scholarly journals Security perceptions and expectations of domestic tourists - A sample of Southeastern AnatoliaYerli turistlerin güvenlik algılarının belirlenmesi - Güneydoğu Anadolu Bölgesi örneği

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 965
Author(s):  
Şimal Aymankuy ◽  
Özge Güdü Demirbulat ◽  
Yusuf Aymankuy
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
The Other ◽  
Safety Concept ◽  
Health Security ◽  
Transportation Security ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Tourism Activity ◽  
Hotel Security ◽  
Perceptions And Expectations ◽  
Travel Decision

Tourism is a quite touchy sector against the situations such as act of god (volcanic eruption, flooding, earthquake, storm, etc.), war, terrorism and riots. The main priority of tourism activity participator tourists is whether the country or region where they want to travel is safe or not. Because tourists travel for resting, let of steam, relaxing or vocationally. On the other hand while the tourists take travel decision acts by considering the warnings of their state and media etc. elements. Accordingly, safe perception of a region or a country has significantly importance in order to provide the sustainability of tourism sector. In this context, how domestic tourists perceive southeastern Anatolia region with safe aspects was tried to revealed, after safety concept was handled by associating with tourism. In the research it has been reached that, the participants mostly attach importance to security factor in vacation. Perceptions of those who participated “GAP” tour was assessed in six dimensions such as “general security”, “terrorist actions”, “health security”, “hotel security”, “food security” and “transportation security”. As a result of assessment, while the “hotel security” perception of those who attended the Southeastern Anatolia region tour has the highest participation, “general security” perception has the lowest participation dimension been determined. Besides the participators feel themselves in safe in the hotels of GAP tour, they also had even a little anxiety about the terrorism actions while they were taking to attend GAP tour. ÖzetTurizm, doğal afetler (volkanik patlama, sel, deprem, kasırga vb.), savaş, terör ve isyan gibi durumlara karşı oldukça hassas bir sektördür. Turizm faaliyetine katılan turistlerin en önemli öncelikleri arasında, seyahat ettikleri ülke veya bölgelerin güvenli olup olmadığı yer almaktadır. Çünkü turistler; dinlenmek, stres atarak rahatlamak veya meslek amacıyla seyahat ederler. Öte yandan turistler, seyahat kararı alırlarken, kendi devletinin seyahat uyarılarını ve medya gibi unsurları da dikkate alarak hareket etmektedirler. Dolayısıyla turizm sektöründe sürekliliğin sağlanabilmesi adına bir ülke ya da bölgenin güvenilir olarak algılanması son derece önem arz etmektedir. Bu bağlamda; bu araştırmada güvenlik kavramı turizmle ilişkilendirilerek ele alındıktan sonra, yerli turistlerin Güneydoğu Anadolu Bölgesi’ni güvenlik boyutuyla nasıl algıladıkları ortaya konulmaya çalışılmıştır. Araştırmada; katılımcıların tatilde en çok güvenlik unsuruna önem verdikleri sonucuna ulaşılmıştır. GAP turuna katılanların güvenlik algıları “genel güvenlik”, “terör eylemleri”, “sağlık güvenliği”, “otel güvenliği”, “gıda güvenliği” ve “ulaşım güvenliği” şeklinde altı boyutta değerlendirilmiştir. Değerlendirme sonucunda, Güneydoğu Anadolu Bölgesi’ne yönelik turlara katılan katılımcıların “otel güvenliği” algısı en yüksek katılıma sahip iken, “genel güvenlik” algısı en düşük katılıma sahip boyut olarak tespit edilmiştir. Katılımcıların GAP turunda konaklama yapılan otellerde kendilerini güvende hissetmelerinin yanısıra GAP turuna katılım kararı alırken terör eylemleri ile ilgili olarak az da olsa endişe duydukları bir başka araştırma sonucu olarak karşımıza çıkmaktadır.

Gorontalo Province Tourism: Leading Sector In The Middle Of Weakness And Challenge

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Herwin Mopangga ◽  
Fitriaty Puhi
Keyword(s):  
Significant Contribution ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
External Factors ◽  
The Other ◽  
Occupancy Rate ◽  
Regional Income ◽  
Sustainable Tourism Development ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Internal And External Factors

Tourism shows a significant contribution to foreign exchange and regional income in Indonesia. Defined as a priority and leading sector in the RPJMD, tourism development in the Regencies and the Province of Gorontalo must measure the results, benefits and impacts for all stakeholders. Contribution to regional income (PAD) and the composition of internal and external factors in each of the leading destinations is needed for the purpose of determining the strategy and policy of sustainable tourism development. The study concluded that tourism sector was relatively small in its contribution to each PAD total by Regencies in Gorontalo Province. The low of PADsp is relevant to the low occupancy rate (TPK) of the hotel and the length of stay (LoS). The lack of retribution income from recreation and sports spot is relevant to the lack of activities to support the attractiveness such as art and cultural attractions and local products that can be souvenirs for tourists. Infrastructure facilities at leading tourism objects are relatively incomplete or do not meet tourism standards. The low of PAD, TPK LoS can also explain that the increase in tourists to Gorontalo is only a transit to the other tourist objects outside of Gorontalo Province.Keywords: Tourism, Leading Sector, Gorontalo, Income, Swot Analysis

scholarly journals COVID-19 in conflict region: the arab levant response

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nazih A. Bizri ◽  
Walid Alam ◽  
Tala Mobayed ◽  
Hani Tamim ◽  
Maha Makki ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Global Health ◽  
Stable State ◽  
Case Fatality ◽  
Stability Index ◽  
Political Stability ◽  
Healthcare Systems ◽  
The Other ◽  
Global Health Security ◽  
Health Security ◽  
The World

Abstract Background COVID-19 has hit the world in an unprecedented way causing serious repercussions on several aspects of our life. Multiple determinants have affected various nations’ level of success in their responses towards the pandemic. The Arab Levant region in the Middle East, notoriously known for repeated wars and conflicts, has been affected, similarly to other regions, by this pandemic. The combination of war, conflict, and a pandemic brings too much of a burden for any nation to handle. Methods A descriptive analysis of data obtained from the health departments of various Arab Levant Countries (ALC) was performed. ALC include Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Iraq and Palestine. The data collected involves incidence, recovery rate, case fatality rate and number of tests performed per million population, Global Health Security index, government stringency index, and political stability index. The information obtained was compared and analyzed among the ALC and compared to global figures. An extensive electronic literature search to review all relevant articles and reports published from the region was conducted. The 2019 Global Health Security (GHS) index was obtained from the “GHS index” website which was made by John Hopkins University’s center for health security, the Nuclear threat Initiative (NTI) and the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). Government stringency index and political stability index were obtained from the University of Oxford and the website of “The Global Economy”, respectively. Other world governance indicators such as government effectiveness were obtained from the World Bank website. Results In terms of incidence of COVID-19, Iraq has the highest with 9665 per one million population, Syria the lowest at 256 per million. Deaths per million population was highest in Iraq at 237, and the lowest in Syria at 12. As for number of tests per million population, Lebanon ranked first at 136,033 with Iraq fourth at 59,795. There is no data available for the tests administered in Syria and subsequently no value for tests per million population. In terms of recoveries from COVID-19 per million population, Iraq had the highest number at 7903 per million, and Syria the lowest at 68 per million. When compared as percent recovery per million, Palestine ranked first (84%) and Syria last (27%). The government response stringency index shows that Jordan had the highest index (100) early in the pandemic among the other countries. Palestine’s index remained stable between 80 and 96. The other countries’ indices ranged from 50 to 85, with Lebanon seeing a drop to 24 in mid-August. Even with improved stringency index, Iraq reported an increased number of deaths. Conclusion In countries devastated by war and conflict, a pandemic such as COVID-19 can easily spread. The Arab Levant countries represent a breeding ground for pandemics given their unstable political and economic climate that has undoubtedly affected their healthcare systems. In the era of COVID-19, looking at healthcare systems as well as political determinants is needed to assess a country’s readiness towards the pandemic. The unrest in Lebanon, the uprising in Iraq, the restrictions placed on Syria, and the economic difficulties in Palestine are all examples of determinants affecting pandemic management. Jordan, on the contrary, is a good example of a stable state, able to implement proper measures. Political stability index should be used as a predictor for pandemic management capacity, and individual measures should be tailored towards countries depending on their index.

scholarly journals (The Role of Transport and Tourism Economics in Achieving the Economic Development of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the Period (2007-2017: دور اقتصاديات النقل والسياحة في تحقيق التنمية الاقتصادية للمملكة العربية السعودية للمدة (2007- 2017)

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ban Ali Hussein Al Mahanadi
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Transport Sector ◽  
Retail Sector ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Religious Tourism ◽  
Vision 2030 ◽  
Tourism Activity

The transport sector in its various forms, has an important weight in tourist activity, it is a direct producer that deserves direct planning. It is coordinated with the objectives of the comprehensive tourism plan. Also, it is an important factor in the tourism industry where depend on it to transport tourists from outside their places of residence to the tourist destination. An analysis of the reality of transport and tourism activity in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia shows the relative importance of the transport and communications sector, the relative importance of the retail sector, restaurants and hotels, the highest level of passenger services, In addition, there is the presence of religious tourism as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia benefits from the influx of millions of Muslim pilgrims from all over the world to perform Hajj rituals annually and Umrah every day. And to see the archaeological sites and the holiest Bekaa in the Holy Haram area where in 2017 religious tourism attracted more than 8 million Muslim visitors, around 3 million came to perform Hajj. According to the National Transition Program, the Ministry of Hajj is committed to achieving the goal of providing the greatest possible number of Muslims to perform Hajj and Umrah. The end of this ministry is to increase the number of pilgrims from outside Saudi Arabia to 15 million by 2020 compared to 2017 (6.8 million) And according to Vision 2030, this number will double to 30 million by 2030, This is due to major growth in the fields of living accommodations, wellness maintenance, advanced shipping, retail and infrastructure. Equally part of its vision for growing the tourism sector and diversifying the sources of income, it intends to implement the first two projects, the Red Sea project and the second project of the city of Neum.

scholarly journals STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TOURIST INDUSTRY IN THE REGION

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-86
Author(s):  
A. Nebesnaya
Keyword(s):  
Development Strategy ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Transport Infrastructure ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Voronezh Region ◽  
Tourism Activity ◽  
Key Participants

The article provides an overview of the main strategic documents for the development of the tourism industry both at the federal level and at the regional levels. Among the main measures for the implementation of the Strategy for the period up to 2035 in the tourism sector, they noted: the formation of the institutional system of the industry; development of tourist infrastructure; formation of a tourist product; qualitatively new management of the industry; advanced training of participants in the tourism industry; ensuring an increase in the number of foreign tourists visiting the Russian Federation. To analyze the development of these measures in the region, a SWOT-analysis of the development of the tourism industry in the Voronezh region was carried out. The strengths included the availability of significant resources for the development of various types of tourism. The created room stock of accommodation facilities, represented by key foreign and domestic hotel brands, is capable of receiving up to 1.5 million tourists a year. The developed transport infrastructure of the Voronezh region, the presence of the international airport "Voronezh" are significant competitive advantages of the Voronezh region. The weaknesses include the fact that Voronezh and the region do not have a sufficiently developed hospitality industry and a well-recognized brand. The contribution of tourism activity to the well-being of its key participants was considered. A forecast was made in accordance with the Tourism Development Strategy 2035 of the export of tourism services and the gross value added of the tourism industry in Russia.

scholarly journals CONTEMPORARY BIOECONOMICAL PROBLEMS FACING OF THE COMPANIES IN THE TOURISM INDUSTRY

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (Suppl.1) ◽  
pp. 284-288
Author(s):  
Nikolai Ivanov
Keyword(s):  
Practical Knowledge ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
The Other ◽  
Effective Management ◽  
General Direction ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Tourism Sector

Bulgarian economy is a part of the ongoing worldwide processes of globalization. Of the other part, the importance of the tourism sector of Bulgarian economy is essential. Changing the theoretical and practical knowledge in every field of science should follow the general direction of development. The same goes for accounting. Accountability is related to the effective management of the enterprise. On the other hand, accounting is a "conservative science" but "revolutionary" changed in recent years. This article aims to show the contemporary bioeconomical problems in tourism.

CRM in Tourism

2015 ◽  
pp. 16-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roya Rahimi ◽  
Vipin K. Nadda ◽  
Hui Wang
Keyword(s):  
Favourable Outcome ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Customer Relationship ◽  
Service Needs ◽  
Business Organizations ◽  
Marketing Environment ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Tourism Activity ◽  
Export Industries ◽  
To Receive

Businesses tend to operate under the influence of their internal and external environment for favourable outcome and competitive sustainability. Under such circumstances, it becomes critical to develop and maintain mutually beneficial relationships with the variety of stakeholders and customers being of paramount importance, especially in the tourism sector. The recent time has seen dramatic growth in tourism industry and tourism has been considered as one of the largest global export industries (UNWTO, 2003). In order to strive, it has to meet the competitive challenges of the future where quality will be the main driving force which mainly focuses upon the satisfaction of all the legitimate product and service needs, requirements and expectations of the consumer, at an acceptable price, in accordance with the underlying quality determinants such as safety and security, hygiene, accessibility, transparency, authenticity and harmony of the tourism activity concerned with its human and natural environment. These expected needs correspond to what the customer expects to receive and to what is experienced as important. These needs can be expressed by the customer and if these expectations fulfilled, will lead to satisfaction and doing so the service provider creates expected quality (Kvist and Klefsjo, 2006). Recognizing this value of end user's opinion, more and more business organizations are focusing towards customer relationship management (CRM) for building and facilitating ever lasting relationship with them (Richard and Johns, 2008). The competitive marketing environment characterized with the availability of differentiated products (Gartner,2009),availability of low switch over options(Massey et al,2001) and the increasing cost of attracting new customer(Peppard, 2000) not only threaten the loyalties but also raise customer's expectations thus necessitating the need for CRM (Pan &Lee,2003). Buttle (2009) projects that the core aim of CRM is towards managing customer relationship shifting the focus from transaction to acquisition, development and retention.

Perceptions of Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Tourism Sector

2019 ◽  
pp. 157-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teresa Gomes da Costa ◽  
Nuno Miguel Teixeira ◽  
Inês Lisboa
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Social Development ◽  
Initial Phase ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Research Strategy ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activity ◽  
Entrepreneurial Ecosystem ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Tourism Activity

Tourism is a strategic sector for the Portuguese economic and social development in general, and for Setúbal municipality in particular. Consequently, the existence of an effective ecosystem that promotes competitive business is crucial for the region. This chapter considers how the entrepreneurial ecosystem concerning tourism sector is perceived and operates in this Portuguese municipality. The authors chose a case study research strategy, in addition to documental analysis, through which we selected 45 stakeholders to participate as a focus group, related to the entrepreneurial activity in tourism in the municipality. The evidence shows that Setúbal municipality has relevant ecosystem elements, which are determinant for the development of the tourism entrepreneurial activity in this region. However, it is not functioning systemically in a way that can generate more effective results in the entrepreneurial activity. This result is also related with the fact that tourism activity in the region is in an initial phase and it is expected that, with its continuous development, the entrepreneurial ecosystem will also grow and become stronger, being able to create more synergies that will support new businesses.

scholarly journals Sustainability of the Tourism National Plans from 2003 to 2016 in Brazil

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 50
Author(s):  
Paulo Santos Almeida ◽  
Anderson Soares Lopes
Keyword(s):  
Social Indicators ◽  
The Other ◽  
World Health ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
National Plan ◽  
Environmental Preservation ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Environment Programme

<p>This study investigates the issue of sustainability in the tourism sector, defining both as the Tourism National Plans studied from 2003 to 2016. Thus it was first used for exploratory research by proposing to observe books, articles and relevant materials addressing issues related to sustainability and jointly tourism, sometimes arranged by organizations such as the World Health Organization-WHO, United Environment Programme-UNEP and WWF Mediterranean. In the sequence, it was held a documentary research to individually analyze the perspective of sustainability in the Tourism National Plan of 2003-2007, 2007-2010 and 2013-2016. On the other hand, the results show that even before the development of these policies, it is observed the absence of the consolidation of these proposed actions in the national tourism sector in this way it is understood that these proposals serve to supply political desires and supporters. From the perspective of sustainability by these public policies, the elaborate planning verified did not represent Brazil’s actions of environmental preservation and improvement of social indicators that are directly related to tourism.</p>

The Emergence of Environment as a Security Imperative

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felix Dodds
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Economic Security ◽  
Environmental Security ◽  
World Health ◽  
World Population ◽  
Security Issue ◽  
Health Security ◽  
The Relationship

The emergence of environment as a security imperative is something that could have been avoided. Early indications showed that if governments did not pay attention to critical environmental issues, these would move up the security agenda. As far back as the Club of Rome 1972 report, Limits to Growth, variables highlighted for policy makers included world population, industrialization, pollution, food production, and resource depletion, all of which impact how we live on this planet. The term environmental security didn’t come into general use until the 2000s. It had its first substantive framing in 1977, with the Lester Brown Worldwatch Paper 14, “Redefining Security.” Brown argued that the traditional view of national security was based on the “assumption that the principal threat to security comes from other nations.” He went on to argue that future security “may now arise less from the relationship of nation to nation and more from the relationship between man to nature.” Of the major documents to come out of the Earth Summit in 1992, the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development is probably the first time governments have tried to frame environmental security. Principle 2 says: “States have, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and the principles of international law, the sovereign right to exploit their own resources pursuant to their own environmental and developmental policies, and the responsibility to ensure that activities within their jurisdiction or control do not cause damage to the environment of other States or of areas beyond the limits of national.” In 1994, the UN Development Program defined Human Security into distinct categories, including: • Economic security (assured and adequate basic incomes). • Food security (physical and affordable access to food). • Health security. • Environmental security (access to safe water, clean air and non-degraded land). By the time of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, in 2002, water had begun to be identified as a security issue, first at the Rio+5 conference, and as a food security issue at the 1996 FAO Summit. In 2003, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan set up a High-Level Panel on “Threats, Challenges, and Change,” to help the UN prevent and remove threats to peace. It started to lay down new concepts on collective security, identifying six clusters for member states to consider. These included economic and social threats, such as poverty, infectious disease, and environmental degradation. By 2007, health was being recognized as a part of the environmental security discourse, with World Health Day celebrating “International Health Security (IHS).” In particular, it looked at emerging diseases, economic stability, international crises, humanitarian emergencies, and chemical, radioactive, and biological terror threats. Environmental and climate changes have a growing impact on health. The 2007 Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) identified climate security as a key challenge for the 21st century. This was followed up in 2009 by the UCL-Lancet Commission on Managing the Health Effects of Climate Change—linking health and climate change. In the run-up to Rio+20 and the launch of the Sustainable Development Goals, the issue of the climate-food-water-energy nexus, or rather, inter-linkages, between these issues was highlighted. The dialogue on environmental security has moved from a fringe discussion to being central to our political discourse—this is because of the lack of implementation of previous international agreements.

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