. "Study on the economic benefits of marine protected area : estimation of tourism benefits of a UK marine reserve." Thesis, University of Portsmouth, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.496001.
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Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are specially designated zones of the sea that are designed to restore marine ecosystem to the original state by excluding all detrimental human activities. MPAs have been proposed in many countries as a means ot conserving parts ot me marine environment and at the same time, jvims can also result in economic benefits to .0 recreational users of the marine environment. Under the background, the main purposes of this thesis are to estimate economic benefit of recreational visitors derived from a case study MPA by using non-market valuation technique and to review tourism in MPAs under the tourism economics point of view.
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Taljaard, Aimee. "Developing a scale to measure the benefits of co-production in the tourism industry." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/79866.
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Thesis (MComm)--Stellenbosch University, 2013.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Value underlies the notion of marketing, yet it has not received as much attention in marketing literature as it demands. The importance of value co-creation and co-production has confirmed the importance of the active role customers play in value creation. Customers use functional and emotional benefits to guide their interactions with suppliers, which stem from value perceptions. To attract customers to engage in co-production, suppliers offer certain benefits via their value propositions, requiring suppliers to have a thorough understanding of these benefits to incorporate them into their co-production interactions. This study sets out to develop a scale to measure the benefits customers seek from their co-production interactions with suppliers in the travel planning context, because of the inherent nature of interaction, customisation and active customer participation in the ‘production’ of a trip. To develop a reliable and valid instrument to measure the benefits of co-production, Churchill’s (1979) scale development paradigm was followed in the present research design. Exploratory research in the form of a literature review, insight-stimulating examples, and in-depth interviews with tourism suppliers and travel customers were undertaken to specify the domain, define the construct, identify the dimensions, and generate a pool of 323 items, which was refined in two purification phases. Initially 10 benefit dimensions were proposed: customisation, convenience, confidence, expertise, enjoyment, exploration, financial, support, social and symbolic benefits. The pool of 323 items was subjected to expert judging, resulting in a 64-item scale measuring the 10 benefit dimensions. The questionnaire was formatted into an online survey to collect a convenience sample of 269 responses. The results of an exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis and Cronbach alpha estimates reduced this conceptualisation to 32 items measuring six dimensions: convenience, customisation, expertise, psychological, financial, and support benefits. The revised scale was used in a second purification phase to collect a judgement sample of 565 responses. A confirmatory factor analysis and Cronbach alpha estimates were used to reduce the scale to 19 items, measuring three benefit dimensions: functional, financial, and psychological benefits. The final scale exhibited an acceptable model fit, and showed strong evidence of reliability and validity, therefore achieving the objective of the study. The study concludes with a reliable and valid instrument for academics and practitioners to measure the benefits of co-production in the tourism industry. The scale provides academics with empirical insight into the gap between conditions prior to customer participation and active customer participation in co-production. The scale enables travel agents to identify deficiencies in their co-production processes, and to evaluate the extent to which customer benefits are met. Once travel agents are aware of these benefits they can be integrated into their values propositions and co-production interactions.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Waarde is onderliggend tot die idee van bemarking, maar dit geniet nie die aandag in bemarkingsliteratuur wat dit verdien nie. Die belangrikheid van waarde mede-skepping en mede-produksie het die gewig van die aktiewe rol wat kliënte speel in waarde-skepping bevestig. Kliënte word gelei deur funksionele en emosionele voordele gedurende hulle interaksies met verskaffers. Hierdie voordele spruit uit waarde persepsies. Om kliënte aan te moedig om aan mede-produksie deel te neem, bied verskaffers sekere voordele in hul waarde aanbiedings. Dit vereis dat verskaffers 'n goeie begrip moet hê van hierdie voordele sodat dit geïnkorporeer kan word in hulle mede-produksie. Hierdie studie se doel is om ‘n skaal te onwikkel wat die voordele wat kliënte rakende hulle mede-produksie interaksies soek met verskaffers sal meet. Die skaal is ontwikkel binne die konteks van reis beplanning in die toerismebedryf. Dit is as gevolg van die inherente aard van interaksie, aanpassing en aktiewe kliënt deelname in die ‘produksie’ van sulke beplanning. Om ‘n betroubare en geldige skaal te ontwikkel wat die voordele van mede-produksie meet, is die skaal ontwikkeling paradigma van Churchill (1979) gevolg in die huidige navorsingsuitleg. Verkennende navorsing in die vorm van 'n literatuurstudie, insig-stimulerende voorbeelde en in-diepte onderhoude met toerisme verskaffers en reiskliënte is onderneem om die domein te spesifiseer, die konstruk te definieer, die dimensies te identifiseer en 'n poel van 323 items te genereer wat in twee suiweringsfases verfyn is. Aanvanklik is 10 voordeel dimensies voorgestel: customisation, convenience, confidence, expertise, enjoyment, exploration, financial, support, social en symbolic. Die poel van 323 items is aan ’n paneel van kundiges voorgeleê en 'n 64-item skaal het hieruit voortgevloei. 'n Aanlyn-opname is gebruik en 'n gerieflikheidsteekproef het tot 269 response gelei. Die resultate van 'n exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis en Cronbach alpha analises het die 'n 64-item skaal konseptualisering tot 32 items verminder wat ses voordele dimensies meet: convenience, customisation, expertise, psychological, financial, en support. Die hersiene skaal is gebruik in 'n tweede suiweringsfase en die steekproef het 565 response gehad. Die resultate van ‘n confirmtory factor analysis en Cronbach alpha metings het die skaal verder verminder tot 19 items, meet drie voordele dimensies: functional, financial en psychological. Die finale skaal stel uit 'n aanvaarbare modelpassing, en het sterk bewyse van betroubaarheid en geldigheid en derhalwe is die doel van die studie bereik. Die studie sluit af met 'n betroubare en geldige instrument wat dit moontlik maak vir akademici en praktisyns om die voordele van mede-produksie in die toerisme-industrie te meet. Die skaal bied akademici met empiriese insig tot die gaping tussen die toestande voor deelname en na aktiewe kliënte deelname in mede-produksie. Die skaal sal reisagente in staat stel om leemtes in hul mede-produksie prosesse te identifiseer, en die voordele wat die kliënt uit die mede-produksie uit pit te meet. Sodra reisagente bewus is van hierdie voordele kan hulle die voordele ïntegreer in hulle waarde aanbiedings en mede-produksie interaksies.
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Xu, Yinan. "Exploring the benefits and challenges of AR in an outdoor tourism experience." Thesis, KTH, Medieteknik och interaktionsdesign, MID, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-235328.
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With the development of resilient computer vision algorithms, mobile augmented reality (MAR) technology is now accessible for most smartphone users. There are a lot of MAR applications available on the App Store and Google Play. However, most of the applications are games for indoor usage. Outdoor MAR commercial applications are rare. Evidently, outdoor MAR in tourism is a promising and challenging field. This study focuses on Djurgården, an island in Stockholm. The purpose is to develop a MAR prototype for some underexplored places on the island and see the benefits and challenges of AR as a method for helping tourists in sightseeing. A MAR application was developed to explore the research question surrounding its benefits and challenges. a user study was conducted to compare the MAR prototype with general usage of smartphone applications, where both quantitative and qualitative data was gathered. The results indicate that MAR has an advantage in providing more immersive, content travelling experience as well as reducing feelings of boredom. However, MAR also has challenges in avoiding collision with real objects and limiting possible risks.Utvecklingen av robusta och effektiva algoritmer för datorseenede har lett till att de flesta med en smarttelefon idag har tillgång till Mobile Augmented Reality (MAR) teknologi. Det finns många MAR applikationer tillgängliga på App Store och Google Play, däremot är de flesta anpassade för användning inomhus. Kommersiella MAR applikationer för utomhusbruk är ovanliga. Uppenbarligen är utomhusbaserade MAR applikationer inom turism ett lovande och utmanande fält. Den här studien fokuserar på ön Djurgården i Stockholm. Målet är att utveckla en MAR prototyp för några av öns mindre besökta platser och undersöka fördelar och utmaningar med AR som ett verktyg för att hjälpa turistande på ön. En MAR applikation för att undersöka detta utvecklades och en användarstudie genomfördes. Användarstudien jämförde MAR prototypen mot generella applikationer på smarttelefoner, där både kvantitativ och kvalitativ data insamlades. Resultaten visar att MAR har fördelar i att förmedla mer engagerande innehåll för reseupplevelser och i att reducera känslor av tristess och utmattning. Däremot finns det utmaningar inom MAR i att undvika kollisioner med verkliga objekt och att minimera skaderisker.
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Olawale, Lovelyn Olawumi. "Urban cultural tourism in the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality and its potential benefits to economic growth." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/60407.
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Cultural tourism is considered to be one of the largest and fastest growing types of global tourism markets. Culture is increasingly being used to promote destinations and enhance their attractiveness and competitiveness. Many cities are now actively developing their cultural assets as a way of developing comparative advantages over others in the tourism marketplace. In the light of this, there is need to diversify the tourism economy of the City of Johannesburg by strengthening the Cultural tourism aspect. Despite the fact that Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan Area has a good cultural infrastructure which includes a number of theatres, museums and art galleries, cultural tourism is one of the underdeveloped aspects of the local tourism economy. The main focus of the research was to identify ways to diversify the tourism economy of the City of Johannesburg by anchoring it on cultural products and activities, thereby improving the cultural image and competitiveness of Johannesburg as an urban cultural city destination in Africa.Dissertation (MHCS)--University of Pretoria, 2016.
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Wyllie, Richard. "Benefits beyond boundaries : cross-border tourism collaboration in southern African transfrontier conservation areas." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/45927.
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"In a world beset by conflict and division, peace is one of the
cornerstones of the future. Peace parks are building blocks in this
process, not only in our region, but potentially in the entire world."
These words of the l ate- former President Nelson Mandela of South
Africa on the concept of Peace Parks, underl ines their importance
beyond the na tural into the human domain . This disser ta tion focusses
on an understanding o f Peace Parks or Transfrontier Conservat ion
Areas (TFCAs) in the context of southern Africa and shows how
c ol laboration can be used as a tool for the development o f these
a re as . T h e t hr ee m ai n a im s of “TFC As ” are t o co nse rv e bio lo gic al
d iversity, crea te a plat form for pover ty allevia tion and most
importantl y, to promote a culture of peace amongst all nati ons
i nvol ved in their development. In order to address this concept, the
Great Limpopo Transfront ier Conservation Area (GLTFCA) i s used as
an example of how South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe are
col laborating their ef for ts towards common goals in terms of biological
conserva tion and pover ty alleviation as wel l tou rism and economic
development .
I n sum, this dissert ation ana lyses col laboration and cooperation in
depth as a tool f or t our ism development wi thin the context of
t ransfrontier conservation areas in sout hern Africa.Dissertation (MHCS)--University of Pretoria, 2014.
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Murphy, Kevin S. "An Analysis of the Effect of Compensation Offerings on the Turnover Intentions of Restaurant Managing Partners for Outback Steakhouse." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/36322.
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The restaurant industry has long been characterized by a high rate of "turnover, low wages, primitive technology, controlling management and an unimpressive benefits package"(Sullivan, 1999). " The most serious issue for employers today -in all industries- is hiring and keeping qualified and capable employees" according to Donald Marshack, senior analyst at the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)(2000). The primary purpose of this study was to examine the perceived notion that the compensation plan of Outback Steakhouse reduces the intention to turnover of its unit level managing partners. Specifically the research focused on a survey of general manager's attitudes in regards to their intentions to seek out new employment and the effect of the compensation plan provided by Outback Steakhouse on their intention to turnover. The Objective of the study was to investigate the current management compensation practices of the managing partners of Outback Steakhouse, while identifying the relationship between management compensation and the intention to turnover for proprietors at Outback Steakhouse restaurants. A further objective was to establish the relationship between employee turnover and employee turnover intentions as a predictor of separation from an organization.
A survey instrument was utilized to gather information for this study was sent by mail to all of the 600 general managers of Outback Steakhouses listed on the company's web site in the US. The survey contained questions designed to measure the influence of the compensation package on the general managers' intent to turnover, and the degree of influence each element of the compensation package had on their intention to quit.
The results showed that the correlation coefficient indicated 5 out of the 8 monetary compensation variables had a significant positive relationship with the compensation plan and reducing turnover intentions. A forward regression analysis was conducted comparing all of the compensation elements. This was done for the purpose of determining which variables would be the best predictors of respondents desire to stay with Outback because of the positive influence the compensation package, as a whole, has on them. When the computations were completed, two variables, deferred compensation and stock option, explained 41.7% of the sample variation (R² = .417) and 39.8% of the population variation (Adjusted R² = .398).Master of Science
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Safari, Ernest. "A model of the contribution of information communication technology to the tourism value chain for pro-poor benefits in Rwanda." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2687.
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Thesis (DTech (Tourism and Hospitality Management))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2017.Prior studies have shown that the information communication technology sector worldwide is perceived as a transformative and enabling tool for the other economic activities to improve citizens’ lives. In a Rwandan context, information communication technology integration in economic sector activities such as tourism, with the adoption of a value chain approach, is thought to be an answer to a number of social and economic challenges, including unemployment, customer care services, and poor information knowledge. In combination with the tourism sector, it is possible that job creation opportunities could benefit unemployed Rwandans, particularly the young, where information communication technology is identified as a business in itself, and an enabling tool to improve inter-economic and crosscutting activities in a growing economy. Despite mixed results from various studies, information communication technology for a tourism village could be an enabling tool for national and regional development, if priority focus on ICT and tourism quality infrastructures is maintained. Research on the evolving nature of the information communication technology sector, through tourism activities in Rwanda, could yield many off-farm jobs besides solely agrarian activities. The study was conducted on an extensive scale, in order to facilitate the generalisation of the results, employing 720 tourism stakeholders’ surveys, ten interviews with government tourism officials, and ten focus group discussions to garner both quantitative and qualitative data. A mixed research method was used to minimise possible research bias and maximise the accuracy of the findings in the four provinces and Kigali City in Rwanda. Of the 720 questionnaires distributed, 615 were usable. Regarding the interviews with government officials, focus group discussions, field observations and secondary data analysis, the researcher found that the information communication technology contribution to tourism stakeholders’ economic lives was at variance with residents’ perceptions in the provinces and districts, and contradicted the information communication technology benefits of connectivity, internet accessibility and usability in their locality. It was also confirmed that information communication technology contributions to tourism stakeholders were at a very low level, where the contribution was limited to telephone subscriptions and their uses, for example for mobile money transfers. The future of information communication technology contributions to tourism stakeholders is positive, if integrated value chain approaches are adopted to benefit poor communities at a tourist destination being visited. A model of an information communication technology village for the development of a tourism village is proposed. This could serve as a catalyst to measure the impacts on both the information communication technology and tourism sectors discussed in this study. More importantly, it was clearly found that the culture of approaching local communities in the process of policy drafting, or any developmental programme, is not present in Rwanda, and this was shown as a critical issue because of the costly nature of implementation of changes. Consequently, this study found that there was potential to support projections for information communication technology policies to achieve the objectives of sustainable development through tourism, promoting rural development, and a reduction of poverty in general
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Pereira, Mayra PA. "Sharing benefits from tourism in Mozambique: case studies from Inhambane and Maputo provinces." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11083.
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Includes bibliographic references (leaves 178-197).Tourism is one of the mainstays of the Mozambican economy but has potentially negative impacts on local communities. This study assessed the extent to which coastal communities in Mozambique are benefiting, or losing, from various tourism initiatives. Data was collected using qualitative and quantitative methods in three case study sites: two cases in Inhambane province (Tofo and Barra) and one in Maputo province (Gala), all representing marginalized coastal communities engaged in tourism.
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Thapa, Magar Asha. "Enlightening Dark Tourism in Nepal." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2018. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1404606/.
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This study aims to examine the motivation, experience and benefits of Nepalese domestic tourists visiting the seismic memorial sites after the 25 April 2015 earthquake (known as Gorkha earthquake). A total of 403 surveys was gathered from seismic sites of Nepal (Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Patan). Data were tested to analyze why the tourists are interested in disaster sites and how their experience during their visit impact the benefits of the visits. Additionally, partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) was employed to test the relationships among tourist motivations, experiences, and perceived benefits at the dark tourism sites in Nepal. Among the five motivational factors discovered, the empirical results depict that emotional reaction is the strongest factor of the dark tourism motivation, affecting both cognitive and affective experiences. Additionally, this study confirms that cognitive experience is more influenced by dark tourism motivations than affective experience. Among the four experience factors examined in the study, self-reflection is found to have the strongest impact of three aspects of perceived dark tourism benefits, such as knowledge gain, fulfillment, and appreciation. Overall, the findings of the study provide important implications to the management sectors of dark tourism sites, enhancing the importance of providing cognitive experiences (i.e. distributing the educational materials about the dark tourism events and offering the knowledgeable tour guide who can guide the sites) and affective experience of the tourists (storytelling about the events, organizing educational and volunteering programs at the sites). Further, this study contributes to the limited literature in the context of dark tourism and provide important managerial and practical implications based on the case of Nepal earthquake in 2015.
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Dotterweich, Andy R., and Joseph T. Walker. "Benefits Based Coaching: Performance Enhancement Groups." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2013. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/3758.
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jaiteh, Mariama. "Seeking Friends With Benefits In A Tourism-Based Sexual Economy: Interrogating The Gambian Sexscape." FIU Digital Commons, 2018. https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/3681.
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This dissertation engages with the driving motivations behind the actions of all those involved in The Gambia’s tourism-based sexual economy: the Gambian and other West African male and female sex workers, the Global North (habitually European) male and female tourists, the Gambian and expatriate Lebanese bar and restaurant owners, the Gambian state, and the semesters (members of the Gambian diaspora on vacation in The Gambia). It presents thick ethnographic accounts of interactions with Gambians and tourists, as they form temporary couples or friendships for the duration of tourists’ vacations, and sometimes for longer. This ethnography-rich dissertation pays careful attention to Gambian voices, which have been somewhat marginalized in the limited literature on sex tourism in The Gambia. It theorizes the existence of a Gambian sexscape, within which socio-sexual scripts are performed. The socio-sexual scripts that make the Gambian tourism-based sexual economy are re-located within Gambian society’s larger sexscape, which allows for a better consideration of the wider socio-economic, cultural, and political processes that have led to the formation of contemporary Gambian society.
The dissertation briefly outlines The Gambia’s political and economic history, which explains the ongoing economic dependency and the importance of emigration for contemporary Gambian youth who want to escape the abject poverty in which too many live. It proposes a descriptive analysis of the Gambian sexscape and its socio-sexual scripts. Greater precision is given to the socio-sexual scripts that make the tourism-based sexual economy: chanters and white Global North female tourists; Gambian female sex workers and white Global North male tourists; Gambian men who have sex with Gambian men/semesters, and/or with white Global North male tourists.
Finally, I adopt a socio-ecological approach to sexual health and examine the tourism-based sexual economy’ s impact on the country’s sexual health.
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Kojic, Tijana. "The Environmental Benefits of Veganism in the Context of Responsible Tourism : (Quantitative KAB Survey)." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för teknikvetenskaper, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-412475.
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Responsible tourism is tourism which aims at minimizing negative environmental, social, and economic impacts, and benefits the local community. One crucial aspect is being neglected in the context of responsible tourism – the environmental impacts of food consumption. The impacts on the environment may vary depending on the dietary lifestyle. According to research, a vegan diet is generally less taxing on the environment than for example vegetarian or omnivorous ones. In this quantitative study, 161 participants, who consider themselves responsible tourists, were asked about their knowledge, attitudes, and behaviour regarding the environmental benefits of veganism. The data were analysed using linear regressions within the mediation model and two-sample t- tests. I found that attitudes partly mediate the relationship between knowledge and behaviour. Vegans are more knowledgeable about the environmental benefits of veganism than omnivores. Besides, vegans showed the most pro-environmental attitudes and behaviour, followed by vegetarians and omnivores. Less than half of the sample perceive veganism as a part of responsible tourism. Those respondents who perceive it so are mainly vegans and vegetarians. A campaign that would raise awareness of the environmental benefits of veganism in the context of responsible travel needs to be implemented. A qualitative study should follow, and further research needs to be done among additional samples, such as typical mass tourists.
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Klinkradt, Mary Louise. "An investigation into the current and potential benefits of tourism-based development in the Albany and Peddie districts." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1004904.
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This research considers the relationship between tourism and development, and how tourism can be used as a means of promoting development. In order to explore this relationship, two districts in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, the Albany and Peddie Districts have been selected as case study areas. Both the Albany and Peddie Districts are in need of development which can meet the economic and social development of the districts. One such option for the two districts is tourism-based development. This research examines the current status of tourism in both districts through the use of secondary data analysis and primary data gathered from questionnaires and interviews undertaken with tourists and representatives of key stakeholders in the tourism industry. This data was used to establish the current and future potential of tourism in the districts in terms of the availability and diversity of attractions and the tourism assets and facilities in the districts. It was also used to determine whether or not tourism, by promoting infrastructural and economic development, may lead to the socio-economic upliftment of the Albany and Peddie Districts. The results obtained from this research highlight the significant lack of tourism infrastructure in the Peddie District, and the reality that the tourism potential of the district remains untapped. With the marketing and promotion of tourism to the district, and the associated tourist requirements such as accommodation, and other facilities, tourism does hold a potential key to the socio-economic development of the district. The Albany District, however, has a well-established tourism industry, but the development spin-ofts are minimal, and the potential for further tourism-based development in the future would therefore appear to be somewhat limited. A GIS (Geographic Information System) was use to determine and detail possible tourism routes, a final outcome of the investigation being the proposal of two tourism routes to draw people into and through the study area, based on the current assets and attractions of the two districts. These routes highlight one of the options available in the districts to promote much needed development in the two districts through the use of the tourism industry.KMBT_363
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Willis, Cheryl Ann. "Exploring nature's benefits through tourism and eudaimonic well-being : a case study of the Jurassic Coast, Dorset." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/14878.
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This research is concerned with advancing understanding of human-nature relationships and the ways in which people benefit from interactions with nature. This is important since economic accounts of the value of natural resources are most often used to determine priorities for action, leaving the more deep-felt and intangible ways that people experience and value nature largely excluded from decision making processes. The imperative to understand the more nuanced ways that people benefit from and value nature has gained traction in recent years most notably through high-profile analysis of natural resources which have made explicit their links to human well-being. This study aims to capture these wider values of the Jurassic Coast, Dorset and the ways in which it comes to resonate as significant and valuable to people. It uses both quantitative and qualitative techniques to gain rich insights into what this World Heritage Site really means to visitors and how experiences here underpin psychological well-being. A methodological innovation is presented in the human needs framework which is used to test the extent to which human needs thought to be important for psychological well-being are satisfied through interactions in the landscape. Moreover, it is hypothesised that this satisfaction leads to eudaimonic well-being which is concerned with positive psychological functioning and ‘flourishing’ (Ryan & Deci, 2001). This research has implications for tourism planning and management to ensure opportunities are created or maintained for human needs to be met in the landscape and for optimal visitor experiences to result. More widely, this research also has implications for understanding environmental value from a broad perspective and for using innovative methodologies to reveal these values, and to incorporate them in decision making processes in diverse policy areas.
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CARVALHO, MARIANA DE ARAUJO. "THE EFFECTS OF BENEFITS, INCENTIVES AND COSTS ON THE INTENTION TO USE ONLINE SOCIAL MEDIA FOR TOURISM." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2016. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=28278@1.
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PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIROCOORDENAÇÃO DE APERFEIÇOAMENTO DO PESSOAL DE ENSINO SUPERIOR
PROGRAMA DE SUPORTE À PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO DE INSTS. DE ENSINO
Este estudo pretende analisar as motivações e obstáculos do consumidor na intenção de uso de mídias sociais para atividades e compras de turismo online. As mídias sociais estão cada vez mais presentes no dia a dia da sociedade, não só como ferramentas de interação social como também instrumentos de marketing para diversos segmentos de mercado. Para a indústria do turismo, as mídias sociais não poderiam deixar de ser igualmente importantes e, portanto, o estudo de sua adoção e de sua relevância na tomada de decisão dos consumidores se torna tão relevante. A adoção de novas tecnologias sofre influência de diversas variáveis como, por exemplo, a percepção de facilidade de uso e a percepção de utilidade da tecnologia em questão, a confiança e a preservação da privacidade que a tecnologia utilizada oferece, o ambiente de inovação e tecnologia e as habilidades pessoais dos usuários, entre outros. Neste sentido, usando como base o estudo de Pára-Lopez et al. (2011), é proposto um modelo para avaliar a intenção de uso de mídias sociais para turismo online e realizada uma survey com uma amostra composta por 165 indivíduos. Os resultados, alcançados por meio de modelagem de equações estruturais, confirmam todas as hipóteses levantadas nesta pesquisa. Foram verificadas relações significativas diretas e positivas entre benefícios e incentivos à intenção de uso de mídias sociais, além de confirmada relação significativa direta e negativa entre custos e intenção de uso de mídias sociais em turismo online.
This study aims to analyze the motivations and obstacles that might influence the intention to use social media in online tourism-related purchases and activities. Social media are increasingly present in the everyday life, as not only means for social interaction, but also as marketing tools to various market segments. For the tourism industry, social media are equally important and therefore the study of its adoption and its relevance in consumer decision-making becomes so relevant. The adoption of new technologies can be influenced by several variables such as perceptions of ease of use and utility, trust, privacy and the personal skills of users, among others. In this sense, based on the work presented by Párra-Lopez et al. (2011), a model to evaluate the intention to use social media for online tourism-related tasks is proposed and tested with a survey of 165 individuals. The results, achieved by means of structural equation modeling, confirm all the hypotheses for this research. Direct and significant positive effects of benefits and incentives on the intention to use social media for tourism-related tasks have been verified, while a direct and significant negative relationship between cost and the intention to use social media in online tourism was also found.
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Dotterweich, Andy R., Anna Swisher, Sterlynn Clendenin, Mauro Palmero, Amy E. Greene, and Joseph T. Walker. "Using Benefits Based Models to Manage Sport Performance Enhancement Groups." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2013. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/3759.
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Vaughan, David Roger. "The economic benefits of visitor spending for local communities in Great Britain : an examination of the development, application and main findings of proportional multiplier analysis." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/27020.
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Swisher, Anna, Andy R. Dotterweich, Sterlynn Clendenin, Mauro Palmero, Amy E. Greene, Joseph T. Abbott, Heather Habbott, and Jana Hollins. "Using Benefits Based Models to Manage Sport Performance Enhancement Groups." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2013. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/3804.
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Van, Niekerk Chantell. "The benefits of agritourism : two case studies in the Western Cape." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/80008.
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Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2013.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The amalgamation of the two large industries, agriculture and tourism, created a new industry called agritourism. Current farming practices are not securing employment opportunities for farm workers, and this situation will be aggravated by the increased economic pressures on farming. Agritourism is seen as a diversification option which could assist in creating jobs for the vulnerable and unemployed farm community, while at the same time create financial incentives to the farmer. This study specifically focused on the advantages which could be derived from agritourism, with Sen’s Capabilities Theory being used as frame of reference when determining the non-financial benefits accruing to the local community on the farm. A qualitative research approach was followed and information was gathered through interviews, observations and being embedded in the researched spaces. Two case study sites were used for primary research, Keisies Cottages (situated outside Montagu) and Tierhoek Cottages (situated outside Robertson). The management approach applied on the farms play an important role in developing the farm workers’ capabilities, entitlements and functionings as articulated in Sen’s Capabilities Theory. The two South African agritourism case study sites were found to follow some of the international trends identified during the literature review of this study but also offered new findings relevant to the South African context. Although agritourism is seen as a diversification strategy to ensure survival for most farmers, such strategies offer both financial and non-financial benefits to the broader farming community while having the potential to create a refuge for urban dwellers and assist visitors to reconnect with the farmers and their produce. This research contributes to the South African agritourism literature, which is currently limited. By highlighting some of the advantages of this industry, this research could also assist farm owners who are considering agritourism as a diversification strategy.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: `n Nuwe industrie genaamd agritoerisme word geskep wanneer twee groot industriee, landbou en toerisme, amalgameer. Huidige landbou praktyke verseker nie werksgeleenthede vir plaaswerkers nie, en hierdie situasie sal vererger word deur verhoogde ekonomiese druk op landbou. Agritoerisme word gesien as a diversifiserings opsie wat kan help om werksgeleenthede te skep vir die weerlose en werklose plaaswerkers. Hierdie studie het veral gefokus op die voordele wat geskep word deur agritoerisme, en Sen se Vermoëns Teorie is gebruik as verwysingsraamwerk wanneer die niefinansiële voordele ondersoek is van die plaasgemeenskap. `n Kwalitatiewe navorsingsbenadering is gevolg en inligting is ingesamel deur middel van onderhoude, obserwasies en om in die navorsingsspasie te wees. Twee gevallestudie liggings is gebruik vir die primêre navorsing, Keisies Cottages (geleë buite Montagu) en Tierhoek Cottages (geleë buite Robertson). Die bestuursbenadering wat gevolg word op die plase speel `n rol in die ontwikkeling van die plaaswerkers se vermoëns, aansprake en funksionerings, soos bespreek in Sen se teorie. Die twee Suid-Afrikaanse gevallestudie liggings het sommige internasionale tendense gevolg soos wat geidentifiseer is tydens die literatuur studie, maar het ook unieke Suid- Afrikaanse bevindinge tot gevolg gehad. Alhoewel agritoerisme gesien word as `n divesifisering strategie wat oorlewing verseker vir meeste plaaseienaars, bied hierdie strategie finansiële en nie-finansiële voordele aan die breër plaasgemeenskap, terwyl dit die potensiaal het om `n toevlugsoord te skep vir stadsbewoners en dit kan help om besoekers met boere en hul produkte te skakel. Hierdie navorsing dra by tot die Suid-Afrikaanse agritoerisme literatuur wat tans beperk is. Deur sommige voordele van hierdie industrie te beklemtoon, kan hierdie navorsing boere leiding bied wat agritoerisme oorweeg as diversifiseringsstrategie.
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Dotterweich, Andy R., Anna Swisher, Sterlynn Clendenin, Mauro Palmero, Amanda E. Greene, and Joseph T. Walker. "Creation of a Sport Performance Enhancement Group Using a Benefits-Based Programming Model." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2013. https://doi.org/10.1123/jce.6.1.76.
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The application of sport science is crucial to athlete performance development. However, the frequent disconnection among sport scientists, coaches, and athletes often leads to miscommunication and increased potential for performance barriers. The creation of sport performance enhancement groups (SPEGs) can help with the professional integration and communication among all personnel involved in the training process. However, SPEG formation faces a number of barriers in the current coaching landscape. The application of a benefits-based programming (BBP) model may aid in the formation of an SPEG and the dissemination of education for coaches, athletes, and administrators. A field experience involving the BBP model and SPEG creation in a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II school is presented with multiple model iterations
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Mokoena, Pavla Phitlhelelo. "Community perceptions of the impacts and benefits of a service learning project for small, medium and micro enterprises in a department of tourism management at a university of technology." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2361.
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Thesis (MTech (Tourism and Hospitality Management))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2016.Community engagement in universities of technology is evolving to become a game-changer in addressing the economic challenges of the country (Erasmus, 2005:4). Service learning (SL) as a form of community engagement is promoted in higher education, as a learning paradigm. Conway, Amel and Gerwien (2009:238) encourage enquiry into the benefits of this pedagogy and the partnerships involved, as faculties curriculate and adopt the service learning model into current programmes (Lazarus, Erasmus, Hendricks, Nduna & Slamat, 2008:60-61). The SL project of the Tourism Management Department at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) is distinctive in design from the generic social-change focussed projects within Universities of Technology (UoTs). Its outcomes are based on the development of business plans for small and medium enterprises for implementation. The assessment of this interactive learning process was essential to determine whether it yielded any positive change in the participants. Thus the aim of the study is to determine the success or otherwise of the service learning project, so as to ensure that the small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) community and students benefit from the Tourism Management project. The study sample included nine small and medium tourism entrepreneurs (SMTEs) and 178 third year tourism management students. From the sample two SMTEs participated in one-on-one interviews and six students participated in a focus-group interview. Action research was undertaken for this study, and census sampling was adopted to collect quantitative and qualitative data from project participants. The ATLAS.ti 7 data analysis programme was employed to process the qualitative data, and SPSS 22.0 software was utilised to develop frequency tables from the quantitative data. All data was triangulated to obtain conclusions. Fifty-two percent (52%) of student participants learnt leadership skills, with 64% indicating essential benefits on business skills. Company visions were shared throughout the collaborative process, and 76% of SMTE responses, directed to the students’ solutions, being highly innovative for their businesses; and these were implemented to improve business processes. The findings of the study attested to the SL model improving reciprocal learning, and having positive benefits for all partners involved. In continuing the essential dialogue on implementation of SL in higher education, sustainable partnerships in SL projects are essential to ensure continued positive results. The majority of participants responded positively to a willingness to participate in a similar project, which is a positive indicator of the benefits of the project. Implications for future studies point towards a need for continued monitoring of growth performance in the participating small and medium enterprises.
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Mnyani, Siphokazi. "Optimising benefits for rural communities in and around Protected Areas through ecotourism Public Private Partnerships (PPPs): the case of De Hoop Nature Reserve." University of the Western Cape, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/7416.
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Magister Artium - MARecent years have seen an upsurge of interest from governments and development organisations in adopting the Public Private Partnership (PPP) approach when developing and operating ecotourism projects. A PPP is a contract between a public sector institution and a private party, in which the private party assumes substantial financial, technical and operational risk in the design, financing, building and operation of a project (South African National Treasury 2004). Countries such as India, China and Kenya have developed numerous projects through PPPs. Protected Areas have followed suit in adopting the PPP approach, to be able to focus on their core business, namely conservation. To date, relevant research on PPP ecotourism projects, specifically pro-poor tourism approach is fragmented, limited in scope, and lacks examples that can assist practitioners in embedding pro-poor tourism principles in the PPP methodology. Academically, studies are largely evaluations that compare progress against projects’ defined objectives or broad based sustainable tourism goals. However, this study is an assessment of a tourism development from a pro-poor tourism perspective. Thus, this study interrogated the extent to which ecotourism PPP at De Hoop is pro-poor. Furthermore, the study sought to establish if rural local communities living in and near De Hoop PPP benefit and how their benefits can be enhanced. Pro-poor tourism indicators are used in this study as a theoretical base to evaluate De Hoop PPP.
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Anderzén, Domingues Isabel, and Pernilla Nöjd. "Volunteer Tourism : Who does it benefit?" Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Ekonomihögskolan, ELNU, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-24190.
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Although altruism is known to be a typical volunteer-trait, our respondents were motivated more or less by self-interest as well, adding to the discussion regarding whether altruism or self-interest is the main motivator for volunteer tourists. Second, the outcome of the volunteer experience is not necessarily as dependent on the motives as it is on what the volunteer makes of it. Something we believe needs further research in literature concerning volunteer tourists. Third, the rewards mainly derived from the free time and the relationships developed between volunteers, and the costs mainly from the projects due to social distance. However, the rewards were generally perceived as greater than the costs considering the total experience, implying that the free time during volunteer experiences is of greater importance than what can be understood from current literature. Forth, the low level of commitment among volunteers leads us to question if it should be considered as a form of pro-poor tourism. Fifth, communication is of great importance in order to achieve cultural interaction, a vital component of volunteer tourism and finally, we found that volunteer tourism can indeed be beneficial, as long as organizations focus on the “right kind” of projects.
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WONG, MING-CHI, and 翁明祺. "A Study on the Relationships among Group Tourist Motivation, Tourism Image and Tourism Benefits of Tourists in Kinmen--The Case of Tourists from Mainland China." Thesis, 2019. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/4ch985.
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碩士南華大學
旅遊管理學系旅遊管理碩士班
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Kinmen, an island that preserves the history of the battlefield and preserves a variety of rich natural humanities, has been a very important strategic position in the past wars. There have been several battles with the mainland, and the most impressive is the 823 artillery. Therefore, For mainland tourists, Kinmen always has a very deep battlefield impression. In recent years, the relationship between the two sides of the strait has gradually eased, and related policies have gradually loosened, resulting in the rapid development of direct flights between Kinmen and the mainland, and the number of tourists visiting the Golden Gate in mainland China has risen sharply. Since the study, the mainland group of Jinmen Sightseeing Tourism has been the subject of in-depth study of the motivation, tourism imagery and tourism benefits of tourism in the Golden Gate area. In this study, 310 questionnaires were actually distributed in various scenic spots in the Kinmen area. After deducting the invalid questionnaire, there were 300 valid questionnaires. The effective questionnaires use the SPSS system for reliability and validity analysis,narrative statistical analysis, correlation analysis of each facet, basic data analysis of the differences of the various facets and various facet regression analysis. The results show that tourism motivation and tourism benefits are significant. Positive correlation, tourism imagery and tourism benefit are significantly positively correlated and tourism motivation is significantly positively correlated with tourism imagery. At present, the Kinmen area is in the period of focus on tourism development, and the results of this study can be provided to policy implementation and planners for reference.
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Chen, Chun-Chu. "Why People Travel? Examining Perceived Benefits of Tourism." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/148389.
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It has been demonstrated that people often feel happier, healthier, and more relaxed after a vacation. However, there is still lack of research on how people perceive the benefits of travel and how these perceptions influence their travel behavior. Thus, the primary purpose of this research was to examine the effects of perceived tourism benefits on travel behavior based on the model of attitude importance.
Since existing scales of tourism benefits failed to incorporate some important items or factors, particularly the health benefits of tourism, this dissertation involved three online panel surveys, including: (1) a preliminary study (n=566) to elicit new benefit items, (2) a pilot study (n=434) to trim down the number of items, and (3) a main survey (n=559) to finalize the scale. As a result, several items associated with health benefits were elicited from the preliminary study; in the later stages of scale development, these items were identified and validated as a convergent dimension of perceived health benefits.
Further, several hypotheses pertaining to the effect of perceived tourism benefits and the applicability of the attitude-importance model in tourism were tested. The results showed that: (1) the premise of the attitude-importance model that important attitudes can instigate the process of knowledge accumulation was supported; (2) the applicability of the attitude-importance model in tourism was supported; (3) the three factors of perceived tourism benefits – experiential, health, and relaxation benefits, had positive effects on travel behavior through attitude importance.
These results had theoretical and practical implications. First, while previous tourism studies on tourists’ information search have tended to incorporate information search behavior in the context of vacation planning, this research demonstrated that the accumulation of product-related knowledge can be on a regular basis. Second, while previous tourism studies have a strong preference for the evaluative features of attitudes, this research demonstrated that attitude importance as a dimension of attitude strength is relevant in tourism. Finally, the experiential, health, and relaxation benefits were shown to have positive effects on travel behavior, which indicates that the tourism industry can encourage people to travel more by convincing them taking vacations is beneficial.
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Kuo, Chia-Lun, and 郭佳倫. "The Psychological Benefits from Tourism Environment and Experience." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/48360743208147518746.
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Chu, Yu-Hui, and 朱育慧. "The Multiple Views on the Benefits of Religious Tourism." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/30962066916085775624.
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碩士臺北城市科技大學
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This research is to investigate the multiple views on the benefits of religious tourism, including on the benefit evaluation of personal involvement, tourism culture, travel motivation and food culture. Four hypothses were made firstly on these four dimensions with tourists from different background toward religious tourism to assume that there was no significant difference between them. In order to find out the benefits of religious tourism highlighted in the experience which the tourists obtained from the religious tourism, this study applied the Modified Delphi Method, using three times of questionaire interviews, and collected the data analyzed through the descriptive statistics, t–test, F–statistics, and Scheffe afterwards multiple comparisons. This research found there were partly significant differences on dimensions of personal involvement, tourism culture, which meaned there were different cognitive importances on these four dimensions in the tourists from different background toward religious tourism. This study was expected to contribute to not only academic research, but also in practice, and more, future commercial marketing and promotions on religious tourism by the government and service providers.
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Lin, Lung-Chiang, and 林龍江. "A Study of Relationship among Transport, Tourism Motivation, Tourism Image, Tourism Quality and Tourism Benefits--A Case Study of Yangmingshan National Park." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/skzd29.
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碩士南華大學
旅遊管理學系旅遊管理碩士班
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Tourism as a part of modern life in different places, from 2016 in the full implementation of the labor day weekend, but also highlight the importance of tourism in the region close to Taipei Yangmingshan National Park is a convenient transportation and renowned for the popular tourist areas. In this study, tourism motivation, tourism image, tourism quality and tourism benefits as a starting point to explore the tourism-related behavior Yangmingshan National Park visitors, and the use of bicycles, motorcycles, cars and public transport for personal use four types of transport tourist spot as the object of investigation, a total of 420 questionnaires, the effective response rate was 95.24%. The results show: (1) travel motivation has a positive significant effect on the tourism image. (2) Travel motivations have significant positive impact on the quality of travel. (3) Travel motives significant positive impact on the tourism benefits. (4) the quality of tourism have significant positive impact on the tourism image. (5) significant tourism image has a positive impact on the tourism benefits. (6) the quality of tourism have significant positive impact on the tourism benefits. (7) partially mediated effects for tourism image between travel motivations and tourism benefits exist. (8) partially mediated effect on the quality of tourism between tourism motivation and tourism benefits exist.
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Chang, Yu-Hsiang, and 張壹翔. "The Study Of Perception, Benefits And Attitude Towards Medical Tourism." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/51621621540167434617.
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碩士台灣首府大學
休閒設施規劃與管理學系碩士班
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For the past few years, internationalization has become a trend in medical industry. This is especially noticeable in the quick increase of medical tourism every year in Asian countries. Taiwan has abundant natural resources and advanced medical technologies, therefore, has a great advantage to develop medical tourism. However, the promotion of medical tourism in Taiwan has not been successful these years. This study aims to investigate the point of view of the employees in the medical care, cosmetology and travel agency organizations on medical tourism, especially their opinions about the perception, the benefit and the attitude of the implementation of medical tourism. This study adopted structured questionnaire.450 questionnaires were sent to the employees of medical care, cosmetology and travel agency in Tainan city, with 399 completed. The return rate was approximately 88.7%. The results of the study show that, employees have positive attitude about implementation of medical tourism. Also, the perception, the benefit and the attitude of medical tourism implementation are strongly related. Finally, according to the results of regression analysis, it shows that the average value of perception, benefits and income play important roles in affecting the attitude of medical tourism implementation. Based on these results, this study further provides suggestions for both academics and managers of the industry. Suggestions for future researches in the area of medical tourism are also applied.
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黃純湘. "Leisure involvement, Leisure benefits and Revisit intention for Walking Tourism." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/68799948894646161100.
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碩士臺北市立大學
休閒運動管理學系暨碩士班
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The purpose of this study was to identify the current situation of participants from different backgrounds participating in walking tourism as well as discuss the relationship among leisure involvement, leisure benefits and revisit intention by questionnaires. A questionnaire survey was implemented to 344 participants from the "International Walking" and "Walking the Countryside" programs organized by the Chinese Taipei Health Life and Sports Association in 2012 and 2013. A total of 342 valid questionnaires were collected with validation rate of 99%. Data were analyzed with descriptive statistics, independent-sample t-test, one way ANOVA, Pearson correlation analysis and multiple hierarchical regression analysis.The results are as follows: 1. The sex ratio of participant showed females are more than males：212 females, 62%; 268 participants the age are over 51 year old(78%); 291 participants participate more than 2 times(85.1%); 250 participants are above college education (73.1%); 248 participants are married(72.5%) ; 267 participants the household income under 1.5 million (78.1%).. 2. The participants in leisure involvement, leisure benefits and revisit intention are not significant different among gender,education level; The participants in leisure involvement, leisure benefits and revisit intention are significant different among age, participate frequency, marital status. 3. Pearson's correlation showed the leisure involvement, leisure benefits and revisit intention of walking tourism indicating the participants involved in the higher level, leisure benefits have obtained higher and revisit intention also higher. 4. The Beta value of the leisure involvement was significantlydecreased once the leisure benefits entered the second model in predicting the revisit intention. After conducting the Sobel test, the mediating effect of the leisure benefits was confirmed. Conclusions: Involving into walking tourism most people feel joyful, and participating in the process of walking tourism gets the best physical and mental health ; and older age group are the most suitable target to engage in the walking tourism. The world gradually becomes an aging society, the promotion of walking tourism is more important.
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Hsu, Tsui-Hsia, and 徐翠霞. "The Relationship among Tourism Attraction, Leisure Benefits, and Revisiting Intention：An Example of Tourism Factory in Taoyuan." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/26f9qx.
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碩士銘傳大學
觀光事業學系碩士在職專班
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This study uses questionnaires to collect the data from main scope of the Taoyuan area tourism factory. A total of 850 questionnaires are distributed on site with 783 valid questionnaires for further analysis. the data obtained descriptive statistics, reliability analysis, correlation analysis and regression analysis and other methods to conduct inspection. This study conducts descriptive statistics, reliability and validity analysis, correlation analysis, and regression analysis. The empirical results found that tourism attraction has a significant effect on the leisure benefits while the leisure benefits have a significant effect on the revisiting intention. Finally, tourism attraction also significantly influences revisiting intention. Based on the findings, recommendations and conclusions are provided for the management of Tourism Factory.
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KU, SHENG-KUN, and 古盛坤. "A Study of Tourism Attractiveness, Place Attachment Flow Experience and Tourism Benefits--The Case of Matzu Visitors." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/6rc38u.
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碩士南華大學
旅遊管理學系旅遊管理碩士班
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The purpose of this research is to analyze the effect of tourism attraction, place attachment, flow experience, and leisure satisfaction for the visitors of Matzu. The conclusions and suggestions were listed as follows. The tools used for data analysis are correlation analysis and regression analysis. The results of this research are as following: 1. Study found that tourism attraction with place attachment were significantly correlated between flow experience and leisure satisfaction. 2. To analyze the correlation among tourism attraction, place attachment, flow experience, and leisure satisfaction, the result reveals that tourism attraction and place attachment have a significant effect on flow experience and leisure satisfaction. Besides, flow experience has much influence on tourism attraction and place attachment as well. In other words, flow experience has mediating effect on tourism attraction and leisure satisfaction；flow experience has mediating effect on place attachment and leisure satisfaction ，Flow Experience has mediating effect on flow experience and tourism benefits.
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Chimangeni, Christine Pokaniso. "The benefits of tourism from community perspective of Chembe Village, Malawi." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/18641.
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Thesis (M.M. (Public and Development Management))--University of the Witwatersrand, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, Graduate School of Public and Development Management, 2015.The Malawi National Tourism Policy’s mission is to ensure that tourism brings meaningful economic benefits to host communities and thereby reduce poverty. However, it remains unclear whether Chembe village in Mangochi is benefiting as the district still registers low literacy levels and a high rate of malnourished children. This study aimed at understanding the socio-economic benefits of tourism to this village and particularly how community participation and a low level of education affect the attainment of benefits. A qualitative study, following a case study design, was conducted and data was collected through semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions. The study revealed that Chembe Village is benefiting from tourism through employment, Small and Medium Enterprises, exposure and infrastructural development despite the residents’ low level of education and minimal community participation due to lack of proper co-ordination between the leaders and residents. Nevertheless, income generated through employment and the Small and Medium Enterprises is being re-directed to purposes other than the basic needs of life, resulting the ongoing poor quality of life. The study also revealed that there is under-representation of women in tourism employment and SMEs. The study recommends that efforts be made to ensure proper co-ordination between leaders and residents and to develop policies that will see women being well represented in tourism employment and SMEs.
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Yang, Hui-Wen, and 楊蕙玟. "Evaluating the Recreation Benefits of Tourism in Yang Ming Shan Flower Festival." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/78198308052781356311.
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碩士國立中興大學
應用經濟學系所
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With the development of country economic and government to promote leisure activities, people increasingly pay attention to the quality of leisure, also one of the festival activities of government actively promoted in recent years. But in the environment of many alternative recreation activities, maintain the quality of recreation activities and attraction can make more popular and develop sustainably. In this study, we used the Travel Cost Method(TCM) of to establish the tourism demand model of Yang Ming Shan Flower Festival, We compare On-site Poisson, Truncated Negative Binomial with Endogenous Stratification count data models to estimated trip demands of visitor by using maximum likelihood estimate. To explore the factors visitors went to Yang Ming Shan Flower Festival, and estimate the recreation benefits. This study is through questionnaires to collect data. This study has found that: (1)On-Site POIS model is better than TNBES model on goodness of fit test and explanation.(2) Travel costs of alternative sites, age, unmarried, freedom on working hours, recommendation and willingness of revisit are positively correlated with the number of trips; travel costs and services of tourist satisfaction are negatively correlated with the number of trips.(3) the elasticity of demand, income elasticity of demand and cross-price elasticity of visitor in this event is -11.43%,-4.22% and 7.41.(4) the consumer surplus for year visitors in Yang Ming Shan Flower Festival is significant.
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JHU, JHAI WAN, and 翟婉竹. "Exploringthe Demands and Benefits of Social Tourism: The Case of Elderly Veterans." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/36006532073931883766.
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碩士國立高雄餐旅大學
觀光研究所
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Many elderly veterans were forced to leave home because of the war, and in the process of fleeing, suffered many obstacles. Due to ethnic culture, living habits, age gap and economic factors and other issues, many of the elderly veterans hid in a corner of society and became the so-called "social exclusion." But also because of the impact of a low material level and quality of life, they have gradually become the neglected vulnerable groups in society. There is relatively little research on social tourism for the elderly veterans. It is thus worthwhile to explore the demands and benefits of social tourism among this particular group. The selected data collection sites were Baihe Veterans Home, Gangshan Veterans Home, and Pingtung Veterans Home. The study objects were those living in the veterans homes and at least 65 years old. The interview was from December 5, 2016 to May 9, 2017, with a total of 10 interviewees. The average age of the interviewees was 79 years old with good health and had a wealth of tourism experience. The study found, survived after the war, the elderly veterans came thousands of miles to Taiwan and ultimately settled in the veterans homes, and this special experience created their strong physique and tough vitality. The study helps to understand the tourism demands and barriers of the elderly veterans in order to enhance their tourism benefits participating in social tourism. The results of the study can also be used as a reference for the social tourism industry and the government to formulate strategies, to maximize the benefits of social tourism for the veterans group, and to realize the right of everyone to enjoy travel.
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Lu, Pi-chun, and 盧碧純. "Exploring the psychological benefits of dark tourism basing on Environment Restoration Theory." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/22484518351501965437.
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碩士南華大學
旅遊事業管理學系碩士班
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In recent ten years, tourists have started to show great interest in sites associated with death, disaster and atrocities. Therefore, this phenomenon has drawn scholars’ attention in putting more emphasis on ‘Dark Tourism’. Dark Tourism does not only recount historical wounds, but also touches the emotions and deep feelings in the tourists’ hearts. However, very little literature has probed into the psychological benefits of Dark Tourism. For this reason, this research is based on the viewpoint of environmental restoration theory to explore the psychological reaction and feelings that tourists might have while taking part in Dark Tourism. This research also attempts to understand the psychological impact and healing effect of Dark Tourism on tourists of various traumatic experiences. Taiwanese people have many traumatic recollections of the 921 Earthquake occurring in 1999. The Memorial Park in Jioufenershan in Nantou is built on the epicenter and retains the site of the mud slide caused by the earthquake. This research uses questionnaires taken on location to interview tourists who visited the Memorial Park. There were a total of 395 valid questionnaires collected. For the information analysis, we employ Gradual Regression Verification to see the effect on the variable relations. The verification result shows that tourists with various traumatic experiences have remarkably different environment perceptions towards visiting the sites, and these perceptions have also remarkable impact on the psychological benefits brought upon the tourists. The benefits include a sense of relief and relaxation, and positive reflections, which indicates that the sites of death or disaster are worthy to preserve and will facilitate trauma healing.Finally, based on the result of this research, we provide relevant recommendations as a source of reference in the future studies for industry, the government and academia as references.
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Lai, Shu-Ping, and 賴淑萍. "A Study on the Relationship among the Story of Movies/TV Dramas, Tourism Motives, Destination Images and Tourism Benefits." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/48400367043145783561.
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碩士南華大學
旅遊管理學系旅遊管理碩士班
103
In recent years, the rise of Korea dramas brings about an upsurge in tourism and many travel business opportunities by placing tourist sites in dramas. The movies or TV dramas produced in Taiwan also place in a number of tourist sites. Through the visual media broadcasts, the sights can increase the revenues. Nowadays, the citizens attach great importance to tourism and leisure. The quality of tourism in many regions is rising constantly. The visitors think travel is to understand and experience local cultural characteristics slowly. Therefore, the fans not only emerged impression to those sights filmed in movies or dramas , but some even will experience the sights appeared in movies or dramas in person. The main purpose of the research is to discuss the relationship among the story of movies/TV dramas, tourism motives, destination images, and tourism benefits. The convenience sampling questionnaire surveys were carried out on the tourists visiting the scenic spots filmed in movies or TV dramas in person. The findings showed that the story of movies/TV dramas has the remarkable influence to the liking . The liking has the remarkable influence to tourism motives. Tourism motives have the remarkable influence to destination images. Destination images have the remarkable influence to tourism benefits. The story thrust of tourism motives has the remarkable influence to tourism benefits. Finally, the research will propose the related suggestions and futurology directions for the tourist industry and the related local government departments according to the result.
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Ziegler, Jackie. "Conservation outcomes and sustainability of whale shark tourism in the Philippines." Thesis, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/1828/10819.
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Biodiversity loss is one of the major environmental threats facing the planet. Incentive-based conservation is one means to reduce human pressure on wildlife by providing economic incentives for resource-dependent people to protect the environment. Marine wildlife tourism is one of the fastest growing tourism sectors globally and is viewed as an important incentive-based approach for achieving marine conservation goals. However, few studies have linked participation in the provisioning of marine wildlife tourism activities with positive social and ecological conservation outcomes. The goal of this dissertation is to provide greater understanding of the conservation value of marine wildlife tourism using whale shark tourism as a case study with a main focus on social conservation outcomes amongst tourism providers. Positive changes in perceptions, attitudes and values towards target species and their environments can be an important element of incentive-based conservation. The study has the following objectives: (1) to assess the status of the global whale shark tourism industry, including types (e.g., captive, non-captive), real and potential impacts, conservation value and management challenges and best practices; (2) to examine the ethics of provisioning whale sharks in Oslob, Philippines, the largest, non-captive viewing site in the world; (3) to determine if working in ecotourism changed the attitudes and behaviours of locals towards whale sharks and the ocean, and if tourism type affects those outcomes; (4) to assess the marine wildlife value orientations of locals working in whale shark tourism to achieve greater understanding of the factors influencing their conservation attitudes and behaviours; (5) to explore the potential long-term impacts of poorly conceived incentive-based conservation projects on social and ecological conservation outcomes; and (6) to re-examine and update the conceptual and theoretical background for wildlife tourism in light of the findings of this study. Methods include a comprehensive literature review, tourist surveys, social media content analysis, and interviews with locals working in whale shark tourism at four sites in the Philippines. Results suggest that marine wildlife tourism can play an important role in changing locals’ attitudes and behaviours towards the focal species and habitat; however, smaller-scale, more established sites had greater conservation value than the mass tourism or failed sites suggesting that small-scale, community-based ecotourism is the best approach to meeting conservation goals of marine wildlife tourism. Yet, few tourism sites meet these standards. Global standards are needed to ensure whale shark tourism activities meet desired conservation goals. Such standards should include management requirements (e.g., licensing, mandatory education program) and interaction guidelines (e.g. minimum viewing distances, limits on the number of swimmers/boats, etc.). The findings also emphasise that economics should not be the only or primary metric used to measure conservation success; rather, the focus should be on assessing a more comprehensive range of social and ecological conservation outcomes of these activities.Graduate
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Chen-Chao-Yuan and 陳昭元. "The Dragon Boat Festival Dragon Boat Races Longtan Impact Study of Tourism benefits." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/43031184006621093860.
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碩士中國文化大學
體育學系運動教練碩博士班
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The Dragon Boat Festival Dragon Boat Races Longtan Impact Study of Tourism benefits June, 2010 Student: Chao-Yuan -Chen Advisor: Hu- Zheng Abstract Objective: This study aimed to explore how Longtan Dragon Boat Festival Dragon Boat Races affects local tourism and hospitality benefits. The study mainly based on the background characteristics of tourists and tourism characteristics of the Dragon Boat Festival Dragon Boat Races Longtan scenic attraction and recreational Satisfaction. Methods: Taking 2010 Longtan Dragon Boat Festival Dragon Boat Races tourists as objects for this study. We have sent 500 questionnaires, procured 422 valid questionnaires and 84.4% stratified samples. All obtained statistics were analyzed by descriptive statistical software SPSS12.0 statistics, t test, and ANOVA system. Results: (a) background variations of accounted tourists are 56.4% for female; 45.9% for tourists under age 20; 50.1% for students; 61% for unmarried tourists, 43% for high school degree; 36.8% for tourists who have no income; 57.9% for tourists who live in the northern Taiwan. (B) On aspect of tourism characteristic, statistic of tourists took special trip to Longtan for the races is 45.1%; statistic of tourists with twice (or above) times of experience on participating in similar activities is 53.1%; statistic of tourists be there with companions is 25.5%; statistic of tourists who were notified for Longtan Sightseeing pool casual information by their relatives or friends is 42.5%; statistic of Dragon Boat Race participants with personal cost amount under $500NT is 35.4%. (C) The highest satisfaction on the tourist attraction and recreational satisfaction are items as "activities additional effect" and "activity planning." Conclusions: (1) tourism attraction and recreational satisfaction with significant differences are on items as: 1. Age, 2. Occupation 3. Marital Status,4. Education,5. Monthly Income,6. Living Area,7. Companions,8. Estimated personal cost. Recommendation: In order to enhance quality of activities and participant rate, associating departments should improve related equipment and operate described activities efficiently. Such deeds would positively increase local tourism and hospitality benefit. Key words: tourists, dragon boat races, tourism and hospitality benefits
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Chang, Ya-Hui, and 張雅惠. "Influences of Kaohsiung Renting Bicycles on Recreational Behaviors, Tourism Image, and Leisure Benefits." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/20871620821759401595.
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碩士大葉大學
管理學院碩士在職專班
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This study focused on the influences of Kaohsiung renting bicycles on recreational behaviors, tourism image and leisure benefits. A well-fined and structural questionnaire was applied to the non-local tourists over age of 15. There were 413 copies of questionnaire returned and valid for further data analysis and hypotheses tests. The main findings of this study were concluded as followings: 1. The demographic profiles of main tourists to Kaohsiung were female, 21-30 of age, business, college graduated, unmarried, from south of Taiwan, 20,001-40,000 NTD in income. 2. The main recreational behaviors were over five times to visit Kaohsiung with 1-5 companion(s), over 2,000 dollars paid, over 2-day-stay in Kaohsiung, their parents and relatives as companions, the information about tourism from Internet. 3. Tourists had higher tourism image in recreational atmosphere, higher leisure benefits in relaxing benefits. 4. The age, level of education, marital status, and hometown had significant differences on tourism image. 5. The gender, age, and income had significant differences on leisure benefits. 6. The frequency of tourism, the number of companions, and the cost of the tourists who rented public bicycles had significant differences, and so did the cost of the tourists who didn’t rent public bicycles. 7. The cost and the length of time for staying in Kaohsiung of the tourists who rented public bicycles had significant differences on leisure benefits, and so did the cost of the tourists who didn’t rent public bicycles. Key words: Public Renting Bicycles, Recreational Behaviors, Tourism Image and Leisure Benefits
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Yang, Sung-Ying, and 楊松穎. "Potential Benefits for Strategic Alliances in Tourism Marketing Based On Cooperative Game Theory." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/17227174753381825446.
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碩士國立臺灣科技大學
建築系
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Tourism also named as pollution free industry has been regarded as a rising star of the 21st century economy in the international society, Taiwan has listed tourism as one of the national development projects that are 「Challenging National 2008 : National development 」with the policy aid of government & promotion from the businesses, tourism has become part of everybody’s life. To elevate tourism quality & advocate discovering new opportunities for tourism, we evolve package tour by strategic alliance to ensure long term competitive advantage of industry and effective strategy of businesses to adopt promotion strategies like increasing the diversity, exposure and acceptability of products and lowering cost and sale price by scale economy to increase the tourist numbers. The study focuses on how to allocate profit sensibly when promoting package tour. We use economic models to analyze the relationship between altering unit cost by different discounts and operation profit. This study adopts Shapley value which allocates marginal benefit in cooperative game to develop a more sensible and open profit allocation method, which will overrule the customary profit allocation currently applied in business. Hopefully, this new method will promote industrial alliance, stabilize the development, help every participant gain more profit, and expand the business. Furthermore, customers are also benefited with better quality service and lower prices. The new blue ocean strategy which guarantees the win-win solution between tourism industry and tourists could be possible.
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Monakhisi, Ngwako Philemon. "An analysis of the benefits of the growth in tourism to the local communities in the Panorama region, Mpumalanga Province." Thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/2079.
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In recent decades tourism has asserted its importance as the biggest employer
and foreign exchange earner in both the developing and developed countries.
Consequently, there has been increasing attention to tourism development as a
strategy to stimulate economic growth, local economic development and poverty
alleviation, especially in the developing countries. This study was undertaken
with the objective of determining the direct benefits of the growth in tourism to
the local communities in the vicinity of protected areas in South Africa's
Mpumalanga Province.
The tourism sector is strategically located within the economic mainstream as it
links easily with other sectors of the economy such as agriculture, hospitality,
transport and entertainment. It has added advantages, including the fact that the
tourist product is consumed at the destination. This offers local communities
opportunities in job creation, skills development, economic empowerment and
social development.
The study found that meaningful involvement of local communities in the
tourism industry through ownership of tourism-related enterprises was almost
non-existent. There were no meaningful linkages between the industry and the
local communities other than the communities' supply of unskilled labour.
There were also no programmes aimed at harnessing the phenomenal growth in
South Africa's tourism for the economic empowerment of local communities.
The economic empowerment of local communities need not be achieved through
the ownership of tourism-related enterprises only, but may also include
shareholding, outsourcing, affirmative procurement and social responsibility
programmes by the industry.The continued marginalisation of the local communities by the tourism industry
was attributed to unsatisfactory progress with the industry's transformation.
The launch of the Tourism Black Economic Empowerment Charter and Scorecard
in 2005 provided impetus for the transformation of South Africa's tourism
industry. However, more work still needs to be done in the identified areas of
ownership and control of tourism-related businesses, distribution of tourism
benefits and the development of tourism-related skills and entrepreneurial
culture in local communities.
The role of the private sector in stimulating community involvement in tourism
is particularly important. The private sector is singled out because of government
policy that tourism development would be regulated by government and be
private-sector driven. Furthermore, the private sector has the capacity and the
resources to mobilise, not only to improve the attractiveness and marketing of a
destination and the overall management of the tourism industry, but also to
build thriving local communities.Development Studies
D. Litt. et Phil. (Development Studies)
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SU, CHUNG-TA, and 蘇仲達. "The Study on Congestion Charge on Tourists’ Willing-To-Pay, Tourism and Ecological Benefits--Use Yilan County as Example." Thesis, 2019. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/5ra4zz.
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碩士南華大學
旅遊管理學系旅遊管理碩士班
107
The number of tourists visiting Yilan increases year by year after National Freeway No. 5 completed and has caused effects on local transportation, ecological environment and quality in tourism. Several solutions are proposed and discussed. One of them is to ask the drivers to pay the congestion charge when entering the Yilan area. The Contingent Valuation Method (CVM) has been used to estimate the tourists’ willingness to pay (WTP) of the congestion charge then visiting Yilan County and to investigate the influence between tourists’ background and place attachment. The study population consisted of 326 adults who had been to Yilan County. The findings revealed that: (1) the mean and the median of WTP for congestion charge is 82.40 NTD and 96.00 NTD, respectively. More than 50% of tourists believe that the traffic jam of National Freeway No. 5 and ecological carrying capacity will be improved by taking the congestion charge. (2) Tourists are willing to pay higher congestion charge including the following categories: (a) the higher income tourists, (b) tourists who are suffering more traffic jams, (c) tourists that have identity to Yilan County and congestion control policy. (3) The "high occupancy vehicle restriction for all lanes in rush hours" revealed the highest identity among all charging control measures. (4) According to the traffic flow proved by the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, the congestion charge can create approximately 300 million NTD benefit annually, which can be used to improve the transportation, tourism and ecological environment in Yilan County.
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Jiang, Li-Zhong, and 江立鐘. "The Relationship Among Tourism Attraction Service Quality,Leisure Benefits and Revisiting Willingness A case study of Tourism factory in Ilan Country." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/81037959603890095457.
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碩士中國文化大學
觀光事業學系觀光休閒事業管理碩士在職專班
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In recent years, people change lifestyle, leisure travel has obvious demand, coupled with structural changes in Taiwan's traditional industries, manufacturing-based factories gradually weakened or relocation of many factories operating in order to break the bottleneck in the counseling of the Ministry of Economy under the ownership has been transformed into manufacturing and factory visit tourist facility, in addition to manufacturing products, but also began to open teaching tour and visit the moving line design, hand-made DIY activities, briefing rooms and exhibition rooms for sale, so that the factory has more diversified business. Promote tourism plant or factory in terms of traditional industries, as if infused new life springing Government to help traditional industries cultural or tourism facility has educational value of the transition, so that people learn more about the industry knowledge and understanding of the local culture, while creating traditional industries second spring. This new experience of tourism activities, and gradually rise in all regions of Taiwan, taking advantage of the week off two day trip to take the kids to outdoor education, tourism has become the parents planning a new index. With the influence of people travel demand, tourism boom will continue to spread the plant, in this context, corporate owners have to ponder the next step is how to improve the service quality and management issues, to show the real value of the plant, it will not perish for tart effects. For this study had experienced Ilan factory tour groups to do research, study was to investigate tourist attraction, service quality, efficiency and customer loyalty and leisure visitors to participate in the experience of the impact of the relationship between the plant tour to study ways to document the basis of past After deduction theory hypothesis, respectively, descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, and the use of a questionnaire survey method to collect data, and finally, conclusions and recommendations based on the findings in order to provide the industry with reference to experience improvement in marketing activities to enhance better service quality.
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CHEW, SZE-HUA, and 周詩樺. "The Influence of Residents’ Perceived Benefits of Sport Tourism and Attitudes toward Sport Tourism Development on the Willingness of Sport Tourism Development: A Case Study of the 2017 Nantou Sport Tourism Festival." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/84375g.
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碩士國立臺灣體育運動大學
休閒運動管理研究所
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The research aimed to investigate the current status, differences and relationships among residents’ perceived benefits of sports tourism, attitudes toward sports tourism development and willingness of sport tourism development. The participants were residents in Puli Township. The questionnaires were distributed from May 27th to 28th, 2017 at the destination of the marathon race and water competiton. A total of 250 questionnaires were distributed and 173 effective questionnaires were returned with an effective response rate of 69.2%. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Independent Sample t Test, One-way ANOVA and Multiple Regression. The results revealed that: (1) The residents were male, relatively young, had low household income, and worked in the commercial industry; besides, the majority were event participants and the average time of transportation was about 15 minutes; (2) The highest mean score was attitude towards sport tourism development and perceived benefits of sport tourism was ranked lastly among the variables; (3) Different demographic variables failed to demonstrated significant effects on the perceived benefits of sports tourism, attitudes toward sports tourism development and willingness of sport tourism development; (4) Perceived benefits of sport tourism was found to be positively related to attitude towards sport tourism development as well as willingness towards sport tourism development; (5) Attitude towards sport tourism development was found to be positively related to willingness towards sport tourism development; (6) Residents’ attitude towards sport tourism development was found to be a link upon perceived benefits of sport tourism and willingness of sport tourism development. Based on the results, the researcher suggested the organizers can develop managerial strategies in order to enhance attitude towards sport tourism development as well as willingness of sports tourism development (e.g., promoting the development of community tourism through sport tourism events) so ad to improve the quality of the event. In addition, the organizers should design more diverse tour packages in order to enhance the participants’ willingness to revisit the event in the future.
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Chen, Chin-Yen, and 陳晉彥. "A evaluate study leisure benefits of experiential study - A case of Taomi community tourism." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/98104394547307831524.
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碩士朝陽科技大學
休閒事業管理系碩士班
98
In latest 20th century, tourism has become the most social economic indicatory industry in every country. Government policies have the trend of combine central government’s plan with lower level government administration. In the tour development, no other than hoping it can push Taiwan’s industries develop of town forward. Our research home base is located at Taomi town. This town use experiential study system. Integrating all kinds of resources together and developing a tour of experiencing and learning. This kind of trip is not only very attractive but also has written a remarkable page of town trip. Through questionnaire survey, this paper discovered tourists of this place give it a pretty high score of feeling of relaxation benefit. It means this place has well relaxation benefit and noticed that normal tourists have obviously different feelings of relaxation benefit to experiential study traveler. The result of this paper will provide people who live in Taomi community or intending to develop similar tourism service industry a reference material to work our a perfect experiencing and learning trip and providing correlation equipments which tourists needed.