scholarly journals Editorial

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. v-vi
Author(s):  
Joby Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Human Resource ◽  
Community Involvement ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Coastal Tourism ◽  
Wine Tourism ◽  
Travel And Tourism ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Tourism Service

Atna, Journal of Tourism Studies (AJTS) has offered a platform for the publication of quality articles on research and learning in tourism over the years, thus reading out to researchers and professionals in the field. The Journal has continued to make serious inroads to understand the varied aspects and issues related to the study of tourism. Scholars, with the submission of excellent articles and reviewers through their critical feedback have helped to enhance the quality of the articles published. We are grateful to all authors and reviewers for helping AJTS to build a quality journal among the travel and tourism community in our country. The scholarly contributions featured in the current issue range across such wide areas, as Tourism Development, Local Community and Tourism, Coastal Tourism, Human Resource Management in Tourism, Tourism Management and Heritage Tourism. “A Study on Creation and Development of Wine Tourism Circuits in Maharashtra, by Anupama Kotur Kaddi examines the most important considerations for the creation of wine tourism circuits and analyses the opinions of wine tourism service providers on the creation and development of wine tourism circuits in the wine regions of Maharashtra. Local Community Involvement in Tourism: A Content Analysis of Websites of Wildlife Resorts, by Nagarjuna G reports on the various activities and practices adopted by wildlife resorts for the development of the local community. “Sustainable Coastal Tourism: A Community Perspective,” by Joseph P D and Pakkeerappa P examines the indicators of coastal sustainability from the perspective of the local community along the selected beaches of Dakshina Kannada.  Cheryl Venan Dias and Venan Bonaventure Dias try to identify the human resource issues which are prevalent in the micro, small and medium travel, tourism and hospitality enterprises in their article “A Shift from Work-Life Balance to Work-Life Choices: A Study on Tourism Professionals in Goa”. 

scholarly journals A Study on Creation and Development of Wine Tourism Circuits in Maharashtra

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Anupama Kotur Kaddi
Keyword(s):  
Special Interest ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Wine Tourism ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Tourism Service ◽  
Wine Region ◽  
Tourism Services

Wine Tourism in Maharashtra is developing steadily owing to several initiatives on the part of wine tourism service providers. Although in a nascent stage as compared to its international counterparts, wine tourism in India is domestically growing as a form of special interest tourism. Wine tourism in Maharashtra, as a niche form of tourism, made its beginning with several wineries offering wine tours within their vineyards and wineries in Nashik and Pune. If individual vineyards and wineries offering wine tourism services is the first step towards inception of wine tourism in a wine region, the creation of wine trails and wine tourism circuits is the next most logical and quintessential step towards growth of wine tourism in that region. This paper attempts to explore two important areas of wine tourism circuit creation and development in Maharashtra which also form the objectives of this study. They are (a) what are the most important considerations during the creation of wine tourism circuits in wine regions? And (b) what are the opinions of wine tourism service providers on the creation and development of wine tourism circuits’ in wine regions of Maharashtra? For the purpose of this study, both primary and secondary sources of data were used. For collection of primary data, a survey was conducted among the wineries of Maharashtra to study their opinions on creation of wine tourism circuits.

scholarly journals Desenvolvimento Turístico e Sustentabilidade na Unidade de Conservação APA do Delta do Parnaíba (PI))

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodrigo de Sousa Melo ◽  
Maria do Socorro Lira Monteiro ◽  
Adriana Santos Brito
Keyword(s):  
Local Community ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Tourist Development ◽  
Tourism Service ◽  
And Control ◽  
Positive Character

O turismo em Unidades de Conservação (UCs) cresceu substancialmente na última década e reveste-se de um caráter positivo, quando planejado e administrado em bases sustentáveis; por outro lado, os impactos podem ser potencializados na ausência de ações de monitoramento e organização da atividade. Em tal quadro, emerge a necessidade de entender como o turismo se desenvolve em UCs para avaliar a situação atual da visitação turística, e propor medidas preventivas e corretivas para ajustar o curso de desenvolvimento turístico local. Desta forma, este artigo analisou o desenvolvimento turístico na UC de Uso Sustentável APA do Delta do Parnaíba (PI), com base nos aspectos ambientais e turísticos dos Ambientes Interno (AI) e Externo (AE). Como metodologia, empreendeu-se a aplicação de entrevistas estruturadas com os visitantes, gestora local da UC, prestadores de serviços turísticos e comunidade local, e posteriormente tais dados foram analisados com base na Análise SWOT. Com isso, os resultados revelaram que o quadro atual de desenvolvimento turístico na referida UC é caracterizado pelo aumento crescente de visitantes e ausência de ações de monitoramento e controle dos impactos do turismo. Em vista disso, sugere-se a adoção de um programa de administração dos impactos da visitação na UC, pelo órgão gestor, capacitação dos prestadores de serviços turísticos para potencializar o turismo em bases sustentáveis e a sensibilização das comunidades locais sobre os problemas que afetam o turismo na localidade. Tourism Development and Sustainability in the Protected Area APA Delta do Parnaíba (PI, Brazil) ABSTRACT Tourism in Protected areas (PAs) has grown substantially in the last decade and it has a positive character, when planned and managed on a sustainable basis; on the other hand, impacts can be enhanced in the absence of actions to monitor and organize the activity. In this context, the need to understand how tourism develops in PAs to assess the current situation of tourist visitation, and to propose preventive and corrective measures to adjust the course of local tourist development emerges. In this way, this article analyzed the tourist development in the Sustainable Use PA APA do Delta do Parnaíba (Piauí state, Brazil)), based on the environmental and tourist aspects of the Internal and External Environments. As a methodology, structured interviews with the visitors, local manager of the PA, tourism service providers and the local community were carried out, and subsequently this data was analyzed based on the SWOT Analysis. As a result, the results revealed that the current picture of tourism development in the above-mentioned PA is characterized by the increasing number of visitors and the lack of actions to monitor and control the impacts of tourism. In view of this, it is suggested to adopt a program to manage the impacts of visitation in PA, by the managing body, training of tourism service providers to enhance tourism on a sustainable basis, and raise awareness among local communities about the problems affecting tourism. tourism in the locality. stainability; SWOT Analysis.

scholarly journals Konsep Pengembangan Wilayah Berbasis Agribisnis Dalam Rangka Pemberdayaan Petani

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nizwar Syafa'at ◽  
Pantjar Simatupang ◽  
Sudi Mardianto ◽  
Tri Pranadji
Keyword(s):  
Regional Development ◽  
Human Resource Development ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Community Involvement ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Model Development ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Movement Model ◽  
The Government

<strong>English</strong><br />Agribusiness regional development program carried out by the government does not empower farmers. This is due to limited community involvement in planning and implementation of the program. This paper is aimed at contributing policy recommendations on agribusiness regional development concepts in order to improve community involvement. One of the concepts is one village one product movement model. This model is initiated by the local community and facilitated by the government. Three principles of this model development are development of local specific commodity with international competitiveness, decisions and initiatives carried out by local community, and human resource development.<br /><br /><br /><strong>Indonesian</strong><br />Program pengembangan wilayah agribisnis yang dilakukan pemerintah selama ini belum sepenuhnya dapat membuat petani lebih berdaya. Salah satu penyebabnya adalah masih terbatasnya pelibatan masyarakat dalam perencanaan maupun pelaksanaan program pengembangan. Tulisan ini dibuat untuk memberikan sumbang saran terhadap konsep pengembangan wilayah agribisnis yang lebih melibatkan masyarakat (petani) dalam pembangunan. Salah satu bentuk operasionalisasi konsep agribisnis yang dapat dikembangkan adalah model one village one product movement. Model ini merupakan kegiatan pengembangan wilayah yang aktivitasnya diinisiasi oleh penduduk lokal dan difasilitasi oleh pemerintah daerah. Tiga prinsip utama pengembangan model ini adalah (1) pengembangan komoditas unggulan daerah yang mampu bersaing di pasar internasional, (2) keputusan dan inisiatif dilakukan oleh penduduk lokal, dan (3) pengembangan sumberdaya manusia.

scholarly journals Ecotourism development through biodiversity potential identification and community perception in the protected forest on Buano Island, Western Seram, Maluku, Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Martha Ekawati Siahaya ◽  
Paulus Matius ◽  
Marlon I Aipassa ◽  
Yaya Rayadin ◽  
YOSEP RUSLIM ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Local Community ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Line Transect ◽  
Tourist Attraction ◽  
Community Perceptions ◽  
Community Perception ◽  
Line Transect Method ◽  
Tourism Service ◽  
Strongly Agree

Abstract. Siahaya ME, Matius P, Aipassa MI, Rayadin Y, Ruslim Y, Aponno HSES. 2021. Ecotourism development through biodiversity potential identification and community perception in the protected forest on Buano Island, Western Seram, Maluku, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 22: 3179-3191. Forest as part of a large ecosystem has an important meaning and role in supporting living systems. Various great benefits can be obtained from the forests through its functions as a provider of water resources for humans and the environment, the ability of carbon sequestration, oxygen suppliers in the air, global climate regulators, and tourism service providers. The community has important role and participation in ecotourism that are different from other forms of tourism. Perception is a fundamental element that needs to be known before planning several activities that will involve the local community. This study aims to identify the potential of flora and fauna in the protected forest area for tourist attraction and analyze the Buano island community’s (Western Seram District, Maluku Province, Indonesia) perception of ecotourism development activities. The vegetation data were collected using the combination of the path method and the compartmentalized line method. The method used for collecting wildlife data in the field is the line transect method as well as direct and indirect observations. Meanwhile, data related to community perceptions were collected through questionnaires and interviews. The results show that the villages on Buano island have biodiversity and cultural potential that could be developed as ecotourism attractions. In addition, the community’s perception supported that they strongly agree on the development of ecotourism in the villages of Buano island.

Data Mining in Tourism

2011 ◽  
pp. 936-940 ◽  
Author(s):  
Indranil Bose
Keyword(s):  
Data Mining ◽  
Information Flow ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Aggregated Data ◽  
Travel And Tourism ◽  
Related Data ◽  
Tourism Service ◽  
Types Of Information ◽  
The Right ◽  
Flow Of Information

Everyday, millions of people travel around the globe for business, vacations, sightseeing, or other reasons. An astronomical amount of money is spent on tickets, accommodations, food, transportation, and entertainment. According to World Travel and Tourism Council, travel and tourism represents approximately 11% of the worldwide gross domestic product (GDP) (Werthner & Ricci, 2004). Tourism is an information-based business where there are two types of information flow. One flow of information is from the providers to the consumers or tourists. This is information about goods that tourists consume such as tickets, hotel rooms, entertainments, and so forth. The other flow of information which follows a reverse direction consists of aggregate information about tourists to service providers. In this chapter we will discuss the second form of information flow about the behavior of tourists. When the aggregated data about the tourists is presented in the right way, analyzed by the correct algorithm, and put into the right hands, it could be translated into meaningful information for making vital decisions by tourism service providers to boost revenue and profits. Data mining can be a very useful tool for analyzing tourism-related data.

Tourism and struggles for domination: Local tourism communities and symbolic violence in Kashmir

2021 ◽  
pp. 146879762110587
Author(s):  
Rafiq Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Power Relations ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Political Conflict ◽  
Host Community ◽  
Regional Government ◽  
Indian State ◽  
Reflexive Sociology ◽  
Tourism Service

Community-based tourism development in rural tourist destinations is hindered by the complex interplay of power struggles between the State, hoteliers, travel agents, local tourism players, host community and activists. Following Bourdieu’s ‘epistemologically reflexive’ sociology of everyday life, including his concepts of ‘capital’, ‘habitus’ and ‘field’, I examine the power relations between the Indian State, the regional government, the armed forces, private urban hoteliers and travel agencies, religious corporations, local tourism service providers (e.g. the ponymen and taxi operators) and the host communities operating at the tourism destination of Pahalgam in the Himalayan territory of the Indian-administered Kashmir. Drawing on ethnographic material collected during June–September 2017 and October 2018, I analyse the power relations in the context of a growing political conflict in the region. The central question this article addresses is how and to what extent these actors, particularly the Indian State, engage in contestations for dominance, insurrection and subversion over Pahalgam tourist destination. Theorising the embodiment of ponywālā1 habitus, I demonstrate that ‘subaltern’ dispositions of the ponymen and their corresponding tourism practices of offering pony rides to tourists and pilgrims create boundaries within the destination ‘field’ of Pahalgam. Subsequently, I aim to show that such dispositions cultivate internalised beliefs or doxa among local community players, thus limiting their access to capitals (economic, social, cultural and symbolic) and ensuring the (re)production of their dominated position in the destination field of Pahalgam.

scholarly journals Local Community Involvement and Quality of Life in Tourism Destination Development: Case of Coastal Tourism in West Java, Indonesia

1970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fitri Abdillah
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Growth Phase ◽  
Community Involvement ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Coastal Tourism ◽  
Tourism Destination ◽  
Phase 3 ◽  
Consolidation Phase ◽  
Tourism Destinations

The community in the tourism destination is one of the key elements to ensure the sustainability of the tourism destination itself. The objective of this study was to determine if the development of tourism contributes to the involvement and the level of quality of life of the local community in Pangandaran and Palabuhanratu. A total of 279 samples were obtained from two locations. Data were analyzed by using descriptive methods to determine the phase of the development of destinations, the community involvement, and the level of quality of life  The results showed that (1) Pangandaran has a better destination performance than Palabuhanratu, (2) Pangandaran is in the growth phase and Palabuhanratu is in the consolidation phase, (3) Increase in the number of tourist arrivals in destinations within the growth phase is more influential than that in the consolidation phase, and (4) Among the four components of quality of life, the material aspect has the highest value, followed by the spiritual, social and personal aspects. The development of tourism destinations significantly affected the level of community involvement and the level of quality of life.

THE INFLUENCE OF WORK LIFE BALANCE TOWARDS JOB PERFORMANCE IN PRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION (PHEI)

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 18
Author(s):  
Noorlaila Hj. Yunus ◽  
Siti Musalmah Ahmad Fuad
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Job Performance ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Private Higher Education ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
The University

Work-Life Balance (WLB) is an important factor that the Human Resource Management of private higher education Institution (PHEI) should concern about in order to gain high Job Performance in theinstitution. If there are WLB practices implemented by the university, the Human Resource Department (HRD) must always get feedback from the employees to continuously improve the WLB policy. This will benefit not just the employees but the most important to the PHEI by having a good productivities and high job performance employees. The result shows that most of the employees in the university have good social support from their colleagues at work place, friends and their families. This support have given them inspiration and motivation in doing their job properly and finally they might achieved high job performance. Eventhough the result were positive about the social support the employees receives, the top management including the HRD need to revise their policy of WLBespecially other factors that can influenced the employees to optimized their efforts in doing their job.

scholarly journals Application of the Socio-Ecological System Framework to Forest Fire Risk Management: A Systematic Literature Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 2121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingrid Vigna ◽  
Angelo Besana ◽  
Elena Comino ◽  
Alessandro Pezzoli
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Community Involvement ◽  
Forest Ecosystems ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Fire Risk ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Specific Reference ◽  
Clear Understanding ◽  
Wildfire Risk ◽  
Starting Point

Although increasing concern about climate change has raised awareness of the fundamental role of forest ecosystems, forests are threatened by human-induced impacts worldwide. Among them, wildfire risk is clearly the result of the interaction between human activities, ecological domains, and climate. However, a clear understanding of these interactions is still needed both at the global and local levels. Numerous studies have proven the validity of the socioecological system (SES) approach in addressing this kind of interdisciplinary issue. Therefore, a systematic review of the existing literature on the application of SES frameworks to forest ecosystems is carried out, with a specific focus on wildfire risk management. The results demonstrate the existence of different methodological approaches that can be grouped into seven main categories, which range from qualitative analysis to quantitative spatially explicit investigations. The strengths and limitations of the approaches are discussed, with a specific reference to the geographical setting of the works. The research suggests the importance of local community involvement and local knowledge consideration in wildfire risk management. This review provides a starting point for future research on forest SES and a supporting tool for the development of a sustainable wildfire risk adaptation and mitigation strategy.

Effectiveness of Travel Social Media Influencers: A Case of Eco-Friendly Hotels

2021 ◽  
pp. 004728752110194
Author(s):  
Payal S. Kapoor ◽  
M. S. Balaji ◽  
Yangyang Jiang ◽  
Charles Jebarajakirthy
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Federal Trade Commission ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Digital Marketing ◽  
Intention To Stay ◽  
Argument Quality ◽  
Related Information ◽  
Sustainability Practices ◽  
Tourism Service ◽  
Primary Channel

With social media becoming the primary channel for travelers to acquire travel-related information, tourism service providers are increasingly partnering with social media influencers (SMIs) as part of their digital marketing strategy. The present study investigates the effectiveness of SMIs by examining the role that two message factors—argument quality and sponsorship status—have on travelers’ perceptions of a hotel’s commitment to sustainability and their intention to stay at the hotel. Results from four studies show that when eco-friendly hotels sponsor SMIs, an attribute-value message is more effective than a simple recommendation message in influencing travelers’ perceptions and intentions. Given the latest Federal Trade Commission regulations regarding sponsorship disclosure practices, the findings offer valuable insights for tourism providers using SMIs. The study findings suggest that SMIs should create sponsored messages that provide rational and objective information about the hotel’s sustainability practices to stimulate travelers’ related cognitions and persuade them to patronize the hotel.

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