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Journal articles on the topic "Tourism destination"
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Berc Radišić, Branka, and Biljana Mihelić. "THE TOURIST DESTINATION BRAND." Tourism and hospitality management 12, no. 2 (2006): 183–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.20867/thm.12.2.16.
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Through its growing importance to tourism, the tourist destination is increasingly attracting the attention of researchers and tourism managers. The rationale lies in efforts to gain deeper insight into travel motivations and tourist demands and needs. In destinations, tourists can meet many of their needs, above all, the need for leisure and entertainment. Comfortable accommodations, recreation services and facilities, natural and cultural sights, as well as various entertaining events make the destination attractive to tourists. In competing, the destination that has a more organised offering and an established image of the market will have a higher degree of success. The best way to express a destination’s identity is through a well-crafted umbrella brand. This type of brand allows the promotion of all of the destination’s tourism supply providers, as well as their joint tourism product, on the market.
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Marie, Shanthi, Sampada Kumar Swain, and Dinkar Chugh. "Tourist Motivation, Destination Competitiveness, And Destination Loyalty – A Study On The District Of Virgin Princess." Atna Journal of Tourism Studies 20, no. 1 (2025): 1–23. https://doi.org/10.12727/ajts.33.1.
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Many reasons tempt tourists, instigating researchers to analyse their motivations in choosing a destination matching their self-emotional persuasion. Some destinations arouse interest in travelling repeatedly, making tourists loyal owing to the destination's competitive advantage. The study intends to identify the influencing aspects that could cater to tourist satisfaction, thus generating potential loyal tourists; various dimensions of tourist motivations lead to the decision-making for the tourist, and major factors are the destination’s attributes and the destination’s perceived image. Any destination to sustain itself in the competitive tourism market has to evolve beyond the present competition, which requires likely tourist knowledge and their travel motivation related to their purchase decision-making for the destination. The results find that a peaceful environment, festivals and events, eco-tourism natural trails, and climatic conditions are crucial in attracting tourists to Kanyakumari—motivations like. Natural sceneries, the confluence of three seas Bay, Arabian and Indian Oceans, Sunrise and Sunset, attractive beaches, and Vivekananda rock are concrete competitive attributes of the district. The study further suggests managerial insinuations that can improve the district's competitiveness in increasing the tourist influxes.
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Zulvianti, Nora, Hasdi Aimon, and Abror Abror. "The Influence of Environmental and Non-Environmental Factors on Tourist Satisfaction in Halal Tourism Destinations in West Sumatra, Indonesia." Sustainability 14, no. 15 (2022): 9185. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14159185.
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This study aims to investigate the influence of environmental and non-environmental factors on tourist satisfaction in halal tourism destinations in West Sumatra. The environmental factor is perceived environmental value. Meanwhile, non-environmental factors are halal-friendly destination performance, sustainability tourism development, and halal destination image. The survey was conducted by distributing questionnaires to 690 respondents who visited halal tourism destinations in West Sumatra. It was analyzed by using the Structural Equation Modeling (SEM)—Partial Least Square (PLS). The results indicate environmental factors (perceived environmental values) and non-environmental factors (halal-friendly destination performance, sustainable tourism development, and halal destination image influence tourist satisfaction. Moreover, sustainability tourism development mediates the effect of perceived environmental value on tourist satisfaction. However, sustainability tourism development does not mediate the effect of halal-friendly destination performance on tourist satisfaction. Meanwhile, the halal destination image does not moderate the effect of sustainability tourism development on satisfaction. Thus, our research can be used as a reference for tourist destination managers to increase tourist satisfaction by maintaining and managing the tourist destination environment properly.
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Shepeleva, Olga. "Conceptual principles of formation of tourist attractiveness of enogastronomic destinations." Actual problems of innovative economy and law 2023, no. 4 (2023): 80–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.36887/2524-0455-2023-4-13.
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The article investigates the importance of tourism for society’s sustainable development and defines the destination’s essence. It is noted that the tourist destination is a critical element of tourism, where tourists make their trips and spend a certain amount of time – defined criteria for forming a tourist destination. The essence of gastronomic tourism is justified. It is noted that there are significant conditions for the formation of food and wine tourism in Ukraine, and in certain regions, this type of tourism is the most popular. The essence of the enogastronomic destination as a defined territory with available attractive enogastronomic and natural, historical-cultural, touristic-recreational resources and the necessary infrastructure delivered to consumers as a ready-made tourist product is substantiated. It is noted that food and wine destinations form an innovative tourist product, contribute to the comprehensive development of territories, support product manufacturers, preserve historical and cultural heritage, integrate the development of the agro-production sphere and tourism, and lead to the diversification of production activities in rural areas. The modern principles of forming the attractiveness of a tourist destination and the indicators for their assessment are determined. The essence of the tourist attractiveness of the food and wine destination is substantiated, and it is stated that the attractiveness of the destination determines the motivation of the trip and forms tourist needs, determined factors that affect the tourist attractiveness of an enogastronomic destination. The assessment of tourist attractiveness can be a reference point for the development of strategic plans for the development of enogastronomic tourism in a destination and the assessment of its attractiveness. The presence of an assessment of the tourist attractiveness of the destination is the basis for attracting investments in the implementation of tourist projects. Keywords: attractiveness, destination, enogastronomic destination, gastronomic tourism.
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Imiru, Getie Andualem. "Perceived Destination Market Competitiveness as a Mediator Between Tourism Marketing Mix and Destination Loyalty: Evidence from Ethiopia." British Journal of Marketing Studies 13, no. 3 (2025): 1–48. https://doi.org/10.37745/bjms.2013/vol13n3148.
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The objective of this study is to investigate how perceived destination market competitiveness affects the relationship between the tourism service marketing mix and tourist destination loyalty, specifically in the context of Ethiopian tourist destinations that have transitioned from "involvement" to "consolidation" stages. The population of the study is all international tourists visiting various destinations with partulcar emphasis of Top 5 destination in Ethiopia. A total of 400 questionnaires were distributed and 343 questionnaires were returned at the end of the data collection process and used for the subsequent statistical analysis, which gave the response rate of 86 percent. To analyze the research model, Partial Least Squares (PLS) technique using the SmartPLS 4 software has been used. To assess the measurement model two types of validity were being examined - first the convergent validity and then the discriminant validity. All Cronbach alpha coefficients are over 0.7, ranging from 0.709 to 0.760, indicating strong internal consistency, and are used to assess the items' unidimensionality in terms of reliability. The investigation's findings demonstrate that the following antecedents—accessibility, people, product, promotion, physical evidence, and process—showed a significant effect on destination tourist loyalty. Price, however, had no significant effect on tourists' loyalty to a destination. This study has also demonstrated that a destination's capacity to compete in the tourism industry is significantly impacted by three key elements of the marketing mix: promotion, physical evidence, and process. However, there was no significant effect of price, people, or accessibility on the destination's market's competitiveness. Destination’s market competitiveness mediates the relationship between accessibility, people, price, process and promotion since the indirect effect estimates are higher than the direct effects estimates. However, physical evidence and product does not mediate the relationship between antecedent of marketing mix and tourism destination loyalty since the indirect effect estimates are lower than the direct effects estimates. Destination marketers should focus on variables which showed a significant effect tourist destination loyalty as well as Market competitiveness. Moreover, more research is required by destination researchers to determine why accessibility, population, or price did not significantly impact the competitiveness of the destination's market.
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Husni Muharram Ritonga, Annisa Sanny, M. Chaerul Rizky, and Ayu Juni Sihombing. "Analysis of the influence of tourism promotion through influencers on increasing brand awareness of Kwala Serapuh village tourism destinations, Langkat." International Journal of Science and Research Archive 13, no. 2 (2024): 424–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.30574/ijsra.2024.13.2.2118.
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The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of tourism promotion through influencers on increasing brand awareness of Kwala Serapuh Village Tourism Destinations, Langkat. Tourism has become one of the important sectors in the regional economy. Kwala Serapuh Village in Langkat has great potential in tourism development. However, the brand awareness of this village tourism destination needs to be improved. The use of influencers in tourism promotion has become a trend, but there have not been many studies examining their influence on tourist destination brand awareness. This study is expected to provide a deeper understanding of the effect of using influencers in tourism promotion on tourist destination brand awareness. The sample in this study was 50 respondents. The method used is SmartPLS analysis. The results showed that based on the direct effect test, Tourism Promotion has a significant positive effect on Tourism Destination Influencers. Tourism Promotion has a significant positive effect on Increasing Brand Awareness of Tourist Destinations. Influencers have no positive and insignificant effect on increasing brand awareness of tourist destinations. While the results of the indirect effect test, Tourism Promotion has no positive and insignificant effect on Increasing Brand Awareness through Tourism Destination Influencers.
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Zhang, Hongsheng, Zhenfeng Cheng, and Xin Chen. "How Destination Social Responsibility Affects Tourist Citizenship Behavior at Cultural Heritage Sites? Mediating Roles of Destination Reputation and Destination Identification." Sustainability 14, no. 11 (2022): 6772. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14116772.
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Cultural heritage tourism, as a typical integration of culture and tourism, has attracted extensive attention in recent years. Although some scholars have already explored the influencing mechanism of tourists’ behavioral intention in cultural heritage destinations, there remains a lack of research on how the social responsibility of cultural heritage tourism destinations affects tourist citizenship behavior. Exploring the formation mechanism of tourist citizenship behavior at cultural heritage sites from the perspective of destination social responsibility, this study intends to provide a theoretical reference for realizing the high-quality development of cultural heritage tourism. In this study, a chain mediation model based on destination reputation and destination identification is constructed to clarify the influencing mechanism of destination social responsibility on tourist citizenship behavior. The structural equation model and bootstrapping methods are applied to conduct empirical tests on 573 valid samples who have experienced cultural heritage tourism. The results show that: (a) the social responsibility of cultural heritage destinations positively affects the tourist citizenship behavior; (b) the destination reputation plays a mediating role between destination social responsibility and tourist advocacy behavior; (c) the destination identification plays a mediating role between destination social responsibility and tourist feedback behavior and tourist advocacy behavior; (d) the destination reputation and destination identification jointly play a chain mediation role between destination social responsibility and tourist citizenship behavior. These research results not only clarify the internal mechanism between the social responsibility of cultural heritage sites and tourist citizenship behavior, but also presented certain significance for practically guiding the destination managers to promote the sustainable development of cultural heritage tourism.
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Belosluttceva, Liudmila, and Evgeniya Vidishcheva. "ASSESSMENT OF THE POTENTIAL OF GAMBLING TOURISM AS A RESTARTING FACTOR FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TOURIST DESTINATION OF GREATER SOCH." Laisvalaikio tyrimai 2, no. 6 (2015): 1–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.33607/elt.v2i6.220.
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Research background.Currently, gambling tourism is one of the most popular forms of leisure allacross the globe. It is apparent that, when a business as lucrative as gambling has something to dowith thedevelopment of tourism, its impact on a tourist destination, both current and future, can be impressive.Research into this type of tourism reveals an interrelationship between gambling tourism and certain social-economic variables in the development of tourist destinations–the gambling business can be a crucialcomponent in the attractiveness of tourist destinations and facilitate economic stability and prosperity in thearea. The development of gambling tourism is regarded as a restarting andrenewing factor for thedevelopment of tourism destinations which can potentially facilitate their development through thereinvestment of revenue into their economic and political culture.Issues in the development of touristdestinations and gambling tourism have been examined in works byW.M.Abbott, A.A.Volberg (2006),А.Alegria (2014), L.Caneday, J.Zeiger (1991), M.C.Hall (2008), R.Harrill (2003), S.K.Kang,C.K.Leeb, Y.Yoonb, P.T.Long (2008), T.K.Lee, C.K.Lee (2014), A.A.Ligthelm(2009)and others.Research aims. The study aims to assess the potential of gambling tourism as a factor in thedevelopment of tourist destinations through the example of Greater Sochi.Inferences. The development of a tourist destination requires formingsome kind of supply, with theprocess of planning and development of gambling tourism approached based on integrated analysis,including by the local community. Taking into account the foreign experience of sustainable development oftourist destinations via the economic and social effects of gambling tourism, this impact ought to be assessedusing a model for establishing a balance between revenue and expenditure.The tourist destination of the city of Sochi as a tourism product is unique, with its peculiarities,various attractions, its original environment, culture, and history. Researchers, who generallyhave beenpositive in their assessments of the economic effect from creating a gambling zone, have also been stressingthe need to use this tool judiciously and competently. The assessment of Sochi by representatives of itsbusiness community and public as a gambling tourist destination is mixed.At the moment, the prospects of agambling zone in Sochi are quite undecided, as no site has been determinedfor the zone, there is a lack ofinvestors willing to do it, and there is no developed concept for the formation and development of agambling zone in Sochi.Gambling tourism could produce a positive impact, since it could attract well-off tourists duringtheoff-peak season. Immune to seasonality, it could ensure tourism flows all year round. Gambling tours, as acomponent in the destination’s tourism product, could help diversify and improve tourism products andservices, which would help attract new tourists and foster a new image for the destination, with a view toboosting its competitiveness.Keywords: leisure, gambling tourism, destination, gambling business, city of Sochi.
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Hankinson, Graham. "Destination brand images: a business tourism perspective." Journal of Services Marketing 19, no. 1 (2005): 24–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/08876040510579361.
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PurposeMost studies of destination brand images have been conducted from the perspective of the leisure tourist. This study identifies brand images from a business tourist perspective (people visiting destinations for business meetings, incentive events, conferences and exhibitions) and tests their relationship with perceived quality and commercial criteria.Design/methodology/approachData on the brand image attributes associated with 15 UK destinations promoting themselves as business tourism centres were collected via repertory grid analysis from a sample of 25 organisations using business tourism facilities. A self‐completion questionnaire was used to measure managers’ ratings of the perceived quality of each destination and the commercial criteria used to select a destination. The data were analysed using content analysis, exploratory factor analysis and correlation analysis.FindingsThe content analysis identified eight clusters of brand image attributes. Subsequent factor analysis identified three underlying dimensions – overall destination attractiveness, functionality, and ambience. While all three were correlated with perceived quality, commercial criteria were dominated by a destination's functional rather than ambience attributes.Originality/valueThe results of the study provide a more informed and systematic basis on which to develop a destination's business tourism positioning strategy by providing a framework for selecting relevant brand image attributes.
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Šerić, Neven, and Marijana Jurišić. "METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH AND MODEL ANALYSIS FOR IDENTIFICATION OF TOURIST TRENDS." ЗБОРНИК РАДОВА ЕКОНОМСКОГ ФАКУЛТЕТА У ИСТОЧНОМ САРАЈЕВУ 1, no. 10 (2015): 47. http://dx.doi.org/10.7251/zrefis1510047s.
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The draw and diversity of the destination’s offer is an antecedent of the tourism visits growth. The destination supply differentiation is carried through new, specialised tourism products. The usual approach consists of forming specialised tourism products in accordance with the existing tourism destination image. Another approach, prevalent in practice of developed tourism destinations is based on innovating the destination supply through accordance with the global tourism trends. For this particular purpose, it is advisable to choose a monitoring and analysis method of tourism trends. The goal is to determine actual trends governing target markets, differentiating whims from trends during the tourism preseason. When considering the return on investment, modifying the destination’s tourism offer on the basis of a tourism whim is a risky endeavour, indeed. Adapting the destination’s supply to tourism whims can result in a shifted image, one that is unable to ensure a long term interest and tourist vacation growth. With regard to tourism trend research and based on the research conducted, an advisable model for evaluating tourism phenomena is proposed, one that determines whether tourism phenomena is a tourism trend or a tourism whim.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Tourism destination"
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SCIORTINO, Caterina. "Tourism expenditure and tourism intra-destination mobility." Doctoral thesis, Università degli Studi di Palermo, 2022. https://hdl.handle.net/10447/564984.
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Hornby, Glen. "Influence of Inter-Organisational Relationships on Tourism Operator Participation in Destination Marketing Systems." Thesis, Griffith University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/368087.
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Destination marketing systems are a prevalent technology in the tourism industry. A particular feature of destination marketing systems is that they rely on tourism operators’ participation so that comprehensive product information can be delivered to potential tourists. A review of literature revealed that stakeholder cooperation has been a major issue in many destination marketing systems, and a lack of tourism operators’ participation in them has inhibited destination marketing system success. Research that has addressed this issue has suggested technology adoption issues have inhibited tourism operators’ participation. Some research has identified that inter-organisational relationships may be influencing tourism operators’ participation, however there has been little research addressing this topic...<br>Thesis (PhD Doctorate)<br>Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)<br>Department of Tourism, Leisure, Hotel and Sport Management<br>Griffith Business School<br>Full Text
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Teoh, Simon. "Lesbian Tourism: ‘Perth W.A. as an attractive lesbian tourist destination’." Thesis, Teoh, Simon (2009) Lesbian Tourism: ‘Perth W.A. as an attractive lesbian tourist destination’. Honours thesis, Murdoch University, 2009. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/1654/.
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In September 2008, the Lord Mayor of Perth announced her vision for Perth to be more ‘gayfriendly’. Her vision aroused some dissonance from the ultra conservatives. The aim of this thesis is to determine the attractiveness of Perth as a lesbian destination. The significance of this study is to understand local lesbian residents’ perceptions of Perth as a ‘lesbian-friendly’ destination, and to evaluate the motivation and satisfaction of lesbian-tourists to Perth. The methodology used included participation observation at the 2009 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade; a semi-structured focus group interview of 4 self-identified lesbian Perth residents, and a purposive sample, using snowball effect, of 112 self-identified lesbians for an on-line survey. The data was analysed using content and statistical analysis. The findings were interpreted using a social constructivist approach, within a male feminist framework.
The findings indicated that slightly over a quarter of lesbian Perth residents felt that Perth is ‘lesbian-friendly’ (27%). Whilst ‘culture and sights’ was the top motivator for a lesbian vacation (94%), ‘visiting friends and family’ was the top motivator for lesbian tourists visiting Perth (71%). Slightly over a tenth of lesbian tourists were satisfied with lesbian attractions in Perth (13%). Overall, only a small number of respondents found Perth to be their first-choice ‘lesbian-friendly’ destination (6%), with an overwhelming majority wanting to see more lesbian attractions (85%), and 5% agreeing that there are sufficient lesbian venues. These results strongly suggest that Perth is not ‘lesbian-friendly’, and lacks attractions and venues as an attractive lesbian tourist destination. Recommendations for further research arising from these findings include undertaking a comparison between Perth and other Australian cities in terms of lesbian tourism.
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Khalifa, Akram Esa Omar. "Destination Libya : developing Libya as an internationally competitive tourism destination." Thesis, Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10369/922.
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Libya is an emerging tourism destination in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Early efforts to encourage tourism in the 1990s were re-energised after the lifting of UN sanctions in 2003 following dramatic changes in Libya’s foreign policy. Despite a healthy economy, high rates of unemployment (30%) combine with a dominant source of income - oil - which contributes 95% of GDP. Thus Libya is considering tourism for economic diversification. This thesis explores the challenges that face Libya in this endeavour and develops a best practice model (SCDM2) to help Libya achieve its ambitions as an internationally-competitive tourism destination. Data collection from key stakeholders in the Libyan tourism product (government officials, tour operators, hotel managers, tourists and local communities) involved five qualitative methods (focus group interviews, semi-structured interviews, document analysis, audio-visual materials and participant observation). Libya is a unique destination with: long untouched coastal beaches; stunning and wellpreserved Roman and Greek antiquities; amazing desert adventure opportunities; prehistoric civilisations; generous and hospitable people. Despite being very safe, Libya has an image problem in the UK: desert; hot; a culture similar to other Arab countries; controlled by Qudaffi who promotes anti western policies. The tourism industry faces enormous challenges, mostly related to the absence of a clear strategy for tourism development: destination accessibility; poor protection for tourism attractions/antiquities; weak human resource development, environmental and quality service issues. The demand side of SCDM2 focuses on destination image. The supply side addresses destination elements: destination accessibility; destination planning and management; supporting resources; local communities; comparative advantage; the significance of global environment. The thesis concludes that despite good comparative advantage there are major challenges to delivering appropriately-priced, high-quality products enabling Libya to compete with other MENA destinations and makes a number of recommendations to Libya’s decision-makers to address the key challenges.
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Cavalheiro, Mariana Brandão. "Understanding smart tourism destination: evidence from a smart city project implementation in an international tourism destination." reponame:Repositório Institucional do FGV, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10438/19309.
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Previous issue date: 2017-10-18<br>O rápido aumento da população urbana apresenta novos desafios para a administração de cidades em todo o mundo. No entanto, com a adoção generalizada de tecnologias de informação e comunicação (TIC), um número crescente de iniciativas estão sendo implementadas para aliviar essa tensão ao tentar transformar os centros urbanos em cidades inteligentes. Paralelamente ao conceito de cidades inteligentes, uma variação específica deste conceito emergiu no setor de turismo, cunhado na ideia de destinos turísticos inteligentes (DTI). Com base na experiência de Armação dos Búzios (RJ, Brasil), esta pesquisa explora algumas questões cruciais ao processo de transformação de um destino turístico em inteligente. De fato, os principais destinos turísticos estão implementando cada vez mais as TIC para enriquecer as experiências dos turistas e, como resultado, melhorar a competitividade do destino. Apesar do crescente número de iniciativas de DTI em diferentes países, a literatura existente permanece incipiente sobre esse fenômeno crescente. Assim, o primeiro artigo desta tese propõe um modelo teórico – o Smart Destinantion Development Model - visando indicar um caminho estratégico que um destino turístico deveria seguir para se tornar inteligente. Ao discutir a ideia de DTI, argumentamos que, além de aumentar a competitividade do destino, um projeto de DTI deve basear-se em um paradigma sustentável para criar valor público para a comunidade local. O segundo trabalho, desenvolvido sob a perspectiva da teoria Ator-Rede, está focado em investigar o processo de implementação do projeto de cidade inteligente de Armação dos Búzios, denominado Cidade Inteligente Búzios (CIB). Além disso, essa pesquisa também tentou entender o papel do contexto na implementação de um projeto de cidade inteligente. Nossas descobertas revelam que o projeto da cidade inteligente estudado foi principalmente motivado pela regulação pública e decisões, que caracterizamos como de cima para baixo, praticadas através das interações de seus participantes Após reconhecer o papel dos atores envolvidos no projeto CIB, bem como suas motivações, o terceiro artigo analisou o mesmo projeto usando o modelo SDDM. Desta forma, o artigo III visa investigar se, no processo de implementação do projeto da cidade inteligente, Armação dos Búzios também buscou se tornar um DTI. Nossos resultados mostraram que, apesar das oportunidades que surgiram com a infraestrutura tecnológica trazida pelo projeto da cidade inteligente, o setor de turismo de Armação dos Búzios não conseguiu se tornar mais eficiente. Assim, o último artigo provou que as TIC não irão atuar por si só para melhorar a experiência dos turistas. Na verdade, há uma cadeia de valor turístico muito complexa que precisa ser organizada e envolvida com uma visão estratégica comum, antes que a tecnologia se torne útil para aumentar a competitividade do destino turístico.<br>The rapid increase in urban population poses significant challenges to the administration of cities throughout the world. However, with the widespread adoption of information and communication technologies (ICT), a growing number of initiatives are being implemented to alleviate such strain by attempting to transform urban centers into Smart Cities. Parallel to the concept of Smart City, a specific variation of this concept is emerging in the Tourism sector, which regards the idea of Smart Tourism Destinations (STD). Drawing upon Armação dos Búzios (RJ, Brazil) experience, this research explores some key issues to be addressed in the process of transforming a tourism destination into a smart one. In fact, mainstream tourism destinations are increasingly implementing ICTs to enrich tourists' experiences and, as a result, improve the competitiveness of the tourism destination. Despite the growing number of STD initiatives in different countries, the extant literature remains silent on this growing phenomenon. As such, the first article of this thesis proposes a theoretical model – The Smart Destination Development Model – aimed at indicating a strategic path that a tourism destination should follow to become a smart one. By discussing the idea of STD, we argue that besides enhancing the destination competitiveness, an STD project should be grounded on a sustainable paradigm in order to create public value for the hosting community. The second paper, developed under the Actor-Network theory perspective, is focused on investigating the implementation process of the smart city project that took place in Armação dos Búzios, named Cidade Inteligente Búzios (CIB). Additionally, this research also attempted to understand the role of context in the implementation of a smart city project. Our findings reveal that the smart city project studied was primarily motivated by public regulation and mainstream decisions we characterized as top-down decisions implemented through interactions of project participants. After acknowledging the role of actors involved the CIB project, as well as their motivations, the third article has studied the same project using the SDDM. In this way, article III aims at investigating if in the process of implementing the smart city project, Armação dos Búzios also sought to become a STD. Our results have shown that, despite the opportunities that emerged with the technological infrastructure brought by the smart city project, the tourism sector of Armação dos Búzios was not able to become more efficient. Thus, the last paper has proven that ICT will not act by itself in improving the tourists’ experience. In fact, there is a very complex touristic value chain that needs to be organized, and be engaged with a common strategic vision, before technology becomes useful to increase the tourism destination competitiveness.
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PINTORI, MORENA. "TOURISM DESTINATION MANAGEMENT: UN APPROCCIO MULTIDISCIPLINARE." Doctoral thesis, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11584/249621.
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The Tourism Destination Management field addressed tourism sector mainly from economic, environmental and political point of view but, an important 'change of regime' is taking place. Recently, we assist to a growing interest in so-called "hopeful tourism", an emerging, value-based paradigm, an innovative perspective, which uses new approaches to tourism discipline. An increasing number of "responsible tourism” researchers are now interested in making tourism knowledge geared towards ethical and global objectives, interpreting tourism as a catalyst capable of playing a central role in creating more sustainable world challenge and in promoting human dignity, rights and social justice.Tourist destination is seen as the unit of analysis suitable for this purpose. The themes developed emphasize important ethical, social and cultural aspects related to destinations. Given the multidisciplinary characteristic of tourism discipline, we adopts a holistic and socio-cultural approach by developing arguments through different perspectives combining humanistic values and scientific methods.
This study is composed by three papers whose titles are: 1) Value co-creation and territory. The Monumenti Aperti case study; 2) Managing destination accessibility using information technologies tools; 3) Branding tourism destination and cultural myths.
The first article aims to explore the issue of value co-creation, normally applied in enterprise sector, in the management of cultural attractions in a specific territory/destination. Using a case study, Monumenti Aperti event, we evaluate key aspects and emergent issue and factors that may foster local players to embrace the logic of value co-creation in destination management and development. It proposes and tests a first model able to describe the complexity of territorial value co-creation and to underline the relationships between identity, commitment, and value co-creation dimensions.
The second study point out as the acceptance of diversity and the pursuit of equity and inclusiveness are important parameters in evaluating good and sustainable local tourism governance. The goal is to provide a framework able to analyse the relations between sustainable tourism development, tourism accessibility for People with Disability (PwD) and Information Technology (IT), focusing on the role of I.T. to overcome accessibility issues. A combined methods was adopted (Authomatic method and User judgement) involving PwD in evaluating website accessibility. A sample based on tourism destinations websites who won Sustainable and Accessible European Awards, has been used. The criteria and tools are taken from the UNWTO recommendations and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 to evaluate perception, discoverability, understanding and use capabilities dimensions. Results allow to better understand the way in which sustainable destinations deal with the issue of accessibility and to realize what prior fields and web tools destinations should implement to achieve global accessibility. The third article extend the research on destination branding processes and the influential role of residents on building brand destination identity and personality. The study aims to explore the role of residents in the construction of destination identity. We use the Sardinian myth of Janas, promoted through a movie. Applying qualitative methods, using in-depth interviews with the producers of the movie, we identified attributes and dimensions used in the second part of the study, which consists in employing projective techniques (word association, sentences completion and personalisation) with residents who saw the movie. Results allowed to deeply understand the link between brand identity, personality and community identity in the branding process and the effectiveness of the strategy used.
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Brown, Desmond Omotayo. "The effects of channel power, destination attractiveness and destination political risk events on U.S. tourism channel firms' performance : the case of tourism destinations in Africa /." Diss., This resource online, 1996. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06062008-155602/.
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Ngenzi, Kome Yves. "Perceived barriers to tourism development in Rwanda as a tourist destination." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2121.
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Thesis (MTech (Tourism and Hospitality Management))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2009.<br>Tourism is regarded as the fastest growing industry in the world. Africa was
identified at the World Investment Conference in Geneva (WAIPA, 2005) as one
of the continents with a significant potential for developing tourism. Located in
sub-Saharan Africa, Rwanda is a low income, landlocked and densely populated
country in Africa. Tourism provides the best alternative for economic
development to Rwanda which does not have mineral resources unlike most
African countries. The development of tourism can contribute a lot to this country
through reduction of the level of poverty, creation of job opportunities as well as
contributing to the national income. However, the tourism industry in Rwanda is
still in its early stages due to the 1994 war. Most of the parks re-opened in
1998/1999, and still concentrate on low volume of tourists. Until now Rwanda is
not recognised among the known tourist destinations in Africa; it is believed to be
a less developed place for tourists. This study presents barriers to tourism
development in Rwanda as perceived by domestic and international tourists as
well as workers in the tourism sector of Rwanda. The study was conducted in the
four provinces of Rwanda and the capital city, Kigali. A quantitative design using
two cross-sectional questionnaires was utilised to establish the opinions of the
participants. A sample of 426 participants, including 68 international tourists, 182
domestic tourists as well as 176 workers in the tourism sector was selected to
participate in the study.
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Manuga, M. "Identify the predictors of tourist intentions to return to South Africa as a tourism destination." Thesis, Vaal University of Technology, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10352/397.
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M. Tech. (Tourism and Hospitality Management, Faculty of Human Sciences)|, Vaal University of Technology.<br>Tourism is regarded as a modern-day engine of growth and one of the largest industries globally. In 2012, the G20 heads of state recognised tourism as a driver of growth and development as well as an industry that has the potential to spur global economic recovery. South Africa is currently receiving a higher number of first time visitors with the number of return visitors for leisure purposes very low. It is thus the aim of the study to identify the predictors of tourist’s intention to return to South Africa. Specifically, this study will focus on demographic characteristics, travel behaviour, travel motivations and satisfaction intention to return. This information can contribute to adjusting marketing and product strategies to enhance visitors’ intention to return.
A quantitative survey was done at Aerial Cable Way (Table Mountain National Park) where 800 respondents were requested to participate in the study. The Cable Way attracts a high number of international visitors who was the population for this study. The questionnaire was distributed by fieldworkers who returned 720 completed questionnaires. The data was captured, analysed and interpreted to identify the predictors of visitor’s intention to return to South Africa as a tourism destination.
The respondents were on average 40 years of age, mostly male, from the USA and UK respectively and married. They hold either a degree or a diploma and serve in professional or management occupations. When visiting South Africa these respondents stay on average 16 days, travel in groups of 3.71 and they prefer hotels and lodges. It was evident in this research that respondents were mainly first-time visitors, emphasizing the problem that this research assess. These respondents travel to enjoy Relaxation and Novelty, Social motivations, Cultural motivations, Personal Motivations and Product motivations of which Relaxation and Novelty and Cultural motivations were rated as the most important. These travel motivations were influenced by gender, occupation and accommodation preferences.
Core to this study and addressing the main aim of the study was the finding that Communication, Experience, Safety and the Tourism offering contributes to willingness to return of which the Experience and Safety were the most important aspects. These willingness were also influenced by gender and occupation. Ultimately it is about the experience in South Africa. The relationship between willingness to return and travel motivations were also evident highlighting the inter- dependence of these variables. It was evident that marketing campaigns should be adjusted and more value-added products should be provided to increase intention to return. Continuous communication is needed with people that visited this country and showing new products, discount offers and unique products. Clearly the importance of intention to revisit is evident an aspect that needs attention in South Africa.
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Gie, Jannie Adriaan. "Destination management: critical success factors for Knysna as an international tourism destination." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/1433.
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Tourism, as an industry, has a great impact on society and the environment. It adds to economic growth; and therefore, many governments try to enhance tourism because they realise the potential economic returns. Within each country, there are towns or cities that have great tourism potential. In South Africa, Knysna is a good example of a small town with great tourism potential. This study examines the critical success factors of tourism destination marketing for the town of Knysna. Most South Africans see Knysna as an ideal holiday destination, as it has the infrastructure and offerings to make tourists' holidays unforgettable. However, unfortunately, in recent times bad publicity has caused Knysna's image to be damaged. To improve the town's image and to add to its economic growth, tourism bodies and the community have had to work together to ensure that Knysna sustains its position in the national and international tourism markets. The best way to achieve this is through effective destination management and destination marketing. The aim of this study is to determine how effective destination management and destination marketing can lead to competitive growth and to enhancing a destination's position in the tourism industry, and also to providing a set of practical guidelines for the successful implementation of the destination marketing of the town of Knysna. A literature study was conducted to find out what the theory reveals about destination management and marketing. This was followed by an empirical survey; and this survey was conducted in Knysna in the Western Cape. The results of the survey were compared with the literature and tourism operators and managers can now use these as a point of departure to fill any gaps, thus leading to the optimal positioning of Knysna on the international tourism map.
Books on the topic "Tourism destination"
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Sheila, Flanagan, Ruddy Joseph, Andrews Neil, and Dublin Institute of Technology. Tourism Research Centre., eds. Tourism destination planning. Tourism Research Centre, Dublin Inst. of Technology, 2002.
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Singh, S., D. J. Timothy, and R. K. Dowling, eds. Tourism in destination communities. CABI, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9780851996110.0000.
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Shalini, Singh, Timothy Dallen J, and Dowling Ross Kingston, eds. Tourism in destination communities. CABI Publishing, 2003.
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Group, Equus Consulting. Lakeland tourism destination resort plan. Alberta Tourism, Regional Planning Unit, 1991.
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Group, Equus Consulting. Foothills tourism destination resort plan. Regional Planning Unit, Planning Division, Alberta Tourism, 1990.
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1968-, Kozak M., Gnoth Juergen, and Andreu Luisa, eds. Advances in tourism destination marketing. Routledge, 2009.
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Oktadiana, Hera, Myrza Rahmanita, Rina Suprina, and Pan Junyang. Current Issues in Tourism, Gastronomy, and Tourist Destination Research. Routledge, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781003248002.
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Vetitnev, Aleksandr, and Nadezhda Bobina. Olympic tourism: organizational and economic aspects and impacts on host destination. INFRA-M Academic Publishing LLC., 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/1080131.
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The monograph reflects the results of years of research on the issue of Olympic tourism.
 For professionals in the field of tourism, heads of tourism administrations, marketers, University students enrolled in field of study 43.03.02 Tourism and other areas of tourist profile.
Book chapters on the topic "Tourism destination"
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Ukpabi, Dandison, Benjamin Quarshie, and Heikki Karjaluoto. "Exploring Post-COVID-19 Branding Strategies of African Destinations." In Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2023. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25752-0_24.
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AbstractThe lifting of COVID-19 restrictions has led to the opening of many tourism destinations, with many destination marketing organizations (DMOs) adopting different strategies to attract tourists. This study explores the post-COVID-19 branding strategies of four award-winning African destinations (South Africa, Kenya, Morocco, and Mauritius) and how they utilize social media to communicate their destination brand identities. We curated the tweets of the National Tourism Boards of the examined destinations from their official Twitter accounts and analyzed them using Atlas.ti. We found that each of the destinations uniquely identifies and communicates its destination’s competitive advantages. We provide insights and implications.
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Robinson, Peter, Michael Lück, and Stephen Smith. "Destination management." In Tourism. CABI, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781789241488.0259.
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Benckendorff, P. J., Z. Xiang, and P. J. Sheldon. "Destination management and smart destinations." In Tourism information technology. CABI, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781786393432.0285.
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Rathee, Rupa, and Pallavi Rajain. "Tourism Attractors." In Destination Marketing. Apple Academic Press, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781003282501-2.
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Flores, Adao, and Noel Scott. "Destination, tourism." In Encyclopedia of Tourism. Springer International Publishing, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01669-6_51-1.
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Flores, Adao, and Noel Scott. "Destination." In Encyclopedia of Tourism. Springer International Publishing, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01384-8_51.
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Scott, Noel, and Adao Flores. "Destination." In Encyclopedia of Tourism. Springer International Publishing, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01669-6_51-2.
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Scott, Noel, and Adao Flores. "Destination." In Encyclopedia of Tourism. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74923-1_51.
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Risfandini, Andini, Armanu Thoyib, Noermijati Noermijati, and Mugiono Mugiono. "The Determinant Factors of Tourism Destination Competitiveness and Destination Management: A Case Study from Malang City." In Proceedings of the 19th International Symposium on Management (INSYMA 2022). Atlantis Press International BV, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-008-4_110.
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AbstractThis research aims to identify the determinant factors of tourism destination competitiveness and the determinant factors of destination management. This research applies interpretivism as the research paradigm with a single case study qualitative research. Data were collected through semi-structured in-depth interviews. The researchers transcribed the interview results and a thematic analysis was conducted to find the emerging themes in the transcript verbatim. The determinant factors of tourism destination competitiveness consist of tourist attraction, unique characteristics of tourism destinations, good accessibility, amenities (hotel and restaurant), safety, cleanliness, and friendliness of the locals. Destination management consists of organization, strength mapping, strategy to improve tourism destination competitiveness, synergy, addressing the problems that can decrease competitiveness, and tourism management during crises. Concerning the Covid-19 pandemic, the research findings include tourism management during crises as part of destination management. Crisis management is deemed important during the Covid-19 pandemic, especially for the tourism sector, which the pandemic has hit the hardest. The major proposition of this research is that the determinant factors of tourism destination competitiveness managed through organized and thorough destination management could improve tourism destination competitiveness.
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Thiel-Ellul, Daniela Fernanda, and Enrique Navarro-Jurado. "Destination Lifecycle." In Encyclopedia of Tourism. Springer International Publishing, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01669-6_321-2.
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Vukoičić, Danijela, Dušan Ristić, Marko Ivanović, and Milena Nikolić. "Gastronomic experience as a motivational factor in tourist movements on the example of Serbia." In Zbornik radova – VI Kongres geografa Srbije sa medunarodnim ucešcem. University of Belgrade - Faculty of Geography, Belgrade, 2024. https://doi.org/10.5937/kongef24081v.
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One of the aspects that is increasingly considered when choosing a tourist destination is the importance of local gastronomy. Gastronomy has become an important tourist resource and a part of the cultural heritage. Gastronomy and tourism have an inextricable link (as part of local culture, as a tourist attraction, as a tourist product and as a tourist experience). It is an important factor in choosing a tourist destination and is in third place among the reasons why tourists decide to visit the destination, after natural and cultural values. This meant the development of a new tourist form, the so-called "gastronomic tourism". Research on gastronomic tourism is scarce. The World Tourism Organization (WTO) considers that gastronomic tourism is insufficiently promoted. In this regard, this paper will study the relationships between motivation, gastronomic experiences, satisfaction with the destination, and loyalty, using the example of Serbia as a tourist destination. In order to achieve this, a survey was conducted among tourists throughout Serbia (at tourist centers in all regions of Serbia). This allowed us to understand the motivations that arise from specific behaviors and attitudes towards this tourist destination. The results show us that there is a positive impact of culinary experiences on gastronomic satisfaction and loyalty to the destination, as well as the impact of gastronomic motivation on perceived value and culinary experiences. It can be concluded that gastronomic experiences are the backbone of the motivation and subsequent satisfaction and loyalty of travelers in a tourist destination. Serbia's tourist destinations are among the 100 most desirable tourist destinations in Europe. This is why tourism is one of the strategic drivers of economic development in Serbia.
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Ahmadi, Norsyakira, Mohd Hairi Jalis, Fathilah Ismail, Abdul Wahab Mohamad Rahijan, and Wan Zainal Shukri Wan Hafiz. "DOMESTIC TOURISTS NEW DINING BEHAVIOUR IN RELATION TO COVID-19 AT ISLAND SETTING IN TERENGGANU, MALAYSIA." In GLOBAL TOURISM CONFERENCE 2021. PENERBIT UMT, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.46754/gtc.2021.11.030.
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Today, the tourism industry has grown rapidly and many destinations have been recognised as tourist niches in a bid to stay competitive in the industry. Island tourism is one of the most popular tourism niches. Island tourism in Malaysia has lured tourists from all over the world to come to Malaysia, offering tourist a unique and unforgettable tourism experience. It has become one of the most famous types of activities tourists. Moreover, tourists are showing an increasing interest in local foods at the destination and dining has become a special experience while on vacation. Dining itself is a pleasurable sensory experience that is a key part of the holiday experience, which influences a tourists’ experience and makes it memorable and this in turn influences the tourist’s intention to revisit the destination, especially an island destination. However, the recent COVID-19 pandemic, the subsequent Movement Control Order (MCO) and COVID-19 Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) enforced to control the spread of the pandemic have significantly influenced tourists dining behaviours and perceptions particularly with regard to dine-in options at any food establishment/outlets.
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Cimbaljević, Marija, Vanja Pavluković, Tatjana Pivac, and Sanja Kovačić. "IS TOURISM DESTINATION MANAGEMENT IN SERBIA ALIGNED WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF SMART TOURIST DESTINATIONS?" In Tourism in Southern and Eastern Europe 2023: Engagement & Empowerment: A Path Toward Sustainable Tourism. University of Rijeka, Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Management, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.20867/tosee.07.2.
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Purpose – The aim of this paper is to identify tourists' satisfaction with ICT performance in two tourist destinations in Serbia. In addition, one of the goals of the research is to determine the weaknesses and strengths of the tourist offer at the destinations, in order to choose an adequate tourism development strategy in the future to improve the competitiveness of the tourist offer in Serbia and possibly find patterns of development between different destinations. Methodology – Measuring the importance and satisfaction with the performance of smart technologies was carried out in two destinations, Novi Sad and Vrnjačka Banja (Serbia). IPA analysis was used to assess the importance and performance of 38 attributes related to ICT in the selected destinations. Exploratory factor analysis was used to identify groups of smart technologies that tourists consider when evaluating smart tourist destinations. Findings – When examining individual components, the ICT tourism offer in Novi Sad and Vrnjačka Banja are evaluated as fairly low. The results of the analysis showed that Novi Sad, is a more competitive destination than Vrnjačka Banja in terms of the deployment of smart technologies. Contribution – The analysis of weaknesses and strengths can be particularly insightful in revealing what is prioritized more and what is viewed as less crucially, for the overall experience and satisfaction of tourists in order to improve the tourist experience. The results of this research provide practical knowledge for DMOs and tourism companies, to understand the benefits of smart tourism as an important direction in improving the competitiveness of a tourist destination.
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Stipanović, Christian, Elena Rudan, and Vedran Zubović. "ENHANCING COMPETITIVENESS FOR ECONOMIC AND TOURISM GROWTH: CASE OF CROATIA." In Tourism in Southern and Eastern Europe 2023: Engagement & Empowerment: A Path Toward Sustainable Tourism. University of Rijeka, Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Management, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.20867/tosee.07.26.
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Purpose – Music tourism refers to attendance at music events such as concerts, festivals, and other music-related activities. This form of tourism can have a significant effect on the development of destinations hosting music events, and can also contribute to the promotion of a destination's cultural heritage and identity. Croatian destinations organize various music events and strive to become distinctive music-event destinations. In the process of diversification relative to the global, universal offering, the valorisation of traditional music plays an important role in creating a unique experience. The aim of the article is to analyse the attitudes of Generation Y tourists towards traditional-music events and the supplementary offering with a view to innovating music festivals and concerts, which can become the main motivation for visiting a destination. Methodology – The research of the music preferences of Generation Y in tourism is based on a questionnaire survey of 123 respondents in Croatia, who evaluated the offering of music festivals and traditional-music events in the overall offering of music events in the destination. Factor analysis was conducted to determine the factors that influence the behavioural intentions and selection of traditional-music festivals of Generation Y. Findings – The main results of the research are the identification of the most important characteristics for choosing a type of music event and their impact on a destination’s music offering and overall tourism offering. The results show that attendance at traditional-music events depends mainly on the respondents’ personal preferences and the quality of the event offerings, while a destination's supplementary facilities and services are not critical to the choice of a music event in tourism. The development of events to innovate a destination’s offering must focus on the quality of music events geared to the target segment and should be based on stakeholder synergy and the knowledge of musicologists. Contribution – This research is significant because no previous research results have been found on Generation Y in relation to the evaluation of traditional-music events and their role in the overall music offering of a destination. The results contribute to a better understanding of the needs and preferences of specific generations who attend music events, and of the supporting destination strategies in destination audio management.
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Sika, Brikena. "Innovation in the Tourism Sector – Case of Vlore Municipality." In Ninth International Scientific-Business Conference LIMEN Leadership, Innovation, Management and Economics: Integrated Politics of Research. Association of Economists and Managers of the Balkans, Belgrade, Serbia, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.31410/limen.2023.333.
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The rapid development of tourism in Albania has brought not only positive economic consequences, but at the same time, it has also brought out the problems and challenges of the future. Since Vlora represents one of the most important tourist destinations in Albania, this article deals with these problems and challenges for this tourist destination. Tourism represents one of the most significant alternatives for the sustainable and long-term use of these values, and the general social-economic development of the country, especially in unfavorable economic times. This is the reason that tourism was one of the priority sectors in the attention of almost all governments of the post-communist period. In addition, tourism continues to remain one of the most underdeveloped sectors in our country. This article is based on primary data collected from a sample survey of this tourist destination. The article closes with the relevant conclusions.
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Kaleychev, Svetoslav. "DESTINATION MARKETING ORGANIZATIONS - PRESENTATION OF GOOD PRACTICES." In TOURISM AND CONNECTIVITY 2020. University publishing house "Science and Economics", University of Economics - Varna, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.36997/tc2020.368.
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The modern tourist industry is strongly connected with marketing and its development in terms of forms and models analysing the dynamics in the factors determining personal satisfaction and experiences before, during and after the tourist activity. Tourist destinations use marketing as the main tool for analysing the tourist market, enabling them to determine potential consumers and the volume of their needs. This specific environment determined the creation of destination marketing organizations of (DMO), building the marketing policy of tourist destinations, as well as contributing to their promotion with the aim of attracting new tourists, increasing the average period of stay and satisfying all needs and desires in order to achieving pleasant tourism experiences.
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DOAN, Khanh Hung, Dao Phu Loc TRAN, and Maruf Mohammad Sirajum MONIR. "Destination Brand Equity of Cultural Destination: The Case of Hue City, Vietnam." In The International Conference on Economics and Social Sciences. Editura ASE, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.24818/icess/2024/028.
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Along with the development of tourism, the competition between tourist destinations is growing. Therefore, destinations must compete fiercely in many forms to survive and develop. Fierce competition among tourist destinations requires them to create competitive advantages over others. At this time, the destination brand is essential to help the destination achieve its development goals and ensure its position. Previous research has acknowledged the added value that brands bring to tourism destinations. However, research on destination brand equity must continue, especially for destinations with outstanding characteristics, such as cultural and heritage destinations. This article explores the factors that make up the brand equity of a cultural destination. From there, we can have a more specific view of the differences in evaluating destination brand equity. The research was carried out based on a survey of 251 tourists in Hue City, Vietnam, the cultural city of ASEAN. The results show that the dimensions of cultural property of the destination brand equity positively influence the structure of destination brand equity. The equity aspects of the cultural destination brand include the equity of the cultural destination brand, Positive associations about the cultural destination, quality of the cultural destination brand, and loyalty. Through this research, destination managers can identify the advantages of the cultural destination brand in Hue City and then have solutions to improve the equity of the destination brand there. The paper ends with a discussion of the results and implications of the study.
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Vukoja, Marija, Iriana Rajković, and Dino Baričević. "THE ROLE OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF TOURIST DESTINATIONS." In Tourism in Southern and Eastern Europe 2023: Engagement & Empowerment: A Path Toward Sustainable Tourism. University of Rijeka, Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Management, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.20867/tosee.07.31.
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Purpose – This paper provides an overview of theoretical and practical knowledge regarding the role of telecommunications in managing sustainable tourism destinations. The aim is to determine the role of telecommunications in managing sustainable tourism development through assessing the level of telecommunications development in tourist destinations and their utilization in sustainable tourism management. The purpose of the study is to enrich the understanding of the connection between the development of telecommunications, sustainable and destination tourism development. Methodology – The paper is based on primary and secondary research, including the analysis of statistical data on telecommunications development, sustainability, and tourist development in destinations, as well as empirical research on the perception of entrepreneurs in the tourism sector in Croatian tourist destinations regarding the role of telecommunications and information and communication technologies in sustainable tourism development and the level of telecommunications development in the destination. The research results were processed using descriptive statistics and presented in tables and graphs. Findings – The results show a high level of availability of telecommunications services in Croatian tourist destinations and positive effects of telecommunications on destination sustainability, but also the shortcomings. A causal relationship between telecommunications development and sustainability, as well as telecommunications and tourist development, was also identified in Croatian tourist destinations. Contribution – The research results can contribute to enriching the literature on the impact of telecommunications on the development of tourism destinations and be useful in future research efforts to deepen existing knowledge and understanding of destination management mechanisms through the application of telecommunications technologies.
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Emilova, Irena, Margarita Misheva, and Violeta Doneva-Yankulova. "Development of a Tourist Experience Model with the Aim of Increasing Economic Efficiency – On the Example of the Destination Sofia." In 9th International Scientific Conference ERAZ - Knowledge Based Sustainable Development. Association of Economists and Managers of the Balkans, Belgrade, Serbia, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.31410/eraz.2023.345.
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The research examines current trends in destination development and the increasing demand for services that create experiential value through additional services and travel opportunities. This pursuit of experiences aims to facilitate rejuvenation, capitalizing on the abundant tourism resources, exemplified by Sofia city. Objective: This study aims to construct a comprehensive tourism experiential model for the given destination, employing an integrated approach that harnesses the untapped potential of various resources within the tourist area. The primary goal is to enhance the destination’s economic efficiency. This approach envisions multifaceted benefits, including bolstering the tourism sector, contributing to GDP growth, and fostering sustainable advancement for urban destinations. Furthermore, it aims to foster year-round growth in demand and supply for tourist products and services in Sofia. The focal point lies in exploiting the destination’s developmental prospects, fueled by evolving consumer preferences, driven by the quest for authentic and distinct travel experiences.
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Ćorluka, Goran, Ivan Grbeša, and Katarina Blažević Miše. "GASTRONOMY AS DESTINATION ATTRACTION FACTOR: A DESTINATION MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE." In Tourism and Hospitality Industry: Trends and Challenges. University of Rijeka, Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Management, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.20867/thi.27.13.
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Purpose – In a competitive environment tourist destination are challenged to meet the changing consumer needs. Tourism demand has experienced significant changes in the value system, with an emphasis on individualization in the approach to travel, highlighting individual needs that manifest the individual’s lifestyle and the desire for new and authentic experiences. Diversification of the destination product through activation of various destination resources is required. Whereby destination management organizations, as crucial driver of the destination product, are essential stakeholders in the development process. Tourists desire to seek for new authentic experience is contributing to the usage of gastronomy as destination resource within the development of gastronomic tourism. The aim of this paper is to summarize present findings about the relationship between gastronomy as destination resource and tourism demand travel behavior with the purpose to analyze the destination management perspective towards the observed relationship. Design – An introductory section is followed by a literature review to tourist attractions and gastronomy in tourism demand travel behavior. Insights into the research methodology are provided before results presentation and discussion. The paper ends with conclusion remarks. Methodology and approach – A thorough review of existing literature was conducted to identify relevant constructs, theories, and previous research findings pertinent to the research topic. Based on the literature review, key gastronomy and destination attractiveness relationship constructs were identified. A qualitative analysis with a questionnaire-based approach was performed on a focus group for the purpose to investigate the expert attitudes towards observed gastronomy and destination attractiveness relationship constructs. Purposive sampling technic was used, based on the population of interest. The research was conducted on a focus group, selected group of tourism experts, directors of tourist destination management organizations in the area of SplitDalmatia County. Collected surveys were summarized, presented and interpreted. Findings – From a destination management perspective gastronomy has an increasing role in tourist motivation to travel. In order attract tourists with the gastronomic offer, gastronomic resources have to be existing, valorized and as such perceived by tourism demand. Gastronomy is acting as an attraction factor. Quality of gastronomy contribute to guest satisfaction, intention for repeated visit, loyalty and increased revenues. Originality of the research – The paper provides a destination management perspective to present knowledge about the relationship between gastronomy and destination attractiveness. The research fills the literature gap of a destination management perspective on an intensively growing form of tourism, namely gastronomic tourism, in a tourist region focused on beach tourism. The findings contribute to a deeper understanding of the research topic and offer implications for destination management decision making.
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Vielmini, Fabrizio. Historic Sites with Tasty Bites: Exploring Uzbekistan’s Potential for Agro-Culinary Tourism. TOSHKENT SHAHRIDAGI XALQARO VESTMINSTER UNIVERSITETI, 2020. https://doi.org/10.70735/ndop2868.
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The agro-tourism subsector is underdeveloped but has the potential to create livelihoods in rural areas. Agro tourism often takes place at the household level—Its potential contribution to the tourism sector and household wellbeing is unexplored. Developing the “Delicious Uzbekistan” brand may support the country as a destination for food tourism. Viniculture could extend tourism to more destinations and strengthen the brand
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Vielmini, Fabrizio. Removing Tourism Barriers in Central Asia: A Strategy for Regional Coordination. TOSHKENT SHAHRIDAGI XALQARO VESTMINSTER UNIVERSITETI, 2019. https://doi.org/10.70735/jkpa5598.
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All Central Asian countries are developing their tourism potentials. Much more could be done if the five create a specific regional- based coordination mechanism to address existing hindrances on border crossing, administrative requirements and visa issuing. Overall, such a regional cooperation would also improve the brand of Central Asia as a tourist destination fostering demand and leading to improved connectivity within the region. By this way, tourism may in the long run strengthen the long-sought aim of regional integration.
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Vielmini, Fabrizio. Uzbekistan and the Eurasian Economic Union: Pros and Cons. TOSHKENT SHAHRIDAGI XALQARO VESTMINSTER UNIVERSITETI, 2019. https://doi.org/10.70735/nxfj3059.
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All Central Asian countries are developing their tourism potentials. Much more could be done if the five create a specific regional- based coordination mechanism to address existing hindrances on border crossing, administrative requirements and visa issuing. Overall, such a regional cooperation would also improve the brand of Central Asia as a tourist destination fostering demand and leading to improved connectivity within the region. By this way, tourism may in the long run strengthen the long-sought aim of regional integration.
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Taylor, J. Edward. Technical Guidelines for Evaluating the Impacts of Tourism Using Simulation Models. Inter-American Development Bank, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0008838.
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The purpose of this guideline is to make practitioners aware of simulation approaches for the evaluation of tourism projects. Simulation approaches are particularly useful when experimental or economic approaches for project evaluation are not feasible. For example, it usually is not possible to roll out a tourism-promotion program for a randomly chosen "treatment group" while excluding the program's benefits for a "control group" at the tourist destination. The guideline explains why a simulation approach is useful for tourism impact analysis, what a simulation model for the economic analysis of tourism impacts looks like, and data requirements. With the help of an illustrative two-island model, the guideline shows how to construct different kinds of simulation models and how to use simulations to quantify the costs and benefits of tourism and tourism projects. The guideline concludes by discussing some specific IDB projects in which this methodology has been used for tourism impact analysis. The primary goal of this paper is to make development practitioners aware of simulation approaches for tourism impact analysis and of how to integrate these approaches into their project proposals, budgets, and terms of reference for expert consultants.
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Carlos, Jean Clarisse, Marie Jel Bautista, and Eylla Laire Gutierrez. Gendering the Informal Tourism Sector toward Inclusive and Sustainable Growth: The Case Study of Boracay Island. Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.62986/dp2023.35.
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Boracay Island, Malay, is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the Philippines. Over the years, its sustained growth as a top tourist destination has been substantially supported by the Island’s informal tourism sector, which is primarily women-dominated. While both men and women provide tourism products and services, differences are observed in their occupational choices and the options made available to them. For this reason, concerns about the sustainability of tourism development vis-à-vis gender inclusivity have been raised. To bridge this gap, this study investigated the involvement of women in the informal tourism of Boracay Island. This study specifically looked into their working conditions, their challenges and issues, and the national policies that govern and regulate their participation in the informal economy. The macro, meso, and micro dimensions of women’s involvement in the informal tourism economy were analyzed using the Women’s Economic Empowerment Framework. To do so, the authors conducted key informant interviews in three phases: first, with members of the local government units (LGUs) of the Municipality of Malay and the Boracay Island; second, with women informal workers serving in the food and beverages, souvenirs, excursions, and services sector in the Boracay Island; finally, with experts in tourism and informal economy at the national level. The study’s findings suggest that informal workers on the Island are organized, recognized, and registered under the LGU. Despite attempts to facilitate their transition to the formal economies, these women workers were found to prefer to operate under the informal economy for two reasons: first, their educational background forces them to engage in informal work to help provide for their families; second, their personal choice to engage in informal work given the flexible and convenient work arrangements it offers them. For these workers, concerns about their dependence on the seasonality of tourism activities prevailed. Policy recommendations are outlined to provide a better understanding of women’s involvement in the informal economies in Boracay Island.
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Pollock, Wilson. Pivot the Future Makers: Building our People and Places. Edited by Musheer O. Kamau, Sasha Baxter, and Golda Kezia Lee Bruce. Inter-American Development Bank, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0003188.
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Pivot is a movement of radical ideas for the Caribbean of the future. In 2020, the IDB and its partners (Caribbean Climate Smart-Accelerator (CCSA), Destination Experience (DE), and Singularity University) launched The Pivot Movement and asked the people of the Caribbean to think of big ideas to transform the region. A small group came together at The Pivot Event to design 9 moonshots for electric vehicles, digital transformation and tourism. Pivot: The Future Makers is a comic book produced by the Pivot partners and illustrated by Caribbean artists. In it, the 9 moonshots have been developed into fictional stories as a simple and powerful means of conveying possible, probable futures, to help us visualize the Caribbean in 2040.
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Larrahondo, Cristhian, Emily Díaz, and Diego Guerrero. Language Models and Google Trends: An Application to Tourism in the Andean Countries. Inter-American Development Bank, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0005544.
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Using Google Trends data, this study leverages high-frequency unstructured data to characterize tourism demand in the Andean countries. The paper explores real-time data to monitor trends in the tourism industry, leveraging language models to identify suitable search terms. The document presents a methodology based on keywords related to tourism products in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela between 2010 and 2023. Results show decline and recovery trends in the interest in traveling to these destinations. Additionally, trends for local tourist destinations and specific products are analyzed. The real-time data-driven results can guide industrial policies in the region, emphasizing the importance of understanding and adapting to changing dynamics of tourism demand in the Andean Region.
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Gíslason, Stefán. Sustainability certification of Nordic tourist destinations. Nordic Council of Ministers, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.6027/tn2013-530.
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Weltman, Trevor, Angelo Sciacca, Yeong-Hyeon Hwang, and Steven Schipani. Smart Tourism Ecosystem Development Readiness in Southeast Asia. Asian Development Bank, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.22617/brf240230-2.
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This brief tracks how Southeast Asian countries are using smart technologies to make their tourism sectors more competitive, inclusive, and sustainable, and outlines the complex financing and infrastructure challenges they face. The brief shows how integrated technology can be harnessed by the tourism sector for uses from e-visas to smart waste management and cashless payments, benefiting businesses, consumers, and destinations alike. With Thailand topping its smart tourism readiness table, the brief explains how countries should look to narrow the digital divide, tweak policies, and pull in private sector financing to provide tourists the convenient digital solutions they increasingly expect.
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McIntyre, Phillip, Susan Kerrigan, and Marion McCutcheon. Australian Cultural and Creative Activity: A Population and Hotspot Analysis: Coffs Harbour. Queensland University of Technology, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5204/rep.eprints.208028.
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Coffs Harbour on the north coast of NSW is a highway city sandwiched between the Great Dividing Range and the Pacific Ocean. For thousands of years it was the traditional land of the numerous Gumbaynggirr peoples. Tourism now appears to be the major industry, supplanting agriculture and timber getting, while a large service sector has grown up around a sizable retirement community. It is major holiday destination. Located further away from the coast in the midst of a dairy farming community, Bellingen has become a centre of alternative culture which relies heavily on a variety of festivals activated by energetic tree changers and numerous professionals who have relocated from Sydney. Both communities rely on the visitor economy and there have been considerable changes to how local government in this region approach strategic planning for arts and culture. The newly built Coffs Harbour Education Campus (CHEC) is an experiment in encouraging cross pollination between innovative businesses and education and incorporates TAFE NSW, Coffs Harbour Senior College and Southern Cross University as well as the Coffs Harbour Technology Park and Coffs Harbour Innovation Centre all on one site. The 250 seat Jetty Memorial Theatre is the main theatre in Coffs Harbour for local and touring productions while local halls and converted theatres are the mainstay of smaller communities in the region. As peak body Arts Mid North Coast reports, there is a good record of successful arts related events which range across all genres of music, art, sculpture, Aboriginal culture, street art, literature and even busking and opera. These are mainly managed by passionate local volunteers.