scholarly journals Young tourists’ attitude towards domestic tourism: a study on Bangladesh

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 117-129
Author(s):  
Mahbub Parvez ◽  
Md. Jahid Bin Kashem
Keyword(s):  
Leisure Time ◽  
Main Product ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Survey Questionnaire ◽  
Standardized Measures ◽  
Tourist Destinations ◽  
Travel Experience ◽  
Domestic Tourism ◽  
Tourism Service

Bangladesh is a country with numerous natural attractions, which is the main product of tourism. Currently, the domestic tourism is increasing in Bangladesh rapidly, in which young tourists are the main contributors, as they have high interest and leisure time in exploring tourist destinations. Therefore, it has raised questions on the worthiness of carrying out a study about the attitude, travelling pattern, and the satisfaction level among the young Bangladeshis toward domestic tourism to analyze their contribution to Bangladeshi tourism industry. This study employed a survey questionnaire to collect data, which was adapted from standardized measures. A total of 571 respondents who has been randomly selected from Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, was involved in the study. The completed questionnaires were analyzed to measure the variables of the study and test the assumptions to achieve the objectives of the study. This study found that the travelling pattern and tour planning of the young tourists vary with regard to their occupation. In addition, the results of the study also portrayed their preferred destinations and activities in the tourist areas and their positive opinion regarding their travel experience. This study provides information to the policymakers, tourism service providers and researchers to satisfy their needs and foster the domestic tourism in Bangladesh.

scholarly journals The Utility of Blockchain Technology in the Electronic Commerce of Tourism Services: An Exploratory Study on Romanian Consumers

2022 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 943
Author(s):  
Tița Raluca-Florentina
Keyword(s):  
Service Providers ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Travel Experience ◽  
Degree Of Satisfaction ◽  
Tourism Service ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Intention To Continue ◽  
Tourism Services

Blockchain technology is considered one of the most revolutionary innovations that has much to offer the tourism industry, having a positive impact among consumers with the help of interactive applications but also easy to use. Tourist services must constantly evolve in a society where the consumer has everything a click away and his requirements are demanding when it comes to quality leisure. Blockchain technology has the power to change the course of the travel experience, offering the customer more autonomy, but the applications developed by the providers can offer transparency and trust to the customers from the moment T0, when the desire to go on a trip is born, until the end at which it should provide feedback. So far, digital and tourism specialists have not agreed on the development of blockchain-based applications, although the benefits are great for both consumers and tourism service providers, as in this publication we can see a series of advantages that blockchain technology can offer the tourism field. This paper also investigates the satisfaction that the Romanian consumer has after purchasing tourist services through e-commerce applications, a satisfaction that can be an additional motivation for specialists to implement blockchain technology. Following the research in this paper, it can be seen how important it is to develop a series of easy-to-use applications, because if the consumer does not manage to use the applications, this affects the degree of satisfaction and the intention to continue using the online applications for the purchase of tourism services.

scholarly journals Difa City Tour dan Pemenuhan Kebutuhan Wisata Difabel

INKLUSI ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
Tuti Elfrida ◽  
Upik Dyah Eka Noviyanti
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Transportation Services ◽  
Tourist Destinations ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Disabled Tourists ◽  
The City

Various sectors seem to ignore the existence of persons with disabilities, including the tourism industry. The majority of tourist destinations have not provided accessible facilities for them. Transportation services also do not accommodate the mobility needs of persons with disabilities. This study focused on Ojek Difa in Yogyakarta. Through observation and interviews, qualitative data was obtained to see the recreational needs of persons with disabilities and how the roles of Ojek Difa. The study found that people with disabilities have different ways of defining tourism activities. Ojek Difa offers Difa City Tour to provide services for disabled people who want to take a tour in the city or visit other tourist destinations. The existence of Difa City Tour in the Ojek Difa organization shows the importance of involving service providers from groups of persons with disabilities in the tourism sector, especially in serving disabled tourists.[Berbagai sektor tampak mengabaikan keberadaan difabel, termasuk industri pariwisata. Mayoritas destinasi wisata belum menyediakan fasilitas yang aksesibel bagi difabel. Layanan transportasi juga kurang mengakomodasi kebutuhan mobilitas difabel. Penelitian ini terfokus pada Ojek Difa di Yogyakarta yang memberikan layanan mobilitas bagi para difabel. Melalui observasi dan wawancara, data kualitatif diperoleh untuk melihat kebutuhan wisata para difabel. Penelitian menemukan bahwa para difabel memiliki cara berbeda dalam mendefinisikan kegiatan wisata. Ojek Difa menawarkan Difa City Tour untuk menyediakan layanan bagi para difabel yang ingin melakukan tur dalam kota atau mengunjungi destinasi wisata lainnya. Eksistensi Difa City Tour dalam organisasi Ojek Difa menunjukkan pentingnya melibatkan pegawai atau penyedia layanan dari kelompok difabel di sektor pariwisata terutama dalam melayani para wisatawan difabel.] 

Divers or Divas? A Market Analysis of the Mature Aged Female Diver: An Australian Perspective

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 143-162
Author(s):  
Sally F. Gregory ◽  
Joanne Edney
Keyword(s):  
Service Providers ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Market Segment ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Other Information ◽  
Tourism Service ◽  
Dive Tourism ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Group Travel

If you ask the average person to describe a scuba diver, you would probably receive comments such as strong, young, athletic, male, and a bit of a daredevil. However, recent research into the highest growth sector of diver training reveals women over 40 are signing on for dive training in unprecedented numbers. Dive service providers and tourist destination promoters may be missing opportunities to market effectively to attract this dynamic group, using a "one size fits all" approach and potentially losing sales opportunities for equipment, courses, dive travel, and more. This study examines the mature aged female diver, revealing new demographic data, information about their dive travel preferences, how much they spend on diving holidays, and other information useful to dive and tourism industry stakeholders. A web-based survey was used to study 111 female divers over age 40. The average age of participants was 51 to 55, and most had logged over 100 dives. The results depicted participants as a vibrant part of the diving community, with money to spend and the desire to travel. Safety in dive operations was identified as a priority as was small-group travel. Spending over $500 a day on international diving trips, they represent an untapped and lucrative market segment. This study aims to contribute new insight into this dynamic and motivated market segment. Findings will assist dive tourism service providers and destination marketers to better understand this segment, to create attractive products and services to tap into this lucrative market.

STUDY FACTORS THAT TRIGGER A LACK OF TRUST IN HOTEL IN BANGKOK: RECOMMEND ACTION THAT CONTRIBUTE TO LONG TERM TRUSTING RELATIONSHIP BY THE DOMESTIC GUEST

2021 ◽  
Vol XIII (1) ◽  
pp. 81-90
Author(s):  
Mayprapawee Varnakomola ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Research Method ◽  
Comparison Method ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Travel Experience ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
Domestic Tourism ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact

Thailand is hit hard by the impact of the on the COVID 19 situation, to cope with the international boycotts of flights and the lots in revenue from international tourists, the government has shift it attention to domestic tourists. However, the domestic tourism industry is not well prepared for the pandemic situation, lots of people don’t travel as locals fear to be sick and get the disease. So, this study contributes to adding knowledge and understanding of how hotels can best satisfy and meet the needs of domestic tourists in this new COVID 19 pandemic area. The Qualitative research method is used for the collection of data and in-depth and semi-structured interviews were conducted with domestic tourists in Bangkok from November 10, 2020, to November 12, 2020, the interview was focus on domestic tourist personal experiences, opinion and preferences towards different issues related to the pandemic situation and new expectation towards hotel services. Constant Comparison Method is used for analyzing the data collected with ten domestic tourists at Khao San road, Thailand. Results reveal that the domestic tourists visiting Bangkok specific demands travel experience during covers-19 starting which leads to personalize demand to manage by the hotel in order to fulfill the need and provide fruitful experience including indoor activates and recreation events

scholarly journals E-mindfulness – the growing importance of facilitating tourists’ connections to the present moment

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 239-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Uglješa Stankov ◽  
Viachaslau Filimonau ◽  
Ulrike Gretzel ◽  
Miroslav D. Vujičić
Keyword(s):  
Mindfulness Meditation ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Present Moment ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Academic Literature ◽  
News Reports ◽  
Technology Applications ◽  
Consumer Perspectives ◽  
Tourism Service

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to introduce e-mindfulness as a tourism trend. Mindfulness meditation is becoming increasingly mainstream, which is reflected in a rapidly growing number of related technology applications. Such technology-assisted mindfulness is typically referred to as e-mindfulness. The e-mindfulness trend creates opportunities for the tourism industry but also implies changed consumer perspectives on tourist experiences. Design/methodology/approach The paper is based on a general review of academic literature, news reports and online resources regarding the offerings of related technologies. Findings Implications of e-mindfulness for consumers, tourism service providers and designers of future tourism experiences are outlined. Originality/value This is the first paper to conceptualize e-mindfulness as a tourism trend.

scholarly journals INTERNATIONAL TOURISM TRENDS IN TERMS OF GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olena Zelenko ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
International Tourism ◽  
Development Scenarios ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
Global Economic Crisis ◽  
Tourism Service ◽  
Negative Factors

The article provides an analytical study of the current situation and areas of international tourism as a component of the global economy. The purpose of the study: to identify key factors and analyze the dynamics of the international tourism industry, and to identify promising ways to develop it to restore a leading role in the global economic system. Until the beginning of 2020, the global tourism industry was considered one of the most promising areas of economic activity: a significant contribution to GDP, growing employment in the industry and new jobs in related fields contributed to the active attraction of new businesses and investment. Now the international tourism industry is experiencing a crisis, losing billions in profits both globally. The main negative factors in the resumption of tourist flow are the existing restrictions on travel, slowing down vaccination, the global economic crisis, uncoordinated efforts to resolve the problem between governments, low consumer confidence and the long resumption of air services. In the research course it is substantiated that among the proposed development scenarios there is definitely no sense to expect optimism, because a new coronavirus is spreading around the world and the pace of global recovery will slow down again. Taking into account all the current circumstances of international tourism development, the most current development trends have been identified, including: ensuring social distance during travel, implementation of sustainable tourism principles, comprehensive informatization of the route and full awareness of tourists before and during travel, reorientation to FIT-tourism, change of popular tourist destinations and transfer preferences. Taking into account the identified current circumstances, negative factors and certain trends in world tourism will allow all tourism service providers to resume their activities at the international level and ensure a sustainable flow of tourists, stabilize their financial and economic situation and end the global economic crisis.

scholarly journals FEATURES OF FORMING A TOURIST DESTINATION AS AN ELEMENT OF A SMART CITY

2020 ◽  
pp. 3-10
Author(s):  
Olha Lyubitseva ◽  
Natalyа Bielousova ◽  
Olha Skorostetska
Keyword(s):  
Smart City ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Tourist Destination ◽  
Tourist Destinations ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Smart Tourism

Purpose. Consider the problems of a tourist destination on the example of a capital city with an emphasis on the structure, mechanism, basic elements and stages of high-quality tourist services, in the context of the formation of the destination "Kiev" as an element of a modern smart city. Methodology. Analytical, statistical, graphic, systemic and comparative geographical methods were used. Approbation. The main conceptual issues of the formation of tourist destinations and the problems of their accompanying components were studied by domestic scientists(M. Boyko, Y. Zabaldina, A. Mazaraki, S. Melnichenko, I. Smirnov, T. Tkachenko and others) and were tested in the previous works of the authors of this article. Scientific novelty. The communication relationship of tourism service providers with their consumers is dictated by the availability of modern technologies, approaches and methods of forming tourist destinations as components of the smart tourism model. Today, the available theoretical, methodological and practical studies of smart tourism and smart destinations are controversial, given the fact that the scientific literature has not yet formed clearly theoretical constructions that would make it possible to formulate the main components of relationships in a smart destination. In this article, the authors have proposed an algorithm for the formation and development of the capital's smart city, using the example of the Kiev destination. Practical significance. The article raises controversial issues related to the realities of modern life of people in the framework of innovative approaches to the activities of the tourism sector in Ukraine, with its problems, challenges and practical solutions. The publication materials can be used in the educational process in higher educational institutions that train specialists for the Ukrainian tourism industry, the practical activities of travel operators and agencies, in the process of work of departments and professional institutions, relate to the tourism system of providing services or the processes of studying the issues of the introduction of innovative technologies into the tourism sector of Ukraine.

scholarly journals Halal Friendly Attribute of Muslim Travellers Toward A Non-Muslim Destination

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Ghea Putri Aliffia ◽  
Rita Komaladewi
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Large Population ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Time Data ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
Tourist Destinations ◽  
Tourism Service ◽  
New Phenomena

Halal tourism is a new phenomena of the growth of the halal industry. The demand for halal products and services has also increased, both in tourist destinations obtained by having Muslim and non-Muslim populations. Muslim tourists have unique needs when traveling, especially if there is a tourist destination with a large population of non-Muslims. This study aims to determine the preferences of Muslim travelers through the analysis of halal friendly attributes on non-Muslim travel destinations. The sampling technique uses unknown population with a total sample of 100 respondents and the sampling technique uses purposive sampling (domestic travelers and a Muslim who have visited Bali tourism destination at least one time) Data analysis techniques in this study used qualitative, analysis techniques with factor analysis. Factor analysis is used to identify an important set of variables from a set of variables that are more numerous to be used in subsequent multivariate analysis. The results of this study indicate that Muslim travelers preferences based on halal friendly attributes in non-Muslim travel destinations of the most dominant attributes considered important are good of quality halal food and drinks as well as the availability of information about halal in the travel area. These attributes can be the main focus of attention for tourism service providers in order to improve the quality of Muslim-friendly tourism in Bali.Keywords: preferences, halal tourism, muslim travelers, non-muslim travel destinations

Influential Factors in the Process of Co-Creation Experiences in the Tourism Industry

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Serkan Bertan
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Influential Factors ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Reliability Factor ◽  
The Third ◽  
Questionnaire Form ◽  
Tourism Service

The aim of this study is to analyze the factors that are influential in the process experience co-creation. In line with this purpose, a brief description of the study was given in the questionnaire form which was prepared, based on the literature review and the questionnaire included, questions regarding influential factors in the process of co-creation of experiences. Obtained data were analyzed through reliability, factor, and regression analyses. In the factor analysis, the statements were grouped under four factors: sharing, participant, interest, and interaction. When the influential factors in the process of co-creation were analyzed through regression analysis, the first factor was emphasized to be sharing, and content was found to be important in sharing. The second important factor was found to be the interaction between tourism service providers and tourists. The third important factor was determined as the interest for experiences. The last important factor was found to be the desire to be engaged in experiences.

scholarly journals Interdependence of Museums and Tourism Industry in Jordan

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 28
Author(s):  
Nermeen Khasawneh
Keyword(s):  
Historical Development ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Tourist Destinations ◽  
Domestic Tourism ◽  
Arabic And English

Museums are educational, cultural and recreational centers; cares for objects of scientific, artistic, cultural, or historical value and other artifacts linked to the cultural and popular heritage of particular people, exhibiting and preserving these collections for subsequent generations. Heritage is the basis of civilization as it represents the nation's memory and a bridge linking its authenticity with its present and future as well as the foundations of its representation and identity. The aims of this retrospective study are to review the consistence and historical development of the Jordanian museums and to evaluate its current status, its contribution in sustainable tourism industry and to adjoin a new contribution to the current knowledge in this field. This study based on two approaches; the first was conducted on the numbers of visitors to five selected museums in Jordan for the years 2016-2017, taking into account the residence variable. The second approach used a sort specially designed questionnaires, written in Arabic and English languages were given non- selectively to (120) visitors, designed to determine the role of museums in supporting tourism in Jordan. Data were collected and a descriptive analysis was performed. The findings of this study revealed that museums play a prominent role in supporting the tourism industry through its active educational and recreational activities (94.33%), supporting domestic tourism (92.67%), and promote loyalty and national identity (92.33%). Our study confirmed the vital role of museums in the tourism industry, which in turn provides a fundamental tributary to the Jordanian Gross Domestic Product. The diversified Jordanian museums with its authentic holdings, in addition to the unique tourist destinations call for immediate support to boost Jordanian tourism globally.

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