Challenges for Entrepreneurs of ‘Religious Tourism Circuits’: A Study of ‘Holy City’ Kurukshetra

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (02) ◽  
Author(s):  
Reeti Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Significant Role ◽  
Uttar Pradesh ◽  
Cultural Tourism ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Tourist Destinations ◽  
Travel Agencies ◽  
Religious Tourism ◽  
Restaurant Owners ◽  
Holy City

Government of India launched a ‘Swadesh Darshan Scheme’ in January 2015 that pinpoints 13 designated circuits including Ramayana circuit, Krishna Circuit, Buddhist Circuit, and Spiritual Circuit to promote religious and cultural tourism in the country. Kurukshetra is a ‘Holy City’ of State of Haryana that is recently been added in ‘Krishna Religious Tourism Circuit’. ‘Krishna Circuit’ embraces inherent mythology and beliefs pertaining to Lord Krishna and includes different place of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujrat, and Odisha for tourism facilitation. This scheme is alleged to contribute significantly in increasing the attractiveness of certain religious tourist destinations. Tourism entrepreneurs like hoteliers, restaurant owners, tour operators, travel agencies as well as religious entrepreneurs (Shinde, 2010) such as religious gurus, priests and managers of temples and ashrams are expected to get benefited from the initiatives proposed in the scheme in varied ways. Given the significant role of this scheme for growth of entrepreneurs, the present study aims to highlight the challenges faced by entrepreneurs that deserve attention of policy makers.

POLICY CHANGE – THE ROLE OF IDEAS AND POLICY ENTREPRENEURS

2018 ◽  
pp. 63-72
Author(s):  
Arwanto Arwanto ◽  
Wike Anggraini
Keyword(s):  
Policy Change ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Policy Process ◽  
Policy Entrepreneurs ◽  
Multiple Streams ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Problem Framing ◽  
Exogenous Factors ◽  
The Relationship

ABSTRACT Understanding policy process involves many distinctive approaches. The most common are institutional, groups or networks, exogenous factors, rational actors, and idea-based approach. This paper discussed the idea-based approach to explain policy process, in this case policy change. It aims to analyse how ideas could assist people to understand policy change. What role do they play and why are they considered as fundamental element? It considers that ideas are belong to every policy actor, whether it is individual or institution. In order to answer these questions, this paper adopts Kingdon’s multi streams approach to analyse academic literatures. Through this approach, the relationship between ideas and policy change can be seen clearer. Ideas only can affect in policy change if it is agreed and accepted by policy makers. Therefore the receptivity of ideas plays significant role and it emerges policy entrepreneurs. They promote ideas (through problem framing, timing, and narrative construction) and manipulate in order to ensure the receptivity of ideas. Although policy entrepreneurs play significant role, political aspects remains the most important element in the policy process. Keywords: policy change, ideas, idea-based approach, Kingdon’s multiple streams, policy entrepreneurs.

scholarly journals Digital marketing on destination sustainability Study case: Romanian Ecotourism

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 859-867
Author(s):  
Alexandru Valentin Teodorov ◽  
Manuela Liliana Muresan ◽  
Diana Mariana Dinu ◽  
Alexandra Cristina Dinu
Keyword(s):  
Significant Role ◽  
Local Environment ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Digital Marketing ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Tourist Destinations ◽  
Study Case

AbstractMarketing and publicity have played a very significant role in promoting touristic destinations. Over the years, destinations promoted in papers, magazines and even movies, have become more and more crowded. This phenomenon even happened to the extent that it threatens the local environment and the wellbeing of locals. By studying recent news regarding popular tourist destinations, the article will observe the shift in the mindset of both tourists and policy makers. Therefore, should campaigns be held to raise awareness regarding different threats a destination faces, a shift of mindset will occur. This can be observed from the point of view of policy makers, locals and even tourists. The aim of this article is to study and compare both, publicity done for sustainability and publicity done for the sake of popularizing a touristic destination. Through this comparison the article wants to see if there are any changes in the behavior of tourists when reaching specifically advertised destinations but also if certain types of publicity have determined policy makers to take a stand for sustainability.

scholarly journals PERAN SUMBER DAYA MANUSIA DALAM PENGEMBANGAN PARIWISATA BUDAYA DI KABUPATEN CIAMIS

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
Sri Pajriah
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Cultural Tourism ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Success Factor ◽  
Quality Performance ◽  
Tourist Destinations ◽  
Tourism Education ◽  
Key Success Factor

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis peran sumber daya manusia dalam pengembangan pariwisata budaya di Kabupaten Ciamis. Adapun metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode penelitian sejarah dalam upaya untuk mendapatkan data dan fakta yang ada di lapangan. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian ini bahwa peran sumber daya manusia sebagai faktor kunci keberhasilan dalam mewujudkan pengembangan pariwisata budaya di Kabupaten Ciamis. Peran SDM sebagai motor penggerak industri pariwisata, pencipta produk industri pariwisata, dan sebagai penentu daya saing industri pariwisata. Hal ini dapat diwujudkan melalui pendidikan pariwisata dan pelatihan pemandu wisata yang harus dimiliki bagi masyarakat khususnya berada di daerah wisata untuk mengembangkan pariwisata budaya di wilayah Kabupaten Ciamis, karena melalui kegiatan tersebut akan lebih meningkatkan mutu, kinerja dan hasil yang diperoleh menjadi lebih baik. Maka, peran SDM sangat menunjang keberhasilan bagi pengembangan pariwisata budaya di Kabupaten Ciamis dengan kompetensi yang dimilikinya, sehingga objek wisata budaya yang ada di Kabupaten Ciamis menjadi tujuan wisata yang lebih menarik dan memiliki keunikan yang kaya akan nilai sejarah dan budaya Galuh serta bermanfaat bagi masyarakat yang berada di daerah wisata sebagai sarana memperoleh penghasilan sehingga kesejahteraan masyarakatpun akan lebih meningkat.Abstract This study aims to analyze the role of human resources in the development of cultural tourism in Ciamis Regency. The method used in this study is a historical research method in an effort to obtain data and facts in the field. Based on the results of this study, the role of human resources as a key success factor in realizing the development of cultural tourism in Ciamis Regency. The role of Human Resources as the driving force of the tourism industry, the creator of tourism industry products, and as a determinant of the competitiveness of the tourism industry. This can be realized through tourism education and must-have tour guide training for the community, especially in tourist areas to develop cultural tourism in the Ciamis Regency area, because through these activities the quality, performance and results obtained will be better. So, the role of Human Resources greatly supports the success of the development of cultural tourism in Ciamis Regency with its competencies, so that cultural tourism objects in Ciamis Regency become more attractive and unique tourist destinations that are rich in Galuh's historical and cultural values and beneficial for communities in tourist areas as a means of earning income so that the welfare of the community will increase.

scholarly journals Religion, community resilience and countering violent extremism in Dir Valley, Pakistan

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 213-227
Author(s):  
Imran Ahmad Sajid ◽  
Shakeel Ahmed ◽  
Beenish Ijaz Butt
Keyword(s):  
Significant Role ◽  
Community Resilience ◽  
Religious Leaders ◽  
Community Perception ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Peace And Conflict ◽  
Violent Extremism ◽  
Building Community ◽  
Role Of Religion

The post 9/11 terrorism and subsequent wave of violent extremism has generated a significant interest in the role of religion in both peace and conflict. Religion is a significant part of the lives of a significant majority the global population. This realization has led policy makers to seek ways in which religious leaders can and had impacted the community resilience towards violent extremism. Swat and Dir valleys have seen the brunt of violent extremism in the recent past. This extremism was generated and exploited by a few religiously motivated violent organizations. However, we believe there were religious leaders who opposed this surge of violent extremism in those specific communities. This research aims at finding out whether religious leaders mobilized the communities for countering violent extremism. In order to do that, a quantitative survey was designed whereby a community perception was measured. The data was collected from 180 respondents from both the districts of Dir valley, i.e., lower Dir and upper Dir. Our data shows that religious leaders played some role in building community resilience. In terms of bonding, they played a significant role. In terms of bridging, they also played a significant role. However, in terms of linking, the religious leaders played a little role.

scholarly journals Peran Norma Deskriptif dan Kepribadian terhadap Perilaku Melawan Arah pada Pengendara Sepeda Motor

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 01-20
Author(s):  
Aflah Zakinov Irta ◽  
Dewi Maulina ◽  
Guritnaningsih A. Santoso
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Correlational Study ◽  
Descriptive Norm ◽  
Descriptive Norms ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Behavior Based

This study aims to investigate the role of descriptive norms and personality traits in predicting contraflow riding behavior among motorcyclists. A correlational study was conducted to 156 riders who have the active riding licenses, aged 17 to 51 years old. Participants was given validated scenarios to measure descriptive norm and the contraflow riding behavior, and the Indonesian adapted version of the Big Five self-report to measure extraversion and conscientiousness traits. The results show that descriptive norms have a significant role in predicting contraflow riding behavior. Age has also a significant role in predicting contraflow riding behavior.  When the riders perceived that many riders perform contraflow behavior and the younger their age, they are more likely to perform the contraflow riding behavior. Based on this study, the policy makers should make a serious effort in developing the descriptive norms to reduce contraflow riding behavior, especially among young motorcyclists.

Transport modes and tourism seasonality in Italy: By air or by road?

2020 ◽  
pp. 135481662097456
Author(s):  
Anna Serena Vergori ◽  
Serena Arima
Keyword(s):  
Gini Index ◽  
Air Transport ◽  
Tourism Demand ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Tourist Destinations ◽  
Demand Pattern ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Transport Modes ◽  
The Impact

From the late 1990s, the European air transport deregulation has led to the increasing use of the plane to reach tourist destinations. This article investigates the impact of tourists’ changed traveling habits on Italy’s seasonal tourism demand pattern. The role of transportation on seasonality, indeed, has been almost neglected in empirical research. We analyze international monthly arrivals by transport modes from 1997 to 2018, and we use the Gini index as a measure of seasonality. The Gini’s decomposition allows us to evaluate the effects of the growth in the use of each transport mode (cars, planes, ships, trains) on seasonality. A beta regression model confirms that an increment in the proportion of tourist arrivals by airplane determines a reduction in Italy’s overall seasonality of international tourism demand. These results might be a starting point for policy makers in developing strategies to counteract seasonality.

Issues and Prospects of Sugar Industry

2015 ◽  
pp. 237-259
Author(s):  
Ajit Dhar Dubey
Keyword(s):  
Significant Role ◽  
Income Tax ◽  
Sugar Industry ◽  
Uttar Pradesh ◽  
Excise Duty ◽  
Gender And Age ◽  
Depth Study ◽  
Allocation Of Time ◽  
Major Factors

This chapter explains the sugar industry of Uttar Pradesh, which plays a significant role in the economy. An attempt has been made to critically analyze the role of cane growers and the significant number of employees who are directly employed in this industry. Statistical figures suggest that, during 2010-12, the sugar industry in Uttar Pradesh paid around.78.27 Crores of Rupees as cane price to the growers and around .15 Crores of Rupees as wages to about 30,000 persons employed directly in the industry. The industry contributed more than 20.8 Crores of Rupees to government exchequer in the form of cane cess and excise duty on sugar and molasses in addition to another sizeable amount by way of commercial taxes, income tax, and other levies. An in-depth study is carried out to understand decent working time conditions of these cane workers who are the major factors for increasing production in this sector. The study focuses on increasing the productivity of these cane workers by effective allocation of time based on gender and age.

PENGENALAN KLENTENG CU AN KIONG SEBAGAI DESTINASI WISATA DI REMBANG, JAWA TENGAH

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (02) ◽  
pp. 35-40
Author(s):  
Eko Haryanto ◽  
Ernitha Angelia
Keyword(s):  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Cultural Tourism ◽  
Tourism Destination ◽  
Tourist Destination ◽  
Role Of Government ◽  
Tourist Destinations ◽  
Central Java ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Central Java Province

Rembang is a regency in Central Java province, has 14 districts one of which is the District Lasem. Cu An Kiong temple is the oldest temple in Central Java, which has a wealth of cultural, historical stories, art, and has great potential as a tourist destination mainstay in Rembang, Central Java. This study aims to introduce Cu An Kiong temple as a cultural tourism destination other than Kartini Museum and shopping at batik Lasem better known and visited by tourists. The role of government introduced Cu An Kiong temple as a tourist destination in Rembang are still not maximum and effective. This study used a qualitative descriptive and SWOT analysis The study also focused on the potential for Cu An Kiong temple that is worth a visit by tourists. Results from this study is that the Cu An Kiong temple can be recognized as one of the tourist destinations worth visiting in Rembang. Keywords: cultural tourism, Destination Tourism, visitors

scholarly journals Extent of Anaemia among Preschool Children in EAG States, India: A Challenge to Policy Makers

Anemia ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rakesh Kumar Singh ◽  
Shraboni Patra
Keyword(s):  
Preschool Children ◽  
Family Health ◽  
Uttar Pradesh ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Logistics Regression ◽  
National Family ◽  
Eag States ◽  
Prevalence Of Anemia

Background.India is the highest contributor to child anemia. About 89 million children in India are anemic. The study determines the factors that contributed to child anemia and examines the role of the existing programs in reducing the prevalence of child anemia particularly in the EAG states.Methods.The data from the latest round of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-3) is used. Simple bivariate and multinomial logistics regression analyses are used.Results.About 70% children are anemic in all the EAG states. The prevalence of severe anemia is the highest (6.7%) in Rajasthan followed by Uttar Pradesh (3.6%) and Madhya Pradesh (3.4%). Children aged 12 to 17 months are significantly seven times (RR=7.99,P<0.001) more likely to be severely anemic compared to children of 36 to 59 months. Children of severely anemic mothers are also found to be more severely anemic (RR=15.97,P<0.001) than the children of not anemic mothers.Conclusions.The study reveals that the existing government program fails to control anemia among preschool children in the backward states of India. Therefore, there is an urgent need for monitoring of program in regular interval, particularly for EAG states to reduce the prevalence of anemia among preschool children.

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