scholarly journals ECOLOGICAL CERTIFICATION IN TOURISM SECTOR IN MONTENEGRO – ADVANTAGES AND CHALLENGES

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (16) ◽  
pp. 37
Author(s):  
Viktor Subotić ◽  
Saša Popović
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Financial Resources ◽  
Main Interest ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Accommodation Sector ◽  
Level Of Understanding ◽  
Certification Requirements ◽  
Local Incentives ◽  
Green Certification

The aim of this paper is to analyze concept of ecological certification, its advantages and challenges in the context of Montenegrin tourism accommodation sector. Based on EU Eco Label and Travelife certification schemes we tested advantages of greening tourist offer and contribution to the climate change combat in the country. Sample of 40 accommodation facilities are taken into consideration, and being offered series of presentations, direct interviews and incentives. Our results show that 10 out of 40 accommodation facilities are awarded with certificate, while 15 more facilities are in the process of gaining it in 2018. The main challenges we evidenced are as follows: limited human and financial resources to implement certification requirements; low level of understanding of marketing advantages that green certification brings; absence of national and local incentives to support certification implementation and destination safety and security aspects becoming main interest of tourism entrepreneurs.

Influence of Irrational Beliefs and Sensitivity to a Person on Future Psychology Students’ Propensity to Coercion or Nonviolence

2021 ◽  
pp. 143-165
Author(s):  
V.G. Maralov ◽  
◽  
V.A. Sitarov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Irrational Beliefs ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Daily Practice ◽  
Psychology Students ◽  
State Universities ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Level Of Understanding ◽  
Low Sensitivity ◽  
High Level ◽  
Dependent Type

The relevance of the problem is due to the importance of identifying factors that determine the propensity of students to coercion or nonviolence, creating psychological and pedagogical conditions for the formation of the socionomic sphere of nonviolent competencies for future specialists at universities. The theoretical basis of the study was the position of nonviolence as a daily practice of interaction, by which we understand the ability of a person to choose from a number of possible alternatives that carry the least charge of coercion. The aim of the work was to study the influence of irrational beliefs and sensitivity to a person (interest, empathy, understanding and assistance) on the students’ tendency to coercion, manipulation, non-violence and non-interference in the processes of interaction with people. The hypothesis was tested that the tendency of students to coercion, manipulation, and noninterference will be due to expressed irrational beliefs and low level of sensitivity to a person and the tendency to non-violence will be explained by the absence of irrational beliefs and a high level of sensitivity to a person. The study involved 125 students of pedagogical and psychological faculties of the Moscow Humanitarian and Cherepovets State universities. The authors used questionnaires to identify the positions of interaction among students and sensitivity to a person, as well as a list of irrational beliefs proposed by A. Beck and A. Freeman. It is established that the tendency to both coercion and manipulation are determined by the beliefs of anti-social type and low sensitivity to the person. The tendency to manipulate the narcissistic beliefs, high interest in people and understanding them, at the same time the tendency to non-violence and non-interference are determined by beliefs of avoidant and dependent types with a low level of understanding people. And a tendency to non-interference is determined by beliefs of dependent type with unexpressed orientation on helping. The tendency to nonviolence is determined by the high sensitivity to a person and the absence of irrational beliefs of antisocial, passive-aggressive and narcissistic types. As a result, the conclusion is made about the need to form purposefully the ability to nonviolent interaction among students, which should include the work on awareness and overcoming irrational beliefs and the development of sensitivity to a person. The obtained results can be used in practical work with students on the formation of their nonviolent competencies.

Sustainability as a key driver to address challenges

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 662-673 ◽  
Author(s):  
Célia Veiga ◽  
Margarida Custódio Santos ◽  
Paulo Águas ◽  
José António C. Santos
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Tourism Demand ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Good Practices ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Specific Objective ◽  
Key Driver ◽  
Systematic Identification ◽  
Accurate Quantification

Purpose This study aims to address the paradigm changes currently affecting tourism: the increasingly recognisable signs of irreversible climate change and the consequences of this and overtourism for service providers, destinations and tourists’ experiences. A more specific objective was to identify good practices carried out by destinations and companies in different tourism sectors to increase sustainability. Design/methodology/approach The research involved examining the academic, institutional and trade literature to develop an overview of the most important challenges and an accurate portrayal of how innovative and proactive companies and destination managers are addressing these issues. Findings Increased tourism demand has contributed to social and environmental unsustainability in tourism. Although the tourism sector has already implemented sustainable initiatives, an accurate quantification and measurement of these practices’ real impacts on global tourism’s sustainability is not yet possible. Originality/value This study’s value arises from the systematic identification of the implications of climate change and overtourism as major features of a paradigm shift in tourism. This paper also presents a set of good practices to provide tourism stakeholders with more sustainable strategies and inspire these entities to adopt appropriate measures.

Economic and Social Impacts of COVID-19 on European Tourism

2021 ◽  
pp. 200-225
Author(s):  
Gorkemli Kazar ◽  
Altug Kazar ◽  
Tuba Akpınar
Keyword(s):  
Social Impacts ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Social Effects ◽  
Turnover Rates ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Accommodation Sector ◽  
Tourism Flows ◽  
Economic And Social Impacts

European tourism has been largely disrupted by the pandemic throughout 2020. In this study, the economic and social effects of COVID-19 on the tourism sector of European countries were examined. To understand the extent of the pandemic on European tourism, policies followed by countries, physical tourism flows of the accommodation sector, tourism employment, and turnover rates were considered. The study showed that the European tourism sector, especially after the second half of 2020, was hit socially and economically by the devastating effects of the pandemic. In addition, the study revealed the necessity for radical regulations within the sector in the post-pandemic period.

scholarly journals Linkage between Tourism and Climate Change: A Study of the Perceptions of Stakeholders along the Annapurna Trekking Trail

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shraddha Rayamajhi
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Development Review ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
The Relationship

This paper explores the relationship between tourism and climate change. It takes the perceptions of the stakeholders in the tourism sector, mainly the lodge-owners, guides and tourists in the Annapurna Trekking Trail. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ntdr.v2i1.7380 Nepal Tourism and Development Review Vol.2(1) 2012 60-86

scholarly journals The development of climate security discourse in Japan

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 271-281
Author(s):  
Yasuko Kameyama ◽  
Keishi Ono
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Economic Losses ◽  
Specific Reference ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Weather Patterns ◽  
Security Discourse ◽  
Level Of Understanding ◽  
Change Problem ◽  
Indirect Economic Losses

AbstractAs the level of understanding about climate change has increased, the term “climate security” has been increasingly used in the rapidly growing literature on this subject. Although Japan has officially acknowledged the importance of tackling climate change, discussion of climate security has been almost nonexistent among Japanese governmental officials, politicians, and academics. Our aim was to trace discourses related to climate security in Japan to determine why so little exists in Japan and whether or not such discourse could suggest new areas for consideration to more comprehensively respond to the climate change problem. Because of different interpretations and uses of the term “climate security” in the existing literature, we first categorized existing approaches to climate security into four types and used this categorization to examine Japan’s discourse from these perspectives. Two of the approaches, namely “long-term irreversible planetary changes” and “short-term abrupt risks to individuals”, had been considered in Japan previously but without specific reference to the term climate security. The other two, “cause of conflict and violence” and “impacts to military and defense organizations”, however, had not been used and need to be included in discussions of climate change in Japan. Some of the topics not discussed in Japan include indirect economic losses of Japanese industries via supply chains, loss of Japan’s exclusive economic zone due to sea-level rise, and the potential inflow of refugees resulting from extreme weather patterns outside of Japan.

The Possible Influence of the Tourism Sector on Climate Change in the US

2020 ◽  
pp. 15-38
Author(s):  
Faik Bilgili ◽  
Yacouba Kassouri ◽  
Aweng Peter Majok Garang ◽  
H. Hilal Bağlıtaş
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
The Us

scholarly journals Importance of Laplacian of Low-Level Warming for the Response of Precipitation to Climate Change over Tropical Oceans

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (10) ◽  
pp. 4403-4417 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret L. Duffy ◽  
Paul A. O’Gorman ◽  
Larissa E. Back
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Climate Warming ◽  
Climate Model ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Tropical Oceans ◽  
Atmospheric Mixed Layer ◽  
Virtual Temperature ◽  
Projected Changes ◽  
The Tropics

AbstractSeveral physical mechanisms have been proposed for projected changes in mean precipitation in the tropics under climate warming. In particular, the “wet-get-wetter” mechanism describes an amplification of the pattern of precipitation in a moister atmosphere, and the “warmer-get-wetter” mechanism describes enhanced upward motion and precipitation in regions where the increase in SST exceeds the tropical-mean increase. Studies of the current climate have shown that surface convergence over the tropical oceans is largely driven by horizontal gradients of low-level temperature, but the influence of these gradients on the precipitation response under climate warming has received little attention. Here, a simple model is applied to give a decomposition of changes in precipitation over tropical oceans in twenty-first-century climate model projections. The wet-get-wetter mechanism and changes in surface convergence are found to be of widespread importance, whereas the warmer-get-wetter mechanism is primarily limited to negative anomalies in the tropical southern Pacific. Furthermore, surface convergence is linked to gradients of boundary layer temperature using an atmospheric mixed layer model. Changes in surface convergence are found to be strongly related to changes in the Laplacian of boundary layer virtual temperature, and, to a lesser extent, the Laplacian of SST. Taken together, these results suggest that a “Laplacian-of-warming” mechanism is of comparable importance to wet get wetter and warmer get wetter for the response of precipitation to climate change over tropical oceans.

scholarly journals Exploring barriers to climate change adaptation in the Swiss tourism sector

2013 ◽  
Vol 19 (8) ◽  
pp. 1239-1254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cecilia Matasci ◽  
Sylvia Kruse ◽  
Nico Barawid ◽  
Philippe Thalmann
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Tourism Sector

scholarly journals Leasing in the Romanian Theory and Practice

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentin Pîrvuţ
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Trade ◽  
National Economy ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Financial Resources ◽  
New Markets ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Principal Factors ◽  
Limited Demand

Abstract From the perspective of national economy, leasing represents a means of reorientating investments by attracting several new external financial sources in economy and a solution for launching on the market the products that have a limited demand and a low level of purchasing. Leasing represents an important factor in developing and making foreign trade more efficient through the possibility of entering on new markets and of opening new partnerships. Also, leasing attracts important financial resources since it has principal factors such as efficiency and safety.

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