Ângela Sofia Laiginhas Pina, J. Fuinhas, Zélia Serrasqueiro, Matheus Belucio
The Council of Europe is one of the oldest European institutions in operation. This paper aims to examine the impact of economic growth and terrorism on international tourism for 33 Council of Europe countries. The period considered for analysis encompasses data from 1995 to 2018. The Panel Autoregressive Distributed Lag method was selected to gauge the short- and long-term impacts. The effects of globalization and the real effective exchange rate were also considered. The presence of sectional dependence heteroscedasticity and first-order autocorrelation in the models inferred the use of the Driscoll & Kraay (1998) estimator. The results found here support that Council of Europe decision-makers should develop public measures that promote tourism activities. At the same time, they can propose measures aimed at increasingly reducing terrorism and develop measures to encourage the attraction and capture of international tourism through the intrinsic advantages of the globalization phenomenon.
{"title":"How Do Economic Growth and Terrorism Affect Tourism in the Council of Europe Countries?","authors":"Ângela Sofia Laiginhas Pina, J. Fuinhas, Zélia Serrasqueiro, Matheus Belucio","doi":"10.37741/t.71.1.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37741/t.71.1.4","url":null,"abstract":"The Council of Europe is one of the oldest European institutions in operation. This paper aims to examine the impact of economic growth and terrorism on international tourism for 33 Council of Europe countries. The period considered for analysis encompasses data from 1995 to 2018. The Panel Autoregressive Distributed Lag method was selected to gauge the short- and long-term impacts. The effects of globalization and the real effective exchange rate were also considered. The presence of sectional dependence heteroscedasticity and first-order autocorrelation in the models inferred the use of the Driscoll & Kraay (1998) estimator. The results found here support that Council of Europe decision-makers should develop public measures that promote tourism activities. At the same time, they can propose measures aimed at increasingly reducing terrorism and develop measures to encourage the attraction and capture of international tourism through the intrinsic advantages of the globalization phenomenon.","PeriodicalId":46641,"journal":{"name":"Tourism","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44508173","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Özgür Bayram Soylu, Bosede Ngozi Adeleye, Fatih Okur, Murat Emi̇könel
This paper examines the role of tourism in foreign direct investment-growth relation in upper-middle income countries. We deploy static and dynamic panel analysis to evaluate how tourism indicators influence the impact of FDI net inflows on growth using an unbalanced panel data on 29 upper middle-income countries from 2010-2019. The tourism indicators are receipts, arrivals and expenditures. The results from static and dynamic analyses indicate that for the most part (1) FDI and tourism exert asymmetric effects on growth, (2) tourism indicators reduce the negative effect of FDI on growth, (4) trade openness is a positive and significant predictor of growth, and (5) domestic credit negatively contributes to growth. Deductively, results evidence that tourism indicators are critical drivers of economic growth in upper middle-income countries. Overall, tourism receipts show the largest influence on FDI to spur the most appreciable impact on growth. Despite this, the fact that tourism indicators cannot completely eliminate the destructive impact of FDI on economic growth shows that tourism development policies should be based on a greener and sustainable ground, taking into account the effects of the coronavirus.
{"title":"Tourism and FDI-Growth Nexus in Upper-Middle Income Countries","authors":"Özgür Bayram Soylu, Bosede Ngozi Adeleye, Fatih Okur, Murat Emi̇könel","doi":"10.37741/t.71.1.10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37741/t.71.1.10","url":null,"abstract":"This paper examines the role of tourism in foreign direct investment-growth relation in upper-middle income countries. We deploy static and dynamic panel analysis to evaluate how tourism indicators influence the impact of FDI net inflows on growth using an unbalanced panel data on 29 upper middle-income countries from 2010-2019. The tourism indicators are receipts, arrivals and expenditures. The results from static and dynamic analyses indicate that for the most part (1) FDI and tourism exert asymmetric effects on growth, (2) tourism indicators reduce the negative effect of FDI on growth, (4) trade openness is a positive and significant predictor of growth, and (5) domestic credit negatively contributes to growth. Deductively, results evidence that tourism indicators are critical drivers of economic growth in upper middle-income countries. Overall, tourism receipts show the largest influence on FDI to spur the most appreciable impact on growth. Despite this, the fact that tourism indicators cannot completely eliminate the destructive impact of FDI on economic growth shows that tourism development policies should be based on a greener and sustainable ground, taking into account the effects of the coronavirus.","PeriodicalId":46641,"journal":{"name":"Tourism","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47198972","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P. Athanasopoulou, Apostolos N. Giovanis, Marilou Ioakimidis
Online reviews provide a wealth of information on how customers assess the different attributes of a service. Research shows that the performance of hotel service attributes is expected to have asymmetric effects on customer satisfaction. The purpose of this study is to analyze online reviews and determine whether different hotel service attributes have asymmetric or symmetric effects on hotel customer satisfaction and how these effects differ for different customer segments. Positive and negative comments on hotels are analyzed using the three-factor theory and penalty-reward contrast analysis. Results show that the most important service attributes for customer satisfaction and dissatisfaction (hybrids) are location/access and personnel quality. All other attributes are either frustrators (cleanliness, process quality, perceived value) or dissatisfiers (installation quality, room quality, food quality). However, when the sample is split into business (solo and groups) and leisure (solo, groups, families, couples) results differ by customer segment. Results show that there should be a customized approach to managing customer satisfaction based on online reviews where service attributes are prioritized differently according to their importance for the satisfaction of different customer segments.
{"title":"How Are Guests Satisfied?","authors":"P. Athanasopoulou, Apostolos N. Giovanis, Marilou Ioakimidis","doi":"10.37741/t.71.1.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37741/t.71.1.1","url":null,"abstract":"Online reviews provide a wealth of information on how customers assess the different attributes of a service. Research shows that the performance of hotel service attributes is expected to have asymmetric effects on customer satisfaction. The purpose of this study is to analyze online reviews and determine whether different hotel service attributes have asymmetric or symmetric effects on hotel customer satisfaction and how these effects differ for different customer segments. Positive and negative comments on hotels are analyzed using the three-factor theory and penalty-reward contrast analysis. Results show that the most important service attributes for customer satisfaction and dissatisfaction (hybrids) are location/access and personnel quality. All other attributes are either frustrators (cleanliness, process quality, perceived value) or dissatisfiers (installation quality, room quality, food quality). However, when the sample is split into business (solo and groups) and leisure (solo, groups, families, couples) results differ by customer segment. Results show that there should be a customized approach to managing customer satisfaction based on online reviews where service attributes are prioritized differently according to their importance for the satisfaction of different customer segments.","PeriodicalId":46641,"journal":{"name":"Tourism","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41372232","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Syed Alamdar Ali Shah, B. A. Fianto, A. R. Sridadi, U. Kayani
Halal tourism witnessed a significant growth during the second half of the decade ended on December 2020 with COVID19 pandemic. This expansion can be witnessed equally in academic research and Halal tourism industry. Keeping in view the phenomenal growth this research performs review of the very high quality research literature on Halal tourism to consolidate its findings and recommendations. It performs thematic analysis of 74 articles published between the period 2009 to 2020 i.e., up to before the beginning of the COVID19 pandemic, listed in the A* and A ranked journals of the Australian Business Deans Council (ABDC). It consolidates research methodologies, themes, dependent/independent and mediating/moderating variables, which ultimately lead to a master conceptual framework of research. It highlights that the research on Halal tourism is in its developing stages, with more themes emerging in the recent years. It suggests that every country must reflect the blend of its own culture duly enveloped in the Shariah parameters. Finally, this review of literature highlights a nexus between Social values, tourism services and Islamic stipulations, as a way forward for research and developments in the Halal tourism research and industry.
{"title":"A Master Conceptual Framework of Research in Halal Tourism","authors":"Syed Alamdar Ali Shah, B. A. Fianto, A. R. Sridadi, U. Kayani","doi":"10.37741/t.71.1.8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37741/t.71.1.8","url":null,"abstract":"Halal tourism witnessed a significant growth during the second half of the decade ended on December 2020 with COVID19 pandemic. This expansion can be witnessed equally in academic research and Halal tourism industry. Keeping in view the phenomenal growth this research performs review of the very high quality research literature on Halal tourism to consolidate its findings and recommendations. It performs thematic analysis of 74 articles published between the period 2009 to 2020 i.e., up to before the beginning of the COVID19 pandemic, listed in the A* and A ranked journals of the Australian Business Deans Council (ABDC). It consolidates research methodologies, themes, dependent/independent and mediating/moderating variables, which ultimately lead to a master conceptual framework of research. It highlights that the research on Halal tourism is in its developing stages, with more themes emerging in the recent years. It suggests that every country must reflect the blend of its own culture duly enveloped in the Shariah parameters. Finally, this review of literature highlights a nexus between Social values, tourism services and Islamic stipulations, as a way forward for research and developments in the Halal tourism research and industry.","PeriodicalId":46641,"journal":{"name":"Tourism","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41376759","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Attending to the challenges to tackle environmental sustainability concerns is a major issue in today's tourism industry. What is more, tourism education has the ability to positively influence tomorrow's workforce by educating them about environmental sustainability. It should be considered a focus area and key component when developing undergraduate tourism management programs. The study aims to examine the correlation between factors of knowledge, attitude, behavioral control, and intention toward environmental sustainability using the year of study as a moderator. A sample of 785 undergraduate students was used to statistically assess the relationship and develop a conceptual model as a basis to discuss the empirical results. The article concludes by presenting implications for educators, policymakers, and higher education institutions.
{"title":"Consciousness Toward Environmental Sustainability, Tourism Education and the Dunning‐Kruger Effect","authors":"K. Fuchs","doi":"10.37741/t.71.1.13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37741/t.71.1.13","url":null,"abstract":"Attending to the challenges to tackle environmental sustainability concerns is a major issue in today's tourism industry. What is more, tourism education has the ability to positively influence tomorrow's workforce by educating them about environmental sustainability. It should be considered a focus area and key component when developing undergraduate tourism management programs. The study aims to examine the correlation between factors of knowledge, attitude, behavioral control, and intention toward environmental sustainability using the year of study as a moderator. A sample of 785 undergraduate students was used to statistically assess the relationship and develop a conceptual model as a basis to discuss the empirical results. The article concludes by presenting implications for educators, policymakers, and higher education institutions.","PeriodicalId":46641,"journal":{"name":"Tourism","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44339460","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Despite the significance of motivation in understanding the behaviour of tourists, its interconnectedness to environmental attitude and place attachment has been scarcely studied in nature-based tourism destinations, especially outside the western and Anglo western context. This study examined these constructs as individual variables as well as the inter-relationships that exist between them in the context of a wildlife park. Using a convenience sampling technique, 372 visitors were surveyed. It was revealed that visitors displayed more anthropocentric beliefs than ecologically favourable concerns. Their motivations centred on experiencing and appreciating nature, recreation, relaxation and education which are some of the core goals of the establishment of such areas as wildlife parks. The levels of attachment to the destination were however mild. The results further revealed significant associations between the constructs. The partial mediating role of motivation in the relationship between environmental attitude and place attachment was also reported. Appropriate conclusions were drawn and managerial implications were discussed.
{"title":"Environmental Attitude, Motivation and Place Attachment in a Wildlife Park","authors":"O. Ajayi, T. Tichaawa","doi":"10.37741/t.71.1.9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37741/t.71.1.9","url":null,"abstract":"Despite the significance of motivation in understanding the behaviour of tourists, its interconnectedness to environmental attitude and place attachment has been scarcely studied in nature-based tourism destinations, especially outside the western and Anglo western context. This study examined these constructs as individual variables as well as the inter-relationships that exist between them in the context of a wildlife park. Using a convenience sampling technique, 372 visitors were surveyed. It was revealed that visitors displayed more anthropocentric beliefs than ecologically favourable concerns. Their motivations centred on experiencing and appreciating nature, recreation, relaxation and education which are some of the core goals of the establishment of such areas as wildlife parks. The levels of attachment to the destination were however mild. The results further revealed significant associations between the constructs. The partial mediating role of motivation in the relationship between environmental attitude and place attachment was also reported. Appropriate conclusions were drawn and managerial implications were discussed.","PeriodicalId":46641,"journal":{"name":"Tourism","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43612659","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought many fundamental changes. Especially in the tourism sector, where people are in constant communication and interaction, negative effects have been seen excessively. This situation also affected tourism employees economically, psychologically and physically. Therefore, paper is aimed to reveal the relationship among resilience, perceived vulnerability and mental health perceptions within the scope of hotel employees. This study examines the effects of psychological and employee resilience on hotel employees’ mental health perceptions. In this context, “psychological resilience has a signifant positive influence on hotel employees’ mental health perceptions” and “employee resilience has a significant positive influence on hotel employees’ mental health perceptions” have been developed. The study also examines the mediating the role of perceived vulnerability in the effect of individual-level resilience on hotel employees’ mental health perceptions. In this context, “perceived vulnerability mediates the effect of individual-level resilience on mental health perceptions” has been developed. In total, 391 questionnaire forms were analyzed using a structural equations model to test the hypotheses. The results show that hotel employees’ psychological and employee resilience make their mental health perceptions more positive. Perceived vulnerability partially mediates the effect of individual-level resilience on mental health perceptions.
{"title":"Does Perceived Vulnerability Mediate the Effect of Hotel Employees' Resilience on Mental Health Perceptions?","authors":"A. Dalgıç, Mahmut Demir, F. D. Ergen","doi":"10.37741/t.71.1.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37741/t.71.1.5","url":null,"abstract":"The COVID-19 pandemic has brought many fundamental changes. Especially in the tourism sector, where people are in constant communication and interaction, negative effects have been seen excessively. This situation also affected tourism employees economically, psychologically and physically. Therefore, paper is aimed to reveal the relationship among resilience, perceived vulnerability and mental health perceptions within the scope of hotel employees. This study examines the effects of psychological and employee resilience on hotel employees’ mental health perceptions. In this context, “psychological resilience has a signifant positive influence on hotel employees’ mental health perceptions” and “employee resilience has a significant positive influence on hotel employees’ mental health perceptions” have been developed. The study also examines the mediating the role of perceived vulnerability in the effect of individual-level resilience on hotel employees’ mental health perceptions. In this context, “perceived vulnerability mediates the effect of individual-level resilience on mental health perceptions” has been developed. In total, 391 questionnaire forms were analyzed using a structural equations model to test the hypotheses. The results show that hotel employees’ psychological and employee resilience make their mental health perceptions more positive. Perceived vulnerability partially mediates the effect of individual-level resilience on mental health perceptions.","PeriodicalId":46641,"journal":{"name":"Tourism","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43478934","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The main objective of this paper is to study how firm-specific factors affect the financial performance of tourism-related young small and micro-sized firms located in Algarve, Portugal, that started their activity during the last years of the debt crisis of Europe. The sample included 106 Portuguese small and micro-sized firms in the hospitality sector, established between 2012-2014, which remain active in 2019 and financial data from 2015 to 2018 was analysed. Descriptive statistics, group statistics, correlations, and regression model analyses were applied. The dependent variable representing profitability was the return on assets ratio (ROA). The independent variables were short-term, long-term and total debts, slack resources, sales growth, tangibility and size of the firm. A negative relationship between performance and long-term and short-term debts was found, confirming the theory that the most profitable firms tend to borrow less as they do not need external capital. Also, a negative relationship between ROA and tangibility was found, which means that as the level of tangible assets lessens, more intangible assets there are. These results give some hints to help tourism-related small and micro-sized firms located in Algarve take innovation, flexibility, and digitalisation strategies, particularly important during a pandemic crisis.
{"title":"Firm-Specific Factors Influencing the Performance of Young Small and Micro-Sized Firms Located in Algarve","authors":"Nina Solyukova, Cristina Viegas, Patrícia Pinto","doi":"10.37741/t.71.1.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37741/t.71.1.2","url":null,"abstract":"The main objective of this paper is to study how firm-specific factors affect the financial performance of tourism-related young small and micro-sized firms located in Algarve, Portugal, that started their activity during the last years of the debt crisis of Europe. The sample included 106 Portuguese small and micro-sized firms in the hospitality sector, established between 2012-2014, which remain active in 2019 and financial data from 2015 to 2018 was analysed. Descriptive statistics, group statistics, correlations, and regression model analyses were applied. The dependent variable representing profitability was the return on assets ratio (ROA). The independent variables were short-term, long-term and total debts, slack resources, sales growth, tangibility and size of the firm. A negative relationship between performance and long-term and short-term debts was found, confirming the theory that the most profitable firms tend to borrow less as they do not need external capital. Also, a negative relationship between ROA and tangibility was found, which means that as the level of tangible assets lessens, more intangible assets there are. These results give some hints to help tourism-related small and micro-sized firms located in Algarve take innovation, flexibility, and digitalisation strategies, particularly important during a pandemic crisis.","PeriodicalId":46641,"journal":{"name":"Tourism","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49549665","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Brand experience and place attachment are key issues of a destination as it is increasingly important that visitors develop attachment and positive attitudes towards the natural environment, which is generally related with a high level of satisfaction. The current research explores the relationship between destination brand experience (DBE) and place attachment, their implications in relation to pro-environmental behaviours, behavioural intentions (revisit or recommend), and tourists’ satisfaction in the context of natural protected areas. A survey was conducted at Peneda-Gerês National Park, Portugal. A total of 507 valid questionnaires were analyzed using structural equations modelling. The findings show the relevance of DBE in relation to the other constructs. It was in the relationship between DBE and satisfaction that the highest path coefficient was verified. The association between place attachment and satisfaction was not confirmed inducing the idea that satisfaction is not enough for tourists to create attachment bonds. However, DBE can lead to the creation of emotional and affective ties to a particular destination. As practical implication, the management entities should invest in strategies that can get visitors more identify with this natural area, to increase the level of experience and the degree of satisfaction.
{"title":"Destination Brand Experience and Place Attachment","authors":"Hugo Martins, Paulo Carvalho, N. Almeida","doi":"10.37741/t.71.1.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37741/t.71.1.7","url":null,"abstract":"Brand experience and place attachment are key issues of a destination as it is increasingly important that visitors develop attachment and positive attitudes towards the natural environment, which is generally related with a high level of satisfaction. The current research explores the relationship between destination brand experience (DBE) and place attachment, their implications in relation to pro-environmental behaviours, behavioural intentions (revisit or recommend), and tourists’ satisfaction in the context of natural protected areas. A survey was conducted at Peneda-Gerês National Park, Portugal. A total of 507 valid questionnaires were analyzed using structural equations modelling. The findings show the relevance of DBE in relation to the other constructs. It was in the relationship between DBE and satisfaction that the highest path coefficient was verified. The association between place attachment and satisfaction was not confirmed inducing the idea that satisfaction is not enough for tourists to create attachment bonds. However, DBE can lead to the creation of emotional and affective ties to a particular destination. As practical implication, the management entities should invest in strategies that can get visitors more identify with this natural area, to increase the level of experience and the degree of satisfaction.","PeriodicalId":46641,"journal":{"name":"Tourism","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49377753","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This paper presents research focused on the post-pandemic opportunities of special interest tourism development, through elaboration of the stakeholders' perspectives on sustainable valorisation of local natural and cultural heritage in the changing global context. The main goal of the research was to analyse the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on key stakeholders’ activities and their attitudes towards future sustainable tourism development. The empirical research has been realised in the Municipality of Vrsar, a typical Mediterranean tourist destination characterised by mass tourism and high seasonality. The research was based on a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods, including a literature review, semi-structured interviews with key stakeholders’ representatives and a tourists' attitudes survey. The conducted research indicated that the current pandemic could be seen also as an opportunity for all key stakeholders to reflect on the sustainability of the existing tourism practices and develop products which will be more nature-friendly and respond to new needs and expectations of changing tourist demand. The new, more sustainable, post-pandemic model of participatory governance in cultural and tourism development should involve all interested stakeholders, by developing a distinctive offer for special interest tourist segments which could disperse demand in time and space and prolong the tourism season.
{"title":"Stakeholders' Perspectives on Post-Pandemic Sustainable Tourism Development","authors":"Kristina Afrić Rakitovac, Nataša Urošević","doi":"10.37741/t.71.1.12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37741/t.71.1.12","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents research focused on the post-pandemic opportunities of special interest tourism development, through elaboration of the stakeholders' perspectives on sustainable valorisation of local natural and cultural heritage in the changing global context. The main goal of the research was to analyse the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on key stakeholders’ activities and their attitudes towards future sustainable tourism development. The empirical research has been realised in the Municipality of Vrsar, a typical Mediterranean tourist destination characterised by mass tourism and high seasonality. The research was based on a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods, including a literature review, semi-structured interviews with key stakeholders’ representatives and a tourists' attitudes survey. The conducted research indicated that the current pandemic could be seen also as an opportunity for all key stakeholders to reflect on the sustainability of the existing tourism practices and develop products which will be more nature-friendly and respond to new needs and expectations of changing tourist demand. The new, more sustainable, post-pandemic model of participatory governance in cultural and tourism development should involve all interested stakeholders, by developing a distinctive offer for special interest tourist segments which could disperse demand in time and space and prolong the tourism season.","PeriodicalId":46641,"journal":{"name":"Tourism","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49381767","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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