scholarly journals PERSEPSI DAN EKSPEKTASI WISATAWAN TERHADAP KOMPONEN DESTINASI WISATA LAKEY-HU’U, KABUPATEN DOMPU

Author(s):  
Rizal Kurniansah

This study aims to determine the key components of tourism destinations Lakey-Hu’u, Sumbawa Island.It also examines the perceptions and expectations of tourists to the quality of the components, and describes the improvised program of the Lakey- Hu’u components.Data were collected through observation, interviews, and questionnaires which then analysed using theory component of the tourism product and the theory of perception.The results showed that the decisive component of tourism destinations Lakey-Hu’u include attractions, amenities, accessibility, ancillary, and community involvement.Based on the analysis of the Likert scale rating on the perceptions and expectations of the quality of tourism destinations Lakey-Hu’u component, the average rating was already good, improvisation program components that get listed on the main handling quadrant I, among others: a parking lot, a lifeguard, ding repair, the condition of transport modes to the location and completeness of the information through the Internet, travel agents, tour brochures or information.

Author(s):  
Jiju Jose ◽  
P. S. Aithal

The Backwaters of Kerala are historically important. The backwaters and interconnecting navigable canals have made a number of rural tourism destinations with matchless beauty.These backwater systems were once Kerala’s own trade highways.The major component of backwater tourism is houseboat cruising.The State has sensed the potential of backwater tourism in nowadays.Mass tourism movement in this sector caused for the multidimensional impacts on the economic,socio-cultural and bio-physical environment.Being an Eco-tourism product, backwater tourism needs sustainable and responsible tourism practice. Considering the need for the sustenance of the houseboat operation as a unique tourismproduct,it is mandatory to ensure the quality of facilities and services. In this paper, the researcher is trying to focus on the importance of backwater tourismin Kerala. Also giving special attention to identify various aspects of safe houseboat operations and the issues related. The major issues related to houseboat operation are lack of infrastructure,issues of licensing,issues of safety, environmental issues, and lack of quality services.In this study, the researcher is highlighting the need for the sustenance of the house boating by giving effective recommendations to reduce the negative aspects.


2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 23-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anupama Kotur Kaddi ◽  
Paramita Suklabaidya

Wine tourism in Maharashtra is slowly but surely evolving and entering into the ‗growth phase‘. Tourism infrastructure development is one of the primary steps in tourism product development process; therefore there is a need to assess the quality of existing tourism infrastructure in the wine tourism regions in Maharashtra so as to promote and further the growth of the wine tourism product in Maharashtra. It is important to understand the exact nature or type as well as importance of tourism infrastructure from the wine tourists‘ perspective for an enhanced and overall wine tourism experience. This paper is based on a study undertaken with two objectives:(a) to study the importance of various tourism infrastructure facilities in wine tourism growth; (b) to analyse the gap, if any, between the expected and the actual quality of critical tourism infrastructure in wine regions in Maharashtra as perceived by the tourists. For the purpose of this study, twelve (12) most critical tourism infrastructure facilities were identified and  questionnaire was prepared on the same.  The respondents to the questionnaire are the wine tourists as this paper aims to understand the perception of the wine tourists on tourism infrastructure facilities at the wine tourism destinations in the state. This paper is aimed at forming the basis for further research on wine tourism management in Maharashtra. The paper will try to suggest a roadmap for ‗need based infrastructure development‘ for a sustainable growth of the wine tourism destinations in Maharashtra based on the findings of the study.


JMIR Cancer ◽  
10.2196/13240 ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. e13240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rei Kobayashi ◽  
Masato Ishizaki

Background Online information seeking on medical topics by patients can have beneficial effects by helping them decide on treatment options and fostering better relationships with doctors. The quality of websites and processes of seeking information online have mostly been studied, with a focus on the accuracy and reliability of websites; however, few studies have examined the relationship between other aspects of quality and the processes of seeking medical information online. Objective This exploratory study aimed to shed light on the quality of websites used for information seeking from the perspective of understanding medical information in combination with seeking it online. Methods The study participants were 15 Japanese university students with no problem using the internet. A questionnaire survey about health literacy (47 items on a 4-point Likert scale) and information navigation skills on the internet (8 items on a 5-point Likert scale) was conducted before participants engaged in online information seeking and qualitative interviews. The students searched for information on a disease and its treatment. The websites viewed were gathered from search behavior recorded by software and browser logs. Follow-up interviews were conducted to elicit explanations from the participants about the assignments and their views of online information seeking. The explanations were evaluated by 55 health care professionals on a 3-point Likert scale and then assessed based on their comments and the participant interviews. Results The mean age of the participants was 20.6 years (median 21; SD 1.06). All participants were able to access reliable websites with information relevant to the assignments. The mean ratings of the students’ explanations were 108.6 (median 109; range=83-134) for the disease and 105.6 (median 104; range=87-117) for its treatment. The inter-rater reliability were 0.84 (95% CI 0.77-0.90) and 0.95 (95% CI 0.93-0.97), indicating good and excellent, respectively. The mean of the sum of the health literacy skills was 115.1 (median 115; range=80-166) and the mean for information navigation skills was 25.9 (median 26; range=17-36), respectively. Health literacy and information navigation skills were moderately correlated (r=0.54; 95% CI 0.033-0.822; P=.04). Among the four stages of health literacy, understanding and appraising (r=0.53; 95% CI 0.025-0.820; P=.04) were moderately correlated with information navigation skills (r=0.52; 95% CI 0.013-0.816; P=.046). The participants had no difficulties operating and browsing the internet and considered medical and public institution websites to be reliable; however, due to unfamiliarity with medical terms, they had difficulties choosing a site from the results obtained and comparing and synthesizing information provided by different sites. They also looked for sites providing orderly information in plain language but provided explanations from sites that gave inadequate interpretations of information. Conclusions This study revealed interactions between searching the internet for, and understanding, medical information by analyzing the processes of information seeking online, physicians’ evaluations and comments about the participants’ explanations, and the participants’ perceptions.


Servis plus ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 21-30
Author(s):  
Наталья Москалева ◽  
Natal'ya Moskaleva ◽  
Анатолий Бабич ◽  
Anatolii Babich

The article studies the problems of improving the service quality of tourists’ transportation with motor transport. The category of these services in the tourism product includes: transfer; transportation of tourists on routes of short, medium and long distances; excursions by motor transport. Analyzing the experience of foreign and domestic scientists, the authors conclude that there was nit any targeted research in this direction in the post-Soviet period. The article presents the main methods and research results of tour operators (travel agents) and transfer companies’ role in ensuring the quality of services in the process of tourists’ transportation. The authors develop the methodology for improving the quality of tourist services to the population using motor transport, which includes: definition of service quality indicators. An important feature of some service quality indicators for tourists is that they not only reflect a certain quality feature, but at the same time affect the quality level, increasing or lowering it. The methodology helps to identify and analyze the factors influencing the quality level of tourist services with the use of motor transport; the most significant factors of impact, forms of their manifestation. The methodology includes recommendations to tour operators on the choice of the most convenient transfer company and a technique for monitoring the behavior, physical condition of drivers, technical condition of vehicles. The developed methods of improving the quality of tourist services provided by motor transport can improve the quality of tourist services, reduce the number of tourists falling into traffic accidents caused by transfer companies and host companies, working with tour operators. Keywords: tour operator, travel agent, transfer company, service quality, tourist services to the population, motor transport


2021 ◽  
Vol 111 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula Gangopadhyay ◽  
Michael McCann ◽  
John Bonvillian

Background A recent increase in podiatric medicine fellowships has occurred as the field continues to progress. Research regarding selection criteria from a fellowship director's perspective for potential fellows is lacking. This study aimed to examine objective and subjective selection criteria that directors consider when selecting applicants for the interview and when ranking prospective fellows after the interview. Methods We electronically surveyed American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons fellowship directors with preselected criteria for granting applicants an interview and for compiling their ranking list after the interview. A Likert scale from 1 (most important) to 5 (least important) was used to prioritize each criterion, an average rating was calculated, and the results were placed in order of importance. Results The most important selection criteria for granting an interview were quality of residency program (1.985), a written personal statement of reasons for attending that fellowship (2.063), and publications/presentations produced as a resident (2.267). The most important criteria in completing the ranking order after the interview were assessment of applicant's personality (1.111), interview performance (1.173), and expressed interest in program (1.563). Conclusions Knowledge of the selection criteria that fellowship directors seek in applicants can assist those who desire to further their training. The selection criteria that program directors seek differed between being selected for the interview, which combined both objective and subjective criteria, and when compiling their rankings after the interview, which included only subjective criteria. Results show more emphasis on subjective selection criteria when directors select applicants for an interview and when ranking applicants after the interview.


1998 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 173-186
Author(s):  
Marcel Meler

The purpose of a characteristic identity of Croatian Danube Basin is, among other things, to transform this region from an object into a subject of all events, not only in Croatia but also on a broader political and economic scale. In terms of time, the identity of Croatian Danube Basin can, of course, be observed as connected with the past, with the present or with the future. This paper sets forth a possible future identity of Croatian Danube Basin, based on the tenets of the past and of the present and supported by a strategic theoretical organization of exploiting and directing the natural, social, human and other resources; an additional part of this paper discusses also the region’s tourist identity. The author especially emphasizes the unmistakable quality of natural and other attractive resources of Croatian Danube Basin, their polyvalence with other tourism destinations in Eastern Croatia, as well as their integrability within the total tourism product of the Republic of Croatia.


2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rei Kobayashi ◽  
Masato Ishizaki

BACKGROUND Online information seeking on medical topics by patients can have beneficial effects by helping them decide on treatment options and fostering better relationships with doctors. The quality of websites and processes of seeking information online have mostly been studied, with a focus on the accuracy and reliability of websites; however, few studies have examined the relationship between other aspects of quality and the processes of seeking medical information online. OBJECTIVE This exploratory study aimed to shed light on the quality of websites used for information seeking from the perspective of understanding medical information in combination with seeking it online. METHODS The study participants were 15 Japanese university students with no problem using the internet. A questionnaire survey about health literacy (47 items on a 4-point Likert scale) and information navigation skills on the internet (8 items on a 5-point Likert scale) was conducted before participants engaged in online information seeking and qualitative interviews. The students searched for information on a disease and its treatment. The websites viewed were gathered from search behavior recorded by software and browser logs. Follow-up interviews were conducted to elicit explanations from the participants about the assignments and their views of online information seeking. The explanations were evaluated by 55 health care professionals on a 3-point Likert scale and then assessed based on their comments and the participant interviews. RESULTS The mean age of the participants was 20.6 years (median 21; SD 1.06). All participants were able to access reliable websites with information relevant to the assignments. The mean ratings of the students’ explanations were 108.6 (median 109; range=83-134) for the disease and 105.6 (median 104; range=87-117) for its treatment. The inter-rater reliability were 0.84 (95% CI 0.77-0.90) and 0.95 (95% CI 0.93-0.97), indicating good and excellent, respectively. The mean of the sum of the health literacy skills was 115.1 (median 115; range=80-166) and the mean for information navigation skills was 25.9 (median 26; range=17-36), respectively. Health literacy and information navigation skills were moderately correlated (<italic>r</italic>=0.54; 95% CI 0.033-0.822; <italic>P</italic>=.04). Among the four stages of health literacy, understanding and appraising (<italic>r</italic>=0.53; 95% CI 0.025-0.820; <italic>P</italic>=.04) were moderately correlated with information navigation skills (<italic>r</italic>=0.52; 95% CI 0.013-0.816; <italic>P</italic>=.046). The participants had no difficulties operating and browsing the internet and considered medical and public institution websites to be reliable; however, due to unfamiliarity with medical terms, they had difficulties choosing a site from the results obtained and comparing and synthesizing information provided by different sites. They also looked for sites providing orderly information in plain language but provided explanations from sites that gave inadequate interpretations of information. CONCLUSIONS This study revealed interactions between searching the internet for, and understanding, medical information by analyzing the processes of information seeking online, physicians’ evaluations and comments about the participants’ explanations, and the participants’ perceptions.


2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-69
Author(s):  
Muhammad Zarlis ◽  
Sherly Astuti ◽  
Muhammad Salamuddin

In education, for educational instruments scientific writing is a very important thing. It requires an information management skill, information management is a library search, which can be done through a computer and guided by the internet. It can also be through the quality of reading used as a reference for scientific writing. In addition, in producing a paper also must know the management of writing, not only required to pay attention to the rules of standard language, but also must be able to convey ideas and ideas well and meet scientific criteria, such as making a quote or reference list used. This paper was written with the aim of improving the quality of research through reading material, making notes and avoiding plagiarism, references using the Harvard system for journals, books, and articles. Management of citing articles either CD or internet, writing, editing, storing references electronically, writing bibliography, and quotations.


2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (02) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shofia Zulfa Amalina ◽  
Sri Hartono ◽  
Ratna Damayanti

The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of whether or not the quality of service, store atmosphere and promotion of consumer satisfaction at Pondok Jowi Restaurant Solo. The population in this study were consumers of Pondok Jowi Solo Restaurant in January 2020 at May 2020 with a total of 14,030 people. The sampling techniquemismpurposive samplingm which is a sampling technique with certain considerations by taking 100 respondents. Data collection uses a Likert scale questionnaire to measure respondents' answers to identify the relationship between service quality, store atmosphere and promotion of customer satisfaction. The results show that service quality, store atmosphere and promotion have a simultaneous and significant effect on customer satisfaction, servicei quality has assignificant effect on customer satisfaction, store atmosphere has a significant effect on customer satisfaction, and promotion has significant effect on customer satisfaction. Keywords: Service quality, Store atmosphere, Promotion, Consumer satisfaction


2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 25-32
Author(s):  
Galamda Israk ◽  
Slamet Widodo ◽  
Andy Alfatih

ABSTRACT This study aims to determine the quality of service issuance of Proof of Registration of Fishing Vessels (BPKP) in the Department of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries of South Sumatra Province and what factors influence it. Data collection techniques used were the distribution of questionnaires to 60 respondents who were capture fisheries business actors with a Likert Scale assessment, as well as conducting unstructured interviews, non-participant observation and secondary data collection. The dimensions used are tangible, reliability, responsiveness, assurance and empathy. The value of service quality based on tangible dimensions is 4.2 or good, based on the reliability dimension is 4.1 or good, the responsiveness dimension is 4.0 or good, the guarantee dimension is 4.1 or good, and based on the empathy dimension is 4.1 or good. Of all these parameters, it was concluded that the quality of BPKP issuance services in the Department of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries of South Sumatra Province in 2016 was good with a score of 4.1. The conclusion is based on an assessment of an average of 58 respondents or 97.4% of respondents.


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