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English Language Challenges Faced By Licensed Guide Interpreters In Japan, Naoko Tanaka

International Journal of Tour Guiding Research

This study investigates the challenges licensed guide interpreters in Japan encounter related to using the English language by examining foreign language tour guides’ use of English through interviews and surveys. The findings reveal that guides prioritise effectively conveying information and cautionary points to guests. They adjust their speaking speed, pronunciation, volume, vocabulary, and sentence structures to ensure easy understanding. Approximately 80% of the vocabulary used is at or below B2 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), indicating the issues which non-native speakings guides face. Moreover, they use various methods to confirm understanding, such as repeating …

Climate Change And Tourism In The Seychelles: Perceptions And Measures, Tatjana Thimm

International Journal of Islands Research

The aim of this paper is to find out in how accommodation providers in the Seychelles perceive climate change and what mitigation and adaptation measures they can provide. In order to answer these questions, a qualitative mixed-method-approach, comprised of twenty semi-structured interviews, an online-survey and participant observation was used. Results show that accommodation providers especially perceive the effects of climate change that directly affect their business and that they have already partly implemented some mitigation and adaptation measures. However, strategies and regulations are needed at the Seychelles’ government level and on a global level to actually achieve CO2 neutral travel.

Fulfilling Urban Infrastructure Standards To Increase The Carrying Capacity Of Tourism Destination, Shana Fatina, Tri Edhi Budhi Soesilo, Rudy Parluhutan Tambunan

Journal of Environmental Science and Sustainable Development

Labuan Bajo is an emerging coastal tourism destination in Indonesia, which is also part of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Komodo Biosphere Reserve located in the East Nusa Tenggara region. Recent tourism developments have transformed Labuan Bajo from a rural area into an urban area, and significant land use changes have followed. This new urban area development will attract tourists as well as population migration. The ongoing issue is to develop the urban infrastructure and facilities of Labuan Bajo in an integrated and sustainable way, considering the carrying capacity following the high demand for tourism and …

Review Of: Pandemics, Disasters, Sustainability, Tourism: An Examination Of Impact On And Resilience In Caribbean Small Island Developing States, Andrew Halliday

International Journal of Islands Research

Review of: Bethell-Bennett, I., Rolle, S.A., Minnis, J. and Okumus, F. (Eds.) (2022) Pandemics, Disasters, Sustainability, Tourism: An Examination of Impact on and Resilience in Caribbean Small Island Developing States. 265 pp. Emerald Publishing Limited, Bingley. ISBN: 978-1- 80382-107-8.

Sports Tourism Management In Jordan From Tourist Guides Perspective, Loai Al-Shawabkeh

Jordan Journal of Applied Science-Humanities Series

This study aims to identify the Sports Tourism Management in Jordan from Tourist Guides Perspective, the researcher used the descriptive method on a random sample of (285) tourist guides registered in the Tourist Guide Association in Jordan, the questionnaire; it consisted of (36) paragraph with (4) fields (Planning, Organizing, Directing, Controlling), developed by the researcher to collect the data for this study.

The Findings indicate that the tourist guides perspective of sports tourism management in Jordan is medium, also the interest in the available capabilities while planning for sports tourism, the availability of accommodation with affordable rates to serve the …

Rethinking Resident Perceptions Of Tourism In British Columbia, Canada, Jarrett R. Bachman, Erin Hodgins, Michael W. Lever

ICHRIE Research Reports

This joint academic/practitioner report segments British Columbia, Canada residents to provide destination managers with new ways to better understand resident perceptions of tourism. The data collection was conducted in April and May of 2022 and had a total of 2,265 valid responses. It was also a practical objective to conduct this research in a manner that is repeatable in jurisdictions beyond British Columbia. This report has confirmed five distinct categories of residents’ perceptions toward tourism, including socio-cultural, economic, environmental, job/career, and Indigenous impacts. In addition to the categories of impacts, a cluster analysis has revealed six clusters of residents based …

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 …

Income Tax Incentives For Tourism Industry, Arie Widodo, Titin F. Nur

Journal of Indonesian Tourism and Policy Studies

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the collapse of the economy in all sector and countries around the world. One of the sectors that experienced a major fall was the tourism sector. The government provide income tax facilities to stimulate domestic and foreign investment. The aim of this paper is to determine the government's policy that can be utilized by business actors in the tourism sector. This study uses qualitative research methods with library research. The results of this study indicate that the real estate sector in tourism industry is one that utilizes tax facilities. This paper recommends that other …

From Hurricanes To Pandemics: Community-Based Transformation And Destination Resilience In Utuado, Puerto Rico, Patrick J. Holladay, Pablo Méndez-Lázaro, Katja Brundiers

Journal of Sustainability and Resilience

Community-based tourism that is both sustainable and resilient lends strength to the community-based tourism system. Local mobilization of resources, cohesiveness, coordination, opportunities for change, healthy social and natural capital, economic diversification, strong leadership, and management that embraces creativity all build resilience. An example from Utuado, Puerto Rico is presented that illustrates these concepts with conceptual parallel of Hurricane Maria’s devastating impact to that of COVID-19. Post-coronavirus tourism should support local communities that could be resilient, creative, adaptive and transformative while it protects and provides long-term benefits to local communities and people.

The Tangible And Intangible Heritages Of Iranian Nomads: The Touristic Potential Of Pastoral Nomadism, Hossein Noroozi

International Journal of Tour Guiding Research

Iranian people have a rich and significant history of nomadism and are still in contact with this ancient practice. The purpose of this research is to investigate and evaluate the Iranian nomads’ culture from a touristic and aesthetic viewpoint. The literature shows that well-known cultural tourist attractions possess particular characteristics to become a successful and sustainable product / destination. In this paper, we argue that Iranian pastoral nomads, from a geographical, social, cultural, and artistic perspective, have numerous peculiar characteristics which are attractive to international tourists. Internationally, while the sociocultural frameworks of nomadic societies are at risk of extinction when …

Portuguese Tourist Guides And The Digital Age, Ilidia Carvalho

International Journal of Tour Guiding Research

The experts of tourist information, namely, the tourist guides, are a highly qualified professional class and in continuous training. Many of these professionals seem to have certain limitations in terms of using new technologies, since many of those, working today, were not born in the digital age. They have been obliged to accept these technologies and sometimes tend to look at these new ways of communicating in a sceptical way, mainly because they do not properly know how to use them. These professionals are constantly facing the need to learn how to use these new tools, which have become essential …

Chse Guidelines As One Of The Government'sefforts To Prevent And Control The Novel Coronavirus Disease (Covid-19) In The Implementation Of Indonesia Mice Industry, Mahadewi Mahadewi

Journal of Indonesian Tourism and Policy Studies

The COVID-19 pandemic that has hit Indonesia has helped change public awareness of cleanliness, health, safety and environmental sustainability (CHSE). This awareness also affects the improvement of the quality of services and products in the world of Indonesian tourism. Economic recovery affected by COVID-19 in the tourism sector, especially in the industry for organizing Meetings, Incentives, Conventions and Exhibitions (MICE) activities, needs to be done with due observance of government regulations and international guidelines regarding the implementation of MICE activities. There needs to be a practical guide for the tourism industry, especially MICE in order to prepare activities, products and …

Developing Island Identities Through Citizen Approaches? The Contribution Of Cultural Rights Exploratory Approach By Two Islands In Brittany, Leila Damak, Danielle Pailler

International Journal of Islands Research

The identity of insular territories is generally built from top-down and ‘institutionalised’ political logics. However, in the challenge for differentiation between territories and islands, these approaches have their limits. It appears necessary to coordinate external economic and tourism development issues with local territorial issues, by identifying cultural resources as understood by cultural rights. To deploy a renewed island territorial marketing, would be a question of implementing participatory projects and methodologies to meet the following challenges: How to create a common culture? How to promote citizen tourism? How to reveal the identities involved? Our research proposes to analyse the challenges of …

The Strategy Of Development Jakarta Walking Tour, Budiman Mahmud Musthofa, Muhamamd Arif

Journal of Indonesian Tourism and Policy Studies

The central government has designated DKI Jakarta as one of the priority areas for Indonesia's tourism development. One of the tours that is currently being developed is the Jakarta Walking Tour. Therefore, the study of the Jakarta Walking Tour tourism development strategy is interesting to do. Data collection methods used in this study were interviews, observation, and literature study. The results show that the Jakarta Walking Tour development strategy is on the track and has shown the synergy of various Jakarta tourism stakeholders. Currently there are 6 Jakarta Walking Tour routes, but these routes must be continuously developed so that …

"Ni Hao" Is The New "Aloha": Asia's Rise In Tourism, Julianne Binns

Marriott Student Review

Asia has become one of the fastest growing areas in terms of travel and tourism. When it comes to investing in tourism (in ay form) one should keep a watchful eye on the region. This paper addresses the evidence of growth, reasons behind the growth, and what to expect in the future. As the region strengthens in economic power and shines light on its positives, more travelers are making their way to (or around) Asia. With coronavirus now being quelled in the region, it is only a matter of time before the numbers pick back up again. No doubt, the …

Experience Of Japan: Improving The Quality Of Tourism Services, N. T. Fayzibaeva

International Relations: Politics, Economics, Law

The development of international tourism against the backdrop of improving small business and private entrepreneurship in Uzbekistan has led to the fact that in practice in the international tourism market of the country, hotels of different levels of comfort are now offered at different price categories. This article analyzes the experience of Japan, which is currently at a high level to improve the quality of the proposed tourist product to their consumers.

Marine Tourism Marketing Strategy Thousand Islands, Ananda Princess Feliza Adly, Priyanto Priyanto

Journal of Indonesian Tourism and Policy Studies

This task of the final work consists of analysis of Indonesia tourism marketing process for the Thousand Islands, started from the planning step up till the actuating step. In this task of final work IS ALSO Described the obstacles in the tourism marketing process has been done and roomates Also describes the right steps of tourism marketing to increase of the number of tourist. This task of the final work is arranged by counting the data analysis. The result of analysis shows that Indonesia tourism marketing for the Thousand Islands has not been done well cause of the lackness of …

Bintan Island Tourism Marketing Strategy By Tour De Bintan, Ariobimo Enggartiasto, Karin Amelia Safitri

Journal of Indonesian Tourism and Policy Studies

This Journal discusses the analysis of the implementation of marketing strategies carried out in Bintan Island. In this Journal also explained the obstacles that occur in marketing tourism in Bintan Island. This Journal was compiled using data collection and interview research. The results of the research and interviews explained that the strategy carried out to market tourism destinations in Bintan Island was good but there were still obstacles in the marketing process.

The Promotion Mix Of "South Korea Halaltourism Package" In Cheria Halal Holidaytravel, Karina Mayza, Rahmi Setiawati

Journal of Indonesian Tourism and Policy Studies

The focus of this study is about Promotional Mix "Halal Tour Packages of South Korea" on Cheria Halal Holiday. The purpose of this study is to know promotional mix activities on Cheria Halal Holiday in marketing "Halal Tour Packages of South Korea" and their obstacles. South Korea became one of the countries that began to develop halal tourism. This is an opportunity for Cheria Halal Holiday to promote South Korea's halal tour packages. In this study using Qualitative Descriptive method by interviewing with resource person and direct observation at Cheria Halal Holiday office. The concepts used in writing are Tourism, …

Indonesia Tourism Marketing In South Korea, Bella Sophia, Karin Amelia Safitri

Journal of Indonesian Tourism and Policy Studies

This paper describes the analysis of Indonesian tourism marketing process in the Repubic of Korea. The analysis started from the preparation process up till the implementation process; such as product instrument, instrument distribution, promotion instrument, public relations, and evaluation. It is revealed the obstacles of tourism marketing process the which has been done. Those are the lack of human resources, lack of marketing funds, and closed Korea Busan Indonesia Center. It also Explains the strategy of tourism marketing to increase of the number of Korean tourists to visit the country. Qualitative research was conducted in this final paper. The result …

In The Name Of Profit: Canada’S Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Reserve As Economic Development And Colonial Placemaking, Richard M. Hutchings, Marina La Salle

Landscapes: the Journal of the International Centre for Landscape and Language

Taking a critical heritage approach to late modern naming and placemaking, we discuss how the power to name reflects the power to control people, their land, their past, and ultimately their future. Our case study is the Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Reserve (MABR), a recently invented place on Vancouver Island, located in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. Through analysis of representations and landscape, we explore MABR as state-sanctioned branding, where a dehumanized nature is packaged for and marketed to wealthy ecotourists. Greenwashed by a feel-good “sustainability” discourse, MABR constitutes colonial placemaking and economic development, representing no break with past practices.

How Two Sunken Ships Caused A War: The Legal And Cultural Battle Between Great Britain, Canada, And The Inuit Over The Franklin Expedition Shipwrecks, Christina Labarge

Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review

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