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on Tourism Economics |
| By: | JANIANTON DAMANIK (UNIVERSITAS GADJAH MADA) |
| Abstract: | Agrimarine-Based Tourism (ABT) serves as an advantage and opportunity for developing tourism in the archipelagic countries like Indonesia. The agrimarine-based tourism in Indonesia is hugely rich in potential thanks to thousands of small islands with amazing tourist attractions, which are supported by the agricultural and marine products as the supporting resources for tourism development. To make the best use of the huge potential, the stakeholders' partnership plays an important role by integrating their influences and interests into a specific goal. Unfortunately, such a strategic role is rarely well implemented in various tourist destinations. Based on a two months field research in Eastern Indonesia, this paper explains the factors influencing the weakness of ABT stakeholders' partnership, which, among others, are the inability to define the their own strategic role and function, no firm and consistent policy direction, low commitment to common goals, misperception about the targeted ABT development, and no regulation which brings a common interest in ABT development. The study pointed out that the stakeholders have been aware of these factors as the weak points for accelerating ABT development. Further, the linkage of ABT stakeholders’ role and function was explored as the basis for preparing the program of each stakeholder and the promotional regulation for ABT development. Keywords: stakeholders, partnership, agrimarine, tourism, Indonesia |
| Keywords: | stakeholders, partnership, agro-marine, tourism, Indonesia |
| JEL: | H70 L83 |
| Date: | 2014–05 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:sek:iacpro:0100073&r=tur |
| By: | JESUS OTONIEL SOSA RODRIGUEZ (UNIVERSIDAD DE COLIMA); NUCHNUDEE CHAISATIT (UNIVERSIDAD DE COLIMA); VIRGINA REINA MARTINEZ HERNANDEZ (UAEM); MARIA ADELAIDA SILVESTRE CAMPOS (UNIVERSIDAD DE COLIMA) |
| Abstract: | San Pedro Atlapulco is a rural indigenous community of; it is located in state of Mexico together with the Insurgente Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla national park. The former population worked as peasants and sold natural resources, but unfortunately the community has never received some support from the government sector. Nowadays, the principal economy is based on tourism because of the availability proximity of conifer wood) which makes a suitable environment in the valleys which manages the tourist´s activities such as horse riding, All Terrain Vehicle (ATV), hiking, Picnic, etc. There is some effect necessary to be evaluated in order to preserve and take advantage for eco-tourism and the need to research the opportunities for its sustainable use and adequate management. The main objective of this investigation is to evaluate the sustainability of the recreative tourism activity through social indicators and the possibility of incorporating this resource to the tourism activity with the aim of proposing an eco-tourism alternative for the community of San Pedro Atlapulco, State of Mexico which would allow strengthening of the tourism product and consequently would present opportunities for the improvement of the quality of life for the residents. The methodology to be used was model to evaluate the Management of the Natural Resources System Incorporating Indicators for Sustainability (MESMIS), which consists of integrating experiences and recommendations of different institutions, which have been working on the development of methodologies to evaluate the management of the sustainability of natural resources. |
| Keywords: | Recreative activity, Wood, Sustainable development, Eco-tourism, San Pedro Atlapulco |
| JEL: | D20 D70 O13 |
| Date: | 2014–10 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:sek:iacpro:0702105&r=tur |
| By: | Pei-Ti Chang (Graduate Institute of Architecture and Sustainable Planning, National Ilan University); Kun-Feng Tsai (Graduate Institute of Architecture and Sustainable Planning, National Ilan University); Xing- Wei Zhao (Graduate Institute of Architecture and Sustainable Planning, National Ilan University) |
| Abstract: | Hot spring is a special attractiveness for tourists. It is a tourism resource just found in limited areas in the world. There has been significant development in the use and exploitation of hot springs. This wave of hot spring tourism attracts many businesses to invest in hot spring hotels. More of these hotels are built or renovated.This study used rough set theory (RST) as the research methodology. Rough set theory is a tool for data mining and it has the ability to generate rules. It aimed to define the attributes by which consumers choose hot spring hotels. The results would serve as a guide for developing hot spring hotel industry.In this study six condition attributes were used, namely hot spring bathing, lodging and dining, ease of transportation, internal design, external landscape as well as prices. This investigation finds that when there is more information on each of the attributes, more rules will be used to make the decision, but the accuracy decreases. Conversely, when there is less information on the criteria, fewer rules will be applied, and the stability will decrease. This research also notes that customers above age of 30 pay more attention to hot spring bathing, interior design and ease of transportation, and that customers below age of 30 are more interested in the lodging and dining as well as the ease of transportation. |
| Keywords: | Rough Set Theory, Hot spring, Hot spring hotel, Condition attribute, Data mining. |
| Date: | 2014–10 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:sek:iacpro:0702121&r=tur |
| By: | Ramazan KIRAC (Selcuk University); Yunus Emre OZTURK (Selcuk University); Cetin Bebe (Selcuk University) |
| Abstract: | To evaluate the effect of the JCI quality document on the potential of patients coming from abroad in these cope of health tourism from the point of view of administratorsImportance: Studies examining the effects of JCI on health tourism are limited, the geographical position of our country is suitable for tourism, and there are new policies in the health sector. For these reasons we were motivated to conduct this study. The opinions of 60 administrators working in different positions in Group 4 A, JCI certificated hospitals on the Anatolian side of Istanbul were evaluated. The study was carried out over two months between February and March. For the reliability of collecting instruments, the value of Cronbach alpha was calculated and found to be 0.93. Thus, the survey had internal consistency. Validity analyses were conducted. It was established that the data were compatible with normal distributions, and parametric significance tests were used. 80% of those participating in the study were females and 20% males. 30% were in the 20 -29 age group; 53% between 30 -39; and 16.7% between 40-49. 65% were married. 36.7% had Bachelor’s degrees; 25% had tertiary training; 20% had postgraduate degrees; and 18.3% were high school graduates. 40 % had 1-5 years of service in the institute, 36.7 %, 6 - 10 years; 16.7%, less than one year; and 6.7%, more than 10 years. 43.3 % worked as middle level managers; 36.7 as middle level managers and 20% as top level managers. There is an inconclusive attitude about whether JCI is cost effective. In terms of JCI to the cost effectiveness, most administrators were undecided. The managers remained uncertain about whether better communication would be made between health professionals and the patients and their families and whether patients and their families would participate in all processes. Administrators were undecided about time loss occurring in the course of patient care.Administrators agreed with the view that JCI provided an image of international reliability and competitiveness. |
| Keywords: | JCI, Health Tourism, Quality, Accreditation, Hospital Accreditation, Administrator |
| JEL: | M10 I12 I19 |
| Date: | 2014–06 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:sek:iacpro:0201454&r=tur |
| By: | Alaattin Basoda (Selcuk University, Faculty of Tourism) |
| Abstract: | The purpose of this study is to determine hotel employees individual traits and work-related attitudes and behaviors based on customer e-reviews. Qualitative research methods were used to analyze the data gathered from 522 foreign customers e-comments in English for three resort hotels (high scored in top-3 on an international online commercial travel platform, dated to the year 2013) located in Antalya Region, southern coast of Turkey. Firstly, results indicated that customers have generally evaluated hotel all employees as highly friendly, helpful, hard-working, polite, lovely, amazing, smiling, efficient and attentive persons. Secondly, they evaluated individual traits of the only certain departments staff; Entertainment Staff as highly entertaining, hard-working, and friendly persons; Food and Beverage (service) Staff as highly friendly and smiling persons; Front-Office Staff as highly friendly and helpful persons, and Housekeeping Staff as neat, smiling and brilliant persons. Finally, customers evaluated employees work-related attitudes and behaviors as the aspect of interaction, relationship, service performance, extra-roles and service/customer orientation. A discussion of the findings, implications, and recommendations for future research were all presented. |
| Keywords: | Employee outcomes; customer reviews; human capital; E-WOW; decision making |
| JEL: | J24 J29 J89 |
| Date: | 2014–10 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:sek:iacpro:0801969&r=tur |