Investigation of ecological environment and assessment of ecological security in Tieshan Reservoir watershed

In this study, based on the “Driver-Pressure-State-Impact-Response” (DPSIR) assessment model, an assessment index system aming at the Tieshan Reservoir watershed was established from 4 aspects including social-economic impact, ecological subsystem, ecological service subsystem, regulation and management. Eighteen major items containing 55 indexes were selected in the assessment index system. Furthermore, the ecological security index (ESI) was calculated, and the deviation degree of reservoir ecological safety from the standard state was assessed. Results showed that ecological security index of Tieshan Reservoir watershed is 89, ecological security level is I , indicating security. The low security indexes of total phosphorus and total nitrogen were the major disadvantage factors that affected the ecological security of Tieshan Reservoir watershed, including rural life pollution and farmland runoff pollution. In addition, long-term mechanism of protection and development has not been formed yet, which also restricts the economic growth. Strengthening the formulation of laws and regulations on environmental protection, tamping the basic capacity building of water pollution control, developing ecological agriculture and green tourism are the important ways to improve the ecological security and realize the sustainable development of Tieshan Reservoir watershed.

Developing Green Tourism-Based Model of Information Technology Utilization in Tourism Villages

The purpose of this study is to develop a model for the use of information technology in Tourism Villages by mapping the use of information technology on all aspects of tourism villages based on the concept of green tourism that focuses on environmental preservation and community welfare. The method used in this research is an information research framework consisting of stages of literature review and environmental aspects, analysis, construct identification, model development, model evaluation, and model application methods. The results of the research are in the form of a model for the use of information technology in green tourism-based tourism villages along with the method of applying the model. This model consists of two connected constructs, namely the use of information technology and green tourism. The implementation of this model in tourist villages is explained in the method of applying the model which contains a mapping of information technology needs and implementation steps based on the classification of tourist villages, namely pioneering, developing, advanced and independent. This model can be used as a reference for tourism village managers in utilizing information technology according to their needs.

IMPLEMENTING A CANVAS BUSINESS MODEL IN DWH BILEBANTE AND DWH SESAOT'S TOURISM PACKAGE INNOVATION

Bilebante Green Tourism Village Central Lombok and Sesaot Green Tourism Village are two tourist villages that have the same history in building and developing tourist villages. DWH Bilebante was first initiated for its development by the Putri Renjani cooperative. At the same time, DWH Sesaot was ideated and set for the first time by the Sugeh Engger Sesaot Cooperative. The cooperative has a business unit, DWH, which is tasked with developing tourism businesses to increase cooperative profits. The two DWHs were also facilitated in 2014 by GIZ (Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit), an institution from Germany whose primary focus is building the Government of Indonesia to develop Tourism Villages. These two villages were significantly impacted by the organization's assistance in developing the village into tourist spots.This study aims to find out how the tour packagesinnovationoccurred at DWH Bilebante and DWH Sesaot. This research describes how to tour package innovations and product designs are carried out using a business model BMC (business model canvas). This research is qualitative. The reference for innovation comes from Law No. 19. Innovation is a research, development, and/or engineering activity carried out to develop the practical application of new scientific values ​​and contexts or new ways to apply existing science and technology into products or production processes.This research was included in the research and development study, and the engineering carried out for the development.So, this study views the process in Research & Development developed by Sugiono (2008:40). It can be used to describe how the tour package innovations were carried out by the two DWHs, Bilebante and Sesaot. The stage starts from finding potential and problems, data collection, product design, design validation, redesign vision, product testing, product revision, product testing, potential and problems, mass production (marketing). The study results are DWH Bilebante, and DWH Sesaot have carried out various tour package innovations but have not implemented BMC (business model canvas) to innovate tour package products.They have stepped up the process without going through product designs made in BMC, so the resulting product has no desirability, feasibility, viability. Thus these two DWHs have not been able to sell tour packages optimally with maximum value.

Promoting Green Behavioral Intentions of the Tourists for the Growth of Sustainable Tourism Development in the Sundarbans of Bangladesh

The Sundarbans, the single largest mangrove forest of the world is one of the prime tourism destinations of Bangladesh. Due to lack of awareness and proper planning, tourism is causing severe threat to the ecosystem of the Sundarbans. It is therefore utmost important to ensure that the natural environment of the Sundarbans doesn't deteriorate further. Promoting green tourism may be a viable way to achieve it. This study was designed to identify the ways to promote green (environment-friendly) behavior among the stakeholders, especially the tourists – traveling into the Sundarbans. A convenience sampling technique was used in the study that included both domestic and foreign tourists. A structured questionnaire was developed that incorporated 30 Likert-scale questions based on four variables, namely 'awareness program', 'incentive programs', 'interpretation' and 'government interventions'. The four variables and their corresponding items were developed in the light of extant literature and adopted based on the socio-cultural atmosphere of Bangladesh. The survey was conducted from October 2019 to February 2020 and 320 valid responses were obtained. Multiple regression analysis was employed to test the proposed research model. The result shows that out of four independent variables, government intervention and incentive programs are significantly influential factors in achieving the green behavior of the tourists. The study findings are aligned with the previous studies. The findings will provide guidelines to the tourism service providers, destination hosts, local communities, government bodies and policy makers in achieving green behavior of the tourists that in turn will yield sustainable tourism in the Sundarbans.

IMPLEMENTING A CANVAS BUSINESS MODEL IN DWH BILEBANTE AND DWH SESAOT'S TOURISM PACKAGE INNOVATION

Bilebante Green Tourism Village Central Lombok and Sesaot Green Tourism Village are two tourist villages that have the same history in building and developing tourist villages. DWH Bilebante was first initiated for its development by the Putri Renjani cooperative. At the same time, DWH Sesaot was ideated and set for the first time by the Sugeh Engger Sesaot Cooperative. The cooperative has a business unit, DWH, which is tasked with developing tourism businesses to increase cooperative profits. The two DWHs were also facilitated in 2014 by GIZ (Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit), an institution from Germany whose primary focus is building the Government of Indonesia to develop Tourism Villages. These two villages were significantly impacted by the organization's assistance in developing the village into tourist spots.This study aims to find out how the tour packagesinnovationoccurred at DWH Bilebante and DWH Sesaot. This research describes how to tour package innovations and product designs are carried out using a business model BMC (business model canvas). This research is qualitative. The reference for innovation comes from Law No. 19. Innovation is a research, development, and/or engineering activity carried out to develop the practical application of new scientific values ​​and contexts or new ways to apply existing science and technology into products or production processes.This research was included in the research and development study, and the engineering carried out for the development.So, this study views the process in Research & Development developed by Sugiono (2008:40). It can be used to describe how the tour package innovations were carried out by the two DWHs, Bilebante and Sesaot. The stage starts from finding potential and problems, data collection, product design, design validation, redesign vision, product testing, product revision, product testing, potential and problems, mass production (marketing). The study results are DWH Bilebante, and DWH Sesaot have carried out various tour package innovations but have not implemented BMC (business model canvas) to innovate tour package products.They have stepped up the process without going through product designs made in BMC, so the resulting product has no desirability, feasibility, viability. Thus these two DWHs have not been able to sell tour packages optimally with maximum value

Factors Affecting the Implementation of Green Tourism in Da Nang City

This article describes the impact of factors affecting the implementation of Green Tourism as a sustainable tourism type in Da Nang City after the Covid-19 pandemic and in the near future. Today, air pollution and the Covid-19 pandemic are urgent problems that people are facing to overcome and stabilize social life as well as the economy. With the title of Vietnam's National Green City (Danang city's e-portal, 2018), Da Nang - one of the most famous tourist cities in Vietnam, has many favorable conditions for the development of the “green tourism” model, contributing to the development of a sustainable green economy. We use qualitative research to establish the hypotheses in this research. In the quantitative research, data were collected from business owners dealing in accommodation and travel services in the tourism industry in Da Nang city through questionnaires. The data analysis methods used in this study are Cronbach and EFA methods, correlation, and regression. The results show that there are 4 factors: Cost, Green Awareness, Competitive Advantages, and Policy of Government affecting the implementation of the green tourism model in Da Nang. Most of the business owners providing accommodation and travel services in the tourism industry in Da Nang city are aware of the importance and potential of developing "green tourism" in Da Nang in the future.

An Integrated System for Urban Parks Touring and Management

Urban parks are important recreational spaces of environmental interest for citizens and city visitors. Targeted and attractive promotion of these areas can help develop alternative forms of “green tourism” and increase environmental awareness among citizens, which is particularly important and vital for the future of the planet. New technologies are a key tool for improving the experience of touring urban parks, as they can make the tour much more attractive by highlighting interesting information about the flora and fauna of the park, as well as various other points of interest. This paper presents an integrated system based on augmented reality, artificial intelligence, and data analytics methodologies, comprising both mobile and web applications, focusing on urban parks touring and management, respectively. Through the mobile app for the park visitors, an attractive, interactive touring environment is created which highlights the environmental and historical interest of those areas. At the same time, the web applications for the park managers receive and analyze visitor data to help improve the visitor experience and the overall quality of the park. Finally, the developed integrated system is evaluated to ensure that it meets all user requirements and that its usability and functional components satisfy both groups of potential users, i.e., park visitors and park managers.

Rural green tourism standardization and certification system building within the European integration context

The purpose of the research is to determine the organizational, legislative and regulatory framework for the standardization and certification of the rural green tourism as an unconventional business pattern and a type of environmental services. Methods. In the process of research, systematic and integrated approaches were used, which provided a comprehensive study of the problem and the achievement of scientific results. Methodological basis of the research are general theoretical methods of scientific knowledge, in particular dialectic method, system analysis, fundamental positions of general economic theory. The graphical method was used to visualize the structural diagrams. In addition, general scientific and special methods were used in the study such as dialectical, monographic, non-lethal, induction and deduction, which allowed them to be used to determine the organizational, legislative and regulatory framework for the standardization and certification of the rural green tourism. Results. The article discusses issues concerning the legislative and regulatory framework for the standardization and certification of the rural green tourism in Ukraine. Methodological approaches how to standardize and certify the rural ecotourism are presented too. Innovative factors, having an impact on the rural green tourism evolution in the Ukrainian regions, have been indicated herein. Some attention has been focused on the need for the ecological certification and audit of the various territories, administrative regions, natural and economic systems of the country in general. The necessity of using marks for the legal protection of geographical indications has been determined. It has been proven that the voluntary ecological certification certifies some compliance with the requirements of laws, technical regulations, best practices, good rules, national and industry standards both for the tourism and, in general, for the adherence of requirements as to the environment quality maintenance. Practical meaning. A rural ecological tourism standardization and certification system, accelerating the adaptation of the Ukrainian regulatory and legislative framework to the EU standards, improving the tourism product quality, based on European standards and environmental regulations, helping attract foreign investments and develop the rural green tourism infrastructure and material bases, has been built grounding on the deep study of the present issues. Prospects for further research. The results obtained herein determine the need for the further improvement of the methodological criteria developed for the certification of rural green tourism farmsteads. It will lead to the market promotion of environmental services, to the increase in the number of foreign tourists and to the rise in the competitiveness of Ukraine as the player of the international market of tourist services.

Kolaborasi Pentahelix Untuk Pengembangan Desa Timpag Menuju Desa Wisata Berbasis Green Tourism

Artikel ini mengkaji kolaborasi aktor pentahelix dalam pengembangan desa Timpag menuju desa wisata berbasis green tourism. Data yang digunakan adalah data kualitatif dan kuantitatif melalui metode observasi, wawancara, dan studi pustaka. Informan ditentukan dengan teknik snowball sampling. Informan yang diwawancarai sebanyak 9 orang dengan melibatkan 50 responden. Analisis data dilakukan secara deskriptif kualitatif dan kuantitatif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa kolaborasi aktor pentahelik berperan penting dalam menentukan keberhasilan pengembangan desa ini menuju desa wisata berbasis green. Hal ini ditunjukkan dengan adanya sinergi harmonis antar aktor pentahelik dalam mendukung kegiatan pembangunan di desa, seperti: gotong-royong dalam menjaga kebersihan lingkungan, membuat jalur trekking, pembentukan pondok edukasi, maupun dalam pembentukan wadah pelestarian budaya. Kolaborasi harmonis tersebut diharapkan tetap berkelanjutan sehingga desa wisata ini tetap eksis dan mampu memenangi persaingan yang semakin kompetitif. Untuk itu pihak akademisi diharapkan lebih berkontribusi dalam memberikan pendidikan dan pelatihan bagi masyarakat untuk meningkatkan kualitas sumber daya manusia lokal sehingga mereka mampu berkontribusi tinggi dalam pengembangan green tourism di desanya.