scholarly journals Resilience of tourism activity in times of the Covid-19 pandemic

Author(s):  
José Octavio Camelo-Avedoy ◽  
Leonardo García-Mondragón ◽  
Dagoberto Jacobo-Garrafa

The pandemic that humanity is experiencing has generated a series of modifications in socio-economic life, social rituals, habits, among others; infection detected in December 2019, but spread massively in the first months of 2020. Tourism is an activity that has been severely affected, as the tourist is a mobility agent, and it is precisely to the mobility of people a strategy to contain the contagion of the Sars-Cov-2 virus. The objective of this document is to carry out an analysis of the context under which tourist activity has been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic; as well as, expose the resilience process that said activity has had in recent months. Research carried out from secondary sources, such as reports and publications of international organizations, official data, specialized agencies on passenger cars and the monitoring of the pandemic; A mixed theoretical framework is used, with economic concepts and categories, other from the study of tourism and some epidemiological. The result makes it possible to make visible, in a timely manner, what the resilience strategies of the tourism sector have been, taking five countries as references.

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 86
Author(s):  
Thomas Bustomi

This study entitled “Determining Region Galunggung in District Sukaratu As Strategic Area Nature”. The purpose of this policy is to increase the activity of the business world in the tourism sector in KGG - KS so as to improve the regional economic growth both on a district or on a regional scale Tasikmalaya regency. The method used in this research is action research (action research) using a qualitative approach. Results of the study were divided into four categories: problem identification, determination of the terms of problem solving, determination of alternative policy formulation and determination of the alternative selected as the end result of this policy formulation. Official data are not obtained, shall be carried out exploration data / information through other means in order to identify the problems become whole / full. In this research, a lack of data / information that is experienced by the researchers can be overcome because there is input from the community although its accuracy is lower. Meanwhile, the establishment of technical provisions troubleshooting is done based on a reference from the rules of the policy object. Each process / stages of policy formulation are not always able to generate a specific output. Determination of the technical provisions of Resolution “or the theory of public policy referred to as” the evaluation criteria Resolution “is one very important part in the process of policy formulation.


2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nnamdi Nwaodu ◽  
David Adam ◽  
Okechukwu Okereke

Corruption still subsists as one of the greatest challenges facing Nigeria. The existence of this phenomenon in virtually all aspects of the nation’s socio-economic life is said to be one reason why poverty level remains high irrespective of her position as the six highest suppliers of oil to the whole wide world, and a possessor of numerous other human and natural resources. A recent attempt by the Federal Government of Nigeria to curb this societal ill led to the establishment of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the Independent Corrupt Practices & Related Offences Commission (ICPC) among others bodies. This paper historically explores the anti-corruption war in Nigeria and specifically zeros itself to review EFCC’s role in this war. The methodology adopted in this paper is the narrative-textual case study (NTCS), a research method that sources the required quantitative and qualitative secondary data on the phenomenon of study from secondary sources like the internet, World Wide Web, online databases, e-libraries  et cetera. On the strength of the qualitative data sourced, it was discovered that the agency has made some successes but is being hindered by political, administrative and judicial bureaucracy from efficient performance. The paper therefore boldly recommends that transparency be enshrined into all aspect Nigerian political and administrative life and extant anti-graft laws be reviewed, harmonized and strengthened to enhance the effectiveness of fight against corruption and breach of corporate governance ethics by those holding political and non-political positions in Nigeria.


Author(s):  
Ban Ali Hussein Al Mahanadi

The transport sector in its various forms, has an important weight in tourist activity, it is a direct producer that deserves direct planning. It is coordinated with the objectives of the comprehensive tourism plan. Also, it is an important factor in the tourism industry where depend on it to transport tourists from outside their places of residence to the tourist destination. An analysis of the reality of transport and tourism activity in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia shows the relative importance of the transport and communications sector, the relative importance of the retail sector, restaurants and hotels, the highest level of passenger services, In addition, there is the presence of religious tourism as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia benefits from the influx of millions of Muslim pilgrims from all over the world to perform Hajj rituals annually and Umrah every day. And to see the archaeological sites and the holiest Bekaa in the Holy Haram area where in 2017 religious tourism attracted more than 8 million Muslim visitors, around 3 million came to perform Hajj. According to the National Transition Program, the Ministry of Hajj is committed to achieving the goal of providing the greatest possible number of Muslims to perform Hajj and Umrah. The end of this ministry is to increase the number of pilgrims from outside Saudi Arabia to 15 million by 2020 compared to 2017 (6.8 million) And according to Vision 2030, this number will double to 30 million by 2030, This is due to major growth in the fields of living accommodations, wellness maintenance, advanced shipping, retail and infrastructure. Equally part of its vision for growing the tourism sector and diversifying the sources of income, it intends to implement the first two projects, the Red Sea project and the second project of the city of Neum.


Author(s):  
A. Nebesnaya

The article provides an overview of the main strategic documents for the development of the tourism industry both at the federal level and at the regional levels. Among the main measures for the implementation of the Strategy for the period up to 2035 in the tourism sector, they noted: the formation of the institutional system of the industry; development of tourist infrastructure; formation of a tourist product; qualitatively new management of the industry; advanced training of participants in the tourism industry; ensuring an increase in the number of foreign tourists visiting the Russian Federation. To analyze the development of these measures in the region, a SWOT-analysis of the development of the tourism industry in the Voronezh region was carried out. The strengths included the availability of significant resources for the development of various types of tourism. The created room stock of accommodation facilities, represented by key foreign and domestic hotel brands, is capable of receiving up to 1.5 million tourists a year. The developed transport infrastructure of the Voronezh region, the presence of the international airport "Voronezh" are significant competitive advantages of the Voronezh region. The weaknesses include the fact that Voronezh and the region do not have a sufficiently developed hospitality industry and a well-recognized brand. The contribution of tourism activity to the well-being of its key participants was considered. A forecast was made in accordance with the Tourism Development Strategy 2035 of the export of tourism services and the gross value added of the tourism industry in Russia.


Author(s):  
Roya Rahimi ◽  
Vipin K. Nadda ◽  
Hui Wang

Businesses tend to operate under the influence of their internal and external environment for favourable outcome and competitive sustainability. Under such circumstances, it becomes critical to develop and maintain mutually beneficial relationships with the variety of stakeholders and customers being of paramount importance, especially in the tourism sector. The recent time has seen dramatic growth in tourism industry and tourism has been considered as one of the largest global export industries (UNWTO, 2003). In order to strive, it has to meet the competitive challenges of the future where quality will be the main driving force which mainly focuses upon the satisfaction of all the legitimate product and service needs, requirements and expectations of the consumer, at an acceptable price, in accordance with the underlying quality determinants such as safety and security, hygiene, accessibility, transparency, authenticity and harmony of the tourism activity concerned with its human and natural environment. These expected needs correspond to what the customer expects to receive and to what is experienced as important. These needs can be expressed by the customer and if these expectations fulfilled, will lead to satisfaction and doing so the service provider creates expected quality (Kvist and Klefsjo, 2006). Recognizing this value of end user's opinion, more and more business organizations are focusing towards customer relationship management (CRM) for building and facilitating ever lasting relationship with them (Richard and Johns, 2008). The competitive marketing environment characterized with the availability of differentiated products (Gartner,2009),availability of low switch over options(Massey et al,2001) and the increasing cost of attracting new customer(Peppard, 2000) not only threaten the loyalties but also raise customer's expectations thus necessitating the need for CRM (Pan &Lee,2003). Buttle (2009) projects that the core aim of CRM is towards managing customer relationship shifting the focus from transaction to acquisition, development and retention.


Author(s):  
Teresa Gomes da Costa ◽  
Nuno Miguel Teixeira ◽  
Inês Lisboa

Tourism is a strategic sector for the Portuguese economic and social development in general, and for Setúbal municipality in particular. Consequently, the existence of an effective ecosystem that promotes competitive business is crucial for the region. This chapter considers how the entrepreneurial ecosystem concerning tourism sector is perceived and operates in this Portuguese municipality. The authors chose a case study research strategy, in addition to documental analysis, through which we selected 45 stakeholders to participate as a focus group, related to the entrepreneurial activity in tourism in the municipality. The evidence shows that Setúbal municipality has relevant ecosystem elements, which are determinant for the development of the tourism entrepreneurial activity in this region. However, it is not functioning systemically in a way that can generate more effective results in the entrepreneurial activity. This result is also related with the fact that tourism activity in the region is in an initial phase and it is expected that, with its continuous development, the entrepreneurial ecosystem will also grow and become stronger, being able to create more synergies that will support new businesses.


2020 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 15-20
Author(s):  
Eligiusz Małolepszy ◽  
Teresa Drozdek-Małolepsza

The aim of this paper is to present tourism and recreation in the county of Kremenets on the pages of “Życie Krzemienieckie” [Life of Kremenets] journal.”Życie Krzemienieckie” was issued in Kremenets in the years 1932-1939 and was published monthly. In some periods, “Życie Krzemienieckie” came out as a biweekly. It was a journal which was to provide information on social, cultural and economic life, as well as tourist and recreational activity, mostly of the Kremenets county community. As far as preparations for drawing up the study are concerned, the following procedures were used: analysis of historical sources, synthesis, induction, deduction and the comparative method. <br>The years 1932-1939 saw the development of tourism and recreation in the county of Kremenets. It was noticeable in the progression of infrastructure for tourism and recreation, e.g. in Kremenets, the Community and Tourism House was built. Some facilities were established for active tourism in the county of Kremenets. In addition to infrastructure, an important element in tourism activity was personnel training. Activity in the fi eld of tourism and recreation was pursued by social organisations including the following; Polish Sightseeing Association (branch in Kremenets), the County Committee for Physical Education and Military Training in Kremenets, the County Committee of Rural Youth in Kremenets, the Volhynian District Skiing Association, Union of Social Organisations and Association of Women’s Civic Work. In the fi eld of tourism, an important role was played by Kremenets Secondary School. In Kremenets, a department of the “Orbis” Travel Agency operated. In the county of Kremenets, mainly sightseeing, school as well asactive tourism was practised, and excursion traffi c in its broad sense was notable.


Author(s):  
Artem Mekhovych

The article considers the main problems affecting the development of international tourism and predicts the further development of the situation. The growing tourist flow has contributed to the intensification of entrepreneurship in all sectors of the economy, capitalization of assets, job creation, economic and social growth. In 2019, the global tourism industry provided about 330 million jobs, equivalent to 10.3% of total employment. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused an unprecedented crisis in the tourism industry. The flow of tourists in the world has decreased by about 65%. In January-September 2020 alone, the number of international revenues decreased by 70%.This has resulted in the loss of $ 730 billion and more than 120 million jobs. It is noted that in modern conditions there are possible directions of development of inbound and domestic tourism, which are an important factor influencing the economy, but the weakening of external restrictions and lack of competitive service in the Ukrainian tourism industry will contribute to further development of international tourism. Those countries in which tourism occupies a significant share in GDP, are interested in attracting tourists as soon as possible and are ready to promptly implement all necessary anti-epidemic measures in the tourist infrastructure. For the Ukrainian government today, such a strategy is not a priority. Based on this, it is proved that the essence of the scientific and applied aspect of managing the development of international tourism is based on the theory of large business cycles and the theory of prediction. It was emphasized that the world crises ended sooner or later and a new round of development began. The task of mastering the forces of socio-economic life and subordinating them to the conscious, planned leadership of the state, as well as constructive and continuous social dialogue between the government and social partners, is the next practical transformation of today. The program of conscious organizational and regulatory steps should be knowledge, anticipation and action plan. When developing an anti-crisis plan to overcome the impact of COVID-19 on the tourism sector in Ukraine, it is necessary to take into account the recommendations of the Global Crisis Committee on Tourism, namely: crisis management and job preservation; support for self-employed workers; providing incentives and implementing appropriate state policy in the field of international tourism. In predicting the future development of the situation, more attention should be paid to the role of the tourism sector in the country's economy and the achievement of sustainable development goals; develop plans for preparedness for the challenges of the future and use this opportunity to move to sustainable development of tourism facilities.


Author(s):  
L. S. Voronkov

The author argues that the emergence of the first permanent intergovernmental (IIGO) and non-governmental (INGO) organizationsin the second half of the XIX-th century was due to common causes. He tries to justify the need to consider them not as independent objects of study, but as the phenomenon, caused by the high level of internationalization of economic life of states and of socio-economic consequences of the industrial revolution, reached in this period. The emergence of IIGOs, based on international treaty, was accompanied by establishment of a large number of INGOs operating in similar fields of human activity, which performed supplementary functions and regulated areas of cooperation and public needs, not covered by interstate agreements. The article presents the main factors that in later stages of internationalization and development of contemporary international relations gave the impetus to emergence and development of international organizations, including the military-technological revolution, that gave birth to mass destruction weapons and avalanche-like growth of the number of human and material losses during wars and military conflicts, the Cold War between world communism and world capitalism, the collapse of the colonial system and formation ofa new main contradiction of the world politics between the "Club of rich countries" and states of the "global periphery", beginning of development of regional integration processes and, finally, the emergence of global problems. The article emphasizes that both IIGOs and INGOs evolved from the supportive tools in implementation of multilateral interaction of sovereign states towards becoming an integral part of contemporary international relations, fulfilling many vital functions of modern human society and its citizens. Given the involvement of the overwhelming majority of modern sovereign states and tens of thousands of civil society organizations in activity of numerical IIGOs and INGOs, none of the existing centers of world power can afford to trample down and to subordinate activities of all these international organizations. The development of IIGOs and INGOs makes any attempts to create a unipolar system of contemporary international relations impossible.


2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 45
Author(s):  
Happy Febrina Hariyani

Tourism is believed to be a booster for economic growth in developing countries. The tourism sector in Indonesia is one of the sectors that has the highest contribution in foreign exchange to the economy. Tourism activity in the form of export trade in services is the only sector that constantly make a positive contribution in the balance of trade in services in Indonesia. This study aims to analyze the influence of tourism consumption, tourism investment and government spending to economic growth. The results of this study indicate that, in the long run, those variables affect economic growth. While in the short run, they do not influence economic growth.


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