scholarly journals Suppliers’ Perspectives on Authentic Souvenir Products: A case of Luang Prabang, Laos

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Bouavanh Soukhathammavong
Keyword(s):  
Raw Materials ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Place Identity ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
World Heritage Site ◽  
Observation Data ◽  
View Point ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Tourism Product ◽  
Unesco World Heritage Site

<p>Research on authenticity of souvenirs has been approached from the tourists’ perspective given the fact that souvenirs are viewed as items functioning as a reminder or collection tool of destination experience. The heavily weighted view on authentic souvenirs from the user’s view point overlooked the suppliers’ role in producing and supplying authentic items, and this research aims to fill this research gap by identifying the meaning of authentic souvenirs, sources of souvenir supply/production, and the values and challenges of souvenir production from the souvenir suppliers' perspective. This research uses Laos as its case study, in particular, Luang Prabang (LPB) province which has had a rapid growth of tourists at its UNESCO World Heritage site and increased demand for authentic souvenirs accordingly.  Qualitative research was employed to generate greater meanings by using interview and participant observation as instruments to collect data. The purposive and snowball sampling were used to seek potential and appropriate key souvenir suppliers. Twenty-four souvenir suppliers were selected from four different groups, namely: souvenir producers, souvenir vendors, souvenir retailers, and middlemen. The research was conducted between July and September 2017 in various tourist hotspots in LPB, Laos, such as LPB night market, Phanom Village (Phanom Handicraft Centre), Royal Palace Museum, Kuangsi waterfall and OCK POP TOK. These attractions were selected because they attracted both suppliers and tourists. The raw data was analysed through thematic analysis manually. Major themes derived from interview sections have been combined with participant observation data to certify/confirm the validity.  In general, the key findings in this research indicate that LPB souvenir suppliers view authentic souvenir products as crucial because of their historical and cultural representation, including the significance of place identity. Major souvenir suppliers agree that authentic souvenirs should be related to the handicrafts and produced by local craftsmen. The products should represent LPB’s authenticity and Lao culture. Souvenir suppliers believe that a good authentic souvenir can establish a great image for the tourism industry in LPB as well as Laos. This research newly finds that attitudes toward, and willingness to sell, imported and mass-produced souvenirs are more typical of souvenir vendors as they have less resources including financial limitation. On one hand, this research identifies three key values perceived by the suppliers: economic, symbolic and artisan. On the other hand, one issue with which souvenir suppliers are confronted relate to lack of raw materials.  This research presents important implications for both academia and practitioners. For academia, this research contributes to the tourism product research from the souvenir supplier’s view point where the literature in tourism research is not yet fully developed. Academic researchers can adopt the conceptual framework proposed in this thesis and refer to the findings as their reference for further studies. Practitioners and souvenir sectors in tourist destinations, including marketers and government agencies, should acknowledge and consider issues addressed by various suppliers. Further solutions should be implemented in collaboration with tourism stakeholders to sustain and improve souvenir businesses.</p>

scholarly journals Suppliers’ Perspectives on Authentic Souvenir Products: A case of Luang Prabang, Laos

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Bouavanh Soukhathammavong
Keyword(s):  
Raw Materials ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Place Identity ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
World Heritage Site ◽  
Observation Data ◽  
View Point ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Tourism Product ◽  
Unesco World Heritage Site

<p>Research on authenticity of souvenirs has been approached from the tourists’ perspective given the fact that souvenirs are viewed as items functioning as a reminder or collection tool of destination experience. The heavily weighted view on authentic souvenirs from the user’s view point overlooked the suppliers’ role in producing and supplying authentic items, and this research aims to fill this research gap by identifying the meaning of authentic souvenirs, sources of souvenir supply/production, and the values and challenges of souvenir production from the souvenir suppliers' perspective. This research uses Laos as its case study, in particular, Luang Prabang (LPB) province which has had a rapid growth of tourists at its UNESCO World Heritage site and increased demand for authentic souvenirs accordingly.  Qualitative research was employed to generate greater meanings by using interview and participant observation as instruments to collect data. The purposive and snowball sampling were used to seek potential and appropriate key souvenir suppliers. Twenty-four souvenir suppliers were selected from four different groups, namely: souvenir producers, souvenir vendors, souvenir retailers, and middlemen. The research was conducted between July and September 2017 in various tourist hotspots in LPB, Laos, such as LPB night market, Phanom Village (Phanom Handicraft Centre), Royal Palace Museum, Kuangsi waterfall and OCK POP TOK. These attractions were selected because they attracted both suppliers and tourists. The raw data was analysed through thematic analysis manually. Major themes derived from interview sections have been combined with participant observation data to certify/confirm the validity.  In general, the key findings in this research indicate that LPB souvenir suppliers view authentic souvenir products as crucial because of their historical and cultural representation, including the significance of place identity. Major souvenir suppliers agree that authentic souvenirs should be related to the handicrafts and produced by local craftsmen. The products should represent LPB’s authenticity and Lao culture. Souvenir suppliers believe that a good authentic souvenir can establish a great image for the tourism industry in LPB as well as Laos. This research newly finds that attitudes toward, and willingness to sell, imported and mass-produced souvenirs are more typical of souvenir vendors as they have less resources including financial limitation. On one hand, this research identifies three key values perceived by the suppliers: economic, symbolic and artisan. On the other hand, one issue with which souvenir suppliers are confronted relate to lack of raw materials.  This research presents important implications for both academia and practitioners. For academia, this research contributes to the tourism product research from the souvenir supplier’s view point where the literature in tourism research is not yet fully developed. Academic researchers can adopt the conceptual framework proposed in this thesis and refer to the findings as their reference for further studies. Practitioners and souvenir sectors in tourist destinations, including marketers and government agencies, should acknowledge and consider issues addressed by various suppliers. Further solutions should be implemented in collaboration with tourism stakeholders to sustain and improve souvenir businesses.</p>

Making post-colonial place identity: the regeneration of the St Lazarus neighbourhood, Macau

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xi Ye
Keyword(s):  
Place Branding ◽  
Place Identity ◽  
World Heritage Site ◽  
Power Relationship ◽  
Architectural Heritage ◽  
Unesco World Heritage ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
Heritage Site ◽  
Unesco World Heritage Site

Purpose This study aims to identify how the place identity of the former Portuguese neighbourhood of St Lazarus was reshaped for the purposes of place branding, tourism and consumption in post-colonial Macau. Design/methodology/approach This study sees place identity as a constructed multiplicity whose components are strategically assembled to (re)make the self. It uses the Deleuze–Guattarian theory of assemblage to analyse identity-making, specifically to examine how urban elements, including material content (material qualities of forms, programmes and life) and narrative expressions (interpretations of place), come together to shape the sense of place. Findings The heritage conservation policy and creative district planning guidance are overarching controls. Following them, several material and narrative elements are connected. The colonial character of the architecture is reinforced and an artistic atmosphere is created, while inhabitants’ everyday life is suppressed and the difficult past is almost erased. The newly processed post-colonial identity seems another kind of colonisation. Coloniality as a power relationship continues in a different form. The hidden structure driving these processes is global capitalism. Originality/value Studies on colonial architectural heritage in Macau, particularly outside of the UNESCO World Heritage Site, remain relatively scarce. This study aims to fill this gap and to further examine the Deleuze–Guattarian theory in the context of place study.

The story of the merchant as a component of the tourism brand of the historic town (on the example of Yaroslavl)

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 54-66
Author(s):  
Нина Обнорская ◽  
Nina Obnorskaya
Keyword(s):  
World Heritage Site ◽  
Opinion Poll ◽  
Business Skills ◽  
Religious Architecture ◽  
Tourism Product ◽  
Heritage Site ◽  
Unesco World Heritage Site ◽  
Tourist Center ◽  
Urban Complex ◽  
The City

Yaroslavl is an important tourist center. It possess completely formed brand on the domestic tourism market. According opinion poll findings the majority of tourism product consumers in Yaroslavl associate it with the historical city. For the guests of Yaroslavl the brand of the historical city is disclosed through status of its center as the UNESCO World Heritage site, an outstanding complex of religious architecture of the XVII century, a preserved architectural and urban complex of the XIX-early XX centuries. However, the construction of new buildings or radical rebuilding of historic houses continues even in the UNESCO area. It destroys the uniqueness and complexity of the housing development in the city center, which are the main distinctive features of Yaroslavl as a historical city. The loss of historicity of environment is irretrievable. It leads to the loss of the competitive advantages of Yaroslavl. The city owes the merchants values making it attractive for tourists. The merchants determined the social economic and spiritual life of the city for several centuries. Business skills of Yaroslavl merchants, their everyday life, tastes and relationship with the Church had formed a unique historical image of the city. Yaroslavl needs a strategy of the brand development that will take into account the existing image of the city and include the development of the most advantageous positions both in the present and in the past. Merchants with their history should become an important component of the brand of Yaroslavl.

scholarly journals Nascimento de um produto turístico: caracterização de um atrativo rural na Terra dos Pinheirais (PR)

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Leandro Baptista ◽  
Elieti Fátima de Goveia
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Cultural Sustainability ◽  
Tourism Product ◽  
Product Image ◽  
Tourism Resources ◽  
Modernization Process

O processo de modernização da agricultura ao mesmo tempo em que proporcionou um aumento na produção, garantindo o alimento necessário para as populações, provocou uma queda na necessidade de mão de obra no campo, desarticulando assim formas tradicionais de produção. Enquanto parte desta população migrou para as cidades, outros necessitaram buscar novas fontes de renda, ampliando sua produção de matéria prima para outros setores com características não-agrícolas. Paralelamente a este processo, o meio rural deixou de ser visto apenas como um espaço para a produção agrícola e passou a ser considerado também como um local de lazer, moradia, descanso, dentre outras funções. Entre este amálgama de novas atividades desenvolvidas no meio rural, surgiu o turismo, como uma atividade capaz de gerar renda e a estimular as pessoas a continuarem na zona rural. Diante deste contexto, a localidade do Pinho de Baixo, interior de Irati (PR), reconhecida por suas vinícolas, seu museu que retrata a colonização do município por italianos (Casa Dei Nonni) e a tradicional festa da polenta, iniciou atividades correlatas ao turismo a partir de abril de 2016, objetivando diversificar a oferta de produtos fundamentado pela base comunitária. Além destas características, encontra-se no Pinho de Baixo recursos turísticos naturais como cachoeira, paisagens preservadas e o local também recebe uma das etapas do evento “Cicloturismo Irati”, consolidado no calendário municipal. Assim, com o intuito de verificar a potencialidade do produto turístico, objetiva-se nesta investigação caracterizar os elementos que compõem este novo atrativo, por meio da análise da sinalização turística do local, inventariação das atividades realizadas e análise qualitativa da atual oferta disponível. A metodologia adotada apoiou-se em levantamento de dados primários, obtidos a partir da observação participativa e não-participativa in loco, durante o mês de julho de 2016 e posterior submissão destas informações na matriz de avaliação SWOT.Os resultados sugerem a necessidade de um engajamento maior da comunidade local, a ampliação da oferta, bem como de sua melhora qualitativa, instalação de placas de orientação, restrição e educação, além da promoção da imagem do produto. Como prática de planejamento, são avaliadas estratégias para o alcance dos resultados encontrados, caracterizando deste estudo como uma pesquisa aplicada com viés sobre a sustentabilidade ambiental, econômica, social e cultural. Formatting a tourist product: the rural attractive characterization at Terra dos Pinheirais (PR, Brazil) ABSTRACT The modernization process of agriculture at the same time provided an increase to production rates, ensuring the necessary food for the population and caused a decrease in the need for labor in the field, thus disrupting traditional forms of production. As consequence, part of this population migrated to the cities, others needed to seek new sources of income, increasing its production of raw materials for activities with non-agricultural characteristics. Parallel to this process, the countryside become no longer seen only as a space for agricultural production and it has to be considered also as a place of recreation, housing, rest, and other new functions. Among this amalgam of new activities in rural areas, the tourism has emerged as an activity capable of generating income and encourage people to remain in the countryside. Once given this context, the place Pinho de Baixo, inside Irati (PR, Brazil), that has wineries, museum that depicts the colonization of the italians at the city (called Casa Dei Nonni) and the traditional feast of cooked corn meal, had started activities related to tourism from april 2016, aiming to diversify the supply of products based by community-based. Besides these features, is in the Pinho de Baixo some natural tourism resources as waterfall, preserved landscapes and the site also receives one of the stages of the event "CicloturismoIrati", also consolidated in the municipal events calendar. Thus, in order to verify the potential of the tourism product, the paper objective is to characterize this investigation the elements of this new attractive, through the analysis of the tourist site signage, inventory of activities and qualitative analysis of the current offer available. The methodology was relied on primary data collection, obtained from semi-structured by participant observation and non-participatory observation in loco during the month of July 2016 and by application of SWOT method for measuring the data. The results suggest the need a greater involvement of the local community, the expansion of supply, as well as its qualitative improvement, installation of signposts with orientation, restriction and education messages, and the addition to the product image promotion. As a practical planning, strategies are evaluated for the achievement of the results, characterizing this study as an applied research with bias on environmental, economic, social and cultural sustainability. KEYWORDS: Rural Tourism; Comunity Based; Planning; Pinho de Baixo; Irati – PR.

scholarly journals Tourist perceptions and attitudes regarding the impacts of climate change on Victoria Falls

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (47) ◽  
pp. 27-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaitano Dube ◽  
Godwell Nhamo
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Product Diversification ◽  
World Heritage Site ◽  
Tourism Product ◽  
Heritage Site ◽  
Perceptions And Attitudes ◽  
Future Viability ◽  
Victoria Falls ◽  
The Impact

AbstractTourist perceptions are critical in shaping tourism development at a destination. Regardless of the centrality and vulnerability of the tourism industry, tourism geographers have been shying away from perception studies, and more so in Africa. Some of the destinations most vulnerable to climate change and related weather activities are water-based natural resorts. Recent droughts have ignited an intense debate that has brought the future viability of tourism in Victoria Falls into question. Using a mixed-method approach, the study sought to document tourist perceptions and attitudes regarding the impact and future of the Victoria Falls World Heritage Site. It emerged that Victoria Falls is categorised as a last-chance tourism destination. Going forward there is need for continuous resort monitoring, tourism product diversification, and transparency and proper communication, particularly during years of extreme droughts, in order to avoid tourism disruption. Climate change action is a must for all tourism stakeholders to save the resort.

“Don't ever change”? Cultural heritage and social development in “timeless” Luang Prabang

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 317-327
Author(s):  
Phill Wilcox
Keyword(s):  
Fast Track ◽  
Poor Country ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
World Heritage Site ◽  
Unesco World Heritage ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Heritage Site ◽  
Unesco World Heritage Site ◽  
Local Residents ◽  
Beautiful City

PurposeThis paper considers discourses of preservation in a UNESCO World Heritage Site in a context of a country that pursues an ambitious agenda of development. It argues for a lived contradiction between Luang Prabang, marketed as a timeless, beautiful city of heritage and the rest of Laos, a desperately poor country in dire need of urgent development. It argues that this paradox is enacted by locals and visitors in Luang Prabang.Design/methodology/approachResearched through fifteen months ethnography in and around the heritage zone of central Luang Prabang, data collection included participant observation and around a dozen interviews with local residents (both domestic and international).FindingsThis research demonstrates that because the heritage centre of Luang Prabang cannot develop in the same way as the rest of Laos in view of the focus on preservation, its heritage zone will further become an island of idealised past as the country develops fast around it.Research limitations/implicationsThis raises important questions about agendas of preservation and development, how these intersect and conflict. This is particularly relevant in countries that are subject to fast track development, including from China.Originality/valueThe paper is an updated attempt to consider heritage in Luang Prabang, particularly in an emergent context.

scholarly journals Kontribusi-Dimensional Perguruan Tinggi Swasta Terhadap Bangunan Sosial dan Budaya Masyarakat Madura (Studi atas Kiprah Perguruan Tinggi Swasta di Kabupaten Sumenep Madura)

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 111
Author(s):  
Zaitur Rahem
Keyword(s):  
Common Good ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Observation Data ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
College Mission ◽  
Strategic Role ◽  
Collection Data ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
The Government ◽  
Power Limit

<p>Higher Education (PT) is a central science, and barns civilized culture. In Indonesia, there are typologies PT accordance with struktualis power limit. Namely, PT who are under the authority Kemendikbud and Kemenag. Although different house, but the same substance. All elements have the same commitment membersarkan education premises. Under the supervision of Religious Affairs, PT spread across all regions of the country. At the level of management, there are private and public PT. PT Private independently but administratively connected with the government. PT-PT private during this, the procedure of governance and there are already established there are still 'semraut'. PT-managed properly been able to provide a study room and an incredible inspiration to mental development and the custom of society. In Madura, Sumenep regency especially the private PT has a strategic role in human development and the environment. It happens, because in the life of PT contained Tridharma college mission. Insan PT determined to always be the transformation of knowledge, devotion, and conduct research for the common good.</p><p>Studies in this paper will reveal the scientific facts tentrang college of contributions and dedication in the area of Madura. The method in this study using a qualitative ethnographic approach, the technique of participant observation data collection, data sources through snowball sampling. The results of this study reveal the facts, Madura College in the Region is able to provide the benefits of environmental and human dimensional. Starting from the texture of culture, civilization advanced and new, as well as the human characters more educated.</p>

scholarly journals The impact of quarantine due to COVID-19 pandemic on the tourism industry in Lviv (Ukraine)

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 194-205
Author(s):  
Mykhailo Rutynskyi ◽  
Halyna Kushniruk
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
World Heritage Site ◽  
Economic Losses ◽  
Heritage Site ◽  
Unesco World Heritage Site ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City

The global crisis caused by COVID-19 pandemic and the introduction of long-term international quarantine measures have had a very negative impact on the tourism industry. The paper aims to analyze the sectoral losses of the tourism industry during quarantine due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Lviv, a city whose historical center is included in the UNESCO World Heritage Site. The article highlights the potential of the tourism industry before the introduction of quarantine measures, as well as using extrapolation methods estimates the economic losses of the tourist industry of Lviv in the conditions of long-term quarantine. Besides, the anti-crisis measures of the city authorities to minimize the impact of quarantine due to COVID-19 pandemic on the tourism industry of Lviv are described. Based on a statistical analysis of the forecasted economic losses, it is recommended that city authorities abolish some local taxes and fees in the tourism sector to restore its potential as soon as possible.

scholarly journals Pengelolaan Lingkungan pada IKM Garam Konsumsi Beryodium di Kabupaten Rembang

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 88
Author(s):  
Muhamad Syarifudin Edy Nugroho ◽  
Purwanto Purwanto ◽  
Suherman Suherman
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Material Handling ◽  
Research Output ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Quality Standard ◽  
Iodized Salt ◽  
Observation Data ◽  
Residual Water ◽  
Washing Process

ABSTRAKPerkembangan aktivitas industri terutama sektor IKM selain memberikan sumbangan terhadap perkembangan ekonomi, juga memberikan dampak terhadap perubahan lingkungan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menyusun rekomendasi pengelolaan lingkungan yang bisa diterapkan pada industri garam konsumsi beryodium dengan menggunakan pendekatan 1E4R (Elimination, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Recovery) serta penerapan good house keeping (GHK). Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah Metode kualitatif dengan observasi partisipatif. Teknik pengumpulan data melalui pengukuran, wawancara, observasi serta kajian literatur. Berdasarkan penelitian Keluaran Bukan Produk  yang ditimbulkan dari proses produksi garam beryodium antara lain: ceceran garam, garam pecah, garam gosong, blothong sisa proses pencucian, air sisa proses pencucian, emisi udara, ceceran oli dari mesin diesel dan kebisingan. Hasil pengujian limbah cair menunjukkan parameter TSS dan TDS sudah melampau Baku Mutu yang dipersyaratkan. Penerapan 1E4R dalam pengelolaan lingkungan pada IKM garam antara lain; penggantian mesin diesel dengan motor listrik; reuse cairan pencuci garam bahan baku; recycle blotong dan air sisa pencucian dengan metode rekristalisasi menjadi garam beryodium serta recovery sisa garam di sekitar mesin produksi. Good house keeping yang bisa diterapkan antara lain: mengontrol penerapan SOP, pelaksanaan material handling yang baik dengan penggunaan ember plastik, mempercepat proses pembongkaran garam briket setelah proses pengovenan serta penerapan prinsip FIFO serta pemakain Alat Pelindung Diri yang sesuai.Kata kunci: Industri Garam Beryodium, Keluaran Bukan Produk, Pengelolaan Lingkungan, Good House Keeping ABSTRACTThe development of the SME sector, especially industrial activity in addition to contributing to the economic development, has an impact on environmental change. This study aims to develop recommendations environmental management can be applied to industrial consumption of iodized salt by using an approach 1E4R (Elimination, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Recovery) as well as the implementation of good house keeping (GHK). The method used in this study is a qualitative method of participant observation. Data collection through measurement, interviews, observation and review of the literature. Based on the research output Not Products arising from the process of production of iodized salt among others: spilled salt, salt broken, scorched salt, blothong rest of the washing process, washing process waste water, air emissions, oil spills of diesel engines and noise. The test results show the parameters effluent TSS and TDS is already beyond the required Quality Standard. Implementation 1E4R in environmental management in SMEs salt, among others; replacement of diesel engine with an electric motor; reuse of raw materials washing liquid salt; blotong and recycle residual water washing method of iodized salt and recrystallized into recovery residual salt around the production machine. Good house keeping can be applied, among others: control the application of SOP, material handling good execution with the use of plastic buckets, accelerate the process of dismantling the salt briquettes after oven processes and the application of the FIFO principle as well as the usage of appropriate personal protective equipment.Keywords:  Iodized salt industry, Exodus Not Products, Environmental Management, Good House KeepingCara sitasi: Nugroho, M.S.E., Purwanto, dan Suherman. (2016). Pengelolaan Lingkungan pada IKM Garam Konsumsi Beryodium di Kabupaten Rembang. Jurnal Ilmu Lingkungan,14(2),88-95, doi:10.14710/jil.14.2.88-95

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