The Contribution of European Structural Funds to the Development of the Rural Tourism Infrastructure of Romania’s South West Oltenia Development Region

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marijana Cristina Smarandache (Păsătoiu) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Rural Tourism ◽  
Structural Funds ◽  
Programming Framework ◽  
South West ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Strategic Role ◽  
World Tourism Organization ◽  
Funds Allocation ◽  
Tourism Organization

The strategic role of tourism sector and its considerable contribution to economic development, employment, social and environmental sustainability is acknowledged by all decision-making bodies, from world wide tourism associations (World Tourism Organization – WTO) to national, regional and local communities. The current article analyses the direct contribution of European structural funds on the development of tourism infrastructure in South West Oltenia, one of the development regions of Romania, over the past 15 years. The data used for the research covers the pre-accession funds allocation (SAPARD Programme), the investments in tourism infrastructure from 2007–2013 financial programming framework as well as the current 2014–2020 programming framework – selected projects. The main conclusion that emerges form the research is that European structural funds had greatly contributed to the development of rural tourism infrastructure both in terms of quantity as well as in quality.

scholarly journals The competitiveness of the Uruguayan rural tourism sector and its potential to attract German tourists

2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 166-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Federico Topolansky Barbe ◽  
Magdalena Gonzalez Triay ◽  
Cornelia Häufele
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Rural Tourism ◽  
Tourism Destination ◽  
Tourist Destination ◽  
German Market ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
World Tourism Organization ◽  
Tourism Organization ◽  
Poor Management

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess the competitiveness of the Uruguayan rural tourism sector against its main competitors from Argentina and Brazil, as perceived by Uruguayan stakeholders on the supply side. The paper will also evaluate the potential of Uruguay as a rural tourism destination in attracting German tourists. Design/methodology/approach – Two different questionnaires were administered, one to Uruguayan rural tourism stakeholders and another one to potential German tourists in Germany. Findings – The findings indicate that the main strengths of Uruguayan rural tourism offer, compared to Argentina and Brazil, are the hospitality and friendliness of local people, the natural and cultural attractions and the country’s security and safety. Main weaknesses identified were the poor management of several destination components that are key to create a successful tourism destination and poor management of the “demand conditions” component of Dwyer and Kim’s (2003) integrated model. Originality/value – There is very limited research done on the competitiveness of Uruguay as a rural tourist destination in attracting foreign tourists (Mackinnon et al., 2009). The objective of this study is to partially fill this gap by assessing how competitive Uruguayan rural tourism is and evaluating whether Uruguay represents an attractive market for German tourists looking for agro tourism and farm holiday destinations. The German market was chosen because it is one of the top tourist-generating countries and one of the biggest spenders in international tourism (The World Tourism organization, 2010). Moreover, most tourists – from outside South America – selecting Uruguay as a tourist destination come from Germany, USA and Australia (Peralta, 2012).

scholarly journals Online resources of the World Tourism Organization: fostering knowledge and raising awareness in society during the COVID-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-80
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Kozińska
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Context ◽  
Website Evaluation ◽  
The Core ◽  
Interactive Tools ◽  
Special Groups ◽  
Raising Awareness ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
World Tourism Organization ◽  
Core Mission ◽  
Tourism Organization

The purpose of the article is to explore and describe the resources made available by the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) during the COVID-19 pandemic and discuss their role in fostering knowledge and promoting awareness in society. The resources are examined using a conceptual model of website evaluation proposed by Li and Wang (2010), which has been adapted to be applicable to the organizational context of UNWTO. The findings show that the UNWTO website resources can be divided into two categories: resources related to the COVID-19 pandemic, e.g. information about existing special groups, and resources connected with the core mission of the UNWTO, e.g. important events from before the pandemic or the organization’s main goals. There are new interactive tools, developed specifically in relation to the pandemic, with relevant data for those involved or interested in the tourism sector. The resources are freely available, easily accessible, abundant, varied and highly informative. The UNWTO website is a gateway to knowledge, providing information about, reasons for and effects of relevant actions of the organization, e.g. raising awareness of the importance of both the pandemic problem but also tourism itself, securing considerable funding for the tourism sector by making world leaders aware of the facts and the importance of tourism, or promoting safe travel measures and encouraging actions aimed at accelerating the recovery of the tourism sector.

scholarly journals Towards Smarter Management of Overtourism in Historic Centres Through Visitor-Flow Monitoring

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (24) ◽  
pp. 7254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mikel Zubiaga ◽  
Jose Luis Izkara ◽  
Alessandra Gandini ◽  
Itziar Alonso ◽  
Unai Saralegui
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Intelligent Support ◽  
Flow Monitoring ◽  
Efficient Management ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
World Tourism Organization ◽  
Tourism Organization ◽  
Quantitative Indicators ◽  
Tourism Flows

Historic centres are highly regarded destinations for watching and even participating in diverse and unique forms of cultural expression. Cultural tourism, according to the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), is an important and consolidated tourism sector and its strong growth is expected to continue over the coming years. Tourism, the much dreamt of redeemer for historic centres, also represents one of the main threats to heritage conservation: visitors can dynamize an economy, yet the rapid growth of tourism often has negative effects on both built heritage and the lives of local inhabitants. Knowledge of occupancy levels and flows of visiting tourists is key to the efficient management of tourism; the new technologies—the Internet of Things (IoT), big data, and geographic information systems (GIS)—when combined in interconnected networks represent a qualitative leap forward, compared to traditional methods of estimating locations and flows. A methodology is described in this paper for the management of tourism flows that is designed to promote sustainable tourism in historic centres through intelligent support mechanisms. As part of the Smart Heritage City (SHCITY) project, a collection system for visitors is developed. Following data collection via monitoring equipment, the analysis of a set of quantitative indicators yields information that can then be used to analyse visitor flows; enabling city managers to make management decisions when the tourism-carrying capacity is exceeded and gives way to overtourism.

scholarly journals A Preliminary Study of Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Outbreak: A Pandemic Leading Crisis in Tourism Industry of Nepal

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 108-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nimesh Ulak
Keyword(s):  
Health Sector ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
World Health ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
World Tourism Organization ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Tourism Organization ◽  
United Nation

The aim of this paper is to explore and illuminate the preliminary impacts of novel coronavirus disease (COVID- 19) in tourism industry of Nepal. The spillover impact of pandemic has been seen in almost every sector globally. Many scholars and practitioners have already started rethinking and researching in different disciplines based on issues regarding COVID-19. Some of the disciplines are International tourism, health sector, international economy, global politics, human civilization, sustainability and so on. The United Nation World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and World Health Organization (WHO) are closely cooperating for understanding the severe impact of escalation of coronavirus on the human health and damage in the world economy as well as tourism sector (UNWTO, 2020). There are uncountable job losses recorded in tourism industry due to stranded traveller’s mobility after many nations including Nepal declared lockdown as a strategy to control the spread of virus Therefore, devastating Airlines, shuttered borders, halt of transportation means and cancellation of rooms in hotels have a vigorous impact on tourism industry than the COVID-19 outbreak itself. It is obvious to experience changes in tourism industry; tourist’s behavior and their reluctance to travel for few years. However, travel of humans for any motives will provide spectrum to tourism mobility. The epidemic has drastically turned into pandemic as the virus has transferred to almost all the nations of the globe without visa so far.

scholarly journals THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNICATION WITH DOMESTIC TOURISTS IN RECOVERING FROM COVID-19 PANDEMIC

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatjana Cvetkovski ◽  
◽  
Violeta Cvetkovska Tomanović ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Data ◽  
Recovery Period ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
World Tourism Organization ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Tourism Organization ◽  
Overnight Stays ◽  
Spreading Disease

At the time of the Covid-19 pandemic, when tourist traffic is falling sharply, domestic tourists become very important. They become the dominant or even the only source of income for tourism sector. This paper shows that due to the closure of countries in order to reduce the possibility of spreading disease, both the number of tourists and the number of overnight stays declined. However, in the summer months and during the holidays, domestic tourists filled capacities and resourceful individuals managed to take advantage of the opportunity that arose by adjusting their offer and/or tourist product. The conducted research is based on statistical data from the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. Given the recovery period of the tourism sector as well as the possibility of new and similar diseases in the future, communication with domestic tourists will become increasingly important, as shown by this research.

scholarly journals Review Tugas Individu Perekonomian Indonesia Boosting Indonesia's Tourism Sector to be Competitive. Penulis,AZ. Tayibnapis; MS. Sundari. 130218339 Abimanyu Bagas Prakoso KP A

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abimanyu Bagas Prakoso ◽  
Ahmad Zafrullah
Keyword(s):  
Tourism Sector ◽  
World Tourism Organization ◽  
Tourism Organization

Tourism atau pariwisata adalah aktivitas seseorang yang berpergian kesuatu tempat atau tinggal di tempat diluar lingkungan sekitar mereka, biasa dilakukan lebih dari satu tahun lebih untuk bisnis, menghabiskan waktu luang dan hal lainnya yang tidak terkait dengan pelaksanaan kegitatan yang dibayar dari tempat yang dikunjungi (World Tourism Organization / WTO )

scholarly journals God’s own tourism: creating socio-economic, cultural, and environmental sustainability in tourism industries in Kerala

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-24
Author(s):  
K Paul Thomas ◽  
Rajini.G
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Traditional Values ◽  
Developmental Potential ◽  
International Agencies ◽  
The Social ◽  
World Tourism Organization ◽  
Tourism Organization ◽  
Development Paradigm ◽  
The Impact

Worldwide governments have recognized tourism as a sector with immense potential for economic development and employment generation. Various international agencies like World Tourism Organization (WTO) have pointed out the vast developmental potential of tourism, particularly regarding the developing nations like India. Despite the wide recognition of the vast developmental potential of tourism, there are growing apprehensions regarding the sustainability of tourism as a development paradigm. The development of tourism induces changes in the social character of a destination. These transformations include the impact of tourism development and its economic efficiency on inhabitants’ traditional values, lifestyles, and interpersonal relationships.

scholarly journals Valorization of territorial capital in function of rural tourism development: A case study of Kneževo municipality

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 35-42
Author(s):  
Gordana Rokvić-Knežić ◽  
Milana Kalabić ◽  
Željko Vaško
Keyword(s):  
Rural Area ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Rural Tourism ◽  
Quantitative Methodology ◽  
Internal Factors ◽  
Current State ◽  
The World ◽  
World Tourism Organization ◽  
Tourism Organization

The main goal of the research presented in the paper is to analyse the current state and level of development of rural area, in Kneževo municipality, as well as to define the possibilities of development of certain forms of rural tourism based on the territorial capital. In other words, the capital of space consists of natural and created capital. For the purposes of the valorisation of tourist potentials, the qualitative-quantitative methodology of the World Tourism Organization was used, which includes conducting a survey using standard forms of a questionnaire. Based on this survey, resource scoring was performed according to all external and internal factors, i.e. criteria. According to the results of the research, the indicator of tourist value for Kneževo municipality is estimated with 98.74 points out of a possible 400 points, or 25% of its potential tourist value.

scholarly journals Specifics of the Tax System to Support Tourism before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from South American Countries

2021 ◽  
Vol 92 ◽  
pp. 01016
Author(s):  
Shirley Consuelo Honajzrová Banús
Keyword(s):  
Deductive Reasoning ◽  
Value Added ◽  
South American ◽  
Global Trends ◽  
Government Response ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Pandemic Threat ◽  
Key Policy ◽  
World Tourism Organization ◽  
Tourism Organization

Research background: Following the global trends concerning “tourism taxation,” South American governments identified and applied policies on taxation to raise revenues or fiscal relaxation measures to support their tourism sectors as strategies to increase its number of tourists, competitiveness, and the attractiveness of its destinations. Due to the COVID-19 threat, several countries have been forced to turn to emergency tax breaks and temporary changes in taxation measures. Purpose of the article: This research aims to determine which taxes, fees, and charges that affect the tourism sector in South American countries have been reduced/removed as a short-term measure to support tourism during the COVID-19 crisis. Methods: The paper is structured from deductive reasoning, which moves from a general to a more specific analysis. First, a basic description of the tax system’s specifications that affect South America’s tourism sector is presented based on comparative information in the form of an inventory of tourism-related taxes, based on an analytical study. With data obtained from the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and other international organizations which are tracking the policies’ responses to COVID-19, an assessment of the key policy responses from these countries related to “tourism taxation” will be made and compared with other regions. Findings & Value added: The contribution presented focuses on exploring and describing the role of taxes used as a measure to support the tourism sector. Then, the tax incentives/reduction or removal made as a government response to the coronavirus pandemic threat and its possible impacts were analyzed. It also highlights recent trends and interesting practices in South America.

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