A Tourism Planning of Zimbabwe for 1980-2018: A Critical Assessment

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 14-24
Author(s):  
Dr Shepherd Nyaruwata
Keyword(s):  
Hospitality Industry ◽  
Effective Response ◽  
Negative Image ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
World Tourism Organization ◽  
Hospitality Sector ◽  
The Government ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality Industry ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality ◽  
Tourism Organization

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to assess how far the government of Zimbabwe’s tourism policies and strategies have affected the development of the tourism and hospitality sector. Methods: The study was based on a review of the literature on tourism development in Zimbabwe. A range of peer-reviewed papers, reports from the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). reports from the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA), and those of the Ministry of Environment, Tourism, and Hospitality Industry were consulted. The information offered a clear picture of how far the government had contributed to influencing the development of the tourism and hospitality industry during the period. Results: The results of the study showed that for the period up to 2000 the government played only a facilitating role in the development of the sector. The results further showed that the government took a more proactive role in planning the development of the industry only when the persistent negative image of the country threatened the collapse of the sector. Implications: It is recommended that the country effectively implements the National Tourism Master Plan and the National Tourism Sector Strategy which were launched in 2016 and 2018 respectively. A constant review of the National Tourism Sector Strategy will ensure an effective response to the global and national macro-economic, social and political changes that will occur during the plan period.

Organizational and Economic Aspects of the Development of the International Tourism and Hospitality Industry

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 913
Author(s):  
Sayyora Rikhsibaevna SAFAEVA ◽  
Maxbuba Toychievna ALIEVA ◽  
Laylo Toktasinovna ABDUKHALILOVA ◽  
Nargiza Elshodovna ALIMKHODJAEVA ◽  
Elena Evgenievna KONOVALOVA
Keyword(s):  
Hospitality Industry ◽  
Educational Programs ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
International Tourism ◽  
Tourist Destinations ◽  
Hospitality Sector ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality Industry ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality ◽  
Intensive Development ◽  
New System

The article is devoted to the consideration of aspects related to the development of the tourism and hospitality industry in Uzbekistan and Russia. It has been established that the intensive development of various forms of tourism and hospitality will allow these countries to be more attractive for foreign tourists. It has been found that when developing the tourism and hospitality market Uzbekistan and Russia are advised to review prospects of its development at the international level. Promising areas of the development in the tourism and hospitality industry will be a new system of enterprise classification regulating the rating of enterprises and encouraging tourism by simplifying visa regulations, applying discounts to attract regular and potential tourists, introducing educational programs in the tourism and hospitality sector combining theory and practice, and spurring the development of all regions as potential tourist destinations.

scholarly journals Impact of marketing environment on development of hotel industry at present stage

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (4) ◽  
pp. 113-122
Author(s):  
Tatyana Aleksandrovna Makarova ◽  
Ekaterina Valeryevna Abakumova ◽  
Olga Viktorovna Tkachenko
Keyword(s):  
Hospitality Industry ◽  
Hotel Industry ◽  
Marketing Strategies ◽  
Present Stage ◽  
Successful Operation ◽  
Marketing Environment ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality Industry ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality ◽  
The Impact

The article considers the problem of studying the influence of the marketing environment on the development of the hotel industry at the present stage. An overview of the global hotel market is given, the main indicators of collective accommodation facilities in the Russian Federation over 2010–2019 are illustrated. The influence of the marketing environment on the development of the hotel industry at the present stage is revealed. The marketing environment of the tourism and hospitality industry has been studied, the most optimal methods for forecasting demand for hotel services have been identified, and recommendations for creating business planning algorithms in the hotel business have been developed. Attention is drawn to the fact that the business is currently experiencing a crisis caused by the pandemic. The statistical data are provided to compare the state of the market before the pandemic and at the end of the first half of 2020. There have been considered the legislative innovations aimed at stimulating the demand for tourist services. The analysis of the marketing environment of hotels in Astrakhan is carried out. There has been studied the impact on the development of the hospitality industry of such marketing strategies as cost reduction strategy, survival strategy, strategy of maximum and minimum prices, strategy of winning the market or part of it, and innovation strategy. The results of implementing these strategies in business have been analyzed. The most of the existing marketing strategies are designed to maximize income and increase sales; in modern conditions the leading principle of the development of the hospitality industry is keeping the company in the market. For the successful operation and profitability of the hotel business it is necessary to apply combined marketing strategies that are individual for each enterprise in the tourism sector.

scholarly journals Assessment of status, problems and trends in development of tourist service market in Russian regions in terms of COVID-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-128
Author(s):  
Irina Anatolievna Morozova ◽  
Elena Gennadievna Gushchina ◽  
Yulia Olegovna Aleksikova ◽  
Anastasia Aleksandrovna Goncharova
Keyword(s):  
Hospitality Industry ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Service Market ◽  
Russian Economy ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Tourism Potential ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality Industry ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
The Impact

The article examines the impact of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) pandemic on the tourism and hospitality industry. Based on an assessment of the scale of losses incurred by enterprises in this sector of the economy in an unfavorable epidemiological situation, it was concluded that tourism was among the industries most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The identified problems faced by small and medium-sized businesses from among tour operators and travel agencies confirmed the correctness of the measures of state support provided by the state to this sector of the economy. A comparative analysis of the development of the tourism sector in 2019 and 2020 in terms of such parameters as the number of inbound and outbound trips of citizens, the volume of demand for tourism services, made it possible to assess the threats and opportunities for the functioning of the tourism sector during the pandemic for the Russian economy and suggest that the recovery of the tourism industry it may take at least three years. There have been illustrated the diagrams comparing the demand for outbound and inbound tourism in 2019 and 2020, the demand for tourist services among different strata of the population, and hotel occupancy in Russia. In addition to identifying general factors that hinder the balanced growth of the Russian market of tourist services, the problem of information asymmetry was stated, which hinders the realization of the tourist potential in the regions: lack/ insufficient data, or distorted data on the tourism potential in certain territories. The highlighted trends in the development of the Russian tourism industry in the current conditions and promising trends in the tourism and hospitality industry include greening, digitalization, individualization of both demand and supply, an orientation towards domestic tourism.

scholarly journals SENIOR TOURISM PERSP ECTIVES IN THE CONTEXT OF THE PENSION REFORM IN RUSSIA

2018 ◽  
pp. 66-71
Author(s):  
S. V. Ilkevich
Keyword(s):  
Hospitality Industry ◽  
Pension Reform ◽  
Senior Citizens ◽  
Retirement Age ◽  
Russian Society ◽  
Elderly Workers ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Formal And Informal Institutions ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality Industry ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality

The pension reform in Russia, launched in 2018, will have pronounced and multifaceted impacts on many industries in terms of production, consumption, marketing and employment. The development of segments of senior people's tourism, the features and specificity of economic psychology, motivation and consumption of tourist products by people of the third age, the increasing inclusion of elderly workers in the labor force in the tourism and hospitality industry as a new productive resource and other strategic considerations are becoming even more relevant to scientific and practical examinations. The article presents an attempt to summarize the specific risks and problems that the tourism sector will have to face in connection with the increases in the retirement age. Along with this, the opportunities and prospects that are opened up to the industry as a whole and the development of particular types of tourism and tourism sub-sectors are identified and analyzed under the condition that the increases in the retirement age are indeed accompanied, as it is planned, by overall improvements in the socioeconomic activity, productivity and paying capacity of senior citizens. Accordingly, pensioners and pre-pensioners will provide greater demand in the market of tourist services. By attracting elderly people to work positions in the tourism and hospitality industry, the threats of mass unemployment and precariousization of employment of pre-retirees would be partially partly mitigated. The paper also presents examples of international experiences and practices in the development of tourism of the older generation and its employment in tourism, which will become more relevant along with the implementation of the pension reform taking into account socio-economic and cultural specifics, formal and informal institutions of the Russian society in general and the regions in particular.

scholarly journals TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY NATIONAL PROJECT IN THE REGIONAL DIMENSION (THE CASE OF THE REPUBLIC OF BURYATIA)

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 19-28
Author(s):  
Людмила Бато-Жаргаловна Максанова ◽  
◽  
Мария Борисовна Бадмацыренова ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Hospitality Industry ◽  
Government Support ◽  
Managerial Decision ◽  
National Project ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Tourism Policy ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality Industry ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality

The article was written at the start of the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, which may deal a new devastating blow to the tourism sector. The article presents the main trends in tourism determining the strategic directions, methods and technologies applied to revive and further develop tourism. It also considers the goals and tools for implementing the state tourism policy in the framework of the Tourism and Hospitality Industry national project being currently shaped. The case of the Republic of Buryatia has been used to show changes in the approaches to managerial decision-making in the face of uncertainty, and to analyze operational data on the current situation in the tourism sector. The authors consider which responses and government support measures have a tactical character, and which can contribute to the revival and further development of tourism in the framework of the national tourism policy in the long run.

High performance work systems in the tourism and hospitality industry: a critical review

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (7) ◽  
pp. 2365-2395 ◽  
Author(s):  
Panagiotis V. Kloutsiniotis ◽  
Dimitrios M. Mihail
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Hospitality Industry ◽  
Black Box ◽  
Actual Process ◽  
Work Systems ◽  
Content Type ◽  
High Performance Work Systems ◽  
Hospitality Sector ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality Industry ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality

Purpose This study aims to provide an up-to-date theoretically based qualitative review regarding the “high-performance work systems” (HPWS) approach in the area of the tourism and hospitality management. The aim is to classify the so-far studies between those that examine the general “black-box” issue and those that investigate the actual process of the “black-box.” Finally, this study identifies the “gaps” in the literature and provides avenues for further research. Design/methodology/approach This review is based on a systematic critical analysis of the HPWS research that has been conducted explicitly on the tourism and hospitality industry during the years 2004-2019 (N = 28), published in core HRM and management journals. Findings This study identifies a significant gap in the progress of the HPWS research in the tourism and hospitality sector, contrary to the so-far research in the generic human resource management (HRM) literature. Hence, recommendations and suggestions are provided for advancing the HPWS research in the particular sector, including the need for more advanced conceptual and statistical models by focusing specifically on the process of the “black-box.” Practical implications The present review contributes considerably to the HPWS research in the tourism and hospitality sector and recommends avenues for further research in enhancing the overall HPWS literature. Originality/value This is the first study that reviews the HPWS literature in the tourism and hospitality sector, in an effort to reconcile the differences between the present sector and the generic HRM literature.

scholarly journals Legal regulation of tourism activities in Russia and the CIS countries

2021 ◽  
Vol 273 ◽  
pp. 09014
Author(s):  
Ludmila Spektor ◽  
Kostanyan Naira
Keyword(s):  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Living Standards ◽  
Regional Economies ◽  
American States ◽  
The World ◽  
World Tourism Organization ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality Industry ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality ◽  
Cis Countries ◽  
Tourism Organization

The tourism and hospitality industry produces many social benefits. More specifically tourism creates employment opportunities, contributes to the growth of local and regional economies by improving both the living standards of resident households and the incomes of local firms and represents “a tool for poverty alleviation” especially in developing countries. Nowadays tourism is the biggest industry globally. In particular according to the World Tourism Organization and Organization of American States, “data indicates that the sector contributes to more than 10 % of global gross domestic product and provides for one in ten jobs in the world”.

scholarly journals EUROPEAN DIMENSION IN QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE TOURIST SECTOR AS AN INSTITUTION FOR RUSSIAN DESTINATIONS DEVELOPMENT

2019 ◽  
pp. 70-79
Author(s):  
S. V. Ilkevich ◽  
L. V. Prikhodko ◽  
N. L. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Informal Education ◽  
Hospitality Industry ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Russian Scientific ◽  
Innovation Potential ◽  
National Qualifications Framework ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality Industry ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality

Adaptation of the best practices of the extensive and nationally specific European experience in the field of measurement of qualifications becomes particularly appropriate as there is some delay in the development of Russian scientific, practical and methodological approaches to the national qualifications framework. At the same time, the shortage of highly qualified personnel in the fast-growing tourist sector is becoming chronic, and the results of creating tourist clusters are ambiguous, with a large share of failures in the implementation of master plans for territorial tourism development. In this regard, the acceleration of the development of a structured measurement of qualifications in the form of a national qualifications framework becomes demanded not only to achieve greater maturity and effectiveness of the Russian educational and professional systems in the tourism sector, but also as a common institution for the strategic development of Russian destinations in training areas, technologies, competencies and the innovation potential of the tourism and hospitality industry. The projects of the European Commission ERASMUS+ are one of the effective network channels for the development of national and international expertise in structural measures to optimize educational systems, and in particular, to compare and develop systems, matrices frameworks for qualifications. The article represents an attempt to highlight how the implementation of a structured project in the field of qualifications can correspond both to general progressive trends in the evolution of educational systems and to the overall objectives of territorial tourist development. As a conceptual result, the authors identify six mid-term and six long-term effects of the developments of a national qualifications framework that directly and indirectly provide beneficial outcomes within the development of Russian destinations through improving the focus of retraining and advanced training programs, enhancing lifelong learning, promoting labor mobility in the tourism sector, successful validation of informal education, wider circulation of partial and intermediate qualifications in the tourism and hospitality industry. Adjacent to this issue is the problem of the relationship between the development of educational clusters in the tourism sector and the national qualifications framework, on the one hand, and tourism clusters, on the other, the consideration of which is also presented in this article.

scholarly journals The Effect of Undergraduates’ Perception on Career Selection in Tourism and Hospitality Industry

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 43-47
Author(s):  
Bandara.WMAH ◽  
Gangananda.AMNM
Keyword(s):  
Hospitality Industry ◽  
State Universities ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Job Turnover ◽  
Personal Factors ◽  
Career Selection ◽  
Skilled Personnel ◽  
Hospitality Sector ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality Industry ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality

The tourism and hospitality industry is struggling with the issue of attracting and retaining quality educated employees. It has led to a shortage of skilled personnel to staff the growing tourism and hospitality businesses, after the COVID 19 Pandemic. The job turnover rate in the tourism and hospitality sector rose due to the contemporary situation in the world. Especially, the promogulated lockdown and travel ban adversely affected the job security of the employees in the tourism and hospitality sector. Thus, the objective of this study is to identify the effect of undergraduates’ perception on career selection in tourism and hospitality industry. A total of 120 undergraduates representing three state universities were selected using stratified sampling method for this study. Primary data was collected via structured questionnaire. Quantitative data analysis methods along with the descriptive, correlation and multiple regressions were utilized to analyze the data using SPSS. Results confirmed that personal factors, educational factors and industrial factors impact on the willingness of career selection in tourism and hospitality industry. Moreover, personal factors are most influential to the career selection of undergraduates. Thus, Universities must enhance the opportunities for practical exposures, attitude development, sign memorandum of understanding, updating curriculum to shape the undergraduate perceptions.

New Practices in the Tourism Sector During COVID-19

2021 ◽  
pp. 645-663
Author(s):  
Meral Büyükkuru ◽  
Neşe Yılmaz
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Hospitality Industry ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Economic Sectors ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality Industry ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality ◽  
Normalization Process

The tourism sector is one of the main economic sectors of both developed and developing countries. It is one of the sectors that feels the most destructive effects of COVID-19 in terms of generating income, providing employment, and covering many sub-sectors. A number of practices, recommendations, and decisions have been put forward to minimize the devastating effects of the pandemic by the international bodies. Although the COVID-19 epidemic has been brought under control in some countries with various vaccination practices and a new normalization process has been entered into, the traces of its destructive effects are still visible in the tourism industry. Therefore, this chapter draws the attention of the reader to comprehensive and up to the present unconventional practices in the industry due to the impacts of COVID-19 on the tourism and hospitality industry.

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