Human Capital and its Reflections in Achieving Sustainable Tourism Development in a Sample of Excellent and First Class Hotels in Iraq: Field Study

Cultural Tourism offers a strong motivation to preserve the elements of cultural heritage in tourist destinations. It helps to preserve cultural elements as important tourist attractions. Cultural tourism’s notion is unlimited to visiting monumental attractions only, but it has also become an interactive experience with the social fabric of the community through attending exhibitions, festivals and events, and the purchase of traditional local products. Thus, the human capital factor in tourism is linked to the quality of tourism products. With the growth of international tourism, the importance of sustainable tourism development has emerged to protect natural, cultural, and human resources, in addition to achieving economic development. As non-sustainable tourism development has led to the deterioration of tourism resources. This research paper examines if cultural tourism contributes to decrease tourism seasonality and achieve sustainable tourism development in cultural heritage sites. A case study of Aswan was selected. Aswan has unique and important elements of cultural heritage (Tangible and Intangible), but it still faces many problems like tourism seasonality, besides its tourism is still weak compared with other cities that have the same tourism potential. Based on a literature review and analytical study of global examples that achieved sustainability in cultural heritage sites, a field study of Aswan was conducted to evaluate the current status of cultural tourism, besides illustrating the challenges of achieving sustainability. The major result that has emerged from the study is paying attention to cultural tourism is the possible solution to the challenges that Aswan tourism faces. Finally, the paper concluded that investment in human capital creates opportunities for cultural tourism which in return resolves one of tourism’s major challenges: seasonality.

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DESKRIPSI PERMASALAHAN UPAYA PENGEMBANGAN PARIWISATA BERKELANJUTAN DI DANAU TOBA SUMATERA UTARA (PROBLEM DESCRIPTION OF SUSTAINABLE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT EFFORT ON TOBA LAKE NORTH SUMATERA)

Inovasi ◽

10.33626/inovasi.v16i1.130 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 16 (1) ◽

pp. 11-20

Author(s):

Porman Juanda Marpomari Mahulae

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Tourism ◽

Tourism Development ◽

Development Effort ◽

Sustainable Tourism Development ◽

Problem Description ◽

World Tourism Organization ◽

United Nation World ◽

Tourism Organization ◽

United Nation

Penelitian ini adalah sebuah usaha yang dilakukan untuk mengurai masalah yang dihadapi para stakeholder dalam mewujudkan sebuah pengelolaan pariwisata yang berkelanjutan di kawasan Danau Toba. Indikator yang diukur dalam penelitian ini adalah indikator dasar dari 5 (lima) isu utama pengembangan periwisata berkelanjutan yang telah dikembangkan oleh United Nation World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). Penelitian ini adalah penelitian deskriptif dengan pendekatan kualitatif dan diperkuat dengan data-data yang bersifat kuantitatif. Berdasarkan hasil pengukuran indikator-indikator dasar tersebut dan pendalaman yang dilakukan dengan diskusi-diskusi yang dilakukan dengan para informan penelitian, diketahui bahwa sebenarnya penyelesaian persoalan dasar pengembangan pariwisata berkelanjutan di sebuah destinasi wisata masih menjadi tugas besar bagi para stakeholder kepariwisataan di kawasan tersebut. Berdasarkan jenis permasalahan yang ada, maka terdapat kebutuhan kebijakan pengembangan terkait: 1) peningkatkan perekonomian dengan adanya kegiatan pariwisata; 2) penjaminan kesejahteraan daerah dan masyarakat lokal dengan adanya kegiatan pariwisata; 3) pemenuhan kepuasan pengunjung; 4) pelibatan masyarakat lokal di dalam pengelolaan kepariwisataan; dan 5) penjaminan kelestarian lingkungan hidup. Kata kunci: pengembangan, pariwisata berkelanjutan, Danau Toba

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Sustainable tourism development under the beautiful rural background – A case study of ancient villages planning as conservation

Future Energy, Environment and Materials II ◽

10.2495/feem140301 ◽

2015 ◽

Author(s):

Lei Li ◽

Ning Wang ◽

Zheng Shi

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Tourism ◽

Tourism Development ◽

Sustainable Tourism Development ◽

Rural Background

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INNOVATIVE MODEL OF SUSTAINABLE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT

Innovation in the economy ◽

10.26739/2181-9491-2020-6-1 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 6 (3) ◽

pp. 5-16

Author(s):

Baxtiyor Navruz-Zoda ◽

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Economic Policy ◽

Sustainable Tourism ◽

Tourism Development ◽

Sustainable Tourism Development ◽

Production Processes ◽

Technological Chain ◽

Priority Task ◽

Innovative Solutions ◽

Innovative Model

In a pandemic coronavirus and the global crisis, with the result that be a violation of the technological chain of production processes and services, as a priority task of economic policy is the restoration and sustainable development of tourism based on the search for innovative solutions. Based on the integration of two theories -innovation and sustainable development, the article substantiates the "Innovative model of sustainable development" as an anti-crisis tool for the development of tourism. At the same time, special attention is paid to the characteristics of environmental, social and economic innovations that are widely applied in the field of tourism

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Bhaktapur Tourism

Research Nepal Journal of Development Studies ◽

10.3126/rnjds.v3i1.29650 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 29-55

Author(s):

Bharat Prasad Badal

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Gender Equity ◽

Questionnaire Survey ◽

Sustainable Tourism ◽

Tourism Development ◽

Social Dimension ◽

Multiple Sources ◽

Economic Dimension ◽

Sustainable Tourism Development ◽

One Year

Development in this age of sustainable development is sustainable development itself and tourism development is sustainable development of tourism. The present paper investigates the development of tourism from the socio economic indicators of sustainable tourism of Bhaktapur. Bhaktapur is an open museum and central hub of Tourism. To explore the Economic dimension of Bhaktapur Sustainable Tourism Development through Employment that focuses Number, type and duration of jobs, Gender equity, Business viability, Expenditure, Arrivals, Profitability, and Satisfaction. And to analyze the Social dimension of Bhaktapur Sustainable Tourism Development through Quality of Life that focuses Resident Empowerment, Congestion and crowding, Community attitudes to tourism, Access to amenities, and Changes in crime rate, the study has been conducted. The primary information is based on multiple sources of societal learning like field visits in course of doing researches, observation of various sites, General Household Questionnaire Survey, focus on group discussions, interactive seminars and a number of interactions and interviews with the experts of tourism sector in Bhaktapur. General Household Questionnaire Survey of purposively selected cluster of Dattatraya Square area was conducted on 157 households. Among five clusters Dattatrya Square was purposely selected for the study. Actual spending and length of stay of foreign tourists have been increasing in Nepal. Altogether from socio economic perspective 13 programsare recommended from the study to the local government of Bhaktapur Dattatrya. It needs around265 lakhs and timeline is not more than one year. Five times of these 13 projects and 265 lakhs can double the visitors in coming years.

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