scholarly journals The Foreign Languages Factor in the Development of Tourism in Nigeria

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mike T. U. Edung
Keyword(s):  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Tour Guides ◽  
Inbound Tourism ◽  
Tourism Destinations ◽  
The Web

Abstract Inbound tourism as defined by the WTO is obviously the aspect of a nation’s tourism industry to which foreign languages are directly relevant: this aspect involves foreign tourists visiting the country of reference. This paper uses Leiper’s (1979) conceptualisation of the tourism system to examine the role of foreign languages in the operations of Nigerian inbound tourism from TGR and TDR perspectives. Among the most significant revelations of this examination are the facts that: i) tourism destinations in Nigeria are to be advertised on the web and in print in the TGR countries using the languages of those countries; and ii) tour guides in Nigeria are to be trained in foreign languages to facilitate travels, stay and related transactions and activities of foreign tourists in Nigeria. These and other findings can enhance the Nigerian inbound tourism industry.

The Role of New Media in Facilitating Entrepreneurship in Tourism - Case Study: Promoting Komodo Island in East Nusa Tenggara

2010 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 63-72
Author(s):  
Dessy Kania
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
World Heritage Site ◽  
Foreign Visitor ◽  
Printed Media ◽  
Heritage Site ◽  
High Inflation ◽  
Tourism Destinations

Tourism is an important component of the Indonesian economy as well as a significant source of the country’s foreign exchange revenues. According to the Center of Data and Information - Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the growth of foreign visitor arrivals to Indonesia has increased rapidly by 9.61 percent since 2010 to the present. One of the most potential tourism destinations is Komodo Island located in East Nusa Tenggara. With the island’s unique qualities, which include the habitat of the Komodo dragons and beautiful and exotic marine life, it is likely to be one of the promising tourism destinations in Indonesia and in the world. In 1986, the island has been declared as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. The Ministry of Culture and Tourism continuously promotes many of the country’s natural potential in tourism through various media: printed media, television and especially new media. However, there are challenges for the Indonesian tourism industry in facilitating entrepreneurship skills among the local people in East Nusa Tenggara. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (2011), East Nusa Tenggara is considered as one of the poorest provinces in Indonesia where the economy is lower than the average, with a high inflation of 15%, and unemployment of 30%. This research is needed to explore further the phenomenon behind the above facts, aiming at examining the role of new media in facilitating entrepreneurship in the tourism industry in Komodo Island. The results of this study are expected to provide insights that can help local tourism in East Nusa Tenggara. Keywords: Tourism, Entrepreneurship, New Media

Digitalization as Part of Tourism Brand Development

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 54-78
Author(s):  
Petra Merenheimo ◽  
Rauno Rusko
Keyword(s):  
Peer Production ◽  
Current Development ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Resource Based View ◽  
Santa Claus ◽  
Brand Development ◽  
Tourism Destinations ◽  
Destination Brand ◽  
The Web

Gradually, digitalization and the Web have become an important part of tourism products. This development has been unnoticeable, but undeniable. Active customers are, via the Web, co-creating and participating in the product development of tourism destinations, especially in the form of brand development. In fact, it is possible to attribute the current development of new tourism destinations to peer production or “crowdsourcing.” This study focuses on the role Web-based platforms play in destination brand development, using the examples of two seemingly nearly similar Christmas tourism destinations as case studies: Santa Claus, Indiana, and Santa Claus Village, Rovaniemi. The study highlights the contribution this kind of customer-oriented digitalization makes to creating a competitive advantage, even a sustainable one, for tourism products with theoretical connections to a resource-based view (RBV). In digitalization, the role of the consumer as a “prosumer,” and potentially as a part of an organization's resources in a sense of RBV, is a fresh and challenging perspective that this study will introduce.

scholarly journals Examining Experience Economy Dimensions on Virtual Tour Satisfaction and Destination Visit Intention

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-114
Author(s):  
Taffy Ukhtia Panduputri ◽  
Santi Novani
Keyword(s):  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Experience Economy ◽  
Virtual Tour ◽  
Customer Perspective ◽  
Tourism Destinations ◽  
The Relationship

Virtual tour is an emerging phenomenon in the tourism industry. During the COVID-19 pandemic, this technology is accelerated and utilized as media to market tourism sites that are mainly closed to contain the Coronavirus spread. This study aims to investigate the relationship between virtual tour experience economy dimensions and outcome of the experience, particularly satisfaction, followed by intention to visit the actual site. Utilizing the PLS-SEM method, this research found that three of the four experience constructs, namely entertainment, esthetics, and escapism positively relate to satisfaction, which leads to participants’ intention to visit the destinations. This finding further supports the role of virtual tour as a strategy to market tourism destinations, as well as emphasizing the significance of immersion and entertainment effect in a virtual content. The result can be of assistance to virtual tour providers or tourism marketers in understanding customer perspective.   Keywords: experience economy, satisfaction, tourism, visit intention, virtual tour

scholarly journals Community participation in mitigating marine waste to reduce climatic change in tourism destinations

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 569-577 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sudesh Prabhakaran ◽  
Vikneswaran Nair ◽  
Sridar Ramachandran
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Community Participation ◽  
Marine Environment ◽  
Carbon Emissions ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Tourism Destinations ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Marine Waste

Purpose Waste in the marine environment has become a serious task to be managed. Uncontrolled dumping creates large amounts of methane gas contributing to greenhouse gas emissions. This conceptual paper focuses on the role of community in waste management activities to reduce carbon emissions in the marine environment. Hence, this paper aims to examine using literature, the various roles of community, types of marine waste and its impact on carbon emissions and climate change. Design/methodology/approach The paper is based on evaluation and criticism from previous studies and provides a hypothetical understanding of the human contribution to climate change, and its impacts which will increasingly affect climate change and sustainable tourism. Findings The results from this study can be used as a guide for policy makers to help improve community participation and public engagement in efforts to reduce the levels of waste in the marine environment. This is especially critical in rural tourism destinations where the impact of uncontrolled marine waste has serious consequences for the tourism industry. Originality/value The paper contributes to a better understanding of the role of community in mitigating waste to attain a higher quality of tourism experience and environmental benefits from emission level reductions.

Digitalization as Part of Tourism Brand Development

2019 ◽  
pp. 995-1021
Author(s):  
Petra Merenheimo ◽  
Rauno Rusko
Keyword(s):  
Peer Production ◽  
Current Development ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Resource Based View ◽  
Santa Claus ◽  
Brand Development ◽  
Tourism Destinations ◽  
Destination Brand ◽  
The Web

Gradually, digitalization and the Web have become an important part of tourism products. This development has been unnoticeable, but undeniable. Active customers are, via the Web, co-creating and participating in the product development of tourism destinations, especially in the form of brand development. In fact, it is possible to attribute the current development of new tourism destinations to peer production or “crowdsourcing.” This study focuses on the role Web-based platforms play in destination brand development, using the examples of two seemingly nearly similar Christmas tourism destinations as case studies: Santa Claus, Indiana, and Santa Claus Village, Rovaniemi. The study highlights the contribution this kind of customer-oriented digitalization makes to creating a competitive advantage, even a sustainable one, for tourism products with theoretical connections to a resource-based view (RBV). In digitalization, the role of the consumer as a “prosumer,” and potentially as a part of an organization's resources in a sense of RBV, is a fresh and challenging perspective that this study will introduce.

The Role of New Media in Facilitating Entrepreneurship in Tourism - Case Study: Promoting Komodo Island in East Nusa Tenggara

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-72
Author(s):  
Dessy Kania
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
World Heritage Site ◽  
Foreign Visitor ◽  
Printed Media ◽  
Heritage Site ◽  
High Inflation ◽  
Tourism Destinations

Tourism is an important of the Indonesia economy as well as a significant soure of  the country’s foreign exchange revenues. According to the Center of Data and Information- Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the growth of foreign visitor arrivals to Indonesia has increased rapidly by  9.61 percent since 2010 to present. One of the most potencial tourism destinations is Komodo Island located  in East Nusa Tenggara. With the island’s unique qualities, which include of habitat of the Komodo dragons and beautiful and exotic marine life, it is likely to be one of the promising tourism destinations in Indonesia and in the world. In 1986,  the island has been declarated as a World Heritage site by UNESCO. The Ministry of Culture and Tourism countinously promotes many of the country’s natural potential in tourism through various media: printed media, television and especially new media. However, there challenges for Indonesian tourism industry in facilitating entrepreneurship skills among the local people in East Nusa Tenggara. According to the Central Boreau of Statistics (2011), East Nusa Tenggara is considered as one of the poorest provinces in Indonesia where the economy is lower than the average, with a high inflation of 15% , and unemployment of 30%. This research is needed to explorefurther the phenomenon behind the above facts, aiming at ex-amining the role of  new media in facilitating entrepreneurship in the tourism  industry in Komodo Island. The result of this study are expected to provide insights that can help local tourism in East Nusa Tenggara. Keywords: Tourism, Enterpreneurship, New Media

scholarly journals The Role of Mandarin in Indonesia's Tourism Sector

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-30
Author(s):  
Dian Prasetyo Adi ◽  
Ayu Rinada
Keyword(s):  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Travel Agents ◽  
Tour Guides ◽  
Hotel Employees ◽  
Natural Beauty ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Chinese Tourists ◽  
The Government ◽  
Work Done

Indonesia is well-known for its natural beauty and cultural diversity. This becomes an extraordinary attraction for Indonesian tourism sector in which the government has also put their attention to. Tourists from others counties like to visit Indonesia. They speak in many international languages, include Mandarin. However, there are still fewer human resources who respond to it. The skill that must be possessed to prepare and improve a good image for tourists is the mastery of Mandarin. Tourism agencies who should have mastered Mandarin include travel agents, hotel employees, tour guides, and tourism practitioners. The minimum target for mastering Mandarin languages covers: simple conversations related to the work done, as well as the mastery of basic grammar and conversations. The mastery of Mandarin, as well as the understanding of the culture of Chinese tourists, is expected to provide maximum service and to create a good impression or image that improves the Indonesian tourism industry.

scholarly journals Identifying the Carbon Emissions Damage to International Tourism: Turn a Blind Eye

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 1937 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Khalid Anser ◽  
Zahid Yousaf ◽  
Usama Awan ◽  
Abdelmohsen A. Nassani ◽  
Muhammad Moinuddin Qazi Abro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Emissions ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Environmental Literature ◽  
International Tourism ◽  
N2o Emissions ◽  
Carbon Footprints ◽  
Large Panel ◽  
Inbound Tourism ◽  
The Cost

The importance of sustainable tourism is largely discussed in environmental literature under two different main streams: first, an ample amount of literature is available on the role of international tourism in economic development; second, the existing literature mainly focused on estimating tourism carbon footprints across countries. Limited work has been done on identifying the cost of carbon emissions on the tourism industry, which is evaluated in this study to fill the existing literature gap by using a large panel of 132 countries between 1995 and 2018. The results show that carbon emissions damage, methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions, and population density substantially decrease inbound tourism and international tourism receipts that result in an impact on the increase in international tourism expenditures across countries. The ex-ante analysis shows that inbound tourism will likely decrease from 19.546% to 16.854% due to an increase in carbon emissions damage of 0.357% to 1.349% for the period 2020–2028. Subsequently, international tourism expenditures will decrease from 19.758% to 12.384% by increasing carbon emissions damage from0.832% to 1.025%. Finally, international tourism revenues will subsequently decline from23.362% to 18.197% due to lowering carbon emissions damage from 0.397% to −0.113% over a time horizon.

The Role of Esports Events in the Tourism Industry

2021 ◽  
pp. 348-370
Author(s):  
Leandro Becka ◽  
Marcos Antón ◽  
Diego E Barrios
Keyword(s):  
Physical Space ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Virtual Space ◽  
Tourism Destinations ◽  
Sport Events

In the field of tourism, many destinations are familiar with receiving visitors motivated to travel for traditional sport events. But working in esports is another world entirely, since it combines the competitiveness of sport with entertainment. It is from these particularities that tourism destinations that want to host this type of event must learn the basics of how to navigate the esports ecosystem and where to start when their city seeks to organize esports events. Although esports have roots based on digital consumption, their transfer from virtual space to physical space occurs more frequently through the celebration of increasingly crowded competitive events with greater international repercussion. This chapter aims to analyze the benefits of hosting esports events for the tourism ecosystem of a destination, taking Argentina and Spain as study cases. In particular, the chapter focuses on how destinations looking to diversify their offer can interact with those events, and the opportunities and challenges that they bring.

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