Gap Analysis and Infrastructure Requirement for Tourism Development in the State of West Bengal

2014 ◽  
pp. 186-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dillip Kumar Das ◽  
Nilanjan Ray
Keyword(s):  
West Bengal ◽  
Gap Analysis ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
The State ◽  
Rural Tourism ◽  
Demand And Supply ◽  
Local Resource ◽  
Service Excellence ◽  
Future Requirement ◽  
Tourism Destinations

The rural tourism concept has become one of the vital issues of economic and social benefits to the society. This study identifies the problems and prospects of rural tourism in the state of West Bengal. The primary objectives of this study include an exploration of the development and emergence of rural tourism in the state of West Bengal, analysis of the tourism gap at Bishnupur, examination of the existing as well as future requirement of tourism infrastructure of Bishnupur, and the promotion and marketing of Bishnupur as an important rural tourism destination in Indian Scenario. For the fulfillment of the basic objectives, data for the study were collected through field survey. Information about the profile of tourism industry includes hotels, guest houses, number of rooms, number of persons employed, etc., as well as the profile of the tourists. The collected data has been analyzed using different statistical methods, Wilcoxon Pair Ranked Model used for Gap analysis. This study indicates how to develop and upgrade the rural tourism destinations by proper utilization of tourism infrastructural amenities in the area as well as active participation by public private initiatives and local resource utilization. This study is relevant for balancing the demand and supply of tourism infrastructural requirement indicators, which can offer service excellence.

Gap Analysis and Infrastructure Requirement for Tourism Development in the State of West Bengal

2014 ◽  
pp. 338-350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dillip Kumar Das ◽  
Nilanjan Ray
Keyword(s):  
West Bengal ◽  
Gap Analysis ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
The State ◽  
Rural Tourism ◽  
Demand And Supply ◽  
Local Resource ◽  
Service Excellence ◽  
Future Requirement ◽  
Tourism Destinations

The rural tourism concept has become one of the vital issues of economic and social benefits to the society. This study identifies the problems and prospects of rural tourism in the state of West Bengal. The primary objectives of this study include an exploration of the development and emergence of rural tourism in the state of West Bengal, analysis of the tourism gap at Bishnupur, examination of the existing as well as future requirement of tourism infrastructure of Bishnupur, and the promotion and marketing of Bishnupur as an important rural tourism destination in Indian Scenario. For the fulfillment of the basic objectives, data for the study were collected through field survey. Information about the profile of tourism industry includes hotels, guest houses, number of rooms, number of persons employed, etc., as well as the profile of the tourists. The collected data has been analyzed using different statistical methods, Wilcoxon Pair Ranked Model used for Gap analysis. This study indicates how to develop and upgrade the rural tourism destinations by proper utilization of tourism infrastructural amenities in the area as well as active participation by public private initiatives and local resource utilization. This study is relevant for balancing the demand and supply of tourism infrastructural requirement indicators, which can offer service excellence.

Tourism Motivational Factors in Bhutan

2015 ◽  
pp. 231-241
Author(s):  
Nilanjan Ray
Keyword(s):  
Policy Implication ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Motivational Factors ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Demand And Supply ◽  
Service Excellence ◽  
Repeat Visit ◽  
Future Requirement ◽  
Growth Development ◽  
Tourism Service

The concept of tourism has become one of the vital issues of economic and social benefits to the society. This present study identifies different motivational factors which may directly or indirectly influence the tourists' motivation. The primary objective of this study includes the growth, development and emergence of tourism potentials at Bhutan, in particular, as well as to analyze the tourist flow pattern and also examine the existing and future requirement in the motivational point of view. The major findings of this study show, in the present scenario of the above factors, how to attract more tourists for repeat visit and promoting infrastructural requirement for better tourism service to increase the level of tourists' motivation as well. In the policy implication point of view this study is relevant for balancing the demand and supply of tourism motivational requirement indicators which can offer better service excellence in the study area.

Factors Influencing Tourists' Motivational Determinants for Promotion of Tourism Destination

2014 ◽  
pp. 924-933
Author(s):  
Nilanjan Ray
Keyword(s):  
Motivational Factors ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Rural Tourism ◽  
Objective Data ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Demand And Supply ◽  
Service Excellence ◽  
Basic Objective ◽  
Tourism Service ◽  
Repeat Visits

The concept of rural tourism has become one of the vital issues of economic and social benefits to society. This present study identifies different motivational factors that may directly or indirectly influence the tourists' motivation. The primary objectives of this study include the growth, development, and emergence of rural tourism potentials at Kamarpukur as well as to analyze the tourists' flow pattern and also examine the existing and future requirements in the motivational point of view. For fulfillment of the basic objective, data for the study were collected through field survey. The sample size was restricted to 200 respondents. Information gathered about tourists' motivational factors include culture, tourism amenities, destination, and religion. The collected data have been analyzed using different statistical methods like percentage and Chi-square. The major findings of this study show, in the present scenario of above factors, how to attract more tourists for repeat visits and promote infrastructural requirement for better tourism service to increase the level of tourists' motivation as well. In the policy implication point of view, this study is relevant for balancing the demand and supply of tourism motivational requirement indicators, which can offer better service excellence in the study area.

Relationship among Influencing Factors of Tourism Infrastructure

2020 ◽  
pp. 710-722
Author(s):  
Nilanjan Ray ◽  
Dillip Kumar Das
Keyword(s):  
West Bengal ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Rural Tourism ◽  
Information Centre ◽  
Government Department ◽  
Legal Documents ◽  
Future Requirement ◽  
Growth Development ◽  
The Government

The primary objectives of this study includes to identify the growth, development of tourism in the state of West Bengal, to study the tourism factors which affect the tourists' satisfaction of West Bengal in general and Kamarpukur in particular, to study the role played by the Government, Department of Tourism, analyze future requirement of tourism infrastructure of Kamarpukur as an important tourism destination in Indian Scenario. For the fulfillment of the basic objectives, data for the study were collected through field survey. The sources of secondary data collected were legal documents, official statistics, reports, publications including data from district information centre. In the originality point of view this study is a sincere attempt to disseminate the required infrastructural framework at Kamarpukur and also encounter the strategies for development of sustainable rural tourism at this destination.

scholarly journals Destination quality, experience involvement And memorable tourism experience: is it relevant for rural tourism?

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-85
Author(s):  
Kristian Suhartadi Widi Nugraha ◽  
Ika Barokah Suryaningsih ◽  
Ira Dwi Cahyanti
Keyword(s):  
Word Of Mouth ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Rural Tourism ◽  
Tourism Destination ◽  
Tourism Experience ◽  
Tourism Destinations ◽  
Satisfaction Theory

Abstract The development of tourism industry includes the development of rural tourism based on Edu-Tourism. The biggest challenge of this industry is the lack of interest of the tourists to return to the rural tourism or Edu-Tourism destinations. The objectives of the study are to see the influence of destination quality, experience involvement, and memorable tourism experience towards clients’ satisfaction and to establish word of mouth of the rural tourism. Questionnaire were distributed to 200 respondents as the sample of the study. The result of the study showed that destination quality significantly affected tourists’ satisfaction and word of mouth; whereas experience involvement affected memorable tourism experience and tourists’ satisfaction. Furthermore, memorable tourism experience has significant impact on tourists’ satisfaction and word of mouth; and the tourists’ satisfaction significantly influenced word of mouth. The research is unfortunately limited the concept of satisfaction theory, memorable tourism experience and word of mouth theory to the rural tourism destination only rather than other tourism destinations.

Creating a Knowledge Supply Chain for e-Tourism Curriculum Design

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 71-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fu Jing ◽  
Nopasit Chakpitak ◽  
Paul Goldsmith ◽  
Pradorn Sureephong ◽  
Taksina Kunarucks
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Curriculum Design ◽  
Gap Analysis ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Demand And Supply ◽  
Scor Model ◽  
Industry Needs

Higher education, as one of the most important knowledge providers and service suppliers to the society, is obliged to produce qualified intellectual products through the process of knowledge transfer and creation, which depends largely on the quality of knowledge and the way it is delivered within a curriculum. This research takes e-tourism, a relatively new discipline, as a case study, highlighting a knowledge supply chain is the potential solution to leverage the understanding of tourism industry needs and tourism curriculum provision. The paper begins with a competency gap analysis between knowledge demand and supply. It then applies the Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR) model to analyze the “as-is” situation of the present knowledge flow in curriculum design, and finally proposes a “to-be” conceptual framework by integrating tools and methods of knowledge management and supply chain management in a knowledge supply chain (KSC). This demonstrates that a KSC can help in achieving e-tourism requirements of higher education stakeholders at both industrial and academic levels.

Relationship among Influencing Factors of Tourism Infrastructure

2016 ◽  
pp. 297-309
Author(s):  
Nilanjan Ray ◽  
Dillip Kumar Das
Keyword(s):  
West Bengal ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Rural Tourism ◽  
Information Centre ◽  
Government Department ◽  
Legal Documents ◽  
Future Requirement ◽  
Growth Development ◽  
The Government

The primary objectives of this study includes to identify the growth, development of tourism in the state of West Bengal, to study the tourism factors which affect the tourists' satisfaction of West Bengal in general and Kamarpukur in particular, to study the role played by the Government, Department of Tourism, analyze future requirement of tourism infrastructure of Kamarpukur as an important tourism destination in Indian Scenario. For the fulfillment of the basic objectives, data for the study were collected through field survey. The sources of secondary data collected were legal documents, official statistics, reports, publications including data from district information centre. In the originality point of view this study is a sincere attempt to disseminate the required infrastructural framework at Kamarpukur and also encounter the strategies for development of sustainable rural tourism at this destination.

scholarly journals Cheese as a Tourism Resource in Russia: The First Report and Relevance to Sustainability

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (19) ◽  
pp. 5520 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladimir A. Ermolaev ◽  
Natalia N. Yashalova ◽  
Dmitry A. Ruban
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
The State ◽  
Rural Tourism ◽  
First Report ◽  
European Experience ◽  
Natural Landscapes ◽  
Tourism Resource ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Cheese Production

Cheese tasting attracts crowds of visitors to areas in countries such as France, Italy, Spain, and New Zealand, distinguishing cheese tourism as an individual tourism direction within food (gastronomic, culinary) tourism. Internationally known, but locally specific and artisanal cheese is thought to be the main resource. Its exploitation by the tourism industry contributes to sustainability, supporting rural lifestyles and facilitating the integration of rural traditions, heritage, and natural landscapes. In Russia, cheese production is concentrated in regions including Altay, Voronezh, and Moscow. The state of tourist activities favors the use of cheese as a valuable tourism resource. Importantly, this resource is linked to the production of common sorts of cheese in big (industry-scale) amounts and the creation of cheese-related attractions like cheese museums. Cheese festivals also take place locally. A comparison to the European experience of cheese tourism reveals significant peculiarities of this activity in Russia and, particularly, a bigger relevance to industrial tourism than to food and rural tourism. Realization of only part of the opportunities linked to cheese tourism presents challenges regarding environmental and socioeconomical sustainability.

scholarly journals PROSPECTS OF APPLYING INTERNATIONAL TOURISM EXPERIENCE IN KHERSON REGION

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (2(71)) ◽  
pp. 162-173
Author(s):  
T.V. YAKYMCHUK ◽  
I.Y. VOLVACH
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
World Market ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
The State ◽  
Rural Tourism ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
The World ◽  
Its Regions ◽  
Green Tourism

Topicality. The urgency of developing �green� tourism in Kherson region is growing, since, on the one hand, the region has a high tourism and recreation potential, which is still used inefficiently, and on the other hand, the development of tourism is a crucial factor for the sustainable development of the region and the increase of its competitiveness in the world market. Aim and tasks. The aim of the article is to develop theoretical principles and practical and applied proposals that should substantiate the feasibility of green tourism development in Ukraine and its regions, and study the problems that arise during the organization of �green� tourism, taking into consideration international experience in this field. Research results. �Green� economy is a challenge to inefficient use of resources. The use of the principles of "green" economy will not only allow achieving sustainable development of the regions and the country, but also ensure social justice as well as the use of natural competitive advantages to enter and consolidate in foreign markets. According to UNEP, among the priority areas of development are tourism activities. "Green" / rural tourism is the type of entrepreneurial activity in providing comprehensive tourist services in rural areas, using the private property of rural residents, without significant environmental impact on the environment. "Green" tourism has the following varieties: rural tourism, recreational tourism, ecotourism. The experience of European countries has shown that with proper government support and coordination of efforts of the state and local communities, �green� tourism can be a highly profitable activity. The effect of "green" tourism is complex; it is expressed through the economic, social and environmental component. The article shows that Ukraine and its regions have a huge tourist potential. In recent years, "green" tourism has been successfully developing and is popular among the population of the country. The format and scope of "green" tourism in Ukraine have their own national characteristics: it is mainly a family business; the average "green" holiday duration is from 1 to 2 days, which allows it to claim its own competitive position in the international market. At the same time, a number of shortcomings in the organization of "green" business have been identified. Conclusion. Kherson Region has a number of advantages, the full use of which is able to ensure sustainable economic development, the competitiveness of the region and the presence in the world market of tourist services. There are a number of factors that negatively affect the state of the tourism industry: low level of tourist infrastructure, insufficient development of the regulatory framework, economic and political instability, a limited range of tourist services offered, no concept of tourism development in the region as a promising tourist destination, imperfect advertising of regional tourist centers, etc. To overcome these problems it is expedient to use a cluster approach to the organization of "green" tourism.

Factors Influencing Tourists’ Motivational Determinants for Promotion of Tourism Destination

2013 ◽  
pp. 26-35
Author(s):  
Nilanjan Ray
Keyword(s):  
Motivational Factors ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Rural Tourism ◽  
Objective Data ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Demand And Supply ◽  
Service Excellence ◽  
Basic Objective ◽  
Tourism Service ◽  
Repeat Visits

The concept of rural tourism has become one of the vital issues of economic and social benefits to society. This present study identifies different motivational factors that may directly or indirectly influence the tourists’ motivation. The primary objectives of this study include the growth, development, and emergence of rural tourism potentials at Kamarpukur as well as to analyze the tourists’ flow pattern and also examine the existing and future requirements in the motivational point of view. For fulfillment of the basic objective, data for the study were collected through field survey. The sample size was restricted to 200 respondents. Information gathered about tourists’ motivational factors include culture, tourism amenities, destination, and religion. The collected data have been analyzed using different statistical methods like percentage and Chi-square. The major findings of this study show, in the present scenario of above factors, how to attract more tourists for repeat visits and promote infrastructural requirement for better tourism service to increase the level of tourists’ motivation as well. In the policy implication point of view, this study is relevant for balancing the demand and supply of tourism motivational requirement indicators, which can offer better service excellence in the study area.

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