scholarly journals Benchmarking the Egyptian Shopping Tourism Sector against International Best Practices in Dubai, UAE

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 72 ◽  
Author(s):  
EmadEddin AbuElEnain ◽  
Saber Yahia
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Emerging Market ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Tourist Attractions ◽  
Trip Purpose ◽  
Human Interactions ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Practical Performance

Shopping tourism has become one of the main economic motivators for tourism development in several destinations. “Shopping means entertainment and experience. Regardless of trip purpose –business, family or vacation—shopping is woven into the human interactions of the visit.” It means exploring and discovering and could be about the planned or temporary consumption. Shopping became gradually more significant element of the tourism “value chain”. Shopping has improved into a contributing factor determining tourism destination selection, a vital element of the total tourist knowledge and, sometimes, the major tourism incentive. Destinations have consequently an enormous chance to influence this innovative “market trend” by increasing realistic and exclusive shopping experiences that enhance value to their tourist deal while strengthening, and even, outlining their tourism brand and planning. This research suggests that there are increasing numbers of tourists who are travelling to Dubai with the aim of shopping, not only because they are encouraged by a mixture of first-class shopping, reasonable costs, trustworthy deals, Duty-free and a variation of rate or goods related aspects, but the charm of the destination certainly creates decision when selecting a destination. This study provides an outline of the significance and up-to-date types of shopping tourism, principally in the emerging market of Dubai, offering recommendations to support Egypt as a central tourist destination to stimulate the inbound shopping tourism. This research first examines relevant literature on possibility to develop this tourism type in Egypt and make it one of the tourist attractions by comparing it to Dubai, UAE as a shopping destination. The study explores the objectives, and factors affecting the progress of that type in Egypt and the improvements made in Dubai. The research then investigates potentialities of developing that type in Egypt and its impacts on improving the tourist experience in Egypt and increasing the tourist flow into Egypt. Results indicated that shopping tourism could face several obstacles in practical performance, but it could be very helpful in supporting the tourism industry in Egypt especially at the time of deterioration. However, shopping tourism can also offer incentives to the tourism employees who have almost lost their jobs and may change their career. Benefits are not only confined to this, but also extended to cover enhancing existing tourism types and introducing new ones as well as enhancing the tourist numbers and their average expenditure. The Research provides recommendations for actions that could encourage more tourists to visit Egypt as a shopping destination.Keywords: shopping, Dubai, purchasing, goods, products.

The Crisis in Russian Tourism: Problems and Solutions

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (12) ◽  
pp. 1360-1366
Author(s):  
T. A. Ignat’eva
Keyword(s):  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Government Support ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Tourist Attractions ◽  
Scientific Methods ◽  
Tourism Management ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Foreign Tourism ◽  
Problems And Solutions ◽  
Crisis Conditions

Aim. The presented study aims to analyze the current state of the Russian tourism industry in times of crisis.Tasks. The author identifies systemic contradictions in the development of Russian tourism; determines factors affecting the tourism sector; formulates the problems of tourism development during the crisis; proposes ways out of the crisis for Russian tourism.Methods. Over the course of the study, the author uses general scientific methods of cognition, such as comparison, deduction and induction, analysis, generalization and systematization.Results. The identified systemic contradictions in the development of Russian tourism and factors affecting the development of tourism in the Russian Federation allow the author to formulate the problems hindering the development of Russian tourism, such as underdeveloped infrastructure, lack of consideration for the environmental burden on tourist attractions, low innovative activity in the tourism sector, low recognition of Russian tourist brands in foreign markets and domestically, inefficient tourism management system at the national and municipal level, poor training of personnel in the field of tourism, lack of social tourism, insufficient government support under crisis conditions. That said, the solution to each problem is of nationwide significance.Conclusions. Today, Russia has great potential for the development of both domestic and inbound tourism. However, the reality of the economy and international relations, especially during a crisis, leads to Russia’s tourist potential being largely unfulfilled amid strong competition from the foreign tourism market. The proposed solutions to the problems of domestic tourism outlined in the study make it possible to facilitate the development of the tourism sector and enhance competitive potential.

scholarly journals What Causes the Virtual Agglomeration of Creative Industries?

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (16) ◽  
pp. 9232
Author(s):  
Xu Chen ◽  
Chunhong Liu ◽  
Yao Jiang ◽  
Changchun Gao
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Flexible Manufacturing ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Creative Industries ◽  
Innovative Technology ◽  
Force Model ◽  
Cultural Resources ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Virtual Platform

The agglomeration paradigm for creative industries has fundamentally changed under the digital economy, giving rise to a new form of virtual agglomeration within these industries. This study explores the causes of this virtual agglomeration. We collected online Chinese news texts related to the virtual agglomeration of the creative industry, used text mining to identify nine factors affecting its formation, and refined the internal and external factors for an analytical framework based on the PEST (political, economic, social, technological) and value-chain models. We then combined the relevant literature and the creative industry’s development practices, analyzed the mechanism of each driving factor, and constructed a driving-force model for the creative industry’s virtual agglomeration. The external driving factors were government policy planning, the digital economic environment, emerging consumer demand, and the application of innovative technology; the internal factors were the digitalization of cultural resources, flexible manufacturing, digital marketing and promotion, online interactive services, and virtual platform facilities. Each factor was found to contribute to virtual agglomeration through different internal mechanisms. This study’s findings have theoretical and practical value for cultivating the modes of virtual agglomeration within creative industries.

Achieving Superior Customer Experience: An Investigation of Multichannel Choices in the Travel and Tourism Industry of an Emerging Market

2016 ◽  
Vol 56 (8) ◽  
pp. 1049-1064 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abeer A. Mahrous ◽  
Salah S. Hassan
Keyword(s):  
Perceived Risk ◽  
Multinomial Logistic Regression ◽  
Emerging Market ◽  
Customer Experience ◽  
Sociodemographic Factors ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Travel And Tourism ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Shopping Enjoyment

The travel and tourism industry is seeking to achieve consistently seamless experience for customers to stay connected with brands. This study offers an analysis of the interconnected customer experience journey based on an understanding of multichannel behavior. In particular, it identifies the psychographic and sociodemographic factors associated with three segments of multichannel consumers: multichannel shoppers, multichannel searchers, and store-prone shoppers of the travel and tourism industry. Data from a sample of 315 customers from the travel and tourism sector in Egypt were collected and analyzed using multinomial logistic regression. The findings indicate that psychographic variables (shopping enjoyment, convenience seeking, customer innovativeness, perceived risk, Internet experience, frequency of travel, and channel experience) and some demographic variables (i.e., age and income) distinguish among the categories of multichannel shoppers, multichannel searchers, and store-prone shoppers. The study concludes with useful insights into the potential for developing multichannel strategy to achieve superior customer experience.

scholarly journals Peran Dinas Pariwisata Dalam Tata Kelola Dan Promosi Kawasan Pariwisata (Studi Kasus di Kecamatan Pemenang Kabupaten Lombok Utara)

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 80
Author(s):  
M. Taufik Rachman ◽  
Baiq Reinelda Tri Yunarni
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Significant Influence ◽  
National Level ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Business Sector ◽  
Tourist Attractions ◽  
Industry Sector ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Land Space

The strategy of developing tourism promotion is much done by developing countries is to strengthen the national economy. The tourism industry sector is believed to be a sector in building the economy towards progress. The problem is how the Tourism Office manages tourist attractions that must be solved. The existence of the Office of Tourism in an area will certainly affect the economy by absorbing workers in tourist attractions and surrounding communities. Likewise with the existence of the Tourism Office in Pemenang Subdistrict which is able to help the community around its place of business by providing land / space for pokdarwis members' business activities and providing funds or training for pokdarwis in accordance with the business sector being run. Thus, there will be a significant influence on the workforce or the community if it has been found how much the workforce is absorbed by the Tourism Office in the winning sub-district. And to improve the welfare of the community in an area, the role of the Tourism Office is very much needed in an effort to participate in building and developing the tourism sector in the region and at the national level.

The Impact of Exchange Rate on Tourism Industry

2015 ◽  
pp. 107-118
Author(s):  
Meryem Samirkaş ◽  
Mustafa Can Samirkaş
Keyword(s):  
Exchange Rate ◽  
Current Account Deficit ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Currency Exchange ◽  
Currency Exchange Rates ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Causality Tests ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Tourism sector that is increasingly important in the world economy, developing rapidly in Turkey and provides a serious contributions to country's economy because Turkey consistently has a current account deficit, tourism is an important source of income. There are many factors affecting tourism; it is clear that the industry can be affected by changes in macroeconomic variables, just like any other economic focus. In this context, it is possible that the foreign exchange rate and changes in the value of various currencies can affect tourism, especially with regards to the demands of the tourists themselves. By using the Johansen cointegration and Granger causality tests, this chapter focused on identifying the relationship between currency exchange rates and the demand for tourism in Turkey.

scholarly journals QR code Game Development as an Effort to Improve the Quality of Rides in the Bedengan Tourism Industry in Malang City

2021 ◽  
pp. 194-200
Author(s):  
Andy Pramono ◽  
Muhammad Nurwiseso Wibisono ◽  
Betty Dewi Puspasari ◽  
Emil Salamah
Keyword(s):  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Educational Game ◽  
Qr Code ◽  
Tourist Attractions ◽  
Direct Observations ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
The City ◽  
Content Design ◽  
Implementation Stage

Tourism in Malang district is currently dominated by tourist attractions in the city of Batu and the Bromo area. The low number of tourists is due to the lack of development of tourism facilities in Malang Regency, including in Bedengan, Selorejo Village, Malang Regency. The Ministry of Agriculture assisted in improving the economy, but the tourism sector is still not growing. Support is needed to improve the tourist facilities in Selorejo Village. Efforts are being made, namely the development of a QR code tourism educational game with a visual theme. The methods used to develop the game included condition analysis (to obtain data from direct observations), basic concepts and planning (researchers planned what materials were needed), content design and implementation, and design evaluation. The visuals used in this game are digital painting visualizations. This tool has six digital illustration visualizations used as a background for the sketches prepared at the primary building implementation stage. It is hoped that this QR code tourism educational game could increase the number of visitors to Bedengan, Selorejo Village, Malang Regency. Keywords: QR code, game education, tourism

scholarly journals Prospects and challenges of multimedia approach to tourism mapping in Nigeria: a case of wildlife parks mapping

2018 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 163-178
Author(s):  
Nna O. Uluocha
Keyword(s):  
Information Technologies ◽  
Sustainable Tourism ◽  
Policy Instrument ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Geographical Information ◽  
Tourism Planning ◽  
Tourist Attractions ◽  
Poor State ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Planning Development

Abstract Nigeria has a vast array of both natural and cultural tourist attractions. The country’s tourism industry, however, remains grossly underdeveloped, and the tourism resources are largely untapped. Hence, the tourism sector of the economy is yet to contribute significantly to the national Gross Domestic Product (GDP). One major factor that is responsible for the nation’s current lacklustre performance of the tourism sector is the poor state of tourism packaging and promotion, which, amongst other things is caused by the lack of appropriate tourist maps. Tourism mapping is a key component of tourism planning, development, promotion and management. For Nigeria to drastically and significantly improve the fortunes of her tourism sector, the production, circulation and use of accurate, current and comprehensive tourist maps and atlases must be vigorously pursued. To ensure sustainable tourism mapping and in line with global best practices, the country needs to adopt a Geoinformation technology-based, Internet-compatible multimedia cartographic approach. The author of this paper, therefore, examines the current state of tourism industry and tourism mapping in Nigeria. Some of the hiccups to tourism mapping in the country are identified. The implications of the present poor state of tourism mapping on tourism planning, development, promotion and management in the country are briefly considered. The author makes a strong case for the adoption of a multimedia cartographic approach to tourism mapping in Nigeria. A case of mapping wildlife parks in Nigeria is presented to demonstrate the prospects of effective multimedia tourism mapping of the country. Furthermore, the author identifies and discusses various existing resources in the country that could be harnessed for efficient and sustainable production, distribution and use of multimedia tourist maps/atlases, using Geographical Information Technologies (GIT). Some potential challenges to effective GIT-based tourism mapping in the country as well as how such challenges could be overcome, are equally discussed. Similarly, a model for Web-based, multimedia tourism mapping using GIT is presented. With clear vision, the right policy instrument, mandate, legislation, funding and coordination in place, the current challenges to effective and sustainable tourism mapping in Nigeria can easily be surmounted.

scholarly journals Tinjauan Yuridis Peranan Pemerintah Daerah Dalam Mewujudkan Pemerintahan Yang Baik Dalam Bidang Perizinan Pariwisata

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-52
Author(s):  
Amri Pratama ◽  
Darwinsyah Minin ◽  
Isnaini Isnaini
Keyword(s):  
Equal Opportunity ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
National Development ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Regional Government ◽  
Tourist Attractions ◽  
City Tourism ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
The Government ◽  
The City

The purpose of this study is to examine the tourism sector that is continuously being developed by the government as a pillar of national development because it is able to sustain the national economy when the world is experiencing a crisis. In Law Number 10 Year 2009 it is stated that tourism development is needed to encourage equal opportunity to try and benefit and be able to face the challenges of changing local, national and global life. Medan City as one of the autonomous regions in Indonesia which when viewed in terms of spatial planning, then almost 70% is a densely populated residential area. The growth of the tourism sector in the city of Medan, does not originate from natural tourist attractions like other areas in general, but rather to city tourism, such as nightclubs, hotels, hangout places, cafes, restaurants and salon and spa places. The industry has become one of the reliable projects of the City of Medan to increase regional revenues of the City of Medan. The tourism license of the City of Medan has been regulated in law No. 19 of 2009 concerning Tourism, Law No. 23 of 2014 concerning Regional Government. And Regional Regulation of Medan City No. 4 of 2014 concerning Tourism. The role of the local government in realizing good governance in the field of tourism is to provide infrastructure, expand various forms of facilities and regulate and promote the public both at home and abroad in matters relating to the tourism industry in the city of Medan

scholarly journals Investment Evaluation of Tourism Industry: A Case Study of Coastal Recreation Areas in Hualien Taiwan

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Maw-Cherng Lin ◽  
Ming-Wei Yang
Keyword(s):  
Carrying Capacity ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Public Infrastructure ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Tourist Attractions ◽  
Recreation Areas ◽  
Tourism Resources ◽  
Hierarchy Process

<p>An increase in the number of tourists can boost the economic prosperity of tourist attractions; over-development or over-utilization of a tourist attraction will lead to the consumption of tourism resources and reduce recreational quality. This study used relevant studies on ecotourism and recreational carrying capacity and applied the Delphi-fuzzy analytic hierarchy process to identify the critical factors affecting the recreational carrying capacity of the Hualien Qixingtan coastal recreational areas, including 4 primary factors, namely, recreational environment, natural landscape, coastal animals and plants, and cultural assets, and 13 secondary factors, such as public infrastructure. The research results can be provided as reference for relevant government authorities and operators to develop measures taking into account both the resource conservation and recreational management of coastal recreational areas.</p>

Analysis of the model of training for the tourism industry in Norway

10.12737/6480 ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 93-99
Author(s):  
Елена Сахарчук ◽  
Elena Sakharchuk
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Basic Structure ◽  
Structural Features ◽  
Training System ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Educational Levels ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Tourism Sector

This article is another publication of the research results of foreign models of training for the tourism sector. All the author´s publications are based on a single cycle of a conceptual representation of professional education in the field of tourism as an activity-system which has its own goal-setting and invariant and variable structural elements, super-system limiters, resources, and so on. Comparative analysis of foreign models of training for tourism allows identifying the essential characteristics of the basic structure and content of models, which affect the efficiency of education systems, which in turn means the maximum achievement of the purposes of educational activities for their participants. In order to analyze the model of training for the tourism industry in Norway were used the author´s own methods of analyzing the structure and content of vocational education in the field of tourism developed in order to study quantitative and qualitative parameters of education. As sources of information the author uses both secondary (research reports, statistics) and primary (results of surveys and interviews with representatives of education, students; pedagogical documentation) sources. The study of the Norwegian model of training for tourism includes: a research framework of conditions for the establishment and development of a training system for tourism in Norway; a study of tourism employment in Norway, which has a pronounced specificity (seasonality, alternative forms of tourism); a study of the structural features of the formation and continuity of educational levels. Of particular interest are the results of a study of factors affecting the consumer subsystem parameters, in particular, focus on student training; validity of educational levels and modules which direct education at the development of human resources. The results of the study lead to the conclusion about high levels which characterize the consumer subsystem of the system of professional education in the field of tourism. It is also possible to formulate an assumption about a correlation between the indicators of competitiveness of the tourism sector (in terms of the parameters describing human resources) and the indicators characterizing the consumer subsystem of the training system for the tourism sector.

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