scholarly journals Community Involvement in Tourism Entrepreneurship: A Case Study in Tioman Island, Malaysia

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
pp. 42
Author(s):  
Norhafiza Md Sharif ◽  
Ku‘Azam Tuan Lonik
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Community Involvement ◽  
Business Management ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Monthly Income ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Food And Beverage ◽  
Island Community ◽  
The Government

The tourism sector is one of the major economic contributors to most countries. Island tourism is one of the important tourism products of a country and is able to catalyse socio-economic development for the local communities. In Malaysia, studies on local entrepreneurship development in Tioman Island has not been given much attention by researchers. To fill this gap, this study aims to provide information on the field of entrepreneurial tourism in Tioman Island. The main objective of this study is to identify the characteristics of the island community as a tourism entrepreneur and to analyse the problems and challenges faced by the island's tourism entrepreneurs. The findings show that the majority of entrepreneurs are male, aged between 25 to 44, receive education until secondary school and married. Most of the local tourism entrepreneurs run the food and beverage business and manage their businesses for 11 to 15 years and earn a monthly income of RM2001 to RM4000. The local tourism operators also face a few problems such as capital and finance, marketing, business management and infrastructure. At the same time, the entrepreneurs also expect collaboration from the government to play an important role in advancing the island's tourism industry. At the same time, local tourism entrepreneurs also expect cooperation from the government and other authorities to play a role in developing the island's tourism industry.

scholarly journals PENGLIBATAN KOMUNITI TEMPATAN DALAM KEUSAHAWANAN PELANCONGAN: KAJIAN KES PULAU PERHENTIAN, MALAYSIA[ENGAGEMENT OF LOCAL COMMUNITY IN TOURISM ENTREPRENEURSHIP: A CASE STUDY OF PERHENTIAN ISLAND, MALAYSIA]

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 103
Author(s):  
Norhafiza Md Sharif ◽  
Ku 'Azam Tuan Lonik
Keyword(s):  
Community Involvement ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Poverty Rate ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Community Empowerment ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
The Government ◽  
Negative Impacts

This study aims to examine the empowerment of local communities as tourism operators, as well as to analyze their perceptions of the economic impacts on Pulau Perhentian. The study used quantitative method involving 150 respondents comprising local communities working as tour operators. The respondents were recruited using purposive sampling and snowball technique. The findings reveal that the majority of tourism operators are male, aged between 25 to 44, with secondary level of education and married. Most of the operators have been managing their business for 16 to 20 years and have earned an estimated monthly income of RM1001.00 to RM2000.00. The study concludes that the tourism sector has contributed to: a) reducing unemployment rate, b) providing employment opportunities for women and single mothers, c) encouraging the involvement of local communities in the field of tourism entrepreneurial, e) generating income to communities, f) attracting foreign investors to invest, and g) reducing poverty rate. However, local communities are also affected by the negative impacts of the tourism sector such as: a) rising prices for goods and services, b) rising cost of living, and c) increasing the value of real estate and rental rates. This study is hoped to provide useful insights into the tourism entrepreneurship at Pulau Perhentian so that the government can take necessary actions in improving the sector.Keywords: Community empowerment, community involvement, island tourism entrepreneurial, entrepreneurial characteristics, economic impactCite as: Md Sharif, N. & Tuan Lonik, K.A. (2018). Penglibatan komuniti tempatan dalam keusahawanan pelancongan: Kajian kes Pulau Perhentian, Malaysia [Engagement of local community in tourism entrepreneurship: A case study of Perhentian Island, Malaysia]. Journalof Nusantara Studies, 3(1),103-119. http://dx.doi.org/10.24200/jonus.vol3iss1pp103-119  AbstrakKajian ini bertujuan untuk melihat pemerkasaan komuniti tempatan sebagai pengusaha pelancongan, serta menganalisa persepsi mereka terhadap impak ekonomi di Pulau Perhentian. Kajian ini menggunakan kaedah kuantitatif yang melibatkan 150 orang responden yang terdiri daripada komuniti tempatan yang terlibat sebagai pengusaha pelancongan dengan menggunakan prosedur persampelan jenis bertujuan dan bola salji. Hasil kajian mendapati majoriti pengusaha pelancongan tempatan adalah terdiri daripada lelaki, berumur 25 hingga 44 tahun, menerima pendidikan sehingga sekolah menengah dan berstatus berkahwin. Kebanyakan pengusaha menjalankan perniagaan selama 16 hingga 20 tahun dan memperoleh anggaran pendapatan bulanan RM1001 hingga RM2000. Kajian ini mendapati pembangunan sektor pelancongan di Pulau Perhentian berupaya: a) mengurangkan kadar pengangguran, b) memberi peluang pekerjaan kepada kaum wanita serta ibu tunggal, c) menyumbang kepada penglibatan komuniti tempatan dalam bidang keusahawanan pelancongan, d) menawarkan peluang pekerjaan kepada penduduk, e) menyumbang kepada pendapatan penduduk, f) menarik minat pelabur asing untuk melabur, dan g) mengurangkan kadar kemiskinan. Namun, komuniti turut terkesan oleh impak negatif daripada sektor pelancongan seperti: a) peningkatan harga barangan dan perkhidmatan, b) peningkatan kos sara hidup, dan c) peningkatan nilai hartanah dan kadar sewa tanah. Dalam masa yang sama, pengusaha terlibat mengharapkan kerjasama daripada pihak kerajaan dalam memainkan peranan dalam memajukan industri pelancongan pulau tersebut.Kata kunci: Pemerkasaan komuniti, penglibatan komuniti, keusahawanan pelancongan pulau, ciri keusahawanan, impak ekonomi

Community Development and Role of Tourism: A Case Study of Tourist Destination Manali in Himachal Pradesh (India)

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sunil
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Himachal Pradesh ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Cultural Development ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
The Government ◽  
Agriculture Products

Tourism sector has a significant role in the economic development of our country. Tourism sector has contributed 6.88 percent to the GDP and has 12.36 percent share in employment (direct and indirect) in the year 2014. It has also a significant share in foreign exchange earnings. The benefit of tourism mostly goes to the local community (Sonya & Jacqueline, Mansour E. Zaei & Mahin E. Zaei, 2013). In this paper, an attempt has been made to assess how the tourism industry has created an opportunity for the economic, political, social and cultural development of the local community at Manali in Himachal Pradesh (India) and also tried to study the problems that are associated with the tourism in the region. The study found that the tourism industry has been extending its contribution for the development of local community at Manali. It has been providing employment, business and investment opportunities, revenue generation for the government, encouraging the community to promote and preserve its art, culture and heritage, raising the demand of agriculture products, provided opportunities for local people to run and work in the transport business and by promoting MSMEs in the region. Besides the opportunities, the tourism industry has also added many problems to the local community. Traffic congestion, increase in water and air pollution, solid waste generation, degradation of the cultural heritage, ecological imbalances, rise in cost of living, increase in crime, noise and environment pollution, migration of people to the region, negative impact on local culture, and extra pressure on civic services during the tourists season, are the problems associated with the tourism. The study suggest that effective management of natural resources, dissemination of environment protection information, involvement of local community in decision making, professionalization in the working of local administration, extending the support of government in sponsoring the events, infrastructure development, tracking records of migrants with the help of local community to curb the crime rate, promotion and preservation of art, culture and heritage, involvement of NGOs, compliance of the rules can make tourism more beneficial in the development of local community.

Coping Mechanisms of Hospitality Industry Workers in a Tourism Destina-tion during the Covid-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (12) ◽  
pp. 1410-1415
Author(s):  
Bezaleel Joy Murchante Danay ◽  
Zephaniah Dela Cruz Danay ◽  
Cherry Colesio Escarilla ◽  
Jimmy Bernabe Maming
Keyword(s):  
Hospitality Industry ◽  
Coping Mechanisms ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Case Study Method ◽  
Key Informants ◽  
Travel And Tourism ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Hospitality Workers ◽  
Different Levels

The Covid-19 pandemic brought massive devastations to the different levels of society. The World Travel and Tourism Council had recently warned that Covid-19 pandemic could lead to a cut of 50 million jobs worldwide in the travel and tourism industry. A study conducted by Oxford reveals that Asia will be vilest to be affected by the pandemic and it would take time to recover its economy (Dogra, 2020). This means a wider and greater impacts to the different industries including the tourism sector. The study aims to explore the coping mechanisms of hospitality industry workers in Boracay Island during the Covid-19 pandemic particularly on their experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic and to determine the coping mechanisms of hospitality workers in Boracay Island being affected by the pandemic. The case study method through a qualitative analysis using Robert Yin's approach in the data analysis procedure to explore the data from the experiences of the key informants from the hospitality industry was used. Themes came out from the construct of the key informants like (1) hospitality industry workers experienced mental health, social, and economic issues, (2) The pandemic opens new opportunities and ways to cope with its effects. The output of this research is the proposed Danay, Danay, Escarilla, and Maming Model for Coping Mechanisms of Hospitality Industry workers during the Covid-19 Pandemic.

scholarly journals Pengembangan Permukiman Nelayan Kingking dan Karangsari Tuban Melalui Pendekatan Urban Assemblage

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 12-23
Author(s):  
Tyas Santri ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Positive Impact ◽  
Coastal Areas ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Service Industries ◽  
Surrounding Area ◽  
Field Surveys ◽  
Tourist Destinations ◽  
The Government ◽  
Cultural Strength

Indonesia is an archipelago country with a sea larger than the mainland, so it is undeniable that in Indonesia there are many fisherman settlements. Often fishermen settlements in Indonesia are marginalized in the development of maritime and service industries and even become victims of the activities of the utilization of coastal areas by the private sector engaged in tourism, industry, and services. The fisherman settlement community is not getting a positive impact from the development, therefore this study aims so that the fisherman settlement community can get a positive impact from the development of the surrounding area. This research takes a case study in the fisherman settlements of Kingking and Karangsari in Tuban Regency, East Java. The approach used in this research is the urban assemblage approach to reveal socio-cultural knits as a cultural force that shapes the sustainability of the place. The urban assemblage approach will be supported by search methods which will then be analyzed descriptively qualitatively. The search was carried out through literature review and field surveys. This research presents the results in the form of a mapping of knits between culture, social, the economy as the cultural strength of the Kingking and Karangsari fisherman settlements with the surrounding tourist areas. The results of this study can be considered by the government and local communities in planning the development of coastal areas or fisherman settlements into tourist destinations.

scholarly journals The Roles of English in the Development of Tourism and Economy in Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 305-313
Author(s):  
Ida Ayu Made Sri Widiastuti ◽  
◽  
I Nengah Dasi Astawa ◽  
Ida Bagus Nyoman Mantra ◽  
Putu Herny Susanti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Industrial Development ◽  
World Economy ◽  
National Development ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Economic Community ◽  
Industry Sector ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government

Tourism is very necessary to continue to be developed to improve the economy in Indonesia and increase the position of the country geographically, which is very strategic for tourism and the world economy. For this reason, the ability to communicate in English is absolutely necessary, in order to compete with workers from other countries, so that they can contribute to the improvement of the national economy. The ability to communicate in English is a strategic sector in the development of highly competitive human resources in the tourism industry sector and in the global economic community. By having good English communication skills, it will be easier to grab market share in the tourism industry sector and the economic sector. The tourism sector as one of the prime industrial development is developed in order to further increase the rate of national development. For this reason, it is necessary that the government continues to increase its resilience, policies, and increase the development of tourism with a view to further developing the community's economy and increasing the ability to speak English so that human resources are able to compete in various tourism industries so that the economy will increase.

scholarly journals Measures to support Russian tourism in the conditions of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (5) ◽  
pp. 65-72
Author(s):  
A. S. Amosov ◽  
M. K. Ashinova
Keyword(s):  
Tax Incentives ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
International Travel ◽  
Educational Support ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
The Government ◽  
Tax Payments ◽  
Online Facilitation ◽  
Financial Regulatory ◽  
Key Industry

The tourism industry, including the hospitality industry, which were the first to suffer from the new coronavirus pandemic, found themselves in an unprecedented situation: complete cessation of some businesses due to border closures and self-isolation. For some countries tourism makes up one of the largest shares of GDP and is a key industry, for others, tourism and activities associated with international travel significantly accelerate the pace of economic development. Industry actors need to understand what incentive tools are available now and in the aftermath of the pandemic in order to develop a systematic approach to managing the effects of the pandemic. The purpose of the article is to study and structure incentive measures for the tourism industry in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The following methods of scientific knowledge has been used: abstraction, analysis, induction, synthesis. The article substantiates the relevance of the study. Some indicators of the functioning of domestic tourism during a pandemic are considered in comparison with previous periods, in particular, price indices for various types of paid services to the population, the development of collective accommodation facilities in Russia. At the same time, there is a decline in all indicators during the pandemic, which is due to forced quarantine restrictions and the closure of borders in most countries of the world. The most popular measures of state support proposed by the government for the tourism sector are the following: support in obtaining financing, tax incentives, subsidizing operating expenses, subsidies for SMEs (minimum wages), deferral of non-tax payments, consulting and educational support, deferrals and incentives for rent payments, provision of grants and subsidies on a competition, etc. The proposed measures to support tourism in the current environment are new personnel training, assistance in developing a strategy, business development, attracting tourists, assistance in the transition to online, facilitation of activities (tax, financial, regulatory exemptions).

scholarly journals PERILAKU WISATAWAN PANTAI NGURBLOAT DAN NGURSARNADAN ERA NEW NORMAL TERHADAP KEPUTUSAN BERWISATA

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 116-127
Author(s):  
Ida I Dewa Ayu Raka Susanty ◽  
Melissa Justine Renjaan
Keyword(s):  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Dominant Factor ◽  
Small Islands ◽  
Economic Sectors ◽  
New Normal ◽  
Tourist Behavior ◽  
Marine Tourism ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
The Government ◽  
Travel Decisions

ABSTRAK Wabah COVID-19 di seluruh dunia telah membuat dunia terhenti, dan pariwisata menjadi yang terpuruk dari semua sektor ekonomi utama di seluruh dunia tak terkecuali Indonesia. Pulau – pulau kecil di Indonesia timur yang menggantungkan perekonomian dari segi pariwisata bahari juga terkena dampak besar akibat situasi pandemi. Kabupaten Maluku Tenggara adalah salah satunya. Pelonggaran terhadap aktivitas industri pariwisata dimulai sejak diumumkannya masa new normal oleh pemerintah. Dua destinasi unggulan Kabupaten Maluku Tenggara yakni Pantai Ngurbloat dan Ngursarnadan memulai aktivitas pada kawasan wisata dengan jumlah pengunjung yang didominasi oleh wisatawan lokal. Tingginya wisatawan lokal yang berwisata, menunjukan kebutuhan masyarakat terhadap aktivitas berwisata sangat tinggi. Perilaku wisatawan terhadap keputusan berwisata dalam masa new normal dapat dipicu oleh berbagai faktor. Proses pengambilan keputusan wisatawan dalam berwisata ke destinasi wisata pantai Ngurbloat dan Ngursarnadan sangat penting diketahui oleh stakeholder atau pengelola kawasan wisata Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui dan menjelaskan pengaruh perilaku wisatawan secara simultan terhadap keputusan berwisata, pengaruh secara parsial perilaku wisatawan terhadap keputusan berwisata serta faktor yang paling menonjol mempengaruhi keputusan wisatawan dalam berwisata pada Pantai Ngurbloat dan Ngursardanan. Metode pengumpulan data pada penelitian ini menggunakan kuesioner dan wawancara dengan analisa regeresi linier berganda. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukan bahwa faktor budaya, sosial, pribadi dan psikologis secara simultan berpengaruh terhadap keputusan wisatawan berkunjung ke pantai Ngurbloat dan Ngursarnadan. Sedangkan, pengaruh secara parsial hanya pada faktor sosial, pribadi dan psikologis berpengaruh terhadap keputusan wisatawan untuk berkunjung ke Pantai Ngurbloat dan Ngursarnadan. Faktor yang paling dominan mempengaruhi keputusan berwisata wisatawan adalah faktor psikologis dengan nilai Koefisien sebesar 0.497 Kata Kunci : Perilaku Wisatawan, Keputusan berwisata, Pantai Ngurbloat, Pantai   Ngursarnadan ABSTRACT The worldwide outbreak of COVID-19 has brought the world to a standstill, and tourism has been the worst affected of all major economic sectors  in the entire world as well as Indonesia. In eastern Indonesia, the economy of small islands depends on the marine tourism sector which has been affected by the pandemic. Southeast Maluku Regency is one of the islands affected by pandemic. The government has suspended the activity of tourist and travel. The tourism industry is gradually starting to recovery and improve. reopened tourist areas in Southeast Maluku Regency have begun in August 2020 with the COVID-19 health protocol. Two leading destinations of Southeast Maluku Regency, Ngurbloat Beach and Ngursarnadan Beach, started activities in tourist areas with the number of visitors dominated by local tourists. The purpose of this study was to know and explain the influence of tourist behavior simultaneously on travel decisions, the partial influence of tourist behavior on travel decisions and the dominant faktor influencing the decision of tourists in visiting Ngurbloat and Ngursardanan Beaches. The results of this study showed that cultural, social, personal and psychological faktors silmultan influence the decision of tourists visiting Ngurbloat  and Ngursarnadan Beach. Meanwhile, the partial influence is only on social, personal and psychological factors on the decision of tourist to visit Ngurbloat and Ngursarnadan beach. The most dominant factor influencing the decision to travel is the psychological factor with a coefficient value of 0.497 Keywords: Tourist Behavior, Travel decisions, Ngurbloat Beach, Ngursarnadan Beach

From Earning Profits to Sustainability

2019 ◽  
pp. 229-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manpreet Arora ◽  
Sandeep Kumar Walia
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Foreign Exchange ◽  
Hotel Industry ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Developing Nation ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
The Government

In India the potential of tourism sector is considerable in terms of earning foreign exchange. That is why the government has initiated many programmes and schemes to attract foreign tourists. It has also given a rise to the allied industries to earn profits and diversify may it be hotel industry or aviation sector. As the means of communication are developing and the countries are becoming more open and globalised the tourism industry has got new impetus and dimensions. The spread of education and the development of internet have widened the scope of this industry. This new trend has made the tourism industry a very potential industry in many terms for a developing nation like India. But on the same hand it has posed a great threat to the natural resources also and the stakeholders involved in this sector has started responding to such initiatives through CSR measures. For measuring such initiatives no specific parameters have been defined and they are subjective to a great extent. Therefore a need arises to analyse such initiatives and their growing need for creating sustainability.

Accessible@tourism 4.0

2021 ◽  
pp. 1444-1463
Author(s):  
Pedro Teixeira ◽  
Leonor Teixeira ◽  
Celeste Eusébio
Keyword(s):  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Essential Role ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Fourth Industrial Revolution ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
The Government ◽  
Set Up

This chapter describes how Tourism 4.0 is a concept that combines tourism and the fourth industrial revolution, and although the literature in this field is very scarce, this concept has been explored in some research projects, such as the government-sponsored research project in Slovenian tourism. People with various kinds of access requirements represent a combination of challenges and opportunities for the tourism industry. Tourism 4.0 set up the main goals of making tourism accessible to everyone at any time. Therefore, this new phenomenon may have an essential role in the development of accessible tourism. The adoption of technological components in accessible tourism enables the development of a new technological solution that can facilitate access to tourism products for disabled people, contributing to the development of accessible tourism. The new term Accessible@Tourism 4.0 is the answer to the role of the fourth industrial revolution in accessible tourism, emphasizing the effect of Industry 4.0 components in the tourism sector.

scholarly journals A Study of Determinants of Service Quality and Its Role in Customer Satisfaction: A Case of Selected Hotels in Sulaimaniyah, Kurdistan Region of Iraq

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 64
Author(s):  
Mamta Singh ◽  
Devendra Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Service Quality ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Time Behavior ◽  
Kurdistan Region ◽  
Tourist Destinations ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Food And Beverage ◽  
Massive Number ◽  
Hospitality And Tourism

Purpose of the study: Hospitality and tourism is a promising sector for growth of the Economy in Kurdistan region of Iraq. Every year a massive number of tourists visit the region during Nawroz and Eid –ul-Adha festival seasons. The region is fairly modern and possesses several tourist destinations including site seeing, religious tourism and historical tourism etc. Kurdistan Regional Statistics Office published a report on region’s economy that consists of number of foreign individuals, who visited Kurdistan region categorized into Arab and Non-Arab visitors category provides a clear picture that the region is not only an attraction for holiday but also for other type of tourism. Therefore we wish to learn customers opinion about satisfaction from service quality of the selected hotels. The study will be used to share key information with the hotel in Sulaimaniyah city.Methodology: To understand the determinants of service quality that is most shot for by the individuals we have conducted a survey of selected five star hotels in Sulamaniyah. The sample size for this study was a small sample which was 50 respondents. We used purposive sampling. For data analysis we used SPSS software package for social sciences. Main Findings: We observed from the majority responses that Room service, delivery time, behavior of hotel staff, a nice welcome on arrival, variety of food and beverage are some of the important parameters on which customers decide to rate a hotel. The customers do not have much interest in modern furniture facilities as per this study result. Application of the study: In the nutshell hospitality and tourism sector has huge potential for job creation given the fact the region has well-educated and well groomed young population ready to be employed in the region’s growing tourism industry, this research will help the hotels to provide better services to satisfy the customer.

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