Visitor diversification in pilgrimage destinations: comparing national and international visitors through means-end

When nine million foreigners visited Japan in 2013, the federal government set a goal to attract an additional two and a half million visitors including medical tourists by 2020. This research investigates the attitudes and concerns of Japanese nurses when they are in a situation dealing with foreign patients. The data were collected from March through September 2010, from 114 nurses at three hospitals, in close proximity to popular tourist destinations in Hiroshima. A questionnaire was developed for this research, named Mari Meter, which included a section to write answers to an open question for the nurses to express their opinions. These responses were examined statistically and by word analysis using Text Mining Studio. Japanese nurses expressed greatest concern about payment options, foreign language skills, and issues of informed consent, when dealing with foreigners. The results confirm that, in order to provide a high quality of patient care, extra preparation and a greater knowledge of international workers and visitors are required by nursing professionals in Japan. 

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Seeing Eye to Eye? The presentation and understanding of interpretation at a New Zealand heritage site

10.26686/wgtn.17008447.v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

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Elise Caddigan

Keyword(s):

New Zealand ◽

Heritage Sites ◽

Visitor Satisfaction ◽

Heritage Site ◽

Depth Interview ◽

Wide Range ◽

Perception Of Quality ◽

A Site ◽

International Visitors

<p>Old St Paul’s is an iconic New Zealand heritage site managed by Heritage New Zealand.¹ It is a site that tells both national and local stories and draws a wide range of international and domestic visitors. Key recommendations made by the New Zealand Ministry of Tourism in their 2010 and 2015 strategies were that the country is no longer automatically perceived as ‘authentic’² by international visitors, and that heritage in New Zealand should be striving to deliver engaging, educational and rich cultural and social experiences. Using Old St. Paul’s as a case study, this research asks if New Zealand heritage sites are providing exhibitions, interpretation and stories that successfully communicate the site management’s presentation goals to visitors. This relationship is evaluated through the exhibitions and interpretation used by site management, and compared with visitor understanding and their experience of these. This research uses interviews and visitor surveys to gauge the management/visitor relationship at Old St. Paul’s. An in-depth interview with the site’s manager is analysed and presented comparatively against the results gained from conducting visitor surveys. This research provides an investigation into contemporary heritage practice in New Zealand and offers a pilot study for future development in the heritage sector. Furthermore, it is suggested that heritage sites could adopt similar summative practices to those used in the museum sector in order to monitor visitor satisfaction and the perception of quality.</p>

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FACTORS AFFECTING INTERNATIONAL VISITORS’ PREFERENCE FOR LOCAL FRUITS IN THE MEKONG DELTA, VIETNAM

EPRA International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research (IJMR) ◽

10.36713/epra4910 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 70-74

Author(s):

Nguyen Quoc Nghi ◽

Bui Thi Yen Ni

Keyword(s):

Linear Regression ◽

Sampling Method ◽

Perceived Value ◽

Mekong Delta ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Product Features ◽

Quota Sampling ◽

Fruit Orchards ◽

International Visitors ◽

Culinary Culture

The objective of this study is to identify the factors affecting the taste of specialty fruits in the Mekong Delta of international visitors. The quota sampling method was used to interview 180 international visitors who have visited fruit orchards and enjoyed specialty fruits in the Mekong Delta. Applying the linear regression with the study has identified 4 factors affecting the preference for fruit specialties in the Mekong Delta of international tourists, namely "Culinary culture", "Information and experience", "Product features”, and “Perceived value". In particular, the factor "Information and experience" most strongly influences international visitors’ preference for fruit specialties in the Mekong Delta. KEYWORDS: Preference, specialties, fruit, Mekong Del

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TRANSLATING TEXTS ON ART (ILLUSTRATED BY EXAMPLES FROM MUSEUM TEXTS IN RUSSIAN, ENGLISH AND FINNISH)

Russian Journal of Multilingualism and Education ◽

10.35634/2500-0748-2020-12-135-141 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 ◽

pp. 135-141

Author(s):

I. P. Ryabkova ◽

A. A. Deryugina

Keyword(s):

Linguistic Analysis ◽

Art Museum ◽

Small Arms ◽

Visual Component ◽

Works Of Art ◽

Translation Analysis ◽

Target Languages ◽

International Visitors ◽

Formal Business

The article studies the ways of rendering stylistic and lexical features of museum texts in the Russian, English and Finnish languages in translations. Research in the field of translation of museum texts seems important in view of the growing popularity of museums and the increased number of international visitors who have to refer to translated texts. The study uses the texts of Kiasma and the Helsinki Art Museum (HAM), Helsinki, as well as the texts of the Museum and Exhibition Complex of Small Arms named after M. T. Kalashnikov, Izhevsk. The source languages (SL) of the analyzed texts were Russian and Finnish, the target languages (TL) were Russian and English. The objective of this research was to study the peculiarities of translating museum texts. In the course of the study, a linguistic analysis of texts in the SL was carried out. It was found that museum texts feature a combination of different functional styles. In addition to publicist and scientific styles, museum texts can have some features of fiction, formal business and colloquial functional styles. The study showed a link between the type of the museum text or the nature of the museum and the functional style of the text. In the course of a comparative and translation analysis of texts in the SL and the TL, the main stylistic and lexical problems of translating museum texts were identified, and optimal translation solutions for conveying the stylistic and lexical features of museum texts were described. It was found that lexical translation problems were most often associated with idioms and the vocabulary lacking equivalents in the TL, as well as the dependence of texts on the visual component of works of art. Stylistic problems, in turn, were due to the need to preserve the functional and stylistic characteristics of the original.

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IMPORTANCE-PERFORMANCE MATRIX ANALYSIS OF KOTA BHARU’S ISLAMIC CITY IMAGE

PLANNING MALAYSIA JOURNAL ◽

10.21837/pm.v18i13.781 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 18 (13) ◽

Author(s):

Hasnina Hassan ◽

Shida Irwana Omar ◽

Ghazali Ahmad

Keyword(s):

Religious Identity ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Matrix Analysis ◽

City Image ◽

Equation Modelling ◽

Performance Matrix ◽

Islamic Identity ◽

State Capital ◽

And Performance ◽

International Visitors

In 2005, Kota Bharu as the Kelantan state capital in Malaysia was rebranded from a Cultural City to an Islamic City and projecting its image as an Islamic identity. Limited studies have been undertaken to assess city image from the perspective of visitors. Therefore, this paper aims to evaluate the perception of visitors on the importance and performance of the Islamic city image of Kota Bharu. Data were gathered using a self-administered survey questionnaire among domestic and international visitors in Kota Bharu in 2018. The questionnaire was prepared based on ten categories of Islamic Built Environmental factors, namely; natural environment, social need and human comfort, religious identity, tolerance, layout, elements of Jannah (paradise), intellectual and knowledge, cleanliness, economic system, and safety setting. The data were analysed quantitatively using partial least squares-structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM). The results revealed that visitors considered "Religious Identity" as the most important attribute which reached a satisfactory level, while other factors also needed to be addressed. The findings are expected to contribute to a better understanding of stakeholders in enhancing the image of Islam Bharu for management and marketing purposes.

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International visitors

Annals of Tourism Research ◽

10.1016/0160-7383(87)90116-2 ◽

1987 ◽

Vol 14 (3) ◽

pp. 434

Author(s):

Richard L. Howell

Keyword(s):

International Visitors

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