Rural Tourism and Inclusive Development in Port St. Johns - South Africa

The purpose of this study was to explore ways of achieving an inclusive approach to tourism development in rural communities. Although tourism has generally been recommended as a means of orchestrating development in rural communities, achieving this laudable goal has often been illusive due to the fragmented approach adopted by tourism stakeholders. An exploratory quantitative research approach was adopted by using a structured survey instrument to generate 307 valid responses from community members in Port St. John in the Eastern Cape Province (ECP) of South Africa. Results obtained reveal similarities and some differences based on demographic characteristics with regards to the benefits of rural tourism to the community. Importantly, the study illuminates the fragmented way in which residents perceive tourism benefits, both from a gender perspective and personal benefit versus community dichotomy. The paper discusses policy as well as practical local economic development implications.

Exploring Visualisation Methodology of Landscape Design on Rural Tourism in China

Rural tourism has become a hot topic in China in the context of the nation’s rural revitalisation. Rural tourism allows tourists to experience local life and promotes local economic development. However, there is considerable controversy over the landscape design of ancient Chinese villages. Many problems, such as how to design and protect the landscape of these ancient villages and how to improve the tourist experience, are not resolved. For our research object, we selected the ancient Gaotiankeng Village in Kaihua County, Zhejiang Province. Using questionnaires, image interviews, and some user experience techniques such as mental maps, we collected user experience data by assessing design cases. The visualisation method presented a wide range of experience in the landscape and planning field. This study primarily used computer image processing, image entropy calculation, and colour mapping to process the data. A visualisation framework was defined to highlight the landscape aesthetics, landscape service, and tourists’ emotion. The results indicated the relationship of three elements. The objective of our study was to develop a method of landscape design and planning that can effectively enhance tourists’ experience and provide practical suggestions for rural landscapes and relatively better services.

PENDAMPINGAN PROMOSI PARIWISATA DESA SUMBER REJO PURWOSARI PASURUAN (JEMPINANG RAFTING)

In an era of pandemics like this, tourism everywhere is subject to the same impact, a significant drop in the number of visitors and also the large losses experienced by tourism managers make it a big pr to continue to improve. In experiencing a pandemic like this, promotions must be carried out so that visitors continue to come to these tours and also the stability of managers and traders in tourist attractions remains prosperous. Therefore, the authors carry out Real Work Practices (PKN) in assisting rural tourism promotion that focuses on social media including Facebook, Instagram, Tik Tok, and news media. So that the jempinang rafting tour will be better known by people throughout Indonesia. From the use of these three media, Instagram is more dominant for promotion on social media because many social media users have created new interests, namely promotion through social media. The second is occupied by the Tik Tok application and the third is the news media.

The Resilience of Rural Tourism and Adjustment Measures for Surviving The COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, Indonesia

The COVID-19 virus pandemic has generated an unprecedented impact on all aspects of life, including rural tourism. This study aims to study the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the performance of homestay businesses in Gubukklakah Village, Malang Regency, and their adjustment measures to get out of the pandemic. A survey research with descriptive and quantitative approaches was conducted on 47 active homestay owners. 98% of the respondents stated that the pandemic affected their homestay business activities. About 44.6% of them said that the pandemic would not last long, while more than 50% of them said that the pandemic would last a long time. The pandemic has decreased the number of active homestays from 47 to 11, coupled with an 81% decline in income. Due to the pandemic, about 85.1% of the respondents returned to farming activities. The study suggests several actions that can be done to respond to the pandemic, namely the application of health protocols in various activities, the provision of cash or non-cash assistance to pandemic affected families, the strengthening of the agricultural sector and skilled human resources in tourism services, and the innovation of outdoor tourism products based on local uniqueness.

Organic agriculture as a factor in the development of rural tourism in the Sverdlovsk region

The authors in the article consider sectoral changes and structural transformations in the field of agriculture associated with the influence of global trends and growth factors in agricultural productivity. One of these trends, the authors identify rural tourism (ecotourism), the development of which increases the socio-cultural, financial and economic level of agricultural areas. The factors of development and implementation of agricultural technologies of organic agriculture, which have a positive effect on the development of rural tourism and form the demand for tourism products, have been identified. The ways of improving the organization and implementation of event and tourist activities as effective tools for attracting attention and popularizing rural areas have been identified, which in the context of the prevention of coronavirus infection around the world is an urgent factor for many categories of the population. In the context of the prevention of coronavirus, infection in many countries, domestic tourism is becoming a priority area for the development of the tourism industry, focusing, among other things, on the development of new products for rural and agro-industrial tourism.

Rural Tourism and Its Impact on the Economy

The changing tastes and preferences of tourists have given rise to a new form of tourism, rural tourism. This new form of tourism plays an important role to change the rural economy and living standard of villagers. Meghalaya, the abode of clouds, is famous for a number of its villages and attract thousands of tourists every year. This research aims to study the impact of rural tourism on the economy of the village. For this study, Ialong village has been selected, and 150 people were interviewed with the help of a structured questionnaire and insights of people concerned were noted and analyzed. It was found that people believe the facilities of electricity, hygiene, toilets, accommodation have improved and have accounted for more influx of tourists into the region. However, lack of exposure of the different villages and their offerings in advertisement media have limited the potential of growth of tourism in these villages.