Testing the efficacy of a boundary fence at an important tropical seabird breeding colony and key tourist destination

2009 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 353 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol A. Devney ◽  
Bradley C. Congdon
Keyword(s):  
Nest Predation ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Chick Survival ◽  
Chick Growth ◽  
Current Management ◽  
Tourist Destination ◽  
Seabird Species ◽  
Breeding Seasons ◽  
Pelagic Seabird ◽  
Quasi Experiment

Tourists have the potential to detrimentally impact breeding seabirds, particularly at popular destinations such as on the Great Barrier Reef. Michaelmas Cay is a significant seabird rookery and prime tourist destination on the reef. In 1990, Queensland Parks & Wildlife Service erected a fence to separate tourists from fragile nesting habitat. We used two independent assessments during different breeding seasons to determine the potential impacts of tourism on two pelagic seabird species breeding on the cay. In the first quasi-experiment, egg losses by sooty terns (Sterna fuscata) and common noddies (Anous stolidus) were monitored at four distances (3, 6, 18 and 36 m) from a tourist enclosure. Our second quasi-experiment involved monitoring adult provisioning rates, chick growth and chick survival of sooty terns at two locations, one adjacent to the tourist fence and one 50 m away. At plots 3–6 m from the fence, we observed higher among-week variation in egg loss but no differences in total egg loss as compared with the more distant plots. The only difference observed between plots during our second quasi-experiment was that nest predation was higher at the tourist fence plot. Our research suggests that as long as the effects observed do not influence post-fledging survival or gull predation does not impact under different conditions, current management protocols are appropriately facilitating shared usage between wildlife and the tourism industry at Michaelmas Cay.

Srilanka a Favorite Tourist Destination Issues and Challenges Faced by the Srilankan Tourism Industry

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Atul Ramgade ◽  
Shubhagi Walvekar
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Recent Past ◽  
Tourist Destination ◽  
Global Trends ◽  
Fast Growing

Sri Lanka in recent past have emerged as a very fast growing tourist destination there are many reasons for this but the main reason being that, the tourist visiting Srilanka are motivated by the perception of beautiful virgin scenery, opportunities for sightseeing, and relaxed place of life. It is necessary therefore to take account of the global trends in tourism, which may have impact on the overall tourism in Srilanka. The aim of this study is to examine the issues relevant to the development of tourism industry in Srilanka and the challenges that are faced by the Srilankan tourism industry.

scholarly journals An Online Reputation Analysis of the Tourism Industry in Marbella: A Preliminary Study on Open Innovation

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 111
Author(s):  
María Jesús Carrasco-Santos ◽  
Antonio Manuel Ciruela-Lorenzo ◽  
Juan Gabriel Méndez Pavón ◽  
Carmen Cristófol Rodríguez
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Full Data ◽  
Tourist Destination ◽  
Specific Advice ◽  
Sociodemographic Profile ◽  
The One ◽  
Online Reputation ◽  
The City

This research analyzed the online reputation of Marbella as a tourist destination and the profiles of the reviewers according to sociodemographic characteristics. A correlational, quantitative research technique was used in this study based on the manual extraction of more than 4000 reviews generated on TripAdvisor. The data used in this study were collected from the TripAdvisor website, taking, as a sample, tourists who had visited the city in the last three years. Ratings that did not provide full data on the variables were excluded. The findings show that Marbella is considered a luxury shopping destination. The preliminary conclusions allow us to generalize about the sociodemographic profile of its tourists. The findings of the study will provide valuable information for Marbella’s Destination Management Organization (DMO). On the one hand, this study highlights the importance of ranking the attractions of the city to create better communication strategies and enhance the appeal of those attractions that receive the best ratings, establishing the true vocation of Marbella as a tourist destination. On the other hand, it provides information on what tourists perceive to be negative elements, allowing the administration to create an improvement plan. The novelty of this research paper is that it delves into Marbella’s online reputation through an analysis of specific attractions’ ratings. Areas that require further attention in future research have been highlighted, along with specific advice on each attraction that contributes to the tourist offerings of the city.

scholarly journals Widespread gene flow between oceans in a pelagic seabird species complex

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (20) ◽  
pp. 5716-5728 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine A. Booth Jones ◽  
Malcolm A. C. Nicoll ◽  
Claire Raisin ◽  
Deborah A. Dawson ◽  
Helen Hipperson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Flow ◽  
Species Complex ◽  
Seabird Species ◽  
Pelagic Seabird

scholarly journals Post-terrorism image recovery of tourist destination: a qualitative approach using Fuzzy-VIKOR

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yousaf Ali ◽  
Zainab Ahmed Shah ◽  
Amin Ullah Khan
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Exchange ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Image Recovery ◽  
Tourist Destination ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Exchange Programs ◽  
Fuzzy Vikor ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Government ◽  
Vikor Technique

Purpose This study aims to cover issues regarding traveling to a tourist destination which has seen war and terrorism. These problems can be addressed altogether, as they are interrelated. Based on tourists’ opinions, this paper aims to focus on measures or steps that can be taken to ensure changing their perceptions about a certain destination. Design/methodology/approach This study targets tourism experts for their opinions regarding the measures most necessary to change the perceptions of tourists. Their opinions were extracted through a questionnaire based on three criteria with four alternatives. Furthermore, raw data extracted are studied using the Fuzzy-VIKOR technique to rank the alternatives in order of importance. Moreover, the questionnaire also aims to know the perception of participants by asking them what would make them trust a destination with a history of terrorism. Findings The problems captivate the attention of government, guiding them to ensure that they need to focus more on physical security of tourists if they expect tourism industry to thrive. It was found that the steps needed to be taken are in the areas of international trade, cultural exchange programs and social media advertising. Originality/value Research based on improving tourist perception of Pakistan to develop Pakistan as a tourist destination is scarce. The study takes four different alternatives into account for image recovery and based on those alternatives, it provides a unique solution to the government in this regard with the necessary steps they need to take and attempts to help the government ensure tourism expansion in the country.

scholarly journals Transport Choices and Tourism Destination Competitiveness: The Case of Zimbabwe

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 332 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shepherd Nyaruwata ◽  
Douglas Runyowa
Keyword(s):  
Road Transport ◽  
Policy Formulation ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Tourist Destination ◽  
The Road ◽  
Visitor Perceptions ◽  
The Government ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality Industry ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality ◽  
International Airlines

The tourism industry in Zimbabwe has experienced fluctuating trends in its growth since the dawn of the new millennium. The Ministry of Tourism and Hospitality Industry undertook a visitor exit survey in 2015/2016 period. The purpose of the study was to gather visitors’ views on Zimbabwe as a tourist destination in order to guide policy formulation on the sector. One of the objectives of the survey was to assess the visitor perceptions of Zimbabwe as a competitive tourist destination. Questionnaires were administered to departing visitors at the country’s three international airports and seven border posts during the period July 2015 until June 2016. The results of the survey indicated that 77% of visitors use road transport to enter into the country. The survey also showed that 18% of visitors to the country travelled by air. It is recommended that that the government accelerates the implementation of the open skies policy so as to attract more direct international airlines to fly into the country. It is also recommended that the government undertakes massive improvement of the road infrastructure in the country so as to encourage the geographical distribution of tourists within the country. It is finally recommended that the private sector and the national tourist organization, Zimbabwe Tourist Authority (ZTA) engage international tour operators and persuade them to develop and promote fly-drive tour packages to the country.

scholarly journals TOURIST DESTINATION AS AN OBJECT OF RESEARCH OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY

2021 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 2058-2067
Author(s):  
Nilufar Kh. Komilova Et al.
Keyword(s):  
Economic Geography ◽  
Basic Concept ◽  
Geographical Location ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Geographical Region ◽  
Social Aspect ◽  
Tourist Destination ◽  
Regional Context ◽  
The Social ◽  
Tourist Demand

 This article describes the basic concept of "tourist destination" in the tourism system, its content and essence, the definition given by various scholars, that destination is a geographical region with a certain attractiveness for tourists. The definitions of the concept of "destination" proposed by the authors in scientific sources are based on the division into four groups according to their important aspects: territorial, economic, social, administrative. While the assessment of the concept of "tourist destination" in the regional context is based primarily on the criterion of "dependence" on the specific geographical location of the region, economically tourist destination is considered as a specific destination for tourists and is considered an economic category. one is that there is a tourist demand. While the social aspect is the interpretation of a tourist destination as a specific socio-geographical place, it is conceived that any system is governed by forces of a natural nature as a subject of management that characterizes the concept of a tourist destination. The article also touches on the concept of "tourism industry" and the work on the development of tourism in Uzbekistan today.

scholarly journals MEDIA SOSIAL INSTAGRAM SEBAGAI SARANA PROMOSI UNTUK MENINGKATKAN MINAT BELI KONSUMEN

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (01) ◽  
pp. 25-32
Author(s):  
Deru R Indika ◽  
Cindy Jovita
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Interaction ◽  
Rapid Growth ◽  
Purchase Intention ◽  
Internet Access ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Tourist Destination ◽  
Consumer Purchase Intention ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Use Of Social Media

The speed of internet access and the rapid growth of the smartphone industrymakes it easier for people to get information. In the field of marketing, this affectshow the promotion is done. The use of social media which is actually meansfor social interaction between online individuals becomes commonly used bycompanies as a tool for promotion including in the tourism industry. One of thesocial media that is often used is Instagram, an application that allows users toshare photos and pictures along with short messages with other users. This studydiscussed how Instagram as a social media can affect consumer purchase intentiontoward a tourist destination. The subject of research is Floating Market located inLembang, Bandung, West Java. The results showed that information deliveredthrough Instagram was effective in increasing consumer purchase intention upto 50.2%

scholarly journals On the issue of the development of domestic tourism in the Russian Federation

2021 ◽  
pp. 77-84
Author(s):  
N. S. Sergienko
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
The Self ◽  
Tourist Destination ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Accelerate Growth ◽  
Domestic Tourism ◽  
Regulatory Measures ◽  
The Russian Federation

The article considers the problematic issues of the development of the tourism industry in the Russian Federation. In the context of global challenges, the tourism sector of the Russian Federation retains significant potential to accelerate growth and strengthen its role in the development of the economy. On the example of individual tourist projects, the author summarizes and identifies possible areas of activity of public authorities. The study makes comprehensive proposals for the development of the tourist destination at the territorial level, including in the preparation of strategic documents, the adoption of regulatory measures on the business activities of the self-employed in the tourism sector, increasing the revenue base of local budgets through the development of tourism through the introduction of an additional fee.

scholarly journals A Data Mining Technique for Tourist Destination Brand Image Building

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 4617-4622
Keyword(s):  
Data Mining ◽  
Clustering Algorithm ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Destination Image ◽  
Data Mining Technique ◽  
Tourist Destination ◽  
Text Data ◽  
Clustering And Classification ◽  
Google Search

The destination image branding is the domain of tourism industry where the facts and information is collected and evaluated for finding the credibility of a target tourist destination. Manual collection and processing of collected information accurately is a complicated and time consuming task therefore a data mining model is suggested ,in this presented work that collect and evaluate the destination image accurately and based on evaluation can make the recommendations about visits of tourist. In order to perform this task data mining techniques are applied on text data source. In first the data is extracted from the Google search engine and it is preprocessed for make it impure. In further the data is labeled based on the positive and negative words available in the collected facts. Finally the clustering and classification of text is performed. For clustering of data FCM (fuzzy c means) clustering algorithm and for classification the Bayesian classifier is used. Based on final classification of text data the decision is made for the destination visits.

Marketing 4.0 and Internet Technologies in the Tourism Industry Context

2021 ◽  
pp. 1679-1689
Author(s):  
María Ángeles García-Haro ◽  
María Pilar Martínez-Ruiz ◽  
Ricardo Martínez-Cañas ◽  
Pablo Ruiz-Palomino
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Multimedia Content ◽  
Tourist Destination ◽  
Internet Technologies ◽  
Positive Image ◽  
Innovation And Development

Nowadays, there is a new area of Marketing named Marketing 4.0 where technology and digitalization have leveraged consumers to be part of companies, participating in the innovation and development of products and services through value co-creation activities. Especially, social media have an impact on the Tourism industry. Tourism activities are considered as a huge network of agents co-creating experiences. Every day, thousands of travelers and tourists create multimedia content, share comments and upload their photographs, videos, and suggestions. They share their experiences in a destination, using social media. Consequently, companies must respond to these comments and ideas in order to create a positive image of the tourist company. It is about to co-create tourist products and services in a collaborative way peer-to-peer between consumers and companies and motivate and inspire other travelers to visit the tourist destination.

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