Morphology,the study of shapes or forms,when applied to tourism,emphasizes the multifarious spatial practices between morphological elements and tourism activities.However,existing literature on morphology in the cont...Morphology,the study of shapes or forms,when applied to tourism,emphasizes the multifarious spatial practices between morphological elements and tourism activities.However,existing literature on morphology in the context of tourism usually only focuses on a single or a limited number of study areas,overlooking common or even universal patterns across various tourism destinations.To address this gap,we utilize geospatial big data and present a case study on the morphology of 406“AAAAA”-rated scenic areas in China.A framework based on“points”,“lines”,“planes”,and“solids”was designed to systematically organize and analyze morphological elements across scenic areas.The findings provide valuable insights for tourism planning and development,such as the co-occurrence of dense road networks and fragmented landscapes within scenic areas,as well as the resourcecontext-influenced(cultural or natural)associations between morphological features and tourism indicators.This research provides valuable strategic guidance for more effective and informed tourism development while acknowledging the trade-offs between generalizability and local specificity.展开更多
To address the contradiction between the rapid development of ski tourism and effective protection of the ecological environment,this study constructed the DPSIR-EES(Drive-Pressures-State-Impact-Response-Environment-E...To address the contradiction between the rapid development of ski tourism and effective protection of the ecological environment,this study constructed the DPSIR-EES(Drive-Pressures-State-Impact-Response-Environment-Economy-Society)model and Ski Tourism Destination Ecological Security System(STDESS)framework system.They form an integrated methodology system based on the“entropy weighting-hierarchical analysis-gray correlation projection”composite weighting method that can be used to clarify the intrinsic mechanism of ecological security in ski tourism destinations.Taking Chongli as a case study,this study evaluated the evolution of its ecological security from 1995 to 2023,predicted the ecological security early warning levels from 2024 to 2050,and analyzed the mechanism of influences on regional ecological security.The findings indicate that the ecological security of ski tourism destinations shows a significant“stepped leap–dynamic equilibrium”evolutionary path.The dynamic response mechanism of the subsystems is characterized by significant heterogeneity.The ecological security early warning system revealed the temporal and sequential differentiation of risk transmission.The factors influencing ecological security show the significant dual dominance of policy and climate.This paper enhances the applicability of ecological security systems within ski tourism contexts by analyzing their evolutionary characteristics,predicted future changes and impact factors,and it provides an effective case study for ecological improvement.展开更多
Climate change exacerbates tourism emergencies, making it increasingly critical to enhance mitigation and adaptation capacity to alleviate extreme climate's impacts during tourism. Climate-induced impacts and thre...Climate change exacerbates tourism emergencies, making it increasingly critical to enhance mitigation and adaptation capacity to alleviate extreme climate's impacts during tourism. Climate-induced impacts and threats in mountainous tourism areas are more challenging given complex terrains and multiple risk sources. Prior studies have focused on assessing climate-related impacts in mountainous tourism areas, while limited studies have investigated the emergency rescue capacity of mountainous tourism areas. This largely constrains decision makers to adopt proper solutions to enhance emergency rescue capacity. To address this research challenges, this study aims to assess emergency rescue capability through an empirical study of the Wulong Karst Tourism Destination(WKTD) area in Chongqing, China. In particular, based on road network and emergency response facility data, the accessibility of road network was delineated by the Spatial Design Network Analysis(s DNA) model. The results indicate that fire and medical rescue facilities were extremely limited and their service coverage was irregular. Valleys significantly narrowed rescue facilities' service area and weakened their functional connection. With the vital 60-minute timeframe, the closeness and betweenness analyses revealed the low accessibility of global rescue roads, while relatively high accessibility of small-scale vehicle and pedestrian rescue roads. The Mean Crow Flight(MCF) and Diversion Ratio(DR) analyses verified that the accessibility of road rescue services was impeded by mountainous terrain. Overall, this study informs solutions pertaining to rescue and disaster mitigation in mountainous tourism areas.展开更多
In the information age,the movement of livelihood factors between urban and rural areas,particularly involving farmers in rural tourism destinations,has stimulated the spatial revitalization and functional renewal of ...In the information age,the movement of livelihood factors between urban and rural areas,particularly involving farmers in rural tourism destinations,has stimulated the spatial revitalization and functional renewal of these destinations,thereby facilitating the advancement of rural revitalization.The examination of livelihood strategy selection among farmers in rural tourist destinations during the information age is a critical scientific inquiry for the sustainable development of rural tourism.This research holds substantial significance for enhancing the livelihood capabilities of farmers and contributing to the revitalization of rural industries.This study utilizes Xijiang Miao Village as a case study to conduct an in-depth analysis of farmers’livelihood strategy selection through the application of the entropy evaluation method and the binary logistic regression model.The findings indicate that the robust development of rural tourism has led to significant alterations in the original composition of livelihood capital in tourist destinations.Currently,four distinct types of livelihoods have been identified:agricultural-based,migrantwork-oriented,tourism-specialized,and tourism-supplemented.Due to the uneven distribution of livelihood capital,the predominant livelihood modes for farmers in rural tourism destinations remain the agricultural-based and tourism-supplemented types.Human capital and economic capital are the primary factors influencing the strategic choices made by farmers.In this context,a livelihood selection strategy for farmers in rural tourist destinations,specifically in Xijiang Miao Village,is proposed,taking into account the background of rural informatization.展开更多
This paper presents a new perspective on the nature of destination competition in spatial interaction models. The concept of destinations competing with one another on the basis of their spatial proximity to each othe...This paper presents a new perspective on the nature of destination competition in spatial interaction models. The concept of destinations competing with one another on the basis of their spatial proximity to each other is compared with an alternative point of view which argues that competition takes place on the basis of similarities in the spatial influences of competing destinations on decision makers at origins. Potential movers at an origin are facing a set of destinations which compete for their attention. This paper argues that the movers' choices are conditioned by the relative size and number of influences they see (where influence is directly proportional to destination size and inversely proportional to distance). A small amount of supporting empirical evidence concerning recreational day trips, and population migration, is presented.展开更多
By taking Jiuzhaizhou Scenic Area for an example, this study proposed that ecotourism destinations should value the application of science and technology as well as the capital investment, devote more efforts in impro...By taking Jiuzhaizhou Scenic Area for an example, this study proposed that ecotourism destinations should value the application of science and technology as well as the capital investment, devote more efforts in improving the system construction of the scenic area, especially in the aspects of talent training and management, thoroughly carry out the guideline of "protective development", in this way, to achieve rapid economic growth and environmental protection and bring benefits to local residents.展开更多
The approaches of constructing ecological tourist destinations for health preservation are introduced from 8 aspects,that is,resources,environment,cultures,services,facilities,management,marketing and education.Meanwh...The approaches of constructing ecological tourist destinations for health preservation are introduced from 8 aspects,that is,resources,environment,cultures,services,facilities,management,marketing and education.Meanwhile,this study states that the key of building such tourist destinations is the health-preservation environment system,including ecological environment,cultural environment and social environment.展开更多
Eco-tourism theories were taken as the instruction in this study,qualitative and quantitative research methods were also combined to investigate and conduct questionnaire processing to nearby residents of 10 eco-touri...Eco-tourism theories were taken as the instruction in this study,qualitative and quantitative research methods were also combined to investigate and conduct questionnaire processing to nearby residents of 10 eco-tourism scenic areas in south Shaanxi Province,so as to quantify and evaluate the various effects at different levels of eco-tourism development on tourism destinations in this region.Particularly,the quantitative value and weight value of economic,social and environmental effects were utilized to quantify,analyze and evaluate the comprehensive effects generated by eco-tourism development in south Shaanxi Province.It was found that the comprehensive effects were 'good',however,these 3 kinds of effects have not been coordinated well,thus the characteristics and requirements of eco-tourism have not been well demonstrated.展开更多
Lombok Island has been rocked by multiple powerful earthquakes since July 2018 and it remained hundreds of aftershocks.Statistically by August 2018 more than 400 people have lost their lives.This tremendous disaster n...Lombok Island has been rocked by multiple powerful earthquakes since July 2018 and it remained hundreds of aftershocks.Statistically by August 2018 more than 400 people have lost their lives.This tremendous disaster not only affected to damage infrastructures and trauma,but also affected tourism market of Lombok as one of the priority areas for the development of tourism market in Indonesia.It is reported that tourism market in Lombok has decreased dramatically after the earthquake from 1.3 million to 250 thousands tourists.The reduction of tourists visiting Lombok was not only in the affected destinations but also in unaffected destinations.To improve the number of tourists visiting Lombok,promoting several unaffected tourist destinations was carried out after 4 months of earthquake through sales missions and fam trip.Sales missions were conducted in Philippine,Singapore,UK,Thailand,and several main cities in Indonesia,while fam trips were conducted in several affected destinations in Lombok.The results showed that the buyer from sales missions reached 475 pax and potential transaction for fam trip reached up to 108 billion rupiah within a month after the program.Promotion of tourist destinations in Lombok after disaster is then continued with promoting affected destination in 2019,such as Gili islands and Senggigi and Mataram.This resulted in improvement of numbers of hotel occupation for around 10%within six months.Promotion of tourist destinations was not only proposed to improve the number of tourists visiting Lombok but also to improve and promote safety procedures during visiting affected destinations.It was proved by existence of resemble points,safety briefing during event in all hotels and convention halls in Lombok,as well as insurance cover in several tour package on the travel agencies.However,in order to optimize tourism market,government should also contribute to providing better infrastructures and workshop for appropriate safety procedures to people involving in tourism industries.展开更多
Destination management is a key issue of all overall models of destinations＇ competitiveness and seems to be a ＂panacea＂ in those countries, which introduces the tool-system in the near past, so as to support the d...Destination management is a key issue of all overall models of destinations＇ competitiveness and seems to be a ＂panacea＂ in those countries, which introduces the tool-system in the near past, so as to support the destinations （national/regional or local level） to keep up with keen competition, mainly in the Central-Eastern and Balkan region. The culture of cooperation holds difficulties in this region. The lack of trust as well as cooperation in bigger groups can be drawn back to the distrust business culture typical in these countries, and the so-called group collectivism （a phenomenon of building trust in small groups based on personal contacts）. The main focus of this paper is to summarize the theoretical approaches to destinations＇ competitiveness and destination management and to summarize the results of two case studies concerning a destination facing keen competition or escaping from a decline. The main research question is： ＂What kind of role can （could） destination management play in destinations＇ competitiveness in a turbulent environment？＂. As a result of this research, the differentiated analysis of management-oriented view of destinations＇ competitiveness was carried out, as well as crystallizing the key success/failure factors of destination management.展开更多
This paper aims to investigate the impact of special and alternative forms of tourism on the sustainable development of tourism destinations,revising the traditional position of tourism development and establishing su...This paper aims to investigate the impact of special and alternative forms of tourism on the sustainable development of tourism destinations,revising the traditional position of tourism development and establishing sustainable development as the only solution to tourism progress of travel destinations.The study includes conceptual approaches to the term tourism,sustainable development and specific and alternative forms of tourism and delves into theoretical approaches that are the bridging of these three central research questions.This is followed by in-depth research through policy analysis of central institutions and regional development stakeholders,as well as further analysis of sustainable development through special and alternative forms of tourism.Key tourism models and theories offer a further understanding of the natural“enemies”and“allies”of sustainable development and how they contribute to its necessity or development.Through a survey and a case study of travel destinations,we conclude the need to couple the term tourism development with sustainable development which is rooted in the healthy coexistence of residents and visitors with respect to the environment,local culture and productive-controlled economic growth.展开更多
As the core element of the brand,brand personality is closely related to the personality of tourists.Unique and distinctive brand personality has become an important means for tourism destinations to enhance their cor...As the core element of the brand,brand personality is closely related to the personality of tourists.Unique and distinctive brand personality has become an important means for tourism destinations to enhance their core competitiveness.Through text analysis,the content of the online review content of three coastal tourist destinations in Yalong Bay,Silver Beach,and Gulangyu Islet were analyzed.The brand personality of coastal tourist destinations was identified from the perspective of tourist perception,and the selected 3 coastal tourist destinations were identified by correspondence analysis.Comparative analysis on a case-by-case basis.The research results show that the brand personality of coastal tourism destinations perceived by tourists is mainly concentrated in the two dimensions of“elegance”and“benevolence”,but different coastal tourism destinations have their own distinct and unique brand personalities.On this basis,directional suggestions for the development of brand personality in coastal tourism destinations are given.展开更多
OVER the past 15 years, China＇s commercial engagement with Africa has seen rapid growth in the trade. aid and investment sectors. Overshadowed by the constant focus on these sectors, tourism trade between the Asian n...OVER the past 15 years, China＇s commercial engagement with Africa has seen rapid growth in the trade. aid and investment sectors. Overshadowed by the constant focus on these sectors, tourism trade between the Asian nation and Africa has been quietly expanding,展开更多
According to the complex adaptive systems theory, tourist destinations may be regarded as complex adaptive systems formed by multiple adaptive agent interactions and composed of an agent system, tourist attraction sub...According to the complex adaptive systems theory, tourist destinations may be regarded as complex adaptive systems formed by multiple adaptive agent interactions and composed of an agent system, tourist attraction subsystem, tourist service facility subsystem, and external environment system. This paper explores the spatial evolutionary progress of the Southern Anhui tourist area. The period 1979 to 1990 comprised the formation stage of spatial agglomerates, during which tourist attractions centering on Huangshan Scenic Area and Jiuhuashan Scenic Area were gradually exploited and formed scale agglomeration;tourism spatial structure began to show the characteristics of agglomeration development, and Gini indexes of the number of tourists and tourism revenue increased significantly from 0.26 to 0.29, and from 0.33 to 0.35, respectively. From 1991 to 2008, the system experienced a growth stage in which Huangshan Scenic Area and Jiuhuashan Scenic Area were further developed with improved tourist service facilities. Rapid development of Xidi-Hongcun Scenic Area and establishment of Fantawild Tourist Area promoted the formation of more spatial agglomerates with larger scales;Gini indexes of the number of tourists and tourism revenue presented fluctuating changes, reaching low points of 0.15 and 0.25 in 2000 and 0.12 and 0.22 in 2007, respectively. From 2009 to the present day, the system has remained in a blowout-development stage, during which non-linear interactions among agents are strengthened;various emerging development factors generate cultural tourism, vacation tourism, rural tourism and other new tourism products jointly with traditional development factors. New tourism products form a large number of new spatial agglomerates that are interconnected, accelerating the spatial flow of tourists and tourism revenue and reducing the differences in tourism development levels within the region;Gini indexes of the number of tourists and tourism revenue declined steadily from 0.17 and 0.23 in 2009 to 0.12 and 0.15 in 2016.展开更多
People′s environmental tropism has an effect on their understanding of tourism-nature relationship,and also influences their attitudes to natural resources utilization and environmental protection.Taking Jiuzhaigou N...People′s environmental tropism has an effect on their understanding of tourism-nature relationship,and also influences their attitudes to natural resources utilization and environmental protection.Taking Jiuzhaigou National Park of China as a study case,the authors conducted some quantitative analyses with the tools of SPSS 16.0 and LISREL 8.7,to explore the influence of tourists′ environmental tropism on their attitudes to tourism and nature conservation in the natural tourist destination.Three hypotheses and the theoretic model of influences of tourists′ environmental tropism on their attitudes to tourism and nature conservation have been tested and accepted based on the Structural Equation Model analysis on survey data collected in Jiuzhaigou National Park of China.Some conclusions were drawn as follows: 1) tourists′ human-prioritized concept influences their cognition to tourism-nature relationship.This concept has a positive influence on their supportive attitudes to tourism,but a negative influence on their attitudes to nature conservation;2) tourists′ human-nature coordination concept has a positive influence on their supportive attitudes to both tourism and nature conservation,especially to the latter.This paper generally proves that human′s environmental tropism does have an influence on their attitudes to tourism and nature conservation in natural tourist destinations.展开更多
Place attachment has been a research focus in the fields of park and recreation management.Place attachment plays an important role in promoting sustainable development of parks and mountain tourism destination,howeve...Place attachment has been a research focus in the fields of park and recreation management.Place attachment plays an important role in promoting sustainable development of parks and mountain tourism destination,however,there are limited studies that identified the spatial patterns of place attachment,especially in the context of mountain tourism destinations in China.Also,the geospatial spectrum of visitors is usually broad,examining the multivariate relationships among spatial proximity,perceived authenticity,and place attachment are essential for mountain tourism destinations to promote destination image and strengthen emotional bonding with targeted visitor groups.In this study,we selected an iconic and highly visited park,Jiuzhai Valley National Park in China,as our study site and conducted an on-site visitor survey to collect 557 samples.Study uses factor analysis and the structure equation model to analyze the relationship among spatial proximity,perceived authenticity,and place attachment.Results validate the two-dimension structure of place attachment and perceived authenticity.Study findings suggest that spatial proximity has significant impacts on existential authenticity and place identity,but has no significant impacts on place dependence.Perceived authenticity has a positive impact on place attachment.Study results advance the theories of place attachment and provide effective strategies to enhance emotional attachment between visitors and mountain tourism destinations.展开更多
From a sustainability perspective, achieving greater efficiencies in environmental waste management is at the heart of current academic discussion on climate change science. Over the last few decades the tourism indus...From a sustainability perspective, achieving greater efficiencies in environmental waste management is at the heart of current academic discussion on climate change science. Over the last few decades the tourism industry has developed exponentially and is now considered one of the most dynamic economic activities worldwide. Solid waste is a commonly identified and ever increasing aspect of tourism;the improper management of which can lead to substantial and irreversible direct and indirect environmental, economic and social impacts. However, the management of solid waste in tourism dominated island communities is particularly problematic due to climatic conditions, topography, financial restraints, planning issues, changing consumption patterns, transient population, and seasonal variations in solid waste quantity and composition. In addition, there is often a lack of momentum to implement new initiatives and programs as stakeholders involved in the design, construction and operation of tourist resorts have conflicts of interest. Using information gathered from key informant interviews, participation observations and literature reviews, this article appraises current waste management practices in four European tourist destinations, namely: Mallorca, Tenerife, Kefalonia and Rhodes. Findings indicate that, although there are signs of compliance with global best practice, a variety of locally-based measures need to be implemented to enhance sustainability.展开更多
Recent years have witnessed the popularity of desert tourism as a fashion tourism product in the 21^(st) century along with the increasing demand for personalized tourism for tourists. The academic community is paying...Recent years have witnessed the popularity of desert tourism as a fashion tourism product in the 21^(st) century along with the increasing demand for personalized tourism for tourists. The academic community is paying growing attention to desert tourism research, but there is little research on the perception of tourists about the image of desert tourism destinations in Inner Mongolia. With Inner Mongolia as the object of the study, this paper analyzed the image perception and evaluation of tourists for Inner Mongolia desert tourism destinations from three aspects of cognitive image perception, emotional image perception, and overall image perception according to the "cognitive-emotional" model, with the help of relevant network text analysis methods, and proposed some suggestions for the future development of desert tourism destinations in Inner Mongolia from the aspects of increasing desert humanities tourism resources and product development, improving scenic spot management ability, improving tourism service quality, improving tourism infrastructure construction and strengthening environmental protection. It is hoped that this paper can provide a reference for improving the image of Inner Mongolia desert tourism destinations and improving the tourist experience.展开更多
Together with the main aim of preserving nature,national parks are also expected to play an important role for the local communities,driving economic activities toward the lens of sustainable development.This contribu...Together with the main aim of preserving nature,national parks are also expected to play an important role for the local communities,driving economic activities toward the lens of sustainable development.This contribution aims to present an exploratory study on the relationship between the presence of a protected mountain area,the Gran Paradiso National Park(GPNP),in the North West of the Italian Alps,and the classification of tourism destinations,according to Weaver model of destination management.Starting from the model,the authors provide a quantitative analysis using a set of variables and indicators to comprehensively assess the differing patterns assumed by the municipalities within the borders of the GPNP and those that are not.The provisional results illustrate that the municipalities within the border of a protected area are more likely to be grouped alongside the sustainable mountain destinations.Meanwhile,research outcomes confirm that a protected area does not necessarily contrast the tourism industry but instead may boost local development by driving it within the borders of the sustainable development,switching from the area’s only preservation function to a flywheel for the local communities.展开更多
Tourists are the subject of tourism activity,and it is conducive to promoting sustainable development of tourism destination by studying their behavior characteristics and tourism perception.Mugecuo Scenic Area in Kan...Tourists are the subject of tourism activity,and it is conducive to promoting sustainable development of tourism destination by studying their behavior characteristics and tourism perception.Mugecuo Scenic Area in Kangding City,Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture,Sichuan Province is taken as research case,and visitors and managers in the scenic area are surveyed by using semi-structured interview method.Based on survey data,the research aims to put forward corresponding policy suggestions for sustainable development of Mugecuo Scenic Area by deeply analyzing tourists’ access to information of scenic area,tourists’ travel purpose,tourists’ satisfaction with services of scenic area and willingness to revisit.展开更多
基金Yunnan Provincial Science and Technology Project at Southwest United Graduate School,No.202302AO370012National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.42401510Postdoctoral Fellowship Program of CPSF,No.GZC20240017。
文摘Morphology,the study of shapes or forms,when applied to tourism,emphasizes the multifarious spatial practices between morphological elements and tourism activities.However,existing literature on morphology in the context of tourism usually only focuses on a single or a limited number of study areas,overlooking common or even universal patterns across various tourism destinations.To address this gap,we utilize geospatial big data and present a case study on the morphology of 406“AAAAA”-rated scenic areas in China.A framework based on“points”,“lines”,“planes”,and“solids”was designed to systematically organize and analyze morphological elements across scenic areas.The findings provide valuable insights for tourism planning and development,such as the co-occurrence of dense road networks and fragmented landscapes within scenic areas,as well as the resourcecontext-influenced(cultural or natural)associations between morphological features and tourism indicators.This research provides valuable strategic guidance for more effective and informed tourism development while acknowledging the trade-offs between generalizability and local specificity.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.42471284,No.42071199Beijing Social Science Foundation,No.22GLB036。
文摘To address the contradiction between the rapid development of ski tourism and effective protection of the ecological environment,this study constructed the DPSIR-EES(Drive-Pressures-State-Impact-Response-Environment-Economy-Society)model and Ski Tourism Destination Ecological Security System(STDESS)framework system.They form an integrated methodology system based on the“entropy weighting-hierarchical analysis-gray correlation projection”composite weighting method that can be used to clarify the intrinsic mechanism of ecological security in ski tourism destinations.Taking Chongli as a case study,this study evaluated the evolution of its ecological security from 1995 to 2023,predicted the ecological security early warning levels from 2024 to 2050,and analyzed the mechanism of influences on regional ecological security.The findings indicate that the ecological security of ski tourism destinations shows a significant“stepped leap–dynamic equilibrium”evolutionary path.The dynamic response mechanism of the subsystems is characterized by significant heterogeneity.The ecological security early warning system revealed the temporal and sequential differentiation of risk transmission.The factors influencing ecological security show the significant dual dominance of policy and climate.This paper enhances the applicability of ecological security systems within ski tourism contexts by analyzing their evolutionary characteristics,predicted future changes and impact factors,and it provides an effective case study for ecological improvement.
基金supported by the State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Building and Urban Science (No.2024KA03)Southwest University Graduate Research Innovation Project (Grant No.SWUB23043)+1 种基金the China Meteorological Administration “Research on value realization of climate ecological products” Youth Innovation Team Project (No.CMA2024QN15)Chongqing Natural Science(No.CSTB2024NSCQ-MSX0670)。
文摘Climate change exacerbates tourism emergencies, making it increasingly critical to enhance mitigation and adaptation capacity to alleviate extreme climate's impacts during tourism. Climate-induced impacts and threats in mountainous tourism areas are more challenging given complex terrains and multiple risk sources. Prior studies have focused on assessing climate-related impacts in mountainous tourism areas, while limited studies have investigated the emergency rescue capacity of mountainous tourism areas. This largely constrains decision makers to adopt proper solutions to enhance emergency rescue capacity. To address this research challenges, this study aims to assess emergency rescue capability through an empirical study of the Wulong Karst Tourism Destination(WKTD) area in Chongqing, China. In particular, based on road network and emergency response facility data, the accessibility of road network was delineated by the Spatial Design Network Analysis(s DNA) model. The results indicate that fire and medical rescue facilities were extremely limited and their service coverage was irregular. Valleys significantly narrowed rescue facilities' service area and weakened their functional connection. With the vital 60-minute timeframe, the closeness and betweenness analyses revealed the low accessibility of global rescue roads, while relatively high accessibility of small-scale vehicle and pedestrian rescue roads. The Mean Crow Flight(MCF) and Diversion Ratio(DR) analyses verified that the accessibility of road rescue services was impeded by mountainous terrain. Overall, this study informs solutions pertaining to rescue and disaster mitigation in mountainous tourism areas.
基金Sponsored by Science and Technology Project of Qiandongnan Prefecture“The Integration Effect of Green‘Culture-Tourism’Industry in Qiandongnan Prefecture and Its Enhancement Mechanism”(202305)Science and Technology Project of Qiandongnan Prefecture“Construction and Empirical Study of an Integration Model for Tourism and Culture Industry in Qiandongnan from the Perspective of Quality Development”(2022084).
文摘In the information age,the movement of livelihood factors between urban and rural areas,particularly involving farmers in rural tourism destinations,has stimulated the spatial revitalization and functional renewal of these destinations,thereby facilitating the advancement of rural revitalization.The examination of livelihood strategy selection among farmers in rural tourist destinations during the information age is a critical scientific inquiry for the sustainable development of rural tourism.This research holds substantial significance for enhancing the livelihood capabilities of farmers and contributing to the revitalization of rural industries.This study utilizes Xijiang Miao Village as a case study to conduct an in-depth analysis of farmers’livelihood strategy selection through the application of the entropy evaluation method and the binary logistic regression model.The findings indicate that the robust development of rural tourism has led to significant alterations in the original composition of livelihood capital in tourist destinations.Currently,four distinct types of livelihoods have been identified:agricultural-based,migrantwork-oriented,tourism-specialized,and tourism-supplemented.Due to the uneven distribution of livelihood capital,the predominant livelihood modes for farmers in rural tourism destinations remain the agricultural-based and tourism-supplemented types.Human capital and economic capital are the primary factors influencing the strategic choices made by farmers.In this context,a livelihood selection strategy for farmers in rural tourist destinations,specifically in Xijiang Miao Village,is proposed,taking into account the background of rural informatization.
文摘This paper presents a new perspective on the nature of destination competition in spatial interaction models. The concept of destinations competing with one another on the basis of their spatial proximity to each other is compared with an alternative point of view which argues that competition takes place on the basis of similarities in the spatial influences of competing destinations on decision makers at origins. Potential movers at an origin are facing a set of destinations which compete for their attention. This paper argues that the movers' choices are conditioned by the relative size and number of influences they see (where influence is directly proportional to destination size and inversely proportional to distance). A small amount of supporting empirical evidence concerning recreational day trips, and population migration, is presented.
基金Supported by Sichuan Provincial Talents Cultivation Quality and Teaching Reform of Higher Education from 2009 to 2012 (P09271) ~~
文摘By taking Jiuzhaizhou Scenic Area for an example, this study proposed that ecotourism destinations should value the application of science and technology as well as the capital investment, devote more efforts in improving the system construction of the scenic area, especially in the aspects of talent training and management, thoroughly carry out the guideline of "protective development", in this way, to achieve rapid economic growth and environmental protection and bring benefits to local residents.
基金Sponsored by Scientific Research Project of Sanjiang University (K10004)~~
文摘The approaches of constructing ecological tourist destinations for health preservation are introduced from 8 aspects,that is,resources,environment,cultures,services,facilities,management,marketing and education.Meanwhile,this study states that the key of building such tourist destinations is the health-preservation environment system,including ecological environment,cultural environment and social environment.
文摘Eco-tourism theories were taken as the instruction in this study,qualitative and quantitative research methods were also combined to investigate and conduct questionnaire processing to nearby residents of 10 eco-tourism scenic areas in south Shaanxi Province,so as to quantify and evaluate the various effects at different levels of eco-tourism development on tourism destinations in this region.Particularly,the quantitative value and weight value of economic,social and environmental effects were utilized to quantify,analyze and evaluate the comprehensive effects generated by eco-tourism development in south Shaanxi Province.It was found that the comprehensive effects were 'good',however,these 3 kinds of effects have not been coordinated well,thus the characteristics and requirements of eco-tourism have not been well demonstrated.
文摘Lombok Island has been rocked by multiple powerful earthquakes since July 2018 and it remained hundreds of aftershocks.Statistically by August 2018 more than 400 people have lost their lives.This tremendous disaster not only affected to damage infrastructures and trauma,but also affected tourism market of Lombok as one of the priority areas for the development of tourism market in Indonesia.It is reported that tourism market in Lombok has decreased dramatically after the earthquake from 1.3 million to 250 thousands tourists.The reduction of tourists visiting Lombok was not only in the affected destinations but also in unaffected destinations.To improve the number of tourists visiting Lombok,promoting several unaffected tourist destinations was carried out after 4 months of earthquake through sales missions and fam trip.Sales missions were conducted in Philippine,Singapore,UK,Thailand,and several main cities in Indonesia,while fam trips were conducted in several affected destinations in Lombok.The results showed that the buyer from sales missions reached 475 pax and potential transaction for fam trip reached up to 108 billion rupiah within a month after the program.Promotion of tourist destinations in Lombok after disaster is then continued with promoting affected destination in 2019,such as Gili islands and Senggigi and Mataram.This resulted in improvement of numbers of hotel occupation for around 10%within six months.Promotion of tourist destinations was not only proposed to improve the number of tourists visiting Lombok but also to improve and promote safety procedures during visiting affected destinations.It was proved by existence of resemble points,safety briefing during event in all hotels and convention halls in Lombok,as well as insurance cover in several tour package on the travel agencies.However,in order to optimize tourism market,government should also contribute to providing better infrastructures and workshop for appropriate safety procedures to people involving in tourism industries.
文摘Destination management is a key issue of all overall models of destinations＇ competitiveness and seems to be a ＂panacea＂ in those countries, which introduces the tool-system in the near past, so as to support the destinations （national/regional or local level） to keep up with keen competition, mainly in the Central-Eastern and Balkan region. The culture of cooperation holds difficulties in this region. The lack of trust as well as cooperation in bigger groups can be drawn back to the distrust business culture typical in these countries, and the so-called group collectivism （a phenomenon of building trust in small groups based on personal contacts）. The main focus of this paper is to summarize the theoretical approaches to destinations＇ competitiveness and destination management and to summarize the results of two case studies concerning a destination facing keen competition or escaping from a decline. The main research question is： ＂What kind of role can （could） destination management play in destinations＇ competitiveness in a turbulent environment？＂. As a result of this research, the differentiated analysis of management-oriented view of destinations＇ competitiveness was carried out, as well as crystallizing the key success/failure factors of destination management.
文摘This paper aims to investigate the impact of special and alternative forms of tourism on the sustainable development of tourism destinations,revising the traditional position of tourism development and establishing sustainable development as the only solution to tourism progress of travel destinations.The study includes conceptual approaches to the term tourism,sustainable development and specific and alternative forms of tourism and delves into theoretical approaches that are the bridging of these three central research questions.This is followed by in-depth research through policy analysis of central institutions and regional development stakeholders,as well as further analysis of sustainable development through special and alternative forms of tourism.Key tourism models and theories offer a further understanding of the natural“enemies”and“allies”of sustainable development and how they contribute to its necessity or development.Through a survey and a case study of travel destinations,we conclude the need to couple the term tourism development with sustainable development which is rooted in the healthy coexistence of residents and visitors with respect to the environment,local culture and productive-controlled economic growth.
文摘As the core element of the brand,brand personality is closely related to the personality of tourists.Unique and distinctive brand personality has become an important means for tourism destinations to enhance their core competitiveness.Through text analysis,the content of the online review content of three coastal tourist destinations in Yalong Bay,Silver Beach,and Gulangyu Islet were analyzed.The brand personality of coastal tourist destinations was identified from the perspective of tourist perception,and the selected 3 coastal tourist destinations were identified by correspondence analysis.Comparative analysis on a case-by-case basis.The research results show that the brand personality of coastal tourism destinations perceived by tourists is mainly concentrated in the two dimensions of“elegance”and“benevolence”,but different coastal tourism destinations have their own distinct and unique brand personalities.On this basis,directional suggestions for the development of brand personality in coastal tourism destinations are given.
文摘OVER the past 15 years, China＇s commercial engagement with Africa has seen rapid growth in the trade. aid and investment sectors. Overshadowed by the constant focus on these sectors, tourism trade between the Asian nation and Africa has been quietly expanding,
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.51278239
文摘According to the complex adaptive systems theory, tourist destinations may be regarded as complex adaptive systems formed by multiple adaptive agent interactions and composed of an agent system, tourist attraction subsystem, tourist service facility subsystem, and external environment system. This paper explores the spatial evolutionary progress of the Southern Anhui tourist area. The period 1979 to 1990 comprised the formation stage of spatial agglomerates, during which tourist attractions centering on Huangshan Scenic Area and Jiuhuashan Scenic Area were gradually exploited and formed scale agglomeration;tourism spatial structure began to show the characteristics of agglomeration development, and Gini indexes of the number of tourists and tourism revenue increased significantly from 0.26 to 0.29, and from 0.33 to 0.35, respectively. From 1991 to 2008, the system experienced a growth stage in which Huangshan Scenic Area and Jiuhuashan Scenic Area were further developed with improved tourist service facilities. Rapid development of Xidi-Hongcun Scenic Area and establishment of Fantawild Tourist Area promoted the formation of more spatial agglomerates with larger scales;Gini indexes of the number of tourists and tourism revenue presented fluctuating changes, reaching low points of 0.15 and 0.25 in 2000 and 0.12 and 0.22 in 2007, respectively. From 2009 to the present day, the system has remained in a blowout-development stage, during which non-linear interactions among agents are strengthened;various emerging development factors generate cultural tourism, vacation tourism, rural tourism and other new tourism products jointly with traditional development factors. New tourism products form a large number of new spatial agglomerates that are interconnected, accelerating the spatial flow of tourists and tourism revenue and reducing the differences in tourism development levels within the region;Gini indexes of the number of tourists and tourism revenue declined steadily from 0.17 and 0.23 in 2009 to 0.12 and 0.15 in 2016.
基金Under the auspices of Sino-British Fellowship Trust by British Academy (No.SG-47266)National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.49571031)Foundation of China Scholarship Council (No.2008619067)
文摘People′s environmental tropism has an effect on their understanding of tourism-nature relationship,and also influences their attitudes to natural resources utilization and environmental protection.Taking Jiuzhaigou National Park of China as a study case,the authors conducted some quantitative analyses with the tools of SPSS 16.0 and LISREL 8.7,to explore the influence of tourists′ environmental tropism on their attitudes to tourism and nature conservation in the natural tourist destination.Three hypotheses and the theoretic model of influences of tourists′ environmental tropism on their attitudes to tourism and nature conservation have been tested and accepted based on the Structural Equation Model analysis on survey data collected in Jiuzhaigou National Park of China.Some conclusions were drawn as follows: 1) tourists′ human-prioritized concept influences their cognition to tourism-nature relationship.This concept has a positive influence on their supportive attitudes to tourism,but a negative influence on their attitudes to nature conservation;2) tourists′ human-nature coordination concept has a positive influence on their supportive attitudes to both tourism and nature conservation,especially to the latter.This paper generally proves that human′s environmental tropism does have an influence on their attitudes to tourism and nature conservation in natural tourist destinations.
基金funded by Hainan University Social Science Innovative Researchgrant(HDSKTD202013)Hainan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China(420QN218)。
文摘Place attachment has been a research focus in the fields of park and recreation management.Place attachment plays an important role in promoting sustainable development of parks and mountain tourism destination,however,there are limited studies that identified the spatial patterns of place attachment,especially in the context of mountain tourism destinations in China.Also,the geospatial spectrum of visitors is usually broad,examining the multivariate relationships among spatial proximity,perceived authenticity,and place attachment are essential for mountain tourism destinations to promote destination image and strengthen emotional bonding with targeted visitor groups.In this study,we selected an iconic and highly visited park,Jiuzhai Valley National Park in China,as our study site and conducted an on-site visitor survey to collect 557 samples.Study uses factor analysis and the structure equation model to analyze the relationship among spatial proximity,perceived authenticity,and place attachment.Results validate the two-dimension structure of place attachment and perceived authenticity.Study findings suggest that spatial proximity has significant impacts on existential authenticity and place identity,but has no significant impacts on place dependence.Perceived authenticity has a positive impact on place attachment.Study results advance the theories of place attachment and provide effective strategies to enhance emotional attachment between visitors and mountain tourism destinations.
文摘From a sustainability perspective, achieving greater efficiencies in environmental waste management is at the heart of current academic discussion on climate change science. Over the last few decades the tourism industry has developed exponentially and is now considered one of the most dynamic economic activities worldwide. Solid waste is a commonly identified and ever increasing aspect of tourism;the improper management of which can lead to substantial and irreversible direct and indirect environmental, economic and social impacts. However, the management of solid waste in tourism dominated island communities is particularly problematic due to climatic conditions, topography, financial restraints, planning issues, changing consumption patterns, transient population, and seasonal variations in solid waste quantity and composition. In addition, there is often a lack of momentum to implement new initiatives and programs as stakeholders involved in the design, construction and operation of tourist resorts have conflicts of interest. Using information gathered from key informant interviews, participation observations and literature reviews, this article appraises current waste management practices in four European tourist destinations, namely: Mallorca, Tenerife, Kefalonia and Rhodes. Findings indicate that, although there are signs of compliance with global best practice, a variety of locally-based measures need to be implemented to enhance sustainability.
基金Sponsored by National Social Science Fund of China(18BGL148)Humanities and Social Sciences Research Project of the Ministry of Education(18XJC850004)Scientific Research Project of Higher Education Funded by the Education Department of Inner Mongolia(NJSY17020)
文摘Recent years have witnessed the popularity of desert tourism as a fashion tourism product in the 21^(st) century along with the increasing demand for personalized tourism for tourists. The academic community is paying growing attention to desert tourism research, but there is little research on the perception of tourists about the image of desert tourism destinations in Inner Mongolia. With Inner Mongolia as the object of the study, this paper analyzed the image perception and evaluation of tourists for Inner Mongolia desert tourism destinations from three aspects of cognitive image perception, emotional image perception, and overall image perception according to the "cognitive-emotional" model, with the help of relevant network text analysis methods, and proposed some suggestions for the future development of desert tourism destinations in Inner Mongolia from the aspects of increasing desert humanities tourism resources and product development, improving scenic spot management ability, improving tourism service quality, improving tourism infrastructure construction and strengthening environmental protection. It is hoped that this paper can provide a reference for improving the image of Inner Mongolia desert tourism destinations and improving the tourist experience.
基金the participation to the Research Project,EMERITUS-Eco-ManagemEnt of agRI-Tourism in moUntain areaS-funded by Compagnia di San Paolo di Torino
文摘Together with the main aim of preserving nature,national parks are also expected to play an important role for the local communities,driving economic activities toward the lens of sustainable development.This contribution aims to present an exploratory study on the relationship between the presence of a protected mountain area,the Gran Paradiso National Park(GPNP),in the North West of the Italian Alps,and the classification of tourism destinations,according to Weaver model of destination management.Starting from the model,the authors provide a quantitative analysis using a set of variables and indicators to comprehensively assess the differing patterns assumed by the municipalities within the borders of the GPNP and those that are not.The provisional results illustrate that the municipalities within the border of a protected area are more likely to be grouped alongside the sustainable mountain destinations.Meanwhile,research outcomes confirm that a protected area does not necessarily contrast the tourism industry but instead may boost local development by driving it within the borders of the sustainable development,switching from the area’s only preservation function to a flywheel for the local communities.
基金Sponsored by School-level Project of Sichuan Minzu College(XYZB18041SB)Project pf Sichuan Provincial Education Department(16ZB0365)
文摘Tourists are the subject of tourism activity,and it is conducive to promoting sustainable development of tourism destination by studying their behavior characteristics and tourism perception.Mugecuo Scenic Area in Kangding City,Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture,Sichuan Province is taken as research case,and visitors and managers in the scenic area are surveyed by using semi-structured interview method.Based on survey data,the research aims to put forward corresponding policy suggestions for sustainable development of Mugecuo Scenic Area by deeply analyzing tourists’ access to information of scenic area,tourists’ travel purpose,tourists’ satisfaction with services of scenic area and willingness to revisit.
