Gastronomical events in the function of promotion of Serbia as tourist destinations

Special attention is paid to gastronomic tourism as a special form of tourism that has become increasingly popular in recent years, which makes countries that are not endowed with natural beauty, favorable climate or rich history, become potentially attractive destinations for visitors. Data collection and analysis focused on food and beverage events in Serbia, shows a tendency to increase the number of the same and indicates the possibility of attracting domestic and foreign guests throughout the year. In addition, the authenticity of the region within Serbia makes their gastronomic offer unique, which contributes to creating a specific experience of increasingly demanding visitors and, consequently, the promotion of Serbia in a competitive tourist market.

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Impact of Tourist’s Environmental Awareness on Pro-Environmental Behavior with the Mediating Effect of Tourist’s Environmental Concern and Moderating Effect of Tourist’s Environmental Attachment

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su132312998 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (23) ◽

pp. 12998

Author(s):

Zeeshan Ahmad ◽

Nadir Munir Hassan ◽

Mohammad Nisar Khattak ◽

Mohamed A. Moustafa ◽

Mahendra Fakhri

Keyword(s):

Environmental Concern ◽

Environmental Behavior ◽

Environmental Awareness ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Negative Effects ◽

Tourist Destinations ◽

Natural Beauty ◽

Northern Areas ◽

Tourism Potential ◽

Rich History

Pakistan has been blessed with rich tourism potential because of its rich history, culture, biological and geographical diversity. Travelers have for quite some time been attracted to Pakistan to encounter a nation that flaunts rugged natural beauty, cultural richness, and unparalleled hospitality. Pakistan has various tourist destinations in the northern areas of Pakistan. Kumrat Valley has become a tourist hotspot in recent times after the prime minister of Pakistan, Mr. Imran Khan, visited the valley. To reduce the negative effects on these tourist destinations due to the accelerating increase in tourists, the present study used a quantitative approach to uncover whether there is an environmental awareness–behavior gap among the tourists, with their level of environmental awareness outweighing pro-environmental behavior. Using a sample of 426 tourists who have visited the valley, the analysis of the results indicates that the pro-environmental behavior is positively and significantly affected by the components, environmental awareness, environmental concern, and environmental attachment. Environmental attachment is added as a moderator between environmental awareness and pro-environmental behavior. This study suggests that environmental awareness must be promoted among tourists to ensure that they exhibit pro-environmental behavior.

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Context-Specific Experience Sampling for User Emotion Research

Volume 2: 31st Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Parts A and B ◽

10.1115/detc2011-48682 ◽

2011 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Yong Se Kim ◽

Yeon Koo Hong ◽

Sun Ran Kim ◽

Jin Hui Kim

Keyword(s):

Data Collection ◽

User Experience ◽

Experience Sampling ◽

Small Scale ◽

Experience Design ◽

Methodological Issues ◽

Specific Experience ◽

Data Collection And Analysis ◽

Context Specific ◽

Meaningful Experiences

Though benefits of Experience Sampling (ES) for experience design and research are apparent, the method has not been widely used in the field. As for the reasons, the following are prominent: 1) methodological issues as conventional ES obtains contextual experience information from the participants’ description of the context), and 2) a lack of theoretical framework enabling researchers to carry systematical analysis and extraction of meaningful experiences. In order to deal with these issues, the researchers have created an adapted ES model, named ‘Context-Specific Experience Sampling’, by which integration of a rigorous data collection and analysis processes is made possible. The model provides explanations of how to gather context-specific user experience information and extract key themes and attributes from the data pool. This approach, manifesting divergent-to-convergent features, is described as ‘experience pooling, sorting, and extracting’ which fall under the concept of ‘experience processing’. This paper details the structure and procedure of the model illustrating it with examples from a small scale lighting ambiance study of fashion stores.

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Adapting and Advancing Organizational Communication Research Methods

Transformative Practice and Research in Organizational Communication - Advances in Business Strategy and Competitive Advantage ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-2823-4.ch009 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 151-167

Author(s):

Keri K. Stephens

Keyword(s):

Data Collection ◽

Organizational Communication ◽

Research Methods ◽

Pedagogical Issues ◽

Management Communication ◽

Broad Perspective ◽

Data Collection And Analysis ◽

History Of ◽

Rich History

Organizational Communication scholars have a rich history of encouraging multiple approaches to data collection and analysis. In this chapter, I provide examples from our recent history that illustrate how we have developed our broad perspective on research methods. I also disclose the struggles I had when trying to decide how to represent the trends in published methods found in Management Communication Quarterly between 2000 and 2015. My analysis revealed that approximately two thirds of the papers published in MCQ used a qualitative approach to data collection. Mixed methods were rare, while using multiple methods was more common and has been stable over time. The chapter ends by highlighting pedagogical issues surrounding our field's acceptance of methodological diversity. I argue that as teachers, we must not lose the value of educating the next generation to be methodologically deep in some research approaches. However, we must also encourage methodological curiosity; a mindset that will allow our students to continue learning methods well beyond their graduate education.

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Consumer Preferences of Halal-Friendly Hotel Attributes

At-Tadbir : jurnal ilmiah manajemen ◽

10.31602/atd.v4i2.2856 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 91

Author(s):

Fadhila Azhari Shafa

Keyword(s):

Data Collection ◽

Rapid Growth ◽

Quantitative Data ◽

Quantitative Methods ◽

Consumer Preferences ◽

Survey Method ◽

Tourist Destinations ◽

Food And Beverage ◽

Halal Food ◽

Questionnaire Research

The rapid growth of halal tourism in indonesia has increased the need for tourist destinations to offer halal products as a service to the muslim market. This has an impact on the emergence of an awareness of business actors in indonesia, one of which is a halal-friendly hotel. This study aims to examine consumer preferences for the attributes provided when staying at a halal-friendly hotel. This analysis is confirmatory and uses quantitative methods. Quantitative data collection is done by the survey method through a questionnaire. Research respondents are 107 people with the criteria of those who have stayed at least once at a halal-friendly hotel in DKI Jakarta and Bandung. This analysis was processed using AMOS software version 23. The results of this study are the attributes that can affect consumer preferences in staying at halal-friendly hotels consisting of 4 attributes and 14 indicators namely; (1) halal-friendly service consists of 4 indicators, (2) halal food and beverage consists of 3 indicators, (3) halal-friendly facilities consist of 4 indicators, and (4) halal privacy consists of 3 indicators.

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MUSLIM TOURISTS’ FOOD AND BEVERAGE NEEDS AND PREFERENCES DURING TRAVEL

10.32890/jeth2021.1.6 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 121-142

Author(s):

Noor Azimin Zainol ◽

Eshaby Mustafa ◽

Averyl Tony Willibrod

Keyword(s):

Data Collection ◽

Tourism Industry ◽

Food Culture ◽

Tourist Destination ◽

Tourist Destinations ◽

Current State ◽

Collection Process ◽

Data Collection Process ◽

Food And Beverage ◽

Halal Food

The Muslim travel market is regarded as an encouraging market in the tourism industry at the current state. Muslim tourists prefer to select a tourist destination whereby Islamic elements are available, which permits them to enjoy their travels without neglecting the religious obligations. These elements undoubtedly will provide an enriching experience during their travels. Therefore, this paper aims to examine experiences faced by Muslim tourists in terms of their needs and preferences in the provision of food and beverage services during their travels. In order to fulfil the study’s aim, 14 international Muslim participants who have travelled internationally were interviewed during the data collection process. The findings revealed that Muslim tourists seek for the convenience of finding Halal outlets/Halal food, and prefer restaurants or outlets with certified Halal logo. The participants also expressed their concern regarding the different food culture experience. This study has supported previous literatures on enhancing Muslim customers’ experience in terms of food and beverage provision worldwide. Furthermore, the findings help aid in enhancing the experiences of Muslim tourists during travelling hence supporting the growth of Halal tourism. It is seen that tourist destinations and facilities that can provide the needs of faith of the Muslim tourists will exceed in the creation of memorable and meaningful tourist experience.

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