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Analysis Of Tourism Destinations Of Hok Lay Kiongtemple And The Impact For The Community, Aditya Noegroho, Budiman Mahmud Musthofa Dec 2022

Analysis Of Tourism Destinations Of Hok Lay Kiongtemple And The Impact For The Community, Aditya Noegroho, Budiman Mahmud Musthofa

Journal of Indonesian Tourism and Policy Studies

The existence of the tourism sector is closely related to the SDGs or Sustainable Development Goals (sustainable development). The number of tourist visits is one element that can ensure an increase in the economic contribution of tourism. Researchers are interested in knowing the analysis of Hok Lay Kiong temple tourist destinations in Bekasi City using the theory of attractions, accessibility, amenities and ancillary and their impact on local residents. The method applied in this research is a qualitative descriptive method. Research shows that accessibility to get to Hok Lay Kiong Temple can be reached easily by using the K02, K05, …


Energy Transition And Tourism Prospects In Indonesia, Istiadi Istiadi Dec 2022

Energy Transition And Tourism Prospects In Indonesia, Istiadi Istiadi

Journal of Indonesian Tourism and Policy Studies

The Energy Transition is an effort to shift the use of fossil-based energy to non-fossil energy. Fossil-based energy is proven to cause pollution to the human environment. Meanwhile, non-fossil energy does not only have a positive impact on natural life so that it can have an impact on the tourism aspects of a region or country. This paper attempts to describe how the energy transition process is carried out and its relation to tourism in a region. The type of research carried out is qualitative research which originates from various secondary data both in the general media and in certain …


Covid-19 And Its Economic Implications For Turkish Tour Guides, Mehmet Yavuz Çetinkaya, Zafer Öter Nov 2022

Covid-19 And Its Economic Implications For Turkish Tour Guides, Mehmet Yavuz Çetinkaya, Zafer Öter

International Journal of Tour Guiding Research

The COVID-19 outbreak, which became one of the most stunning pandemics of the modern era, had a truly global effect on the world economy in a short period of time. Almost all countries were negatively impacted by the outbreak, which practically paralysed global life and resulted in negative dynamics, unprecedented conditions, and obstacles. Türkiye was not immune to this, having felt seriously negative consequences during this period. Tourism, nearly coming to a complete interruption for the first time since World War II in the 21st century, happened to be one of the hardest hit industries. The industry of tourism in …


Travel Agencies And Tourist Guides Adapting To Crisis: The Portuguese Case, Ilídia C. G. Carvalho Nov 2022

Travel Agencies And Tourist Guides Adapting To Crisis: The Portuguese Case, Ilídia C. G. Carvalho

International Journal of Tour Guiding Research

Tourism is constantly changing and new paradigms arise. Most recently, travel agencies and tourist guides have been facing difficulties and have had to quickly adapt themselves to be able to keep a position in the tourism market. COVID-19 brought major changes to travel and experience in destinations and it certainly increased the use of technology, which has totally changed communication systems and relationships in tourism. For this paper, interviews with Portuguese travel agents and tourist guides were carried out and were later analysed allowing the author to gain insights into the current situation regarding these two stakeholders, which were previously …


The Importance Of Crisis Management In Tourism, Dora S. Jurdana, Romina Agbaba Oct 2022

The Importance Of Crisis Management In Tourism, Dora S. Jurdana, Romina Agbaba

University of South Florida (USF) M3 Publishing

The tourism industry has been exposed to different crisis situations, which reveal tourism's vulnerability and jeopardise its development through the damage they inflict as well as through their unpredictability. Tourism has proven to be resilient in rebounding in the aftermath of crises. In a globalized world which is constantly changing and in which crises affect people’s lives, managing them is an integral part of effective destination management. The main goal is to research the readiness of the tourism system for crises and to underline the importance of crisis management in order to strengthen the resilience of tourism to the effects …


Effect Of Covid-19 Pandemic On Career Planning: A Study On University Students In Tourism Department, Mehmet Polat Oct 2022

Effect Of Covid-19 Pandemic On Career Planning: A Study On University Students In Tourism Department, Mehmet Polat

University of South Florida (USF) M3 Publishing

The COVID-19 pandemic has adversely affected many sectors, including the tourism sector. In this process, many tourism sector employees lost their jobs. Employees who lost their jobs did not return by turning to different sectors. This situation has revealed the lack of qualified personnel in the tourism sector. This study focuses on universities that provide qualified personnel to the tourism sector. The aim is to explore how the career plans of students who receive tourism education are affected after the COVID-19 outbreak. The research was carried out through an online survey in December 2021. The results of the study show …


Human Mobility, Hospitality, And Tourism Industries: A Perspective On Catastrophes, Asif Hussain Aug 2022

Human Mobility, Hospitality, And Tourism Industries: A Perspective On Catastrophes, Asif Hussain

Journal of Sustainability and Resilience

The coronavirus outbreak has resulted in a significant reduction in peoples’ movements, migration and trade at both local and global levels. Lockdowns and travel restrictions all over the world have led to a rapid retrenchment of the world’s hospitality and tourism sector. This is not new. Historically, catastrophes impacted human mobility. Drawing from the historical connections between catastrophes, especially health crises, this paper highlights the impacts of catastrophes on the hospitality and tourism industries. This research shows that the relationship between pandemic and tourism is turbulent, and it explores the implications of the current health crisis for the travel industry …


Caring As A Fundamental Of Sustainability And Resilience In An Aboriginal Community, Denise Lawungkurr Goodfellow Aug 2022

Caring As A Fundamental Of Sustainability And Resilience In An Aboriginal Community, Denise Lawungkurr Goodfellow

Journal of Sustainability and Resilience

Caring is a fundamental of cultural/community sustainability and resilience among Aboriginal people. However, caring is not confined to community but, as this paper demonstrates can also be extended to both visitors and the wider society. The kindness engendered has application particularly in this time of COVID-19 for both tourism and mainstream society in general.


Performance Of Employees In Tourist Services Atthe West Sumatera Park, Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, Priyanto Priyanto Jun 2022

Performance Of Employees In Tourist Services Atthe West Sumatera Park, Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, Priyanto Priyanto

Journal of Indonesian Tourism and Policy Studies

This study aims to measure the performance of tour guides serving visitors and identify the obstacles that exist in the implementation of tour guide activities at the TMII West Sumatra Pavilion. The research method used is descriptive qualitative by means of interviews. observation, and literature study. The results show that the performance of the tour guide in serving visitors is still lacking in terms of discipline, appearance and suitability of working hours, so it can be concluded that the performance of the tour guide does not meet the requirements in the context of excellent service. The unavailability of local tour …