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Low-carbon tourism is an important way for the tourism industry to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the goals of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality. In order to promote the development of Guilin as a world-class tourism city and ensure the sustainable development of the tourism industry in Guilin, this paper combines the concept of carbon footprint and the theory of life cycle to build a tourists' carbon footprint life cycle analysis model of Guilin. Taking tourists in Guilin as an example, the composition and changes of tourists' carbon footprint are dynamically analyzed. The research shows that: (1) The overall tourism carbon footprint of Guilin showed an upward trend during 2011–2019. From 2020 to 2022, due to the impact of COVID-19, Guilin's tourism carbon footprint has decreased significantly. The per capita carbon footprint of tourism in Guilin showed a downward trend from 2011 to 2022;(2) The order of the size of Guilin's tourism carbon footprint is tourism transportation > tourism catering > tourism accommodation > tourism activities;(3) From 2011 to 2022, the carbon footprint of tourism transportation in Guilin showed an obvious narrowing state, while the carbon footprint of tourism accommodation, tourism activities, and tourism catering showed an obvious expanding trend. Based on the characteristics of the carbon footprint of Guilin's tourism and the current situation of the development of Guilin's tourism, this paper puts forward suggestions on reducing carbon emissions, forms a new tool for evaluating and constructing low-carbon tourism, and provides a scientific basis and practical reference significance for the sustainable development of low-carbon tourism in Guilin.
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This study explores the reasons for the failure to sustain the rehabilitation of Al-Khabra as a heritage village for tourism. Despite the rehabilitation activities since 2007 and the comprehensive plans for the development, protection, and operation of the village, tourism activities are limited due to the restricted availability of qualified buildings, infrastructure, and services. This has made the investment in the village economically unviable. This study aims to propose sustainability strategies for heritage villages by investing in eco-tourism. This study used a qualitative descriptive approach by analyzing the rehabilitation experience through available reports and studies, field observations, and interviews. A holistic and environmental approach was proposed based on the integration of cultural and environmental elements to promote eco-tourism in the village. This study recommends the development of national policies that regulate the preservation of local resources and biodiversity within an integrated framework that enhances the unique environmental advantages of the village and encourages investment in it.
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Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic (and previous health crises) have included measures to restrict interaction between people and minimize non-essential mobility. Therefore, tourism travel is one of the main areas affected by the restrictions. Even when the majority of the population is vaccinated, some risk of infection will remain, and governments are obliged to consider NPI measures that balance the health risk of outbreaks against the economic and social benefits of resuming tourist activity. This study analyzes the effect of each of four categories of NPIs (Social Distancing;Public Healthcare-System Improvements;Tourist Controls;and Capacity and Opening-Hours Regulation) on three major objectives (the resumption of tourism activity;tourist travel intention;and the minimization of public health risk), taking a triangular perspective (destination managers, domestic tourists, and public healthcare managers, respectively). While it is difficult to fulfil public healthcare objectives while simultaneously responding to the economic interests of tourism-industry stakeholders, the study finds that, under vaccinated-population conditions, tourist controls (e.g. COVID Certificate) alongside improvements to the public healthcare system (e.g. adequate resourcing and an efficient epidemiological monitoring system) could constitute a viable combination of measures.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has cast a substantial impact on the tourism and hospitality sector. Public policies such as travel restrictions and stay-at-home orders had significantly affected tourist activities and service businesses' operations and profitability. It is essential to develop interpretable forecasting models to support managerial and organizational decision-making. We developed DemandNet, a novel deep learning framework for predicting time series data under the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic. The DemandNet framework has the following unique characteristics. First, it selects the top static and dynamic features embedded in the time series data. Second, it includes a nonlinear model which can provide interpretable insight into the previously seen data. Third, a novel prediction model is developed to leverage the above characteristics to make robust long-term forecasts. We evaluated DemandNet using daily hotel demand and revenue data from eight cities in the US between 2013 and 2020. Our findings reveal that DemandNet outperforms the state-of-art models and can accurately predict the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on hotel demand and revenue. © 2022 IEEE Computer Society. All rights reserved.
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The new coronavirus (COVID-19) reduces consumers' consumption such as accesses to natural environmental qualities, leading to decrease benefit values of being used for bases of natural environmental managements. The purpose of this study is to develop a simple benefit valuation model that adjusts the consumption suppression by summing up the amounts of observed and reduced consumptions. The empirical estimation by the repeated discrete choice model is shown by using data on the number of visits and canceling visits on tourism activities during 2021, and the sites' attractions as alternative variables on environmental qualities. The results show that the benefit values by canceling are about 84% of benefit values by observed tourism demand.Alternate abstract:抄録 新型コロナウィルス(COVID-19)下で生じた消費の抑制は，自然環境質への訪問回数を低下させ，自然環境管理の根拠となる便益値をもたらした．本研究の目的は，観察された訪問回数に中止回数を加えることで，観光回数に基づく便益を主便益，消費の抑制分を副次的便益として同時に計測する簡便な評価モデルの構築である．理論モデルとともに，繰り返し離散選択モデルを用いた推計例を示した．データは，2021年中の観光の訪問および中止回数，および観光地の質に関するデータである．実証分析の結果，副次的便益の値は，観察された需要量からの便益値の約84%となることが示唆された．
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Over the last couple of decades, polar tourism has significantly grown in the number of visitors and diversified in terms of the tourism activities offered. The COVID-19 pandemic brought polar tourism to a halt and has prompted researchers, operators and policy-makers alike to reflect on how Arctic and Antarctic tourism have developed, how they are being managed and governed and, importantly, how tourism operators influence polar socio-ecological systems. Given the dominance of ship-based tourism over other types of tourism in the Polar Regions, we discuss the cornerstones of how polar ship-based tourism has developed over the last 50 years and explore the relevant international and regional governance regimes in this article. We identify which positive and negative biophysical, socio-cultural and economic impacts arising from polar tourism have been identified by researchers. It is difficult, if not impossible, to disentangle impacts caused by tourism alone from those that result from the interactions of multiple pressures at all levels (local, regional and global), and more research is needed to develop reliable and effective indicators to monitor tourism impacts. In addition, a better understanding is needed about the role tourist experiences might play in potentially encouraging long-term positive behavioural changes among visitors to the Polar Regions. The COVID-19 pandemic has provided an important opportunity to review polar tourism development and management, and to ask whether an emphasis should be placed on ‘degrowth' of the sector in the future.
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Bali is one of the islands known as a tourist destination with the main purpose of traveling to Bali to enjoy the beauty of nature. Various tourist activities in Bali are well known both nationally and internationally. With so many types of tours available in Bali, travelers, especially first-time visitors, may need a guide on the tourist attractions they want to visit in Bali. However, some tourists, especially backpackers, backpackers are known to explore tourist attractions independently, freely, and with as little budget as possible. Concerning this statement and the decline in tourists to Bali due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the author decided to use the Haversine formula to develop a geographic information system for smart backpacker travel recommendations. with this problem. This Android application helps tourists travel from registration to tour guides. Implementing the Haversine formula in your app is equivalent to up to 88% of the distance reported by the Google Maps API. These results are used as a recommendation function for the selection of attractions by showing the distance between the previous backpacker's location selection and attractions. © 2022 IEEE.
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Evaluating the influence factors of the attractiveness of offshore island tourism will help to understand customers' motivations in choosing tourism activities, and for the travel operators to improve their promotion of tourism products. This paper employed the fuzzy analytic hierarchy process method to empirically analyze the determinants of tourism attractiveness of Taiwan's offshore islands. The results indicate that the 'substantial aspect' is the most important evaluation dimension on offshore island tourism attractiveness. Among the 16 influence factors, the 'natural resources of regional attractions,' 'cultural heritage and cultural resources,' and 'well-established and convenient transportation' are the most three determinants about the tourism attractiveness of Taiwan's offshore islands. Furthermore, some discussions concerning the key determinates are provided for Taiwan's offshore tourism.
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This study aims to 1) study the potential of the accommodation business in Phu Kradueng district, Loei province, and 2) to propose guidelines for the development of the accommodation business to promote tourism in the New Normal era for Phu Kradueng district, Loei province. The research methodology used mixed-methods research consisting of;quantitative data collected by questionnaires from 400 guests/tourists who stayed in Phu Kradueng district, Loei province, and qualitative data collected through interviews from the government sectors, private sectors, and people in Phu Kradueng district, Loei province. The results of the study found that 1) the current situation of the potential of the accommodation business in Phu Kradueng district, Loei province consists of;a lack of public relations, reservations and online payments, lack of application of computer systems to manage the accommodation business, lack of coordination with nearby attractions, and lack of tour guides and information on current interesting tourist activities. There is local waste and environmental management system, the quality of life is improved and the distribution of income to the local people by promoting and supporting the employment of local people, local enterprises are promoted and supported to use existing resources for sustainability, and arts, traditions, culture and local sports are preserved. 2) Guidelines for the development of accommodation business to promote tourism in the New Normal era for Phu Kradueng district, Loei province consisting of;the project's development of facilities, technology, digital marketing, safety, cleanliness, adoption of local identity, and Activities to connect the local way of life.
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The COVID-19 Pandemic have caused severe impact on lives in various ways, but our environment has experienced a positive outcome due to the lockdown which was imposed all over world including Himalayan region of India. The worldwide spread of COVID 19 has reduced movement of vehicles, industries and all tourism activities. Due to shutdown of all the commercial activities and traffic has helped the environment to reclaim naturally. The Himalayas is one of the world's most fragile and sensitive hotspots to global climate change, with impacts manifesting at a particularly rapid rate. The Himalayan glaciers are the water towers of Asia, and the source of many of the world's great rivers. In this research paper, an attempt has been made to describe the improvement in physiochemical characteristics of surface water, all parameters were compared with BIS standard of drinking water quality during pre lockdown and lockdown period. The ambient air quality have also been significantly improved and noise level were also found under permissible limit of Ambient air quality Standard.
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The trade-off between desirable public health outcomes and undesirable economic outcomes of anti-pandemic measures forces policy makers everywhere to seek the right combination of measures to balance the public health concerns against employment and income considerations. This article describes a novel input–output approach to assessing economywide costs of shutting down tourism and related sectors to curb the spread of COVID-19. Our framework allows for a decomposition of the total effects of shutdowns into sectoral output losses resulting from (i) suspension of the delivery of inputs to other sectors, (ii) termination of the demand for inputs produced by these sectors, and (iii) the interruption of payments to the owners of factors of production employed in the sectors ordered to shut down. We illustrate the use of this methodological framework to measure and decompose the effects of recent shutdown orders issued in Turkey, a country of major tourism activity.
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La "reinvención" de las ciudades, mediante el turismo masivo y la reconfiguración de sus barrios céntricos, ha transformado estas en espacios de consumo y entretenimiento. El objetivo del texto es reflexionar sobre cómo este proceso ha acarreado importantes externalidades negativas a sus ciudadanos, para a continuación, poner énfasis en los cambios que las restricciones de movilidad provocadas por la pandemia de la COVID-19 supusieron para los habitantes de dos ciudades españolas turistificadas, Barcelona y Madrid. También indaga sobre las posibles alternativas hacia un turismo post-COVID más sostenible e inclusivo. La metodología contempla una amplia revisión bibliográfica sobre los procesos de gentrificación y de turistificación y sus contradicciones, la búsqueda de datos oficiales sobre la evolución del turismo internacional -y español- durante los períodos prepandémico y pandémico, y la elaboración de cuadros y gráficos. Entre los resultados, destaca un análisis sobre lo que significó para los ciudadanos de estas ciudades, la restricción de la actividad turística: el aumento de su protagonismo en los espacios públicos, en los comercios locales y también en el mercado inmobiliario, usurpado en las últimas décadas, por los procesos de turistificación y gentrificación.Alternate :The "reinvention" of cities, through mass tourism and the reconfiguration of their downtown neighborhoods, has transformed them into spaces for consumption and entertainment. The objective of the text is to reflect on how this process has brought significant negative externalities to its citizens, and then, emphasize the changes that the mobility restrictions caused by the pandemia of the COVID-19 meant for the inhabitants of two Spanish tourist cities, Barcelona and Madrid. It also investigates possible alternatives towards more sustainable and inclusive postcovid tourism. The methodology contemplates a wide bibliographic review of the processes of gentrification and tourist and their contradictions, the search for official data on the evolution of international -and spanish- tourism during pre-pandemic and pandemic periods, and the elaboration of tables and graphics. Among the results, stands out an analysis of what the restriction of tourist activity meant for the citizens of these cities: the increase in their protagonism in public spaces, in local shops and also in the real estate market, usurped in recent decades, due to the processes of touristification and gentrification.
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The global health pandemic (COVID-19) has led to a significant decline in tourism activities and challenged existing norms and practices of the tourism sector. As international travel is restricted, the tourism sector is trying to promote domestic tourism by following health guidelines. This study aims to measure the relationships among social media travel content, perceived social risk of travel, attitude toward travel, and intention to travel during the pandemic time. The data were collected from young travellers in Bangladesh. The structural equation modelling (SEM) technique was used to estimate the relationships among the constructs. The results show that both social media travel content and perceived social risk of travel are significantly related to attitude toward travel and intention to travel. The association between attitude toward travel and intention to travel is also found significant. Destination managers are recommended to implement social media activation programs (e.g., a persuasive advertising campaign) and promote safe travel on their social media platforms (e.g., Facebook) to reduce perceived social risk of travel and create a positive attitude of travellers toward travel domestically during the global pandemic.
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This paper presents a typology of European regions according to the type, mix and magnitude of human mobilities attracted over the 2008-2018 period, tourists being one of them, but extending to the related movement of different cohorts of migrants. Regional clusters are then assessed in terms of their social performance in domains such as health, material conditions, housing, and labour. Significant associations between regional types and social trends are interpreted in the light of potential factors affecting these outcomes. Results point to the uneven repercussions of housing unaffordability in the fastest growing destination regions, on the polarisation of living conditions in the European 'star destinations' and on the challenge of precarious labour, especially for migrant workers, in established mature destinations. In a stage of reignition of tourism activity after the COVID-19 crisis, these insights are meant to contribute to the recovery debate, informing about key social issues and vulnerabilities which, in specific regional contexts, could have been amplified by the current crisis.
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Tourism shows to be one of the most affected activities by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (responsible for COVID-19) outbreak. This situation is not only because of the cancelled flights but also of the fear of being infected with the virus. In this regard, a study was carried out intending to define and analyse the consequences of SARS-CoV-2 over the tourism intentions of Azores residents in 2020 by studying their perceptions. Throughout the research, it was possible to verify that the Azores Archipelago residents' tourism intentions were considerably modified due to SARS-CoV-2, with approximately 70% of the Azores Region residents saying that they will be spending their 2020 vacations in the region. Moreover, this article also provides insights into the enhancement of tourism safety models in regional tourism activities and consequently, in regional sustainable development and growth.
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Edutourism is a tourism development model that combines fun and recreational tourism activities while still presenting educational values that can be done outside of school. UNESCO Global Geopark Batur, Bali, is one of the leading tourist attraction locations that can be developed to support edutourism activities., The COVID-19 pandemic has limited the public’s ability to access geoparks and carry out edutourism activities. However, the number of internet users via smartphones in Indonesia continues to increase during the pandemic and encourages digital acceleration in all sectors, including education and tourism. This study aims to introduce and evaluate a mobile GIS application as a spatial data-based information media for the geopark area at UNESCO Global Geopark Batur Bali in a more exciting and informative way for edutourism. The study adopted ADDIE (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation) to develop and evaluate the mobile GIS application. The feature of the application provides edutourism itineraries, navigation, interpretive information, digital maps, guide route selection for users, geopark areas, geographical diversity, biodiversity, cultural diversity, tourist destinations, and geological disaster hazards map of the volcanic eruption of Batur. Additionally, the evaluation indicates that the application is categorized as appropriate to be used for edutourism purposes.
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This work aims to show a theoretical model of community-based tourism, to explain its component subsystems, to provide its theoretical–methodological foundation and to discuss the indications of its practical instrumentation in facing the changes that tourism of the future imposes and will impose. The research was carried out in the tourist context of Ecuador, for which the deductive method was applied, which allowed for examining the problem, and the more general theories related to tourist activity, which allowed for identifying the premises and objectives of the work to reach accurate conclusions on the subject studied. This was a mixed investigation that allowed for integrating the contributions of qualitative and quantitative analyses in the treatment and processing of information. The results included achieving systematization of the theoretical models linked to community-based tourism and, from a practical point of view, obtaining a new model of community-based tourism, a graphic representation of the subsystems that form this model, and its arguments. The findings show the need to update the community-based tourism model as a contribution to the scientific development of tourism as well as the systemic nature of its components from a new perspective of analysis that considers the need for changes as a developmental factor.
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La investigación analiza los impactos del turismo en la Villa de Zaachila, Oaxaca, México, considerando las percepciones de la comunidad y su relación con el desarrollo sostenible en el contexto del COVID-19. Se utilizó una escala tipo Likert de cinco puntos, en un período de tres años, considerando variables temporales (antes, durante y después) relacionadas con la pandemia y su vínculo con cuestiones sociales, económicas y medioambientales. Se entrevistó a actores locales representativos del sector turístico mediante un muestreo cualitativo de conveniencia. La percepción de los operadores turísticos de la comunidad sobre la actividad turística era errónea, ya que la consideraban irrelevante. Sin embargo, dependían indirectamente del consumo de bienes y servicios de los visitantes de fuera de la comunidad. Se realizaron cambios y adaptaciones a nivel comunitario que permitieron hacer frente a la pandemia e identificar la importancia de los turistas para la economía y el desarrollo de la comunidad. Los autores concluyen que las percepciones juegan un papel importante en el análisis de la realidad y en el éxito de cualquier proyecto de turismo comunitario para alcanzar los objetivos de desarrollo.Alternate :The research analyzes the impacts of tourism in the Villa de Zaachila, Oaxaca, considering community perceptions and their relationship with sustainable development in the context of COVID-19. A five-point Likert-type scale was used, over a three-year period, considering time variables (before, during, and after) related to the pandemic and its link with social, economic, and environmental issues. Representative local stakeholders in the tourism sector were interviewed using qualitative convenience sampling. Community tourism operators' perception of tourism activity was erroneous, as they considered it irrelevant. However, they were indirectly dependent on the consumption of goods and services by visitors from outside the community. Changes and adaptations were made at the community level that made it possible to cope with the pandemic and identify the importance of tourists to the community's economy and development. The authors conclude that perceptions play a significant role in the analysis of reality and in the success of any community tourism project to achieve development objectives.Alternate :A pesquisa analisa os impactos do turismo em Villa de Zaachila, Oaxaca, México, considerando as percepções da comunidade e sua relação com o desenvolvimento sustentável no contexto da COVID-19. Uma escala de cinco pontos do tipo Likert-foi utilizada durante um período de três anos, considerando variáveis temporais (antes, durante e depois) relacionadas à pandemia e sua ligação com questões sociais, econômicas e ambientais. As partes interessadas locais representando o setor de turismo foram entrevistadas através de amostragem qualitativa de conveniência. A percepção dos operadores turísticos de base comunitária sobre a atividade turística era falha, pois eles a consideravam irrelevante. No entanto, eles eram indiretamente dependentes do consumo de bens e serviços pelos visitantes de fora da comunidade. Foram feitas mudanças e adaptações a nível comunitário para enfrentar a pandemia e identificar a importância dos turistas para a economia e o desenvolvimento da comunidade. Os autores concluem que as percepções têm um papel importante na análise da realidade e no sucesso de qualquer projeto de turismo comunitário para atingir os objetivos de desenvolvimento.
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The objective of the research was to carry out a diagnosis of tourist activity under the effects of Covid19 in the destination of San Vicente to verify the behavior of the tourist consumer under new technological trends as tools for the sustainability of tourism. The analytical method, through the techniques used and the results of REDATAM, verify the most representative branches of activities in the destination, verifying the influx of tourists in the last three years, thus arguing the level of incidence of the pandemic in tourist growth in the target area. study determining that the tourism diversification strategy and the relationship marketing strategy will contribute to developing a sustainable destination. Market segmentation was carried out based on the occupation group of residents of the canton and provinces that stands out in their influx in the destination, defining the target markets at the local, regional and national levels. © 2021, Associacao Iberica de Sistemas e Tecnologias de Informacao. All rights reserved.
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Tourism is an activity heavily dependent on the movement of people and travel (with different motivations). As a result, tourism has been heavily affected by the COVID-19 pandemic since the beginning of 2020. The number of trips has dropped considerably across the world and particularly in Portugal. Considering the widespread concern in the resumption of economic and social activity as soon as the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic allows, Turismo de Portugal created a “Clean & Safe” seal of approval to distinguish tourist activities which are compliant with hygiene and cleaning requirements for the prevention and control of COVID-19 and other possible infections. This manuscript intends to understand the importance of the Safety Seal Clean & Safe in the recovery of tourism and in the consumer decision-making process, through a preliminary study with 87 participants (quantitative approach). Preliminary results demonstrate that Safety Seal Clean & Safe tends to influence feelings of safety and confidence regarding tourist travel. Future studies should deepen this debate, through interviews and focus groups with tourist consumers. From an interdisciplinary perspective, this manuscript presents inputs for marketing (i.e., consumer behavior), for tourism (i.e., management of tourism services), and for management in the pandemic context. © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.