Design as an Indicator of Tourist Destination Change: The Concept Renewal Cycle at Watkins Glen State Park

For decades, the Tourism Area Life Cycle (TALC) model, its iterations, and its critics have shaped the conversation about change and adaptation at tourist destinations. However, few life cycle models consider the designed landscape as a factor in the evolutionary process or as a signifier of change. This oversight is problematic because the landscape, the aggregation of consciously designed spaces and amenities, is where tourism takes place. It is the physical manifestation of the tourist destination and therefore significantly influences how the site is organized, consumed, and evaluated. To illustrate the landscape’s importance, this article proposes a new life cycle model called the Concept Renewal Cycle (CRC), which tracks the intent of the designed landscape, the concept, to understand and document destination change. The model introduces and utilizes relevancy as the variable that determines concept success and instigates action. The proposed model and other prominent life cycle models are analyzed and compared through the case study of Watkins Glen State Park in New York state. While the other models struggle to reflect the evolution at Watkins Glen, the CRC shows resilience by eschewing TALC’s inevitable, time-based decline structure in favor of a cyclical pattern where concept revision allows for prolonged maturity.

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Co-Evolutionary Prospects in Tourism

International Journal of Business and Management ◽

10.5539/ijbm.v13n9p95 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 13 (9) ◽

pp. 95 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Marco Valeri ◽

Leslie Fadlon

Keyword(s):

Research Question ◽

Evolutionary Process ◽

Theoretical Background ◽

Future Research ◽

Management Approach ◽

Competitive Advantages ◽

Tourist Destination ◽

Tourist Destinations ◽

International Tourist ◽

The Relationship

The purpose of this paper is to verify whether the nature of the relationship between a tourist destination and tourist enterprises operating within its territory, can be defined as co-evolutionary. This paper derives from the continuation of previous researches of ours about the topic of destination management and destination governance. The theoretical background of this paper is based on the following research question: within the framework of the international tourist scenario, are there tourist hospitality models designed as a prototype of co-evolution between the tourist destination and its territory? In this paper, the analysis perspective which is considered the most appropriate to qualify the nature of the relationship among a given tourist destination and its tourist enterprises is the co-evolutionary perspective. According to such perspective, tourist enterprises co-evolve together with tourist destinations, while looking for long-term competitive advantages: tourist enterprises are considered critical resources to the development of the territory and vice versa. The co-evolutionary process implies the identification of a governance body able to exploit and enhance the systemic resources made available by the territory and to inspire the management approach of the different tourist enterprises. The absence of specific case studies represents a limit of the present paper. Hence, with a view to a subsequent future research, we will continue the proposed analysis by enriching it with empirical evidence, which will be useful to foster the debate on the subject matter and for the related entrepreneurial and management implications.

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The implementation of sustainable development principles in order to optimize the system of competitiveness of tourist destinations

Services in Russia and abroad ◽

10.12737/19724 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 87-100

Author(s):

Татьяна Рассохина ◽

Tatyana Rassokhina ◽

Константин Лебедев ◽

Konstantin Lebedev

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Local Community ◽

Classical Model ◽

Graphical Analysis ◽

Tourist Destination ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Opposite Case ◽

Tourist Destinations ◽

Proposed Model ◽

Destination Competitiveness

The article is devoted to the development of a model of tourist destination competitiveness based on the principles of sustainable development. It is shown that insufficient attention to solving economic, social and environmental problems through mechanisms of global concept of sustainable development is one of the main factors constraining the growth of competitiveness. The authors prove the following. When creating tourist destinations of different scales, environment for the local community is formed, which should be comfortable and for tourists. In the opposite case, tourist destinations will experience a crisis in its development. The authorial model of ensuring the tourist destination competitiveness, developed on the basis of classical model of M. Porter and G. Dunning. The role of the local community as one of the factors of competitiveness is proved. The analysis of the sustainable development criteria according to UNWTO regarding the creation of conditions for the local community development is conducted, the basic conditions are identified. The authors have conducted an expert survey in destinations of Kaluga region and Tatarstan. On its base the graphical analysis of realization sustainable development criteria concerning creation of conditions for local community activation as the competitive strength of the tourist destination is represented. The main typical problems are identified. Based on it three types of competiveness strategies in the context of sustainable development are specified. The authors have conducted the analysis of indicators of social and tourism development of the Russian regions and have distinguished 10 regions most in need of the implementation of the proposed model. This article provides recommendations for increasing of competitive advantage and sustainable development of tourist destinations.

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Life-history Studies on Proteocephalus pinguis La Rue

Parasitology ◽

10.1017/s0031182000029371 ◽

1929 ◽

Vol 21 (4) ◽

pp. 487-496 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

George W. Hunter

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

Life History ◽

Life Cycle ◽

Experimental Evidence ◽

Digestive Tract ◽

Lake Erie ◽

New York State ◽

Esox Lucius ◽

Adult Parasite ◽

York State

While working on parasites of fish for the New York State Conservation Department during the summer of 1928 it was possible to secure experimental evidence on the life-cycle of Proteocephalus pinguis La Rue 1911. The adult parasite lives in the digestive tract of Esox lucius Linnaeus and E. reticulatus Le Sueur where it ranges in length between 50 and 90 mm. Since La Rue (1914) gives a complete description of the adult it is not necessary to go further into the morphology of this form. Adult tapeworms for the experiments were taken from E. lucius from Lake Erie and Ellicott Creek, near Buffalo, New York, and from E. reticulatus from Barrett and China Ponds near Carmel, New York.

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Tourist destination development: Modeling and forecasting

Servis plus ◽

10.12737/5535 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 8 (3) ◽

pp. 32-39

Author(s):

Михаил Морозов ◽

Mikhail Morozov ◽

Наталья Морозова ◽

Natalya Morozova

Keyword(s):

Forecast Model ◽

Efficiency Ratio ◽

Integral Index ◽

Tourist Destination ◽

Basic Principles ◽

Tourist Destinations ◽

Proposed Model ◽

Modeling And Forecasting ◽

Different Types ◽

Forecast Models

This article deals with the creation and development of the tourist destinations. The authors describe different types of development-related destination appeal, propose a logically interconnected sequence of stages in the formation of the desired profile of a tourist destination, and show that, in order to ensure effective functioning, it is imperative that economic and mathematical modeling to assess the potential of the current and achievable competitiveness of tourist destinations be used. The proposed model allows to calculate the quantitative effect of attracting investment to the development of tourist destinations. The defining characteristics are the coefficient of efficiency of economic activity of a tourist destination, and the efficiency ratio of a tourist destination. The authors introduce a new measure — the coefficient of tourist loyalty to a destination (coefficient of return tourist business) and propose a formula for calculating the integral index of the efficiency (competitiveness) of a tourist destination. In the article, the authors consider the basic principles of forecasting, which are to be taken into account in the course of the development-forecast model construction; provide a description of forecast models, and identify the properties required of an efficient forecasting model.

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The Stages of Tri Ning Danu Tourism Destination Development Based on Tourism Capital

Udayana Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities (UJoSSH) ◽

10.24843/ujossh.2018.v02.i01.p10 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 56

Author(s):

I Nyoman Sunarta ◽

I Nyoman Sukma Arida ◽

I Made Adikampana ◽

Saptono Nugroho

Keyword(s):

Life Cycle ◽

Development Stage ◽

Tourism Destination ◽

Tourist Destination ◽

Tourist Destinations ◽

Comprehensive View

This article aims to determine the life cycle of tourist destinations in three lakes: Beratan, Buyan, and Tamblingan or referred to as Tri ning Danu, based on tourism capital. This study was conducted considering the research about the lake-based tourism is still very limited, especially in Indonesia. The analysis was carried out using the model of the Tourist Area Life Cycle (TALC) introduced by Butler and the conception of tourism capital inspired by Bourdieu. The integration of both produces a profile of the position or stage of Tri ning Danu tourist destination development more adequately. This approach is relatively new as a breakthrough effort to get rid of conventional reports on the destination developments that generally rely solely on TALC. It is expected that with the added of tourism capital variable will get a more comprehensive view of destination development stage. The results of the stage of Tri ning Danu tourist destination development based on the tourism capital, as follows: Consolidation Stage for Beratan Lake, Involvement Stage for Buyan Lake, and Exploration Stage for Tamblingan Lake.

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Medical Capacity Shortages Facilitated the Rapid Dissemination of COVID-19 in Wuhan, New York State, and Italy

10.21203/rs.3.rs-234709/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Yuehao Xu ◽

Cheng Zhang ◽

Lixian Qian

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

New York State ◽

The United States ◽

Policy Makers ◽

York State ◽

Proposed Model ◽

Rapid Dissemination ◽

City State ◽

And Control ◽

The Impact

Abstract Background: During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak, every public health system faced the potential challenge of medical capacity shortages. Infections without timely diagnosis or treatment may facilitate the stealth transmission and spread of the virus. Important as the influence of capacity shortages on the epidemic, it is still unclear how they could intensify the spread of the epidemic qualitatively under different circumstances. Our study aims to throw light on this influence.Methods: Using infection and medical capacity information reported in Wuhan in China, New York State in the United States, and Italy, we developed a dynamic susceptible–exposed–infected–recovered (SEIR) model to estimate the impact of medical capacity shortages during the COVID-19 outbreak at the city, state, and country levels.Results: The proposed model can fit data well (R-square > 0.9). Through sensitivity analysis, we found that doubled capacity would lead to a 39% lower peak infected number in Wuhan. Italy and New York State have similar results.Conclusions: The less shortages in medical capacity, the faster decline in the daily infection numbers and the fewer deaths, and more shortage would lead to steepen infection curve. This study provides a method for estimating potential shortages and explains how they may dynamically facilitate disease spreading during future pandemics such as COVID-19. Based on this, policy makers may figure out some way to explore more medical capacity and control the epidemic better.

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Life cycle assessment study highlights for new york state based PVMC modeled thin film roll-to-roll CIGS process

2016 IEEE 43rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC) ◽

10.1109/pvsc.2016.7750016 ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

David Fobare ◽

Shanika Amarakoon ◽

Pradeep Haldar ◽

David Metacarpal Jennifer Bell ◽

Cyril Vallet

Keyword(s):

Thin Film ◽

New York ◽

Life Cycle Assessment ◽

Life Cycle ◽

New York State ◽

Life Cycle Assessment Study ◽

York State ◽

Roll To Roll ◽

Assessment Study

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Digital Marketing Best Practices for Management in Tourist Destinations

Emerging Challenges, Solutions, and Best Practices for Digital Enterprise Transformation - Advances in Business Strategy and Competitive Advantage ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-8587-0.ch010 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 182-198

Author(s):

Cristina Callejón-Gómez ◽

María-Mercedes Rojas-de-Gracia

Keyword(s):

Social Networks ◽

Best Practices ◽

Digital Marketing ◽

Tourist Destination ◽

Tourist Destinations ◽

Proposed Model ◽

Web Metrics

This work fills a gap that has existed up to now, proposing a series of specific indicators that serve as a manual of good digital marketing practices for the promotion of tourist destinations. According to the proposed model, the variables to take into account are those related to web metrics, SEO positioning, and social networks. Likewise, the indicators and metrics proposed in the tourist destination Malaga (Spain) are applied. In this way, the model can serve as a guide for the managing institutions of tourist destinations that wish to measure the results of their efforts. This analysis facilitates the identification of the strengths of the strategy followed, as well as those that need to be improved. It can also be used to verify the positioning of tourist destinations with respect to their competitors.

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Updating Pavement Design Procedures for New York State

Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board ◽

10.1177/0361198196153900107 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 1539 (1) ◽

pp. 51-57

Author(s):

Hong-Jer Chen ◽

Luis Julian Bendaña ◽

Dan E. McAuliffe ◽

Raymond L. Gemme

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

Sensitivity Analysis ◽

Life Cycle ◽

New York State ◽

Design Procedure ◽

Pavement Design ◽

Life Cycle Costs ◽

Past Performance ◽

Design Variables ◽

Pavement Thickness

New York's effort in adapting concepts from AASHTO's pavement design guide as a basis for a revised state design procedure for thickness of new and reconstructed pavements is summarized. The rationale for this revised procedure was to design more durable pavements and reduce life-cycle costs. New York's past pavement design practice and the background for the revisions are briefly described. A sensitivity analysis was conducted to identify how AASHTO design variables affect pavement thickness. Past performance of selected New York pavements was also studied. The rationale is discussed for determination of appropriate design variables, based on the sensitivity analysis, performance studies, and reviews of past and current practice. Also described is the justification of other design features, such as 50-year design life, granular subgrade, permeable base, edge drains, shorter slabs, maximum and minimum pavement thicknesses, and new dowel and tie-bar designs. Development and implementation of New York's new AASHTO-based thickness design procedure are major steps toward accomplishing the goals of building longer-lasting pavements and reducing life-cycle costs.

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