scholarly journals Un-locking unsustainable tourism destination paths: the role of voluntary compliance of tourism businesses with sustainability certification on the island of Rügen

2017 ◽  
Vol 61 (3-4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabine Panzer-Krause
Keyword(s):  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Green Growth ◽  
Tourism Destination ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
Mass Tourism ◽  
Voluntary Compliance ◽  
Development Paths ◽  
Time Frames ◽  
Growth Approach

AbstractDuring the last 150 years the island of Rügen has developed into a mass tourism destination resulting in a continuing pressure on the island’s environment and cultural heritage. Highlighting the need for a stronger consideration of ecological and social-cultural aspects of development in economic geography research, this paper uses an evolutionary approach to identify lock-ins in the Rügen tourism industry that hamper a sustainability transition and analyzes the role voluntary compliance of tourism businesses with sustainability certification can play to break away from these development paths. Focusing on the concepts of green growth and degrowth the paper provides indications that particularly in protected areas that are confronted with acceptance problems, an efficiency-driven green growth approach guided by a spirit of sustainability can be the basis for moving towards more sustainable modes of development. However, the study raises the question of time frames for regional sustainability transitions and the parameters these depend on.

Socio-cultural differentiation of youth in tourism

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 146-154
Author(s):  
Марина Гозалова ◽  
Marina Gozalova ◽  
Мария Середина ◽  
Mariya Seredina
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Social Role ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
Cultural Differentiation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Group Relationships ◽  
Cultural Component ◽  
Leisure Interests

The article discusses the role of youth groups in the socio-cultural differentiation of youth in the field of tourism and the importance of the social role of youth in tourism. The emergence of youth tourism industry, social and cultural differences in travel motivation of young people makes it important the analysis of youth tourism. Tourism is an indicator of the differences between social stratums of youth, therefore important to talk about the social and cultural differentiation of young people in tourism and analysis of the main approaches to the essence of differentiation in tourism. The authors consider the main theoretical component of the need to use the concept "socio-cultural differentiation" and its application in tourism concerning the youth. Needs of young people with similar socio-cultural characteristics and interests are the basis of the study of the socio-cultural aspects of the differentiation of youth in tourism. Within this framework, the concept of "group" is considered as collection of people based on common values, interests, standards, constant interaction, goals, interests, and limited with criteria of membership. Socio-cultural differentiation of youth is characterized by the cultural component of this process. As a result of the foregoing, it is necessary to study the basic aspects of group relations and the role of youth in the development of society. The main elements, typical for group relations of youth in tourism, are based on leisure interests. Development of a scientific approach to solving the problems of youth, as well as availability of social and public policy in tourism are the important elements of the issue of social and cultural differentiation. In such a case, youth is viewed through the prism of group relationships based primarily on common interests.

scholarly journals Factors Affecting International and National Tourist Arrivals (1974-2020) in Leh District (U.T. Ladakh, India)

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 736
Author(s):  
Vladimiro Pelliciardi
Keyword(s):  
Local Development ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Cultural Changes ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
Mass Tourism ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Economic Boom ◽  
Development Paths ◽  
Tourism Climate

Since 1974, tourists are attracted in Leh district for its mountainous landscape, environment, high altitude lakes, Indus River, beautiful villages and Himalayan people living in scenography valleys filled of Buddhist heritage sites. All makes this region a great place for adventure sports, sightseen, cultural and religious tourism. Tourism industry has rapidly become one of the most important aspects of District development paths. Visitors bring hard currency and spend money contributing to monetary economic boom that can have both positive and negative impacts on the society and territory. Tourism in Leh District has a short season (from May to October) but a highly profitable business especially with national visitors increasing by the day. This study, based on data collected from the Tourism Department in Leh, analyses the international and national tourist arrivals in time series to find out pattern and trends in the historical data and investigate global and local factors affecting tourist inflows (rises or falls) in the District. Yearly arrivals depends on several factors and issues as geopolitical and global economic problems, new trends in tourist destinations, film induced tourism, climate changes, natural disasters, pandemic and more. These unpredictable factors affect tourist flows, decreasing or increasing the arrivals even drastically. The long-term sustainability of the local development must not depend mainly on mass tourism because economic dependence on only one, although promising but fluctuating sector, pose several problems (e.g. impacts and pressure on infrastructures, environment and significant socio-cultural changes.

scholarly journals PENGAJARAN “ENGLISH FOR GUIDING” BERBASIS PENDEKATAN SOSIOKULTURAL

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 170-178
Author(s):  
I Nengah Astawa
Keyword(s):  
Language Teaching ◽  
English For Academic Purposes ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
English For Specific Purposes ◽  
English Teacher ◽  
Teaching English ◽  
Future Career ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
Teaching Interaction

Teaching English for specific purposes (ESP), which is in contrast with English for Academic purposes (EAP), has gained specially great attention since 1960’s. One of the examples of  ESP is English for guiding. The main purpose of implementing English  for tourism in some schools or collages is to give the students ability  to communicate mainly orally so as to  be able to fulfil the student’s need for his or her future career . In reality  very often  cultural misunderstandings which may produce fatal consequences emerge among those who are involved in tourism industry. Due to this circumstance, inserting sosio-cultural aspects in the teacher’s language teaching interaction is  indeed beneficial. In this case, the role of the teacher to include some cultural aspects in language teaching, beside giving formal grammatical language forms, of course is highly worth considering. Teaching English for tourism industry  is not regarded appropriate yet if sosio-cultural aspects are not adequately included. In other words, beside teaching the language forms, English teacher should incorporate sosio-cultural aspects  into his/her interaction.

Role of Social Media in Travel Planning and Tourism Destination Decision Making

2020 ◽  
pp. 36-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Malitoni Chilembwe ◽  
Frank Wadilika Gondwe
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Sampling Procedure ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Tourism Destination ◽  
Travel Planning ◽  
Planning Decisions

Today, tourism firms use social media to communicate and inform their clients about tourism destination offerings. Trip planners are utilizing social media to make informed decision making about tourists' destinations. With information technology and social media, travelers can get updates on their booked flights and hotels at a tourist destination. The growth of social media usage in tourism industry influences most of the firms to start adopting using social media. This chapter, therefore, focuses on the role of social media in travel planning and tourism destination decision making. It evaluates five cases whereby clients' use travel planning decisions but also changes or curtail plans as a result of social media communication. The survey study uses a simple random sampling procedure and interviewed 792 travelers using a structured questionnaire in ten tourist destinations covering developed and developing countries. The key results revealed that 92% of travelers make a booking but also change or curtail travel planning decisions for holidays through social media alerts.

CONTRADICTIONS AND NEGATIVE PHENOMENA IN TOURISM

1999 ◽  
Vol 5 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 55-67
Author(s):  
Vlatko Jadrešić
Keyword(s):  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Domestic Literature ◽  
Mass Tourism ◽  
Positive Elements ◽  
Economic Method ◽  
The Social ◽  
Cultural Domain ◽  
Effect Relation

Despite its dominant positive elements and phenomena, tourism (especially mass tourism) is increasingly experiencing the opposite side of the coin i.e. contradictory and negative elements, both in theory and in practice. In this work, we give a detailed and systematic report on all the positive, as well as the negative and unfavourable social and economic functions of tourism. Light is shed on both the cause and effect relation in tourism and the negative, contradictory and conflicting elements and manifestations in tourism. To this end, we have made a theoretical classification (based on foreign and domestic literature, as well as our own contributions) of all conflicting and negative functions and phenomena through 3 contingent spheres. These are: (1) the social and cultural domain, (2) the ecological domain and (3) the economic and organisational domain. By applying a social and economic method o f research, the author lists and corroborates the interdependence, consistancy and growing potentiality of contradicting, conflicting and crisis processes which tourism, in its present level of development, is forced to deal with. In conclusion to our research, we have proposed possible, favourable solutions which could secure the survival and long-term outlook of the tourism industry. These are: the role of the human factor, the need to enrichen and redesign mass tourism and above all, the importance of the new orientation towards SELECTIVE tourism or tourism of continuous development.

scholarly journals Regional Planning and the Environmental Impact of Coastal Tourism: The Mission Racine for the Redevelopment of Languedoc-Roussillon’s Littoral

Humanities ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giacomo Parrinello ◽  
Renaud Bécot
Keyword(s):  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Regional Planning ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Contextual Analysis ◽  
Transport Infrastructure ◽  
Mass Tourism ◽  
Mediterranean France

Research on the coast has highlighted the role of mass tourism as a driver of littoral urbanization. This article emphasizes the role of public policy by focusing on Languedoc-Roussillon in Mediterranean France. This littoral was the target of a state-driven development initiative known as Mission Racine, which aimed to promote the growth of what was seen as a backward area via the development of seaside tourism. For that purpose, the Mission promoted coordinated interventions including forest management, eradication of mosquitoes, construction of resorts, and transport infrastructure. This large-scale redevelopment significantly reshaped the littoral environment, severely impacted pre-existing forms of coastal activities and launched a new tourism industry. The legacy of the Mission, however, also included innovative land-use planning, which established protected areas and sought to contain urbanization. This case study illustrates the ambiguities of public policies for the coast, which can act alternatively as drivers of development or conservation and at times of both, and therein lies the importance of a contextual analysis of their role.

The Role of Destination Management Organizations in Exploiting Global Opportunities of Tourism Destinations

2015 ◽  
pp. 54-78
Author(s):  
Francesco Maria Barbini ◽  
Manuela Presutti
Keyword(s):  
Tourism Destination ◽  
Mass Tourism ◽  
Effective Strategies ◽  
New Destination ◽  
Common Goals ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Tourism Destinations ◽  
Destination Management Organizations

The aim of this chapter is to study the cooperation between Destination Management Organizations and hospitality stakeholders. The following research questions are addressed in this research: 1. What is the stakeholders' attitude toward cooperation with DMOs in a new destination and in a mass-tourism destination? 2. In DMOs' perspective, what are the most effective strategies to foster cooperation within the destination? 3. What is the level of commitment of hospitality stakeholders with respect to cooperation with DMOs? In order to discuss these points we provide an analysis of two Italian destinations. Specifically we examine an established mass-tourism destination and a new destination. By investigating this relationship we also analyze how cooperation has developed during the years within two destinations, and if actually hospitality stakeholders are interested in cooperating with DMOs, in achieving the destinations' common goals.

Discourse On English Teaching Materials For Tour Guiding Based On Cultural Social Approach Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 41-50
Author(s):  
I Nyoman Suparsa ◽  
◽  
I Nyoman Suandi ◽  
Ida Bagus Warta ◽  
Ida Bagus Seloka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
English For Academic Purposes ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
English For Specific Purposes ◽  
English Teacher ◽  
Teaching English ◽  
Social Approach ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
Teaching Interaction ◽  
Tour Guiding

Teaching English for specific purposes (ESP), which is in contrast with English for Academic purposes (EAP), has gained specially great attention since 1960’s. One of the examples of ESP is English for guiding. The main purpose of implementing English for guiding in some schools or collages is to give the students ability to communicate mainly orally so as to be able to fulfil the student’s need for his or her future carreer or job in tourism. In reality very often cultural misunderstandings which may pruduce fatal consequencies emerge among those who are involved in tourism industry. Due to this circumstance, inserting sosio-cultural aspects in the teacher’s languge teaching interaction is indeed beneficial. In this case, the role of the teacher to include edequate cultural aspects in language teaching, beside giving formal gramatical language forms, of course is highly worth considering. Teaching English for tourism industry is not regarded appropriate yet if sosio-cultural aspects are not adequately included. In other words, beside teaching the language forms, English teacher should incorporate sosio-cultural aspects into his interaction. Futhermore, materials for English for guiding is carefully selected which are based on carefull analysis of the course objectives. The implication of analysing teaching materilas intended for tour guide is expected that the outcomes of the institution or graduates are truly matched with the available jobs in job markets

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