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Some officials and locals fear the city center could become a ghost town without any sense of community.
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In the context of the more and more diversified concerns, regionally and globally, for a sustainable development and the rational and responsible management of the natural resources, the global mar-ket of cruise tourism represents one of the most complex and dynamic sectors of the world econo-my. From Romania to Germany, covering over 2 800 km, the Danube has always been a tourist attraction. Today many new developments are putting it at the forefront of European river cruising. The EU Strategy for the Danube Region will bring together tourist organizations to maximize the opportunities for travel and discovery, spanning different cultures, capital cities, religions and lan-guages. This article draws the attention on the Danube Strategy and its importance for Romania, the tourist and cultural potentials of the Romanian Danube Region with regard to their type of tourism: cruises tourism - as appropriate for sustainable development of this, but insufficiently developed in parts of Romania, and the real possibilities of tourism cruise and potential culture in the Romanian Danube Region within the framework of the Danube Strategy, into sustainability development.
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We live in a society that is increasingly more concerned with altruistic concepts, such as general wellbeing, social equity, environment protection and economic justice. Since consumers are influenced by their values in every aspect of life – including the economic behavior, companies are evaluated not only through economic lens or the quality of their offer compared with that of the competition, but also considering how responsible they are. Consumers prefer responsible companies, which ensure a sustainable development for the society, they are willing to pay more for responsible products, recommend them in their circles and sanctions companies that are perceived irresponsible (Nielsen, 2015; Zbuchea, 2013). This attitude of the public is also visible in tourism industry, where companies are expected not only to be fair with their clients, but to be responsible in many ways: social – considering especially the host communities, for instance -, economic – related to employees, business partners, local entrepreneurs, etc. -, as well as considering the environment in many ways (Garay Tamajón & Font 2013). Tourists themselves, increasingly more, try to be responsible not only when choosing the travel agent, but also the type of tourism product. Another relevant aspect is the behavior they have during the travel and the way they interact with the local communities. Tourists, in general, have a varied and loose way of seeing their responsibility and acting accordingly (Caruana et al., 2014). Nevertheless, they are increasingly sensitive to issues related with personal and organizational responsibility in contemporary society. In this context, the responsibility of companies and individuals is a topic increasingly more popular amongst academics, as well as professionals. Tourism is no exception. In the last three decades, more than 8400 scholarly articles have been published ...
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Print media is a significant information source for tourists. Whilst previous studies have focused on the influence of television, movies and social media, the attention given to the role of the print media and tourism has been limited. Further, despite the importance of Australia and in particular, Western Australia as a source market for the Indonesian island of Bali, there is a paucity of research explor-ing how the Australian media framed Bali as a destination. The purpose of this paper is three-fold. First, it seeks to determine the framing of two Australian newspapers towards Bali as a tourist desti-nation. Second, it explores the themes elicited within story coverage of Bali within two popular Aus-tralian newspapers. A structured content analysis of articles about Bali was conducted and The West Australian and The Australian were used to meet the research aims. This paper is of scholarly importance as it provides greater insight into the way print media shapes the narrative of a destina-tion.
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Tourism is believed to be a tool for accommodating individuals with different needs. But, it is still far from entertaining the interest of peoples with limited ability. For such shortcomings, accessible tourism can be taken as the best remedy. The aim of this study is to evaluate accessible tourism challenges and development issues at hotels and attraction sites. Based on the assessment most of the tourist standard hotels have tried to fulfil basic accessibility facilities like ramps, telephone, accessible drop-off area, etc. On the other hand, most of them have failed to fulfil elevators, pushchair, shower chair, bed risers etc. From the attractions assessment, compared to the Royal enclosure of Gondar, the Rock hewn churches of Lalibela are trying to improve the site and are constructing facilities in and around. Generally, there are efforts to make tourism accessible in Amhara Region; but, still, there is a lot to do.
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This paper aims to analyze a managerial and organizational formula, which has become widespread in the hospitality business during the past decades: the management contract (the expression "management agreement" is commonly used too). Hotel groups have proved management agreements (along with franchising) as an effective managerial tool for their growth strategies. As a consequence, currently a significant proportion of hotels is run through formulas different from traditional owning property. Hotel brands, owners and management companies have shaped permutations and combinations of operating models that, suitably employed can increase profitability (HVS, 2015). This paper provides an overview of the academic literature on the topic, starting from the first noteworthy contributions of Eyster in the 80s and 90s (Eyster, 1980, 1993), discussing the use of management contracts in the lodging sector. The review of academic contributions regarding general economy directions, theoretical frameworks and sectorial applications is integrated with the analysis of the annual reports of some leading hospitality groups and by the examination of sectorial business surveys drafted in the past decades (HVS, 2007, 2013, 2014, 2015; Jones Lang Lasalle Hotels, 2001).
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In this paper IPA (importance–performance analysis) is used to assess location attractiveness for investments as a competitiveness factor in Serbian tourism. Based on the theory of Dunning‟s eclectic paradigm, regarding locational advantages as a factor for investments, twelve key indicators were selected for assessment by stakeholders in the private and public sectors. The conclusion derived from the analysis implies that Serbia is under performing in relation to the importance of the selected indicators. The largest proportion of indicators is classified as the „concentrate here‟ strategy type in the IPA matrix. The conclusions regarding the importance and performance of indicators allocated to other quadrants (especially „low priority‟ and „possible overkill‟) are also significant. This paper establishes the bases for analysis that can help both the public and the private sector to develop strategies for the development of tourism and the competitiveness of Serbia as a tourist destination, referring to investments (locational advantages) as a competitiveness factor.
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Astrotourism is a specific, new and perspective form of tourism which stands out from the mass tourist movement with special program that includes visits to astronomical observatories, with required astronomical observations. This form of tourism is considered to be "niche tourism" or special form of tourism which is intended for individuals or small groups, creating a diversity of offers in destinations. Astrotourism is now a modest, but not negligible part of the tourist destinations that wish to enrich its tourist offer. Like other small countries, Serbia has no spectacular planetarium, giant observatories and telescopes, but there are sufficient resources, with an interesting history, on the basis of which it can be offered to astrotourists original programs whose carrier should be Astronomical Society "Rudjer Boskovic" in collaboration with the Astronomical Observatory in Belgrade.
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The purpose of the present study is to emphasize the role of tourism in local economy development, in the context of present-day society dominated by antagonistic battles between local/regional values and the global ones. Tourism is a special anthropic activity, with deep implications both in the spatial individuality and regional values assertion and in those with global character. It sets up for a significant indicator regarding the development level recorded by a human collectivity in a certain area. In this context, the results of the correlations between the number of companies, employees, turnover and recorded profit, during the period between 2000 and 2014, on spatial and global level, become significant indicators, having special relevance in the role and importance of tourism in local economy development.
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This paper aims to highlight how tourism, especially tourism in border areas is affecting the economic development of the territories. Tourism is considered to be one of the sectors with the greatest potential to generate economic growth worldwide. It may represent, however, a significant increase in support for emerging economies and an important element in reducing poverty and disparities between regions. Romania-Bulgaria border area is situated in a geographical area with remarkable natural potential, alongside the Danube River and Black Sea coastal zone. The paper addresses issues that range from the general vision of researchers regarding the influence of tourism on the economy, cross-border tourism, and aspects of the Romania and Bulgaria’s level of tourism competitiveness in international context. Finally, the article presents a critical analysis of the links between economic and tourism development in the counties, respectively, in the districts of Romania-Bulgaria border area, by correlating specific indicators homogeneous collected by the involved countries.
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Authorities plan PR campaign as terrifying video of ski-lift malfunction goes viral.
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For tourists, it is more important to be sure about not to encounter risks than to be sure that they will be protected against these risks. This fact has an influence on the crisis that the tourism sector has prominently started to experience in Turkey in 2016. In Turkey, where there is problem of security because of the terrorist attacks especially in recent times, the tourism policies should offer solutions to the aim of “managing the security perceptions” of tourists, tour agents and the countries that send tourists to Turkey. Nevertheless, the centrists and ordinary security policies of the bureaucracy hinder to develop effective solutions. When the security services are presented with the understanding of “more visibility”, the perception of security will be influenced negatively. Therefore, “the authentic security concepts” should be developed in the light of “the authentic security needs”. Moreover, the democratic approaches should also be considered necessary for the effectiveness of security services.
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This study presents the results of a document analysis of leadership research in tourism field in Turkey. The study attempts to determine the general patterns and tendencies via a classification both in content and method, within the scope of national refereed journals published between 2009- 2015 through the content analysis. The keywords of the study, “tourism” and “leadership” were scanned in Ulakbim Social Sciences Database, Asos Index and Google Scholar search engine and the final sample was 24 studies. The presence of ceremonial empiricism and methodological monotony is determined and suggestions were presented to tourismrelated leadership researches. A holistic approach to examine literature is also presented.
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The aim of the paper is to assess the relationship between obtaining information about hazards (natural or terroristic) appearing in certain touristic region and willingness to increase insurance coverage. A hypothesis was put forward that willingness to buy additional travel insurance policy is different in case of expected terrorist threat from that in case of expected natural threat. Results show that the kind of travel hazard does not influence propensity to buy additional travel policy. Moreover, it was observed that only in case of obtaining information about relatively high probalility of any kind of treat the percentage of subjects willing to buy additional policy was increased.
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In the paper the characteristics of one of the most valuable rivers in Łódź, the Jasień, are described. The Jasień is a unique example of a river once working for industry but now existing as untapped tourism potential despite its negative image and even being partly forgotten. The description of the most valuable historical hydro-technical work along the river’s course is given with some useful historical information. In the summary, a suggestion of how the river bank might become a trigger for studying Łódź’s history, as its industrial development was so strongly related to the river network.
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In this article, the author is trying to answer the fundamental question: what is present-day tourism space like at a time of highly increasing flows of people or even a shift from the space of a ‘place’ to the space of a ‘flow’? The article puts special stress on how to define the current unique multi-functional space. The author attempts to define tourism space as a new entity, founded on poly-functionality (i.e. different functions and use of the same space both at the same time and in different seasons), multi-scale (overlapping of tourism spaces depending on the scale concerned), multi-layer, as well as the multi-motivation of its creators and users, or even multi-relativity.
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The relation between tourism and the spatial environment is characterized by mutual interaction. The proliferation of tourism and massive tourism development intensifies its impact on the spatial environment, yet the focus is usually placed on environmental degradation and the resulting distortion of spatial order. Concurrently, the significance of the spatial environment, and spatial order in particular, as one of the determinants of tourism development is understated. On a theoretical plane the relation seems obvious, yet once the practical dimension is considered, it becomes at least debatable.
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Objective: Tourist regions are characterized by a very high complexity and micro-enterprisesare the largest group of entities which determine the competitiveness of the destination. However, management of such businesses has a strong specificity. The goal of this paper is toidentify the capabilities of managing competitiveness and marketing of this group of entities. Methodology: Literature review, examining and discussing the current knowledge regardingthe competitiveness of family tourist micro-enterprises. Findings: On the one hand, small companies have significant limitations compared to largercompanies. However, the family nature of the company allows for high flexibility of management. Decisions can usually be made faster and easier, which means that they are able to adapt theiroffer to the expectations of customers faster and better than large entities. Also, an atmosphere of hospitality and friendship can be easily created. What is more, cooperation with other localentities should result in the ability to offer higher value to consumers. Value Added: Authors, on the bases of literature review have proposed a model that showsrelations as an element of building competitiveness of a family tourist micro-enterprises. It appears that these firms have unique opportunities to develop relationships with theircustomers. Cooperation, quality and communication have been described as key variablesresponsible for this process, that should result in generating the benefits of re-selecting theservices of the company as well as giving them positive recommendations. Recommendations: In the area of family businesses in tourism, there is still lack of empiricalstudies. That is why, the issues presented in this work should be subjected to empirical verification. Future research should concentrate on the specificity of managing a tourist familymicro-enterprise and on possible sources of competitive advantage of a tourist family micro-enterprisein the eyes of customers. Especially, described model should be empirically verified.
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Valorisation by point bonitation method is considered as one with a more objective assessment for assesment of region tourist attractiveness, because it allows the breakdown of characteristics with different titers and combines both quantitative and qualitative features. In the assessment of the attractiveness of the tourist areas, the Hellwig taxonomic method of measuring development can also be used. The main purpose of this article is comparison of usefulness of the Hellwig taxonomic method and valorisation by point bonitation method to tourism attractiveness evaluation based on podkarpackie voivodeship example.
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