scholarly journals Halal Tourism in the Context of Tourism Sector in Tunisia: Controversies, Challenges, and Opportunities

MAZAHIB ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Selah Vandromme
Keyword(s):  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Tourist Destination ◽  
The Past ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Religious Tourism ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Beach Tourism ◽  
Muslim Majority ◽  
General Opinion

This paper examines the development of the tourism industry in Tunisia from its independence in 1956 to contemporary Tunisia with a special focus on the development of halal tourism. In assessing the tourism sector in Tunisia, a typology is used. This typology makes it clear that Tunisia is a prominent tourist destination in several types of tourism, including beach tourism, while in other types it remains underdeveloped. Seeing the emerging form of halal tourism, Tunisia is lagging behind in its development. This may come as a surprise given the fact that Tunisia is a popular tourist destination and a Muslim majority country. Although there are different reasons for this, I would argue that many things can be explained by looking at the political context in Tunisia. The reluctance of government actors hinders the massive development of halal tourism. The policies that have been put forward in the past by Bourguiba and Ben Ali have had an undeniable impact on the general opinion of contemporary Tunisian society on this matter. Even though Tunisia is faced with challenges, Tunisia can still be a suitable country for halal tourism while maintaining other forms of tourism.Keywords: Tunisia, halal tourism, religious tourism, opportunities and challenges.

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 On the issue of the development of domestic tourism in the Russian Federation

2021 ◽  
pp. 77-84
Author(s):  
N. S. Sergienko
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
The Self ◽  
Tourist Destination ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Accelerate Growth ◽  
Domestic Tourism ◽  
Regulatory Measures ◽  
The Russian Federation

The article considers the problematic issues of the development of the tourism industry in the Russian Federation. In the context of global challenges, the tourism sector of the Russian Federation retains significant potential to accelerate growth and strengthen its role in the development of the economy. On the example of individual tourist projects, the author summarizes and identifies possible areas of activity of public authorities. The study makes comprehensive proposals for the development of the tourist destination at the territorial level, including in the preparation of strategic documents, the adoption of regulatory measures on the business activities of the self-employed in the tourism sector, increasing the revenue base of local budgets through the development of tourism through the introduction of an additional fee.

World trends and the state of Portuguese tourism – round table on opportunities for businesses development

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 670-676 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge Costa ◽  
Silva Carvalho
Keyword(s):  
Round Table ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Effective Strategies ◽  
Current State ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Tourism Experience ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to identify the current state of the Portuguese tourism, its opportunities and challenges based on the conclusions of the International Tourism Forum (ITF)/Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes (WHATT) Round Table attended by representatives of the main public and private entities of the tourism sector in Portugal. Design/methodology/approach This paper presents and discusses the main conclusions resulting from the ITF/WHATT Round Table. The event was organized by the Institute for Tourism Planning and Development, under the theme “Tourism in 2016: from trends to results”. Findings The ITF/WHATT Round Table concluded that the tourism industry worldwide and in Portugal, in particular, is facing major challenges that call for innovative ways of managing the tourism experience. On the other hand, world tourism growth was seen as a reality that will remain, and destinations will have to continue working to achieve better tourists instead of getting more tourists. Practical implications This analysis provides knowledge about the current state of the Portuguese tourism, its challenges and opportunities while identifying innovative ways and likely solutions to improve the experience of tourists visiting Portugal. Originality/value The profiling of the current state of the Portuguese tourism, its opportunities and challenges contributes to the design of more effective strategies to improve the Portuguese tourist offer and the experience of tourists visiting Portugal.

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 TOURISM SECTOR IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA – STATE AND DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVE

2017 ◽  
pp. 121-135
Keyword(s):  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Political Organization ◽  
Travel And Tourism ◽  
The Past ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
World Economic ◽  
Basic Characteristics ◽  
Tourism Organization ◽  
Development Perspective

Basic characteristics of contemporary tourism development of Bosnia and Herzegovina and its administrative-political organization units are essentially linked to still insufficient infrastructure and legislative-institutional tourism organization. Regardless of the fact that in most development strategies of all administrative and political-organizational units in Bosnia and Herzegovina tourism is recognized as one of the basic strategies, the development level of tourism industry towards all indicators is significantly lagging behind at the level of the entire European tourism market. According to data from the Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report of the World Economic Forum (WEF), Bosnia and Herzegovina is only 113 out of total of 136 countries, according to tourism traffic, out of a record number of 1,235 billion. Of international tourists’ arrivals, which were taken worldwide in 2016, Bosnia and Herzegovina has averaged less than 0.1%. The total number of tourist arrivals was around 1.149 million in 2016, of which international arrivals accounted for about 62.6%, while the remaining 37.4% were domestic arrivals. The total number of nights spent in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the year 2016 was 2,377 million. In relation to the above mentioned indicators, positive trends in the number of tourists have increased in the past 10 years with an average annual rate of about 2.5%. These data indicate that Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the improvement of institutional and infrastructure capacities, should significantly improve the overall tourism traffic and achieve a significantly better position within the regional European market in the next ten year period.

scholarly journals Faktor Penentu Setting Ruang Destinasi Wisata terhadap Spending Rate Wisatawan di Pantai Baron Yogyakarta

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-99
Author(s):  
Wastuwedha Kidung Dwi Satria ◽  
Tarcicius Yoyok Wahyu Subroto
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Time Budget ◽  
Tourist Destination ◽  
Determinant Factors ◽  
Space Setting ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Beach Tourism ◽  
Tourism Destinations ◽  
Data Collection Technique ◽  
Factor C

Title: Determinant Factors of Tourism Destination Space  Setting to Tourist Spending Rate at Baron Beach Yogyakarta   Gunungkidul Regency is popular for a beach tourist destination, committed for improving tourist’s arrival. However, for the past few years, the Original Local Government (OLG) of the tourism sector decreased by 2017, 2018, and 2019. Beach tourism provides the biggest percentage of The Original Local Government Revenue compared to other tourism destinations. One of the indicators that affects revenue from the tourism sector is the tourist spending rate. Therefore, it requires significant effort to identify the determinant factors of space settings that affect spending rates in Baron Beach. The research method used is mix method with the data collection technique used Behavioral Mapping that consist of Place Centered Mapping, Person Centered Mapping, and Time Budget. The conclusion of this research is the space setting of the Baron beach tourist destination is determined by 2 aspects of space and time. (a) The aspect of space is divided into 3 categories. They are high, medium, and low. (b) The aspect of time is divided into 3 categories. They are long, medium, and short. The determinant factors of space settings that affect spending rates in tourism destinations of Baron Beach are (a) spatial factor, (b) amenity factor (c) time factor.

scholarly journals Analysis of religious tourism in Ukraine: challenges of time and prospects

2021 ◽  
pp. 29-32
Author(s):  
Svitlana Panchenko
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
Marketing Research ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Tourism Management ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Religious Tourism ◽  
Global Tourism ◽  
Public And Private Sector ◽  
Management Functions

The main objectives of tourism business management are to develop and implement new strategies for promoting the product in the tourism market with the help of new technologies, as well as improve the existing ones due to using the main management functions. The article aims to improve the religious tourism sector in the modern tourism market and draw attention to religious tourism management. Research methods include analysis, synthesis, comparison, generalization, forecasting, as well as the use of systemic, activity-oriented, historical and culturological approaches. The article offers some ways of solving the issues of religious tourism, taking into account the specifics of this sector. It also covers some problematic issues in religious tourism in the context of the main management functions. The article proves that the potential of religious tourism is unrealized in terms of management and marketing research on tourism. The crisis of the global tourism industry, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, has done significant harm to the entire tourism sector of Ukraine’s economy. But it opens a unique window of opportunities for Ukraine to become a world-famous religious destination. The WTTC drew attention to this, urging public and private sector leaders to work together to pave the way for the economic recovery, needed for the travel and tourist industry and create millions of jobs.

Portuguese tourism: How to share success?

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 705-711 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge Costa ◽  
Silva Carvalho ◽  
Daniela Rodrigues
Keyword(s):  
Round Table ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
International Travel ◽  
International Tourism ◽  
Round Table Discussion ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Travel And Tourism ◽  
Current State ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to draws on the main conclusions of an International Tourism Forum Round Table discussion, attended by representatives of the main entities of the tourism sector in Portugal as well as international travel and tourism specialists. The authors identify the importance of making travel and tourism growth sustainable and discuss how success approaches can be shared more widely. Design/methodology/approach The main conclusions resulting from the International Tourism Forum Round Table are presented and discussed. The event was organised by the Institute for Tourism Planning and Development (IPDT), with Sponsorship support from the Solverde Group, under the theme: “Tourism in 2018: How to Share Tourism Success”. Findings Participants in the International Tourism Forum Round Table concluded that the tourism industry worldwide and in Portugal in particular, is facing major challenges that calls for innovative ways of managing the tourist experience. Several questions regarding tourism have been discussed, including desertification in some inland cities and villages. Originality/value This paper provides knowledge about the current state of Portuguese tourism, its challenges and opportunities and identifies innovative ways and likely solutions for drawing tourists to other regions of the country – beyond the major cities.

Drive and car tourism: a perspective article

2019 ◽  
Vol 75 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-112
Author(s):  
Bruce Prideaux
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Autonomous Vehicles ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Grey Literature ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Past ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
And Control ◽  
Near Future

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to briefly review the development of drive tourism in the past 75 years, highlight contemporary issues that will shape the structure of drive tourism in the near future and speculate on how drive tourism may develop in future decades. Design/methodology/approach The paper draws on a range of academic and grey literature to identify the major trends that are now emerging in the drive tourism sector. These trends form the basis for observations on how new and emerging technologies such as autonomous vehicles may offer new drive tourism opportunities in coming decades. Findings Recent and near-future advances in automobile technologies, including propulsion and control, are likely to radically alter the structure and operation of drive tourism, offering new opportunities for participation in this form of tourism. The paper observes that the tourism industry must act in a proactive rather than reactive manner if it is to maximise the opportunities that will emerge “from” the coming period of climate change and technology-generated disruption. Social implications Drive tourism has opened many previously remote areas for tourism bringing benefits such as employment and business opportunities. However, the growth of drive tourism may also have social costs including disruption to local social norms as people migrate into and out of these areas in search of new economic opportunities. Future developments in drive tourism may create similar disruptions. Originality/value Despite the size and value of the global drive tourism market, academic investigation has been limited. The value of this paper lies in its identification of a range of issues that need further research, including the need to rethink the structure of drive tourism and how new technologies and future responses to climate change may affect this sector.

Did the context of economic crisis affect the image of Portugal as a tourist destination?

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 392-396 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge Costa ◽  
João Gomes ◽  
Mónica Montenegro
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Tourist Destination ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Past ◽  
First Time ◽  
Single Publication ◽  
Shed Light

Purpose – This paper aims to introduce the articles in this issue and explain the pertinence of the strategic question. Design/methodology/approach – A brief context for the strategic question is provided, as well as the issue alignment and a content analysis of the articles selected. Findings – A contextualization for the economic crisis affecting Portugal is presented and its impact on the Tourism Industry discussed. The articles range from a series of research studies on Portuguese Tourism, demonstrating its evolution over the past three years (2011-2013), and various viewpoint/position papers reflecting the perspectives of the main stakeholders of this industry and how they analyze the context of crisis that is affecting the country since 2010. Research limitations/implications – The articles selected for this issue contribute to shed light on an important phase of Portugal’s history, allowing for an understanding of the impacts of the financial crisis on domestic tourism and sectors such as restaurants and hotels, as well as the government’s perspective on the evolution of the industry over past three years. The information presented and analysed reveals some interesting lessons, namely, that a financial crisis may not affect directly the growth and development of the tourism industry. Originality/value – The present theme issue analysis the context of financial crisis that Portugal is facing and brings together, for the first time in a single publication, the views of major stakeholders of the Portuguese Tourism Industry.

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