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A Case Study of Domestic Tourism – Malaysia Evidence Focusing on the Role of Transportation- pp350-357

Domestic Tourism in Asia and the Pacific-UNWTO, 2013

Domestic Tourism in Asia and the Pacific

Exploring Domestic Tourism in Ethiopia: Trends, Prospects, Promotional Marketing, and Challenges

International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering (IJRTE) , 2020

Domestic tourism is the largest form of tourism in the world, both in terms of tourist flow and revenue. Nevertheless, relatively it is overlooked by governments and scholars of most developing countries. Consequently, this article has tried to contribute to domestic tourism scholarship by exploring domestic tourism in Ethiopia, intending to uncover the trends, prospects, promotional marketing, and challenges. The research was descriptive in its design and has utilized primary and secondary data collected through questionnaires, interviews, and reviewed archives. The primary data were gathered from 386 domestic tourists and 37 tourism experts at four different destinations. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, content, and text analysis using SPSS and Excel software programs. The result revealed that tourism in Ethiopia, in general, has been rising, but the absence of domestic tourism data at the national level weakens the generalization and was evidence to the level of attention given to the sector. Domestic tourism was found to be misconceived by most tourism experts and businesses. The result further indicated the culture of tourism in Ethiopia, domestic tourism development potentials, and its challenges. Conclusions and recommendations vital for policymakers and practitioners are also provided.

Tourism in the Green Economy Background Report

ISTC/UNWTO Survey on Student and Youth Tourism among National Tourism Administrations/Organizations

As recognition of the growing importance of student and youth tourism, in the survey conducted by the UNWTO Secretariat among National Tourism Administrations/ Organizations for this year's edition of the Tourism Market Trends, special attention was paid to this segment. This research has been undertaken in cooperation with the International Student Travel Confederation (ISTC, www.aboutistc.org, www.istc.org). The following analysis provides an overview of the major results of the survey. Individual country data is included in the regional volumes of the UNWTO Tourism Market Trends, 2005 edition, while the Questionnaire used is included in the Annex. UNWTO and ISTC are working on a joint comprehensive report on Youth and Student Tourism scheduled for the second half of 2006. Executive summary According to figures published by national tourism organizations around the world, youth and student tourism accounted for a total of around 140 million international arrivals, or just over...

IMPACT OF ALL-INCLUSIVE TOUR PACKAGES WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO BENTOTA TOURIST RESORT

All Inclusive (AI) beach holiday packages are developed and offered to attract and retain long staying tourists in a destination. Sri Lankan AI packages offer breakfast, lunch, dinner, morning and evening snacks, tea, coffee, mineral water, soft drinks and unlimited local liquor, along with the accommodation. The use of a product bundling strategy in Bentota resort has created an enormous pressure on other hotels, restaurants and the econ«my in the area and the country. This research aims: a) to explore the tourists' purchasing intention of AI packages; b) to identify the advantages and disadvantages of promoting AI packages in a tourist resort; and c) to find possibilities to minimize the negative effects of AI packages and to promote alternative packages. To achieve the aforementioned objectives, a mixed method approach was adopted. interviews and questionnaires were used to collect relevant data. The findings reveal that 30 per cent of tourists who patronized the Bentota holiday resort during the study period were AI clients, and the cheap price of the AI packages was their key purchasing motive. In addition, the 'convenience and assurance provided by tour operators were some credible factors that affected tourists' purchasing decision. Further, large scale hoteliers decidedly benefited from AI packages, depending on their industry capacity. On the other hand, destination management companies (DMC) have to be satisfied with very low profit margins after promoting AI packages. The findings draw attention to the pressing need for the introduction of a common holiday package at a profitable price for the resort that all hotels can enjoy, to limit supply of certain ancillary services along with AI packages for the survival of the small and medium scale operators in the area, and to enforce a minimum price policy for AI tour packages. Keywords: All inclusive packages; Product bundling; Holiday resort; Holiday package; Purchase intention; Destination Management Company

The Concept of a Sectoral System of Innovation in the Tourism Sector in Poland

The article presents the model of a sectoral system of innovation that is a multidimensional and dynamic picture of tourism sector innovativeness. This approach extends boundaries of the sector by taking into account firms and non-firms, links between them and the process of production and accumulation of knowledge. It helps to identify a set of key factors affecting the intensity of innovation, economic potential and international competitiveness of the sector, including companies operating within a given geographical territory. The goal of this paper is to adapt the idea of a sectoral systems of innovation to analyze a tourism sector in Poland. The paper is divided into 6 sections. In Section 2, basic concepts of innovation and innovation activity are presented. In Section 3, a sectoral innovation systems framework is proposed. In Section 4, the basic building blocks of the SSI in the tourism sector are examined. Then in section 5, the basics of tourism innovation system in Poland are discussed. Last part includes conclusions and suggestions of future research.

Chapter 10 The potential for Cambodia to climate-proof its tourism sector

Cambodia has approached climate change from the perspective of it being an environmental issue and placed an emphasis on mitigation as part of being a responsible global citizen. However, the societal implications of climate change, while recognised, are yet to be considered adequately. A thorough understanding of climate change and its implications is pertinent to the tourism sector in particular, which is especially vulnerable to projected impacts through: –– Changes in the water cycle leading to threats to existing natural and cultural heritage attractions; –– Sea level rise leading to the potential inundation of existing tourism and public infrastructure; –– Increased intensity of storm events leading to greater community and tourist health risk; and –– Increased ocean temperatures leading to marine system changes such as loss of reef resources for subsistence and tourism use.

How is Singapore going to revive its tourism sector in the competitive era?

Ever since gaining independence in 1965, the fishing village named Singapore had transformed into a bustling metropolis and became one of four Asian economic tigers. Throughout the rapid economic development, tourism had been a major contributor to the economy by virtue of providing employment and boosting growths of many related-industries. Nevertheless, in recent years, Singapore tourism had seen an alarming propensity in tourist spending. Tourist receipts had not only ceased to increase but even showed a significant decline in the latest annual report. Hence, this inclination in tourist spending led us to our research question “How is Singapore going to revive its tourism sector in the competitive era?”. The purpose of our study was to find out how Singapore could cope with the newly emerged trend in tourism. The first step of our research was following secondary research in which we extracted information from credible sources to have a better understanding of the industry. In the next step, we conducted qualitative primary research by interviewing industry professionals so that we had the chance to unravel the underlying reasons for the unpredictability and the new-found impediment of the industry. Based on the insight we gathered from industry experts, four themes were constructed into a framework regarding Singapore tourism to help us explore industry mechanism and recommendations were made correspondingly with the aim of assisting Singapore tourism. Our research would not only serve as a reference material for Singapore government to consider proper initiatives to boost the industry but also provide up-to-date information for private sector to help businesses thrive.