scholarly journals Policy models for improving ecotourism performance to build quality tourism experience and sustainable tourism

2021 ◽  
pp. 595-608
Author(s):  
I Made Wardana ◽  
I Putu Gde Sukaatmadja ◽  
Ni Wayan Ekawati ◽  
Ni Nyoman Kerti Yasa ◽  
I Putu Astawa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Tourism ◽  
Tourism Experience ◽  
Policy Models

scholarly journals Fishing Tourism in Greece: Defining Possibilities and Prospects

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (24) ◽  
pp. 13847
Author(s):  
Dimitris Tsafoutis ◽  
Theodore Metaxas
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Tourism ◽  
The Other ◽  
Fishing Industry ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The Past ◽  
Whole Process ◽  
Global Trend ◽  
New Development ◽  
Tourism Experience ◽  
Positive Results

The transformation of the fishing industry into tourism has become a global trend. Due to the continuous crisis on the field, professional fishermen turn to maritime tourism activities, providing a memorable tourism experience to visitors. Fishing tourism is a relatively new development in sustainable tourism, where tourists have the opportunity to participate in fishing operations by casting and pulling in the nets and taste freshly caught fish cooked on board. Over the past seven years, Greece, following the other European countries, has rapidly adopted this conversion into tourism. The aim of this research is to examine the possibilities and prospects for the development of fishing tourism in Greece. This is achieved through face-to-face interviews with 40 experienced fishers who wanted to be actively involved in this whole process. The analysis of data revealed positive results in this groundbreaking form of tourism.

The Low-Carbon Tourism Experience: A Multidimensional Scale Development

2019 ◽  
Vol 43 (6) ◽  
pp. 890-918 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tsung Hung Lee ◽  
Fen-Hauh Jan
Keyword(s):  
Significant Contribution ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Sustainable Tourism ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Sustainable Tourism Development ◽  
Tourism Management ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Tourism Experience ◽  
Stage 1 ◽  
Item Scale

This study first conceptualized and developed a reliable and valid scale to assess low-carbon tourism experience (LCTE) from the perspective of nature-based tourists. In Stage 1, a 66-item scale was developed using a series of qualitative methods. In Stage 2, 662 usable questionnaires were collected; in turn, confirmatory factor analysis was used to develop a 40-item reliable and valid scale consisting of seven constructs: sensory experience, affective experience, learning experience, sociocultural experience, behavioral experience, escapism experience, and prestige experience. In Stage 3, the cross-validation of this 40-item scale was verified by demonstrating moderate replication of the data using 466 and 523 respondents from forest- and wetland-based destinations, respectively. The application of this LCTE scale may provide guidance to tourists and managers alike for reducing the carbon emissions caused by tourism activities, thereby potentially contributing to sustainable tourism development. This study extends the theoretical LCTE framework into the operational realm of tourism management by rendering LCTE perceptible and assessable, which represents a significant contribution to the sustainable tourism literature.

scholarly journals Inclusivity and Responsible Tourism: Designing a Trademark for a National Park Area

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Edgardo Sica ◽  
Roberta Sisto ◽  
Piervito Bianchi ◽  
Giulio Cappelletti
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
National Park ◽  
Sustainable Tourism ◽  
Empirical Literature ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Natural Area ◽  
Tourism Experience ◽  
Protected Natural Area ◽  
Park Area ◽  
Responsible Tourism

Responsible tourism provides a particular lens by which to consider how to improve the sustainability of tourism with the ambition to enhance the positive impacts of mainstream tourism, while reducing the negative ones. In this view, facilitating travel for people with disabilities represents an exceptional opportunity, and the idea that what is accessible to one traveler may be very difficult to access to another one with a different type of disability, makes inclusive tourism a relevant part of the global sustainable tourism agenda. The present study aims to provide empirical evidence on the adoption of the principles of responsible and inclusive tourism within a national park area. To this end, the paper discusses the case of the “E-Parks” research project which investigated the area of the Gargano National Park (Italy) with a special focus on the problems faced by tourists with disabilities, and on the improvements to enable all tourists to have the full enjoyment of their tourism experience. The study contributes, therefore, to enriching the empirical literature on inclusive and responsible tourism that has its application in the design of trademark procedural guidelines enabling tourists with different disabilities to access a protected natural area.

scholarly journals Understanding millennials’ tourism experience: values and meaning to travel as a key for identifying target clusters for youth (sustainable) tourism

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Cavagnaro ◽  
Simona Staffieri ◽  
Albert Postma
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Sustainable Tourism ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Research Strategy ◽  
Value Orientations ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Longitudinal Approach ◽  
Tourism Experience ◽  
Principal Component Analyses ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to better understand the tourism experience of millennials by connecting their value orientations to the meaning that they give to travel. In doing so, it also aims at discovering profiles of young tourists that can be targeted both now and in the future by tourism organisations. Design/methodology/approach A survey based on validated scales reached 423 Dutch millennials. An integrated multidimensional research strategy has been applied where models that reduce the gathered data to fewer components (principal component analyses) were followed by a cluster analysis. Findings Ten value orientations (Schwartz, 1994) and four travel meanings have been identified. By combining these ten value orientations and four meanings, nine clusters have been identified representing groups of millennial tourists with different needs. For example, while two clusters fit into the popular description of young travellers seeking only unpretentious enjoyment, millennials represented in two other clusters are strongly motivated by self-transcending values, distance themselves from the travel meaning escapism and relaxation and will therefore not positively respond to a merely hedonic travel offer. Research limitations/implications Replication of this research is recommended in other national contexts, possibly using a longitudinal approach. Practical implications The nine clusters should be approached with a dedicated travel offer. In particular, at least two clusters of millennials may be successfully approached with a sustainable tourism offer. Originality/value The combination of value orientations and travel meanings portrays a detailed and realistic picture of the tourism experience looked for by millennials.

scholarly journals Effects of memorable tourism experience on tourist’s satisfaction and revisiting

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 297-309
Author(s):  
Yu Fen Tsai ◽  
Yu Chih Lin ◽  
Yaw Hwa Liou
Keyword(s):  
Research Finding ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Sustainable Tourism ◽  
Measurement Model ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Tourism Research ◽  
Tourist Satisfaction ◽  
Revisit Intention ◽  
Tourism Experience ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

In the context of cittaslow (slow city), this research attempts to examine the effects of memorable tourism experience (MTE) on tourist satisfaction and revisiting intention. The research used a structured questionnaire and collected 605 valid responses from tourists that visited Sanyi Cittaslow. Analyses of the measurement model and structural model by AMOS 22.0 were used to find the associations between each MTE dimension and satisfaction, and revisit intention. Test results revealed that all MTE dimensions are predictors of tourist satisfaction, among which knowledge and involvement are the strongest predictors; satisfaction is the strongest predictor for revisiting and is the mediator for the associations of most MTE dimensions and revisiting. Since the cittaslow movement was closely related to sustainable tourism, research finding from this research provide a good reference with evidence for the promotion of cittaslow through MTE creation.

scholarly journals The Challenge of Generating Sustainable Value: Narratives About Sustainability in the Italian Tourism Sector

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Galuppo ◽  
Paolo Anselmi ◽  
Ilaria De Paoli
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Sustainable Tourism ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
Critical Approach ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Tourism Experience ◽  
Sustainable Value ◽  
Practical Implications

Tourism is capable of distributing wealth and participating substantially in the economic development of many countries. However, to ensure these benefits, the planning, management, and monitoring of a sustainable offer become crucial. Despite the increasingly widespread attention to sustainability in this sector, however, the concept of sustainable tourism still appears fragmented and fuzzy. The theoretical frameworks used in many studies often reduce sustainability to its environmental or social aspects and consider such pillars as separate issues. Furthermore, although most studies acknowledge that a potentially wide number of stakeholders play a role in sustainable tourism production, they have so far focused on host communities, tourism producers, or tourists themselves independently. Fewer explorations have addressed simultaneously different stakeholders, their perceptions of sustainable tourism experience, and the various concerns and tensions that may arise. This study aims to investigate sustainability issues in tourism by considering the voices of two relevant stakeholders involved in “co-producing” the tourism experience: tourists and tour operators. Based on a qualitative study conducted in Italy, the article critically discusses how travelers and tour operators craft the sustainability idea, the implicit assumptions that rely on their different perspectives, and their practical implications. The results highlight four different narratives on sustainable tourism, which are related to different assumptions on sustainability and actions legitimated to generate sustainable value. Finally, the article offers insights into how to develop a more holistic and critical approach to sustainable tourism through education and communication.

scholarly journals The Construction of the Derivative Value of Heritage Tourism on the Basis of Symbolic Consumption

2021 ◽  
Vol 251 ◽  
pp. 01090
Author(s):  
Chunhua Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Tourism ◽  
Heritage Tourism ◽  
Cultural Industry ◽  
Material Consumption ◽  
Cultural Experience ◽  
Symbolic Consumption ◽  
The Core ◽  
Cultural Phenomenon ◽  
Tourism Experience ◽  
Tourism Motivation

As a part of creative cultural industry, heritage tourism combines cultural, historical, artistic and scientific values. It includes both spiritual consumption and material consumption. It is not only a social and cultural phenomenon, but also an economic phenomenon, upgrading from sightseeing to purchasing goods and then to cultural experience. The process of heritage tourism experience is actually a process of encoding symbols. The attraction of heritage tourism derives from the symbolic significance of tourism itself. In essence, tourism consumption is a kind of symbolic consumption, which forms tourism motivation based on the attraction of indicative symbols, and then evolves emotional satisfaction in a symbolic environment. When tourists obtain emotional satisfaction through symbolic consumption, the premium ability of tourism commodities will be enhanced and the derivative value of tourism will thus be formed. Therefore, excavation and utilization of symbol consumption is the core factor of sustainable tourism construction.

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