scholarly journals HOMESTAY START-UP MODELTO SUPPORT SUSTAINABLE TOURISM IN LOMBOK, INDONESIA

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Akhmad Saufi ◽  
Baiq Handayani Rinuastuti ◽  
Agusdin Agusdin ◽  
Lalu M. Furkan
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Tourism ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Community Empowerment ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Finance Management ◽  
Tourist Destinations ◽  
Start Up ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Tourism Enterprises ◽  
Two Phases

Despite the important roleof local entrepreneurs for sustainable tourism, the process of starting up small tourism enterprises remains unclear. The current study is aimed at constructing a start-up model of small tourism enteprise, particularly homestay.Qualitative method was adopted. Data was collected using semi-structured interviews, observation, and documentary. Interviews were made with 6 homestay owners in three tourist destinations in West Lombok Regency. Data was recorded and then analysed using content analysis. The study constructs a start-up model consisting of two phases, orientation and starting phases. The orientation phase elaborates the process of entrepreneurial opportunity recognition, business capital preparation, and  starting preparation. The starting phase describestrial and error process regarding product creation, resource allocations, finance management, and marketing strategies. In the starting phase entrepreneurs have todeal with business competition and business uncertainties. The succes in undertaking the starting phase can lead an entrepreneur into a further business development. But,the fail in going through the starting phase can lead into bankruptcy and/or the situation in which the entrepreneurs have to re-start their business again from the beginning. The study results provide reference for community empowerment, bring theoretical and managerial impacts, and create gap for a further research. Keywords : homestay start-up, orientation phase, starting phase, tourism industry, Lombok

Supply Chain Management Evidence from Tourism Industry in Greece

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 683 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastian KOT ◽  
Katarzyna KOZICKA
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Performance Trends ◽  
Crete Island ◽  
Study Results ◽  
The Common ◽  
Tourism Enterprises ◽  
Management Issues

The article aims is presentation of Supply Chain Management issues introduced in tourism enterprises. The tourist product constitutes a mixture of services and resources offered and controlled by several businesses, organizations and authorities, implementation of SCM with the common responsibility allow for development of actions along with a cooperative atmosphere among all tourist partners. The paper consists of investigating the tourism development with SCM introduction and the study results on SCM introduction in chosen Greek enterprises located in Crete Island. Based on the obtained preliminary results, the performance trends of the tourist chain elements have been elaborated in order to increase their efficiency.

scholarly journals The tourist infrastructure of local communities in Ukraine: current state and impact on local economic development

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 102-118
Author(s):  
Iryna Storonyanska ◽  
Andrii Dub ◽  
Oryslava Grafska ◽  
Iryna Hrynchyshyn ◽  
Olha Bilanyuk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Local Economic Development ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Dominant Type ◽  
Tourist Destinations ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Five Elements ◽  
Tourist Infrastructure

Purpose. The purpose of our work is to investigate the presence of tourist infrastructure elements to ensure a comfortable stay of tourists in tourist destinations, which can become a driver of the development of local communities, especially in rural areas; investigation of financial support for tourism development by local governments. A derivative task of our study is to identify challenges and prospects of tourism infrastructure in tourist destinations after the pandemic. Methodology / approach. The theoretical basis of the study is the fundamental principles of economics and the scientific research of Ukrainian and foreign scientists. For the analysis, we used data from the official web resources of local governments of Ukrainian local communities with tourist potential, information from the Booking.com and the Internet about tourist facilities and events in local communities. During the research we used the following methods: analytical (to select tourist destinations for analysis, their grouping and analysis of their tourist infrastructure); comparison (to compare the tourist infrastructure in the local communities that were the object of our study); synthesis (to conclude the general state of tourist infrastructure in tourist destinations and prospects for its development in the future), graphic (for visualization of study results). Results. The study highlights five elements of tourist infrastructure of the most popular tourist destinations in Ukraine: travel services, transportation services, accommodation services for temporary residence, catering services, services for the organization of recreation and entertainment. We analysed the state of functioning of the tourist infrastructure in the tourist destinations of Ukraine before the introduction of lockdown. The results of the analysis showed that only four out of five elements of the tourist infrastructure were at the proper level. We described the challenges of the tourism industry, which had arisen as a result of the epidemic. In conclusion, we considered the prospects for the attitude and development of tourist infrastructure in the local communities of Ukraine after the pandemic. Originality / scientific novelty. During the study for the first time, we selected the most popular tourist destinations in Ukraine which in 2019 received the highest revenues from tourist tax as an indicator of the official stay of tourists, we grouped them according to their dominant type of tourism and researched their tourist infrastructure. We compared the revenues from the tourist tax with the expenditures of local communities for the development of tourism and found that local communities received much more money from the tourist tax than they had spent on the development and promotion of tourism. Practical value / implications. We show the characteristic features of the development of the tourism sector in the post-quarantine period, which can be used by local governments and businesses of tourist destinations when planning the development of tourist infrastructure.

Egypt’s Image Repair Strategies in Time of Crisis: A Case Study of the Russian Flight Crash

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 206-220
Author(s):  
Aziza Moneer
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Destination Image ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Russian Government ◽  
Plane Crash ◽  
Negative Images ◽  
Two Phases

AbstractIn the wake of the Russian plane crash in November in 2015 in Sinai, Russia and a number of countries suspended their airlines from operating routes to Sharm el-Sheikh, causing a severe tourist crisis. By the end of 2015, tourism receipts fell by about USD 3.6 billion to represent only 1.1 percent of GDP (IMF, 2017). During the 26 months air traffic suspension, Egypt becomes a word that conjures negative images such as unsafe destination, insecure environment and politically unstable country which sent a danger signal to the observing people of the possible risks involved in visiting Egypt (Matthews, 2016). However, during this period Egypt pursued a collective effort to enhance Egypt’s image and to encourage the tourism markets to resume their travels to Egypt. In January 2018, the Russian government finally lifted its two years ban on Russian tourism to Egypt and Russian flights returned to Cairo in April 2018 (Samir, 2019).This study aims to uncover strategies used by Egypt’s authorities to restore a positive image in the aftermath of Russian flights suspension, based on Benoit’s (1997) “multi-strategies model for repairing a destination image”. The study applies a qualitative content analysis of 30 semi-structured interviews with officials in the Egyptian tourism and civic aviation authorities. The efforts to repair the image of the Egyptian tourism industry evolved through two phases. At first, the discourse revolved around evading responsibility and attempted to reduce the crisis’s perceived offensiveness, relying mainly on bolstering and defeasibility. The second phase appeared to emerge gradually, using corrective actions in order to restore Egypt’s image as a ‘safe’ tourist destination.

scholarly journals Transformation of Business Models in Spa Enterprises for Medical Purposes in Situations of Epidemic Threats

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 143
Author(s):  
Adam R. Szromek
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Sustainable Tourism ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
First Year ◽  
Health Tourism ◽  
Healthcare Facilities ◽  
Humanitarian Crises ◽  
Sustainable Value ◽  
Tourism Enterprises

The suspension of tourism due to the COVID-19 pandemic has led to an almost complete halt in the activities of the tourism industry. This paper attempts to assess the ability to use the potential of health tourism enterprises in counteracting the SARS-CoV-2 virus pandemic and to propose a sustainable transformation of the business model of the health tourism enterprise, taking into account the determinants of sustainable tourism and health crises. The author presents the results of research conducted in March 2021 among 19 managers of the largest spa enterprises in Poland. The managers' experiences from the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic indicate that sanatoriums and other health tourism facilities, during periods of health and humanitarian crises, can successfully play a preventive and relieving role for healthcare facilities by implementing post-COVID treatment, conducting vaccinations, organizing isolators for people in quarantine, and even treating patients who do not have symptoms but require hospitalization. The transformation of the business model of these companies, in the form of a sustainable SusHT-CANVAS+ business model, is proposed and the mentioned critical activities are positioned in the model in the form of sustainable value.

scholarly journals SUSTAINABLE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN THE BACKWATERS OF SOUTH KERALA, INDIA: THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT PERSPECTIVE

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 1532-1537
Author(s):  
Emilda K. JOSEPH ◽  
◽  
Tomy K. KALLARAKAL ◽  
Bindi VARGHESE ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Community Involvement ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Sustainable Tourism ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Community Support ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Sustainable Tourism Development

Improper waste management continues to be a major challenge in the backwater destinations of South Kerala, India and the local government has been identified as a key player having a strong influence on sustainable tourism development initiatives in the destination. The study examines the major obstacles encountered while implementing sustainable tourism development practices in the backwater destinations of South Kerala, India. Qualitative data collected with the support of semi-structured interviews with top government officials of the Tourism Industry is used for the study. The findings from the study show that improper waste management affects sustainable tourism development in the backwater destinations, and that community involvement and community support are pre-requisites for implementing solid waste management practices in the backwater destinations of the state. The study also enlightens the roles of various stakeholders in waste management so as to develop a strong perspective of sustainable tourism development in the region.

scholarly journals An examination of environmental instruments to promote sustainable tourism development for Savusavu, Fiji

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Logan Elizabeth Van Vliet
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Stakeholder Participation ◽  
Sustainable Tourism ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Sustainable Tourism Development ◽  
The Commons ◽  
Key Issues

This study explores the opportunity to implement environmental instruments to promote sustainable tourism development. Environmental instruments are tools, regulations and strategies that can improve the sustainability of a destination. This study was based on ideas from Governing the Commons Theory and Stakeholder Theory, which suggests sustainable development can be achieved by including stakeholders to form collective management and avoid natural resource tragedies. The study uses face-to-face, semi-structured interviews with stakeholders (n=41) to explore environmental instruments to implement in Savusavu, Fiji -- a small island developing state (SIDS). The study identified lack of waste management, education and participation amongst stakeholders and the island’s susceptibility to climate change as the key issues the destination faces in developing a sustainable tourism industry. The study recommends implementing a voluntary fund, environmental education and stakeholder participation instruments to promote sustainable development in Savusavu.

scholarly journals The concept of sustainable tourism development in a new reality

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 33-39
Author(s):  
Mikhail M. Morozov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Significant Contribution ◽  
Sustainable Tourism ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Sustainable Tourism Development ◽  
Tourist Destinations ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
History Of ◽  
National Economies ◽  
Social Components

Tourism has turned out to be one of the most affected areas of socioeconomic activity due to the spread of the pandemic. Restrictions on the movement of citizens practically brought down international tourism and caused serious damage to the national economies of those countries in which income from tourism activities made a significant contribution to the country's GDP. Efforts to create sustainable tourism systems have been destroyed, and the theory of sustainable tourism development itself needs to be updated. The relevance of this study is due to the fact that the tourism industry, which is experiencing the deepest decline in the history of tourism development, should receive new tools necessary for its restoration and further sustainable development. The study used monographic, statistical, comparative and other methods of scientific research, which made it possible to identify and formulate the author's proposals to expand the concept of sustainable tourism development. It is quite obvious that after the pandemic, world tourism will recover, but this will be a period of tourism development completely different from the previous stages. In the course of the research, the features of tourism development in the context of the socalled new reality were investigated. It is shown that the safety of tourism in terms of compliance with sanitary and epidemiological standards has become one of the important parameters in assessing the competitiveness of tourist destinations. As a result of the study, a proposal was formulated and substantiated that the concept of sustainable tourism development, in addition to economic, environmental and social components, must be supplemented with an information and communication component, as the most important attribute of the global digitalization of society.

The ecology of sustainable tourism

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Tarlow
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Sustainable Tourism ◽  
Good Deal ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Global Approach ◽  
Business Travel ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Travel And Tourism ◽  
Security Issues ◽  
Tourist Destinations

PurposeThis paper questions the present state of the world's tourism industry and advocates the need for an approach where quality assumes greater importance than quantity.Design/methodology/approachThis paper provides an analysis of the tourism industry's recent evolution while trying to identify reasons for its decline which amongst others, include security issues and economic crisis.FindingsIn developing a sustainable tourism industry especially in these economically challenging times, we must learn to appreciate what is precious in our own lives and in our respective communities. This in turn will help us maintain and further explore the uniqueness of our tourist destinations. The greatest threat to leisure and tourism (and to a lesser extent to business travel) is the fact that travel has lost a good deal of its romance and enchantment due to a global approach to its development. In the rush for efficiency and quantitative analysis the travel and tourism industry may have forgotten that each traveller has unique expectations.Originality/valueSustainable tourism is not only about how a tourist location adapts but also about what a city or destination accomplishes when re-discovering its inner essence and then promoting it.

scholarly journals Competitiveness and Sustainability in Tourism Industry: The Albergo Diffuso Case Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Valeri ◽  
Paola Paoloni
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Tourist Destination ◽  
Tourist Destinations ◽  
Units Of Analysis ◽  
Start Up

The objective of the analysis developed in this paper is to verify whether the sustainability of the hotel ospitality model contributes to the competitiveness of tourist destinations. The research question is: does the model of “albergo diffuso” satisfy the requirement for a social, economic and environmental sustainability? The research method adopted consisted in a survey with the submission of a questionnaire to a number of alberghi diffusi operating worldwide, that is 130 units of analysis. The submission period went from October to December 2016. Through the questionnaire submitted to the interviewees it has been possible to analyze the motivation for the business start-up as well as the characteristics of the entrepreneur, the managerial systems and the governance style. The results will be analyzed through the application of the Weaver model (2014; 2017) which is considered essential to evaluate the contribution of the albergo diffuso to tourism sustainability. The implementation of the Weaver matrix to evaluate the contribution of the albergo diffuso to the sustainability of a tourist destination is the original element of the paper. The paper discusses the implications of sustainability with particular regards to the “albergo diffuso”. Therefore, it would be suitable to expand the analysis to additional models of tourist hospitality present in the international tourism scenario

Sustainable Innovation

2020 ◽  
pp. 219-245
Author(s):  
Cristina Silva Araújo ◽  
António Carrizo Moreira
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Sustainable Tourism ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Tourist Destinations ◽  
Sustainable Innovation ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Business Competitiveness ◽  
Academic Debate

Tourism is an industry, very focused on economic growth, with significant negative environmental and social impacts. Consequently, the tourism industry faces major challenges related to sustainability. Sustainable innovation is a tool that contributes not only to increased business competitiveness but can also play an important role in mitigating the negative impacts that such growth can generate. Recognizing the opportunity that this innovation can have in the tourism industry, this chapter analyzes the state of the art and systematizes the knowledge and evolution of the academic debate about this relationship between sustainable innovation and tourism from 1992 to 2018. This chapter indicates that sustainable tourism is focused on seven major areas of research and predominantly analyzed through quantitative methods. It is still an embryonic topic with scarce research done in several areas, such as the monitoring of its impacts, the effects felt by the communities of tourist destinations, and the impacts that sustainable innovation may have on other tourism subsectors.

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