scholarly journals The influence of practicing spiritual tourism on the environment in Chau Doc – An Giang – Viet Nam

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-54
Author(s):  
Ta Duy Linh ◽  
Duong Duc Minh
Keyword(s):  
Social Environment ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Mekong Delta ◽  
Local Environment ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Spiritual Values ◽  
Spiritual Culture ◽  
Spiritual Tourism ◽  
Food And Beverage ◽  
Tourism Services

Chau Doc is a city of An Giang province in Mekong delta of Vietnam. This city has Sam Mountain with cultural and spiritual values. One of the highlights of the local spiritual culture is Ba Chua Xu (Lady Territory) shrine. Every year, this spot attracts between 3 and 5 million visitors. With a great number of tourists, the practicing of spiritual tourism has had an impact on the natural and cultural-social environment. The influence of stakeholders on the environment (nature and humanity) through the enjoyment and provision of tourism services. Stakeholders have involved in tourism activities in Chau Doc include: local authorities, service providers (food and beverage, accommodation, transportation, ...) and tourists. The practice of spiritual tourism is different from other types of tourism. Spiritual need has overwhelmed need to enjoy tourist services. With the expectation of improving economic benefits for the locality, tourism services are increasingly invested and supplemented. When economic interests are concerned, the issues of preserving natural values and cultural-social are limited, creating threat that could hurt the environment in Chau Doc. Therefore, the exploitation and development of spiritual tourism creates certain influence on the local environment. The study of the effects of spiritual tourism practice is necessary in the present context. Through field surveys, in-depth interviews with stakeholders and observations in local spiritual culture festivals from September 2016 to June 2018, this article describes and analyzes characteristics of practicing spiritual tourism in Chau Doc. Since then, the authors find out the influence of practicing spiritual tourism on natural and cultural - social environment of locality. At the same time, the authors provide some suggestions for exploiting spiritual tourism in Chau Doc.

scholarly journals The Concept of Spiritual Tourism

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 142-151
Author(s):  
Novi Rifa'i ◽  
Mohammad Kamaludin
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
The Other ◽  
Natural Environments ◽  
Spiritual Values ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Spiritual Tourism ◽  
Descriptive Approach ◽  
The Right

Komunikasi transendental dapat terlihat oleh banyak orang di objek-objek wisata yang ada di lingkungan sekitar kita, seperti upacara kehamilan, kelahiran, sunat, pertunangan, pernikahan, ucapan syukur dan kematian. Melalui penelitian ini para peneliti ingin mengeksplorasi nilai-nilai spiritual yang menjadi obyek pariwisata. Penelitian kualitatif ini akan mengungkap fokus kajian nilai spiritualitas pariwisata dalam mengembangkan konsep wisata spiritual berdasarkan kegiatan pariwisata yang telah dilakukan dengan berbagai atraksi. Jenis penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kualitatif dengan menggunakan pendekatan deskriptif-filosofis. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan deskriptif karena bertujuan untuk mengungkap  konsep wisata spiritual yang tepat untuk wisata ramah muslim. Nilai spiritual pariwisata dalam Islam adalah pendekatan yang dilakukan oleh manusia kepada Allah SWT dalam menjalankan kegiatan pariwisata. Upaya yang dilakukan adalah menjauhkan haram dan melaksanakan yang halal, baik dalam aktivitas makanan maupun pariwisata. Konsep wisata spiritual yang dihadirkan adalah dengan selalu menggabungkan 4 (empat) elemen dalam menjalankan aktivitas, keempat elemen ini adalah pelaku pariwisata, keberadaan Allah atau kekuatan SWT dalam setiap aktivitasnya, kebijaksanaan Sumber Daya Manusia penyedia layanan, dan keharmonisan, kondisi alam lingkungan yang mengarahkan kepada getaran jiwa atas kehadiran Sang Pencipta di setiap langkah.   Transcendental communication is seen by many people in tourism objects in our surroundings,  such as ceremonies of pregnancy, birth, circumcision, engagement, marriage, thanksgiving and death. Through this research, researchers want to explore spiritual values ​​in tourism. This qualitative research will reveal the focus of the study of the tourism spirituality value and develop the concept of spiritual tourism based on tourism activities that have been carried out with various attractions. Thus, the type of research is qualitative research, using descriptive-philosophical approaches. This study uses a descriptive approach because it aims to disclose the spiritual values of tourism. In the other hand this study also analyzes the right concept of spiritual tourism for Moslem friendly tourism. The spiritual value of tourism in Islam is an approach taken by humans to Allah SWT in carrying out tourism activities. The efforts taken are to avoid the haram and the conduction of the corrupt ones, both in food and tourism activities. The concept of spiritual tourism that is presented  always combines 4 (four) elements in conducting activities, these four elements are tourism actors, the existence or power of Allah SWT in each of its activities, the wisdom of service providers, harmony and the atmosphere of natural environments thrilling the tourist actors to the The Creator in each of their steps.

scholarly journals Spiritual tourism in Vietnam: issues of rationale and reality

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 37-45
Author(s):  
Minh Duc Duong
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Opportunity To Learn ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Local Economy ◽  
Spiritual Values ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Spiritual Tourism ◽  
Depth Interviews

The exploitation of spiritual values to develop tourism in Vietnam already formed the value chain of spiritual tourism. The first goal of the value chain of spiritual tourism is increasing benefits for local economy. However, the issue of economic benefits is only one part of the goal of sustainable development. If we only focus on economic benefits and do not care about environmental, cultural and social conservation, we will have to get social and environmental risks. From fieldwork activities with in-depth interviews, participant observation in spiritual tourism destinations of Vietnam, including Sam Mountain - Chau Doc - An Giang, the author had the opportunity to learn and recognize the practice of stakeholders in spiritual tourism. Combined with the secondary sources, the author discusses characteristics, forming conditions and exploitation of spiritual tourism in Vietnam. Since then, based on the perspective of sustainable development, the author makes some recommendations to upgrade the value chain of spiritual tourism.

Risk and Protective Factors in the Life of Youth in Relation to Resilience

2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-59
Author(s):  
Silvia Barnová ◽  
Viola Tamášová
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Protective Factors ◽  
School Psychologists ◽  
Social Environment ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Great Role ◽  
Health Service Providers

Abstract Introduction: A certain degree of stress is present in everyone’s life and young people are not an exception. Most of them show a certain degree of resilience and can cope with stressful situations without any difficulties, however there is a group of youth who live in toxic environments and need help. If there is a risk of failure due to the intensity of stressors; external formal and informal support have a great role to play as they have the potential to prevent negative developmental outcomes. Purpose: The authors’ intention was to make a review of available literature on the current issues of resilience research with a focus on the importance of protective factors in young people’s lives – especially when they are exposed to adversity. An emphasis is placed on the vital role of social support to individuals provided by schools as well as social services. Methods: In the presented literature review, multiple formal search methods including hand searching of key journals; electronic searching of journal databases and subject specific websites; reference scanning; and citation tracking were used. Conclusion: Individuals commonly demonstrate some level of resilience, yet most of them are able to deal with stressful situations without any harm. On the other hand, if the adversity is too high, the presence of social support provided by their social environment is important. In this context, good relationships in general and sufficient external protective factors provided by their social environment (schools, school psychologists, institutional social and health service providers) are important.

scholarly journals Who Are the Key Players Involved with Shaping Public Opinion and Policies on Obesity and Diabetes in New Zealand?

Nutrients ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 1592
Author(s):  
Willemijn de Bruin ◽  
Cherie Stayner ◽  
Michel Lange ◽  
Rachael Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Health Service Providers ◽  
Beverage Industry ◽  
Obesity And Diabetes ◽  
Food And Beverage ◽  
Diabetes And Obesity

There is an urgent need for strategic approaches to address the high prevalence of obesity and diabetes in New Zealand. Such approaches rely strongly on input from multiple actors in the diabetes and obesity policy space. We conducted a social network analysis to identify influential actors involved with shaping public opinion and/or policy regarding obesity and diabetes in New Zealand. Our analysis revealed a diverse network of 272 individuals deemed influential by their peers. These individuals represented nine professional categories, particularly academics (34%), health service providers (22%), and government representatives (17%). The network included a total of 17 identified decision-makers. Relative capacity of professional categories to access these decision-makers was highest for representatives of the food and beverage industry (25%), compared with nongovernment organisations (9%) or academics (7%). We identified six distinct brokers, in academic (n = 4), government (n = 1), and nongovernmental (n = 1) positions, who could play a key role in improving communication and networking activities among all interest groups. Such actions should ultimately establish effective networks to foster evidence-based policy development to prevent and reduce the burden of diabetes and obesity.

Growth prospects, market challenges and policy measures: evolution of mobile broadband in Pakistan

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Shehzad Hanif ◽  
Shao Yunfei ◽  
Muhammad Imran Hanif
Keyword(s):  
Developing Country ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mobile Broadband ◽  
Broadband Service ◽  
Policy Measures ◽  
The Government

Purpose The paper aims to explore the long-term prospects of mobile broadband adoption in a developing country. The supply-side and demand-side policy measures are recommended to counter the challenges to broadband adoption. Design/methodology/approach Methodologically, this study uses document analysis to explain secondary data including growth statistics, trade literature and previous scholarly research. Based on the growth statistics of broadband and the informed market insights, the research discusses the prevailing market threats and recommends counter measures to improve the long-term prospects of broadband propagation. Findings The growth of mobile broadband is settling down in Pakistan due to various barriers like cost, literacy, security and unavailability of local content. Collaborative efforts are required by the government, the service providers and the people to enhance the adoption of broadband service and secure economic benefits of the broadband. Practical implications The research offers useful implications for managers and policymakers in Asian and African developing countries; the policy measures discussed here may serve as guidelines for them in the design of their own policies regarding broadband supply and demand. Originality/value The study makes an effort to examine the broadband growth in a developing country on the basis of both quantitative and qualitative aspects. The research endeavors to fill the gap on the particular scholarship of research covering potential uptake of broadband services and the effects of constraining elements to broadband adoption in a developing country.

scholarly journals Measuring tourists' satisfaction with quality of life issues at an arts festival

2008 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Kruger ◽  
D. Petzer
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Population Group ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Life Issues ◽  
Arts Festival ◽  
Tourism Services

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to measure tourists' satisfaction with quality of life issues at an arts festival - the Aardklop National Arts Festival in Potchefstroom. Problem investigated: Understanding satisfaction with quality of life issues could assist Festival organizers and other businesses to improve services for tourists by tailoring these to meet their needs. Satisfied tourists spread positive word-of-mouth communication and are more likely to return in the future. Methodology: A self-administered survey developed and validated by Neal, Sirgy and Uysal (1999:156 & 2004:245) was fielded at the 2007 Aardklop National Arts Festival in Potchefstroom. The target population included all visitors to the Festival who were staying for two or more days, and who had travelled to Potchefstroom from elsewhere. Findings and implications: Respondents were satisfied with travel / tourism services and experiences at the Festival, and with their leisure time and life in general. However, certain things at the Festival led to lowered levels of satisfaction. Demographically, respondents did not differ significantly in their levels of satisfaction with travel / tourism services, travel / tourism experiences, leisure life, and life in general at the Festival except in terms of population group and region from which they came. Organizers of the Festival and other businesses should take cognizance of the fact that all parties involved in providing services to tourists attending an arts festival impact on their satisfaction levels with travel / tourism services and experiences - and ultimately also on their quality of life. Tourists attending the arts festival are not homogenous and differ substantially in terms of their demographic profile. Tourist service providers should tailor their offerings in order to satisfy the varied needs of the different types of tourist attending the Festival. Originality and value of the research: This research focused on measuring tourists' satisfaction with quality of life issues at an arts festival. Such research has never before been conducted in South Africa; the results contribute to the deeper insight of interested parties (such as the tourism industry and arts festival managers) into what they need to offer at such events.

The Israeli travel and tourism industry faces COVID-19: developing guidelines for facilitating and maintaining a nuanced response and recovery to the pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua Schmidt ◽  
Alex Altshuler
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Risk Mitigation ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Travel And Tourism ◽  
The Government

Purpose This paper aims to discuss how the tourism industry is contending with the economic and interorganizational challenges wrought by the COVID-19 outbreak and heightened by a lack of communication between the government and local businesses in the state of Israel. The researchers examine the dependency of the tourism industry on the general preparation programs that were developed and are currently being deployed by the relevant national stakeholders and question whether instead, it should use the pandemic as a catalyst for formulating its own nuanced tourism-travel-and-hospitality-oriented strategies and procedures. Design/methodology/approach Applying an ethnographic-based mix-methods research approach, this paper draws on insights from data compiled by fusing existing theoretical and emerging practical knowledge with empirical research (qualitative and quantitative) conducted among numerous relevant macro (governmental/centralized industry) and micro (hotels, travel and tourism operators and service providers) stakeholders as well as potential consumers. Findings It is essential that national and local government bodies form collaborative interorganizational relationships with local stakeholders to jointly activate case-specific hospitality and travel-specific risk mitigation management strategies. Moreover, the pandemic laid bare the tentative and fragile nature of the globalized tourism industry supply and demand chains, a condition that may be remedied via a pivot toward using national or even regional supply chains and goods and service providers. Within Israel, such changes could lead to increased economic benefits that extend beyond the tourism industry to provide certain security-related benefits. Originality/value Relating to idiosyncratic factors relevant to an Israeli cultural context, this paper uses the ethnographic field-borne familiarity of the researchers with the tourism and travel industries in Eilat and the Dead Sea to offer applicable suggestions for leveraging certain industry resources to both meet the demands of the present-day circumstances and cultivate a multifaceted organizational web of macro and micro social, economic and environmental networks so as to foster a more diversified and therefore resilient local tourism and travel economy.

Design and Implementation Approaches for Location-Based, Tourism-Related Services

2013 ◽  
pp. 258-294
Author(s):  
George Kakaletris ◽  
Dimitris Varoutas ◽  
Dimitris Katsianis ◽  
Thomas Sphicopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Service Providers ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Mobile Network ◽  
Mobile User ◽  
Security And Privacy ◽  
Related Services ◽  
Positioning Systems ◽  
Business Modelling ◽  
Tourism Services ◽  
Mobile Network Operators

The globally observed recession of mobile services market has pushed mobile network operators into looking for opportunities to provide value added services on top of their high cost infrastructures. Recent advances in mobile positioning technologies enable services that make use of the mobile user location information, offering intuitive, attractive applications to the potential customer. Mobile tourism services are among the primary options to be considered by service providers for this new market. This chapter presents the key concepts, capabilities, and considerations of infrastructures and applications targeted to the mobile tourist, covering data and content delivery, positioning, systems’ interactions, platforms, protocols, security, and privacy as well as business modelling aspects.

scholarly journals Blockchain-Based Resource Allocation Model in Fog Computing

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (24) ◽  
pp. 5538 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haoyu Wang ◽  
Lina Wang ◽  
Zhichao Zhou ◽  
Xueqiang Tao ◽  
Giovanni Pau ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Service Providers ◽  
Fog Computing ◽  
Service Evaluation ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Evaluation Index ◽  
Allocation Model ◽  
Free Service ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Optimal Resource ◽  
Resource Contribution

Fog computing makes up for the shortcomings of cloud computing. It brings many advantages, but various peculiarities must be perceived, such as security, resource management, storage, and other features at the same time. This paper investigates the resource contribution model between the fog node and cloud or users when fog computing introduces blockchain. The proposed model practices the reward and punishment mechanism of the blockchain to boost the fog nodes to contribute resources actively. The behavior of the fog node in contributing resources and the completion degree of the task also for contributing resources are packaged into blocks and stored in the blockchain system to form a transparent, open, and tamper-free service evaluation index. The differential game method is employed to model and solve the above process and address the interaction between the optimal resource contribution strategy of the fog node and the optimal benefit under the optimal resource contribution strategy. Indirectly, this service evaluation index also brings long-term economic benefits to fog service providers. Besides, taking advantage of the performance characteristics of the collective maintenance of blockchain and the ability to establish a credible consensus mechanism in an untrusted environment, fog computing nodes, under the proposed architecture, can have specific security protection capabilities.

Tourism services: facing the challenge of new tourist profiles

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 654-669 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margarida Custódio Santos ◽  
Célia Veiga ◽  
Paulo Águas
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Digital Natives ◽  
Marketing Mix ◽  
Marketing Strategies ◽  
Market Segment ◽  
Market Segments ◽  
Pertinent Literature ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Tourism Services

Purpose This paper sought to examine the pertinent literature to identify trends that lead to the emergence of new tourist profiles. The study simultaneously focused on analysing the implications of these new tourist segments for service providers. In a time characterised by constant and accelerated change, the tourism market environment must be systematically and proactively monitored to define more carefully adjusted marketing strategies. Design/methodology/approach The paper examined the academic, institutional and trade literature to provide an overview of the main trends and profiles of the main market segments. Findings The most relevant segments identified and profiled are the seniors and millennials. The importance of this two generational segments for tourism derives from their large dimensions and strong interest in travelling. Empirical evidence has been found that the senior segment comprises two distinct sub-segments: “younger at heart” and “older at heart”. Therefore, seniors cannot be targeted as a homogeneous segment. Regarding the millennials, they are considered digital natives, who look for authentic experiences and see themselves as travellers rather than tourists. They are expected to be the largest market segment by 2020. The implications of each segment profile for service providers are discussed. Originality/value The profiling of the two most important tourist segments allows managers to design more effective marketing-mix strategies to implement along the different stages of the tourism consumption process, which include the pre-travel, during-travel and post-travel phases.

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