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Tymoshenko, K. "Digitalization forms of tourism industry." Thesis, Київський національний університет технологій та дизайну, 2020. https://er.knutd.edu.ua/handle/123456789/15741.
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Edwards, Marc. "An Exploratory Look at an Evolving Tourism Industry: Maine's Nature-based Tourism Industry in Transition." Fogler Library, University of Maine, 2003. http://www.library.umaine.edu/theses/pdf/EdwardsM2003.pdf.
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Persson, Lotta. "The Language of Tourism : How the Tourism Industry Promotes Magic." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-17803.
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To lure potential customers to buy a holiday away from home, most marketers incorporate certain semantic and pragmatic features into their promotional material: words and images are chosen with utmost care. The present study is conducted in order to reveal these semantic and pragmatic features and equally, to show how they highlight the concept of “magic”.This research is based on responses from six different interviews in which the interviewees had to describe twelve key words and key phrases taken from twelve tourism advertisements, in and out of context. Secondary material further consists of publications dealing with the areas of linguistics, advertising and tourism.The conclusion of this research will reveal that the impact of tourism advertisements depends on agreement between various semantic and pragmatic elements rather than implementation of individual semantic and pragmatic features per se. In other words, all the semantic and pragmatic elements (linguistic and non-linguistic content) have to reinforce one another, acknowledging common ground and meeting the reader's pre-existing assumptions. Hence, for an advertisement to avoid ambiguity it has to be relevance-governed, delivering just what is necessary to ensure that the reader is able to decode the message: that one should leave the ordinary and travel to a temporary, yet seemingly magical holiday destination.
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Gabunia, Vladimer, Ketevan Zhvania, and Tetyana Manshylina. "Supply Chain Management in Tourism Industry." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Företagsekonomi, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-16324.
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The present study aims to analyse the Tourism Supply Chain Management based on the published articles, available statistical data and the conducted research among the par- ticipants of the Tourism Industry (service provider/tour operator, intermediaries, cus- tomers). The paper has a goal to present a deeper insight into the factors affecting the choice of the distribution channel proposing a model based on the accumulated informa- tion regarding the tourism services distribution. In the research we pay a special atten- tion to the analysis of the factors motivating customers to choose traditional intermedi- aries at the time when all the operations can be done through the Internet. This problem would be analysed from both service provider and customers personal approach. The model also includes the future perspective of the development in the field of e-Tourism. The major contribution of this paper is the confrontation of the customers real prefer- ences and company‟s strategies with published earlier empirical research.
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Тараненко, Олександр Олексійович. "Levels of management of tourism industry." Thesis, ПУЕТ, 2017. http://dspace.puet.edu.ua/handle/123456789/6165.
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fraboni, claudia. "SOCIAL MEDIA in the TOURISM INDUSTRY." Doctoral thesis, Urbino, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11576/2663968.
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Feruzi, Joyce Kokwongeza. "An evaluation of responsible tourism practices in the Tanzanian tourism industry." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/1591.
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Master of Technology: Tourism and Hospitality Management in the Business Faculty at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2012This thesis concerns sustainable tourism development in Tanzania. It determines the extent to which Tanzanian tourism policies have incorporated sustainable frameworks and principles and also ascertains the extent to which tour operators in Tanzania have adopted sustainable tourism practices. Furthermore, it attempts to understand the constraints to tourism development for future successful planning of Tanzania as a favourable tourist destination in Africa. One of the key principles of sustainable tourism is that the local population is placed at the centre of tourism development interventions in terms of participation in decision-making and benefit sharing. Sustainable tourism principles also support that environmental regulations should be at the forefront of tourism’s industry advocates in order to mitigate environmental degradation and deterioration in the form of vegetation degradation, disruption of wildlife behaviour, pollution increase and general over utilisation of resources. However, Tanzanian tourism policies do not incorporate environmental and social concerns adequately, nor do policy makers develop these policies with a unifying strategic vision in mind. A key example is failure of the tourism policy to include consideration of social and cultural factors such as community conservation of natural resources. Tanzania’s tourism sector is growing fast, and its contribution to the economy’s growth is significant. As a result, it has attracted investment and policy initiatives to support its development. Key problem areas that have been identified throughout the thesis are: Low priority of sustainable policies - the emphasis is still on income generation for government. Sustainable policies are absent in the Integrated Tourism Master Plan (ITMP), Wildlife Policy and Hunting concessions; Lack of adequate feedback mechanisms; Apparent clash between sustainable policies and communities that are involved in subsistence farming on communal lands. Changing the system has huge socio- cultural impacts, while government shies away from this; Low level of community involvement in tourist activities and planning matters; Inadequate implementation and monitoring of strategies. The researcher, therefore, recommends that tourism planning should not only be a top down approach, but should involve all stakeholders in the tourism industry. Locals should be involved in tourism conservation decision making and the management of tourism policies, and should share in the financial proceeds of tourism. This will increase the level of conservation in tourism, as more people will be informed and be involved. The process of involvement of communities is crucial, as it decreases levels of illegal tourism activities on communal lands. The researcher believes that once locals are engaged in the planning of tourism related ventures, they will make an effort to conserve and preserve resources. Even though tourism policies in Tanzania make a note of sustainable practices (in terms of conservation and community involvement), it has only achieved these objectives on paper, and not enough has been done to ensure that these actions are carried out. It is also evident that development of tourism in Tanzania is a priority, while much focus has been placed on this owing to the economic value that it signifies. The main objective of Tanzania’s tourism policy is to promote low-density, high quality and high-priced tourism. One of the major problems with the government is that their concern for making money outweighs the need to implement sustainable tourism behaviours, therefore, leaving the environment and communities at a disadvantage, which eventually causes problems for destinations and the economy, at large.
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Andriamasilalao, Haingo. "Pro-Poor Tourism in Madagascar: Rural Development Through the Tourism Industry." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1584015716512392.
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Tam, Yiu-wing. "A competitive analysis of the Hong Kong tourism industry : a marketing perspective /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1997. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B18835934.
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Dawson, Michael. "Consumerism and the creation of the tourist industry in British Columbia, 1900-1965." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2002. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/NQ63418.pdf.
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Poon, Auliana. "Information technology and innovation in international tourism Implications for the Caribbean tourist industry /." Online version, 1987. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?did=1&uin=uk.bl.ethos.383578.
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Poon, A. "Information technology and innovation in international tourism : Implications for the Caribbean tourist industry." Thesis, University of Sussex, 1987. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.383578.
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SPURIO, MARIA PIA. "Wellness tourism." Doctoral thesis, Università Politecnica delle Marche, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11566/243050.
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L’industria del benessere, settore complesso e articolato, nel corso di questi ultimi decenni è stato protagonista di grandi cambiamenti e trasformazioni a livello nazionale ed internazionale.
Ciò ha comportato un grande interesse interdisciplinare sul tema del benessere e del termalismo sviluppando così , differenti contributi di studi e analisi.
La complessità del settore e la forte crescita della domanda , soprattutto come “prodotto integrato”, richiede risposte puntuali e concrete, oltreché, differenziate in termini di riorganizzazione dell’offerta .
Una “domanda “che si traduce nella voglia di relax, nella possibilità di dedicarsi al benessere e alla cura del corpo, nel godere delle bellezze naturali del luogo, ecc. , che contribuiscono ad integrare le motivazioni del cliente-turista a scegliere una meta termale e del benessere.
Ma la crescita del settore , ovvero la trasformazione della domanda e della concorrenza, come viene evidenziato da analisi e studi che negli ultimi anni hanno caratterizzato il settore, non è stata supportata da una equivalente evoluzione delle competenze gestionali-manageriali.
L’obiettivo del presente studio è stato quello di porre l’attenzione alla evoluzione del comparto, alle problematiche gestionali delle imprese che erogano i servizi wellnes/termali, all’individuazione della necessità di strategie di sviluppo di nuovi modelli di business attraverso lo studio di tecniche del marketing turistico territoriale in grado di accrescere i livelli di attrattività e competitività del territorio.
Il caso di Acquasanta Terme, del territorio della provincia di Ascoli Piceno, oggetto dello studio, ha confermato la complessità del comparto wellness/termale, ma anche l’enorme potenzialità del sito acquasantano ricco di risorse paesaggistiche, culturali, rurali, architettoniche, naturalistiche ed enogastronomiche che se adeguatamente integrate con il centro termale attraverso studi di marketing territoriale, possono risultare il naturale volano per lo sviluppo dell’intera area picena.In the last decade, the wellness industry, a complex and articulated sector, has played a leading role in national and international great changes and transformations. This has created a big interdisciplinary interest in wellness and thermal topics developing different study and analysis contributions. The complexity of this sector and the great demand expansion, mainly as “an integrated product”, ask for precise and concrete answers, as well as different ones in terms of offer reorganization. A “request” asking for relax, for the possibility of taking care of one’s own body and the enjoyment of the area’s natural beauties, etc. , helps in integrating the tourist-customer’ s motivations to choose a thermal destination. But the sector’s growing that is the demand and the competition transformation, as pointed out by analysis and studies on this sector, has not been supported by an equivalent evolution of the operational and managerial skills. The goal of this research has been to point out the evolution of this section, the management problems of companies that give wellness and thermal services, the singling out of business development strategies through a study on tourist territorial marketing able to increase the area attraction and competitiveness levels. The case of Acquasanta and the province of Ascoli Piceno, that has been studied here, has confirmed the complexity of the wellness-thermal sector and the huge potential of Acquasanta area rich in landscape, cultural, rural, architectural, naturalistic and wine-and-food resources that, if well integrated with the thermal site thanks to area marketing analysis, could turn out the natural element for the development of the whole area.
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White, Peter A. "Intersextions, A Gentlemans's Guide, racialization, sex tourism and the global tourism industry." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ61514.pdf.
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Shanka, Teklehaimanot S. "A study to develop a strategic model for the Ethiopian tourism industry." Thesis, Curtin University, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/677.
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This study was concerned with developing a strategy for the Ethiopian Tourism Industry. The literature review attempted to show the significance of tourism to any country, and more appropriately to developing countries. Field research was conducted in Ethiopia to obtain secondary data applicable to the study and to conduct interviews with various officials. Survey questionnaires were administered in Ethiopia, in Sub Saharan African countries and in Australia to elicit perceptions of Ethiopia as a tourist destination. The study contributes in various ways. First, it is the first of its kind to thoroughly investigate Ethiopia's tourism development process. Second, it has looked into the concept of tourism from many angles - strategic, marketing, promotional, infrastructure, environmental, etc. Finally, the strategic models developed for the Ethiopian Tourism industry by incorporating a strategic planning process at various levels can also be used by other less developed countries in their efforts to develop tourism.
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Nankervis, Alan R. "Vulnerability & sustainability in the tourism industry /." View thesis, 2000. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20030701.133400/index.html.
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Chan, Po-ying. "Planning for the hotel industry in Hong Kong /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1995. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B14799856.
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Bordon, Federica <1995>. "Digital Innovation in the Tourism Industry. How Robotics affects Travel, Tourism and Hospitality." Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/18999.
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The purpose of this thesis is to analyze the impact of digital innovation in the tourism industry and the role of robotics – in particular, the so-called ‘professional service robots’ – in the Travel, Tourism and Hospitality sectors (TTH). The research starts with a general background on Industry 4.0 along with its implications on the tourism industry and introduces an overview of digitalization in the international context, by briefly illustrating the evolution from traditional tourism to digital tourism; the concept of ‘Smart Tourism’ is introduced. It continues with a theoretical framework about artificial intelligence, robotics and automation and their current and potential functions in smart cities, also considering their major implications on the workplace. Further, the research deals with a broad taxonomy of robots and with the adoption trends of both industrial robots and service robots. The third chapter involves an analysis of the current adoption of professional service robots in the contexts of travel, tourism, and hospitality. It shows how their diffusion impacts different areas of tourism, in particular those related to accommodation, restaurants, airports, events and themed and amusement parks. The paper finally discusses the acceptance and perceptions of tourists about the employment of robots in the service sector. A particular case study on the Henn na Hotel in Japan has been chosen to conduct an analysis with the purpose of observing the impact of robotics on the specific hospitality industry, highlighting both the major benefits and challenges.
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Scott, David. "Blending industry varietals : developmental considerations for the South African wine tourism industry." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12448.
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Includes bibliographical references.There is consensus that wine tourism summarily offers a strong competitive advantage for wine regions, and can generate profitable business for wineries, other wine-related products and for visitor services. And in the four decades since the first manifestation of South African wine tourism was established in the Stellenbosch wine route, there has been general agreement that South African wine tourism has grown significantly in both local and international reputation and recognition. As a result of the widely identified potential of wine tourism, the South African industry has presented a continuing expectation of sustained industrial growth and tangible developmental manifestations and contributions. However, the industry successes since democracy have more recently been shadowed by an increasingly evident developmental frustration and dissatisfaction on the part of stakeholders, academics and observers.There has been considerable discussion and argument over the growing evidence of non-existent or insufficiently developed industry associative networks, the wide spread and overbearing prevalence of a production mind set and the mounting agreement that there are tremendous amounts of further research and investment still required if South African wine tourism is to realize the true value of its assets. This study identifies and clarifies this prevalent practical problem and research concern of slow and disparate development in the South African wine tourism industry in cognizance of the increasingly evident dissatisfaction and unrealized expectation of South African wine tourism industry stakeholders.
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Danis, Omer Molood. "The development of the tourism industry in Libya." Thesis, University of Huddersfield, 2006. http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/372/.
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Libya is a country with a rich heritage in terms of culture, archaeological and historical sites, and a long Mediterranean coastline of sandy beaches. However, unlike the neighbouring countries of Tunisia and Egypt, which have similar attractions and which have capitalised upon these to develop successful tourist industries, Libya has not devoted its efforts to expand in this area, and this is partly a reflection of the fact that Libya has been an oil economy for the last forty years, and there has been no real need to attempt diversification of the economy on a grand scale; and partly a result of the political isolation of Libya as a result of UN and US sanctions. However, in recent years, the overreliance on oil revenues, and the potential of tourism to contribute substantially towards the economy, have encouraged the government to look towards tourism as a way to sustain the economy in the long term, and consequently, moves have been made to launch Libya as a tourist destination, especially since the lifting of the international sanctions mentioned. This study has focused on the efforts to date by Libya to refocus its economic strategy, and after reviewing the relevant literature, the researcher constructed three research instruments for use during fieldwork in Libya with different populations, in an attempt to establish the current status of the Libyan tourism industry. A questionnaire survey to establish demographic information about international tourists, and levels of satisfaction with the Libyan tourism product overall, was carried out with 282 tourists to Libya. An interview exercise was conducted with tourism administrators, and two indepth interviews were held with the UnderSecretary of State for Tourism Affairs, and the UnderSecretary of State for Education and Training Affairs, respectively. The tourist data was analysed using SPSS and crosstabulations were performed in order to identify the background of tourists (country of origin, age, sex, tourist behaviour) and their predispositions and opinions, by sex and age, on a range of dimensions within the two broader aspects of Accommodation, and Tourism Attractions. The findings reveal that women in general are less critical of Libya’s tourism product than men, and that tourists in the older age groups, who have a greater experience of travel, are more realistic in their expectations of what a developing country can offer to tourists. However, whilst Libya has immense potential as a tourist destination, with the possibility of offering several different tourist products, thereby being of interest to various market segments, it is currently unable to pursue these opportunities because of shortcomings in tourist infrastructure, in particular its lack of accommodation, tourist information, and service quality. What is currently being delivered to tourists is a substandard product which begins and ends with bureaucratic procedures at entry/exit points to the country, and which is characterised by an experience in between that reflects the lack of planning. The thesis concludes that a proper planning framework, which includes appropriate levels of investment, is necessary for a tourism industry in Libya to thrive and contribute towards the economy to the extent that the government hopes, and envisages.
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Görs, Erik. "Communicating corporate social responsibility in the tourism industry." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-235258.
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Over time the tourism industry has been expanding at an exponential rate to the point that around 1 billion people will have travelled during the year of 2012 (UNWTO, 2012b). This massive amount of people has allowed for the degradation and destruction of multiple touristic destinations around the world. The great numbers of tourist have also negatively impacted the social and economic aspects of the touristic destinations. The current destructive path of the tourism industry has prompted the development of more sustainable and responsible types of tourism. One of the key players in the tourism industry that could address the topics of sustainable and responsible tourism is the tour operator. A path that tour operators can follow to address this destructive path of tourism is through corporate responsibility. Most of the other industries are in more advanced stages of approaching corporate responsibility while the tourism industry is still within the good practice phase of corporate responsibility. This aim of this study is to analyse what a group of tour operators are reporting concerning corporate responsibility. The questions focus on the different aspects the tour operators are communicating concerning their corporate responsibility and does this corporate responsibility communication add value to the consumer. The study shows that the tour operators are not exactly communicating their responsibility similar across the board, which shows the communication fragmentation among the tour operators. Most the tour operators mention corporate responsibility through the lens of sustainable or responsible tourism. Through this that the tour operators discuss their sustainable tourism or responsible tourism could possibly lead to adding consumer value to thetourists.
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Weber, Annalisa D. "Rule-Adherence Within the Mountain Gorilla Tourism Industry." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1431016645.
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Kim, Jung Eun. "Understanding corporate social responsibility in the tourism industry." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2009. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0024385.
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Kaehu, Catherine. "Stakeholder Collaboration Strategies in the Hawaii Tourism Industry." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5207.
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Travel and tourism are concepts that date back to 3000 B.C. with globalization extending possibilities of travel to people across the world. Addressing stakeholder concerns is especially important in promoting the development of sustainable tourism contributing to the protection of Earth's natural resources and long-term sustainability of tourism businesses through collaboration and participation. This qualitative case study incorporated a strategic stakeholder management framework, focusing on exploring strategies that Hawaii tourism industry leaders use for increasing stakeholder participation in sustainable tourism development. The population consisted of individuals across 6 categories of Hawaii tourism industry stakeholders identified as visitors, residents, government or public servants, representatives of academic institutions, tourism business owners, and special interest groups. Data triangulation occurred through semistructured interviews of 10 participants, comprehensive review of archival data and government statistical data, and organizational documents. Data analysis included both manual and multiple systemic coding for each sources of data. Three thematic strategies emerged: establishing relationship management, consistent and effective communication, and partnership programs with a variety of stakeholders. Within establishing relationship management, participants articulated conflict resolution as the most critical and challenging aspect to successful stakeholder collaboration strategies. This research has implications for social change by offering enhancement to relationships necessary to develop sustainable tourism options, ultimately bolstering the local economy while fostering protection of natural and cultural resources.
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Fakhar, Anwarul Haque. "Factors affecting tourism, tourism potential and strategies for development as an Industry in Pakistan." Thesis, University of Gävle, Department of Business and Economic Studies, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-6520.
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Pakistan is a home of approximately 160 million people and most of the population is earning lessthan US$ 1 per day. Pakistan just like any other beautiful European country is a big market fortourism because it offers not only beauty of nature but also variety and diversity in cultures.Infacttourism is the most profitable and entrepreneurial business, especially for people living in the mountain areas as it creates new job opportunities and reduces the unemployment level for them. But unfortunately, tourists’ visit to Pakistan is decreasing tremendously with ups and downs each year.
Therefore, the purpose of my thesis is to search for the positive and negative factors affecting the tourism industry in Pakistan, to compare the performance of our tourism industry to some potential neighbouring countries to see where Pakistan stands and lacks in terms of competitiveness, to find the role of government towards the improvment of this industry and to suggest some possible strategies for the improvement of this industry.
The primary data was collected by conducting interviews and survey questionnaires inside and outside the country from domestic and international tourists in 2007 and 2008. My son and close relatives in Belgium, Sweden and UK helped me in getting the questionnaire filled by foreigners to study their views about Pakistan as tourist place. The secondary data was collected through my personal visit to PTDC and Ministry of Tourism.
The estimated results revile that the poor accessibility, under development, fragility, marginality and the continuous social / political problems of the country are the factors that have redcued the tourist visit ratio to Pakistan. Secondly, the Governmnet of Pakistan has also failed to implement policies and strategies that could have proved a stimulator for the tourism industry.
The conclusion drawn from the collected data is that the tourism industry of Pakistan has a lot of ups and downs in alternate years i.e. from 1995 till 2008 showing the worst year of tourism in 2008.The reasons for this fall lie in the political and social problems of the country and lack of active participation of tourism authorities. Domestic and international tourists love the nature, culture and food of Pakistan and 80% of them want to travel around pakistan but unfortunately the insurgency and lack of facilities have resulted in the falling rate of their travel.
My suggestions for the progress of this industry are that the Governments should show seriousness towards the tourism industry and take necessary steps like improving the tourism infrastructure, controll the insergency in the country as soon as possible, build strong relationships with outside world, portray the positive image of Pakistan via media etc so that the rank and standard of Pakistans tourism industry can improve globally.
Research limitations that I faced during data collection includes the limited information sharing by the PTDC and Ministry of Tourism as their data is not up dated properly. Secondly there is a lot of difficulty in finding local and international potential tourists due to the political and social disturbance in the country and also the shy and introvert behaviour of the people especially women. Therefore, I also made use of the idea of conducting survey outside the country.
The important aspect or value of this research is that it has brought in to consideration almost all the important factors that are effecting the tourism industry according to the view of potential tourists and at the end provide some suggestions that can improve the current deterioating condition of this industry.
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Wang, Jie, and n/a. "Is tourism education meeting the needs of the tourism industry? An Australian case study." University of Canberra. n/a, 2008. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20081211.112039.
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Despite the rapid growth in the provision of tourism higher education in the past 40 years,
uncertainties remain about the content and nature of tourism degrees and how these are
aligned with the needs of the tourism industry. Some research has been done on tourism
higher education curriculum design, but the extent to which tourism higher education meets
industry needs has not yet been closely investigated. This study aims to ascertain whether a
gap exists between what education institutions provide in their undergraduate curricula in the
way of tourism knowledge and skills sets, and what knowledge and skills sets are required by
the tourism industry.
A conceptual framework was developed to outline the research process, which involved two
steps. First, content analysis of tourism curricula was conducted as the preliminary research.
A list of 34 subject areas was synthesised from all core subjects offered in tourism courses in
a sample of Australian universities according to subjects? titles, themes and detailed
descriptions. A list of 27 skills and abilities was identified by collating university generic
skills and tourism discipline attributes from these institutions. Based on the study of tourism
curricula, two web-based surveys were then designed and distributed in order to investigate
the respective perceptions of industry professionals and academic providers on the subjects
and skills sets necessary for tourism employment.
In analysing the data, perceptions about the subjects and skills sets were compared between
tourism industry professionals and academic providers. Importance- performance analysis,
gap analysis, and SPSS statistical tools were applied to analyse this data.
The study found considerable variance between the views of industry professionals and
academic providers in Australia. Their views vary firstly on the relative value of tertiary
degrees for tourism professionals; secondly, on the relative merits of skills and abilities
needed to work in the tourism sector; and thirdly, on the relative merits of various subjects
taught at university. These findings establish the existence of a gap between the existing
tourism curriculum at university level, and the needs of the tourism industry. The findings of
this study also provide evidence to suggest that tourism higher education provision should not
be isolated from real practice and that those involved in curriculum design should work
closely with industry representatives to ensure a strong connection between theory and
practice, thus improving the likelihood that graduates of tourism higher education courses will
graduate with knowledge and skills sets which are closely aligned with the needs and
expectations of the tourism industry
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Annisius, Daniel Chandrachur. "Managing Seasonality in Tourism : Challenges and Opportunities for the Tourism Industry in Húsavík, Iceland." Thesis, Högskolan Dalarna, Turismvetenskap, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-14307.
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Seasonality is a common phenomenon in the tourism industry around the world. Húsavík, a town on the northern coast of Iceland, has experienced tremendous growth in tourism in recent years and is sometimes recognised as the „Whale Watching Capital of Europe‟. However, Húsavík faces extreme seasonality with high demand mainly during the summer months and limited or no demand at other times of the year. As is emphasised in the tourism literature and widely in practice, seasonality is frequently seen as a problem for the tourism industry which has to be tackled. Academic research has never before been done on seasonality in Húsavík and the aim of this thesis is to understand the nature of seasonality within the tourism industry in Húsavík and discover potential ways to reduce seasonality in Húsavík tourism. In order to fulfil the aim, qualitative semi-structured interviews were undertaken with six tourism managers in Húsavík to investigate their perceptions of seasonality and if and how it could be managed. The results confirmed that the peripheral location of the destination stimulates seasonality and it poses major economic challenges for tourism businesses in Húsavík. Managers would prefer a longer tourism season. Several recommendations were provided for how to reduce seasonality such as develop other attractions than whale watching, improve accessibility, focus marketing on seasons outside the summer, and offer winter packages for foreign and domestic tourists.
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Tsangu, Lastman. "South African tourism graduates’ perceptions of decent work in the Western Cape tourism industry." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2670.
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Thesis (MTech (Tourism and Hospitality Management))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2017.The 2011 National Tourism Sector Strategy (NTSS) adopted the concept of sustainable development towards decent work as a strategic objective of priority in the South African tourism industry (South African National Department of Tourism (SA.NDT), 2011a). The objective operates to address unfavourable aspects associated with work in tourism, and is relevant to tourism graduates as their susceptibility to decent work deficits contributes to a shortage of professionals with industry-related skills in the tourism industry. Over four years have passed since the SA.NDT declared priority interest on the decent work objective in 2011. Yet no noticeable progress has yet been made. This has raised a need to expand the knowledge base on decent work in tourism so as to retain skilled tourism professionals and sustainably develop the industry, as it is a priority sector for the country’s sustainable growth. The focus of this study was to establish tourism graduates’ perceptions (and experiences) of decent work in the tourism industry, as they are susceptible to decent work deficits and are abandoning the labour sector for which they created expectations and were highly trained. Due to the exploratory nature of the study, a qualitative research approach was adopted using a structured interview guide to collect primary data. The target population was limited to the 135 tourism graduates of the Cape Peninsula University of Technology’s BTech in Tourism Management programme, who completed their studies between the years 2010 and 2014. Stratified sampling and snowball sampling techniques were used to obtain a representative sample of 40 tourism graduates. Primary data were analysed using Leximancer software. The key findings of the study reveal the majority of the respondents surveyed to be mainly single females which reflect the population of the local tourism industry, of an average age of 27 years, and earning an average monthly salary of R7 007.35. In relation to historical race categories, Africans were the most noticeable compared to other races. The working career of the majority of these tourism graduates was on average four to five years before exiting the industry to pursue a different career. This was attributed to a predominance of precarious tourism work conditions and inaccessibility of decent work as tourism qualifications are apparently not valued in the tourism labour market. The findings underlined that work in tourism covers present financial needs and does not protect employees against possible future unemployment, illness, or old age. Tourism role players should collaborate to establish decent work focus areas as a step towards addressing unfavourable work conditions in the tourism industry. This should mitigate shortages of skilled tourism human resources. The study suggested eight decent work focus areas for addressing poor working conditions and sustainable development towards decent work in the South African tourism industry.
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Knollenberg, Whitney G. "Exploring Tourism Advocates' Relationship with Tourism Industry Members through a Political Model of Leadership." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/63929.
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Political environments shape the tourism industry. Political support for the industry can result in the creation of competitive and sustainable destinations through which tourism may contribute positive social, environmental, and economic impacts to residents and business owners alike. However, policymakers do not always recognize the potential for these positive impacts. Some tourism representatives argue that policymakers only see their businesses as an engine for tax generation and that the industry as a whole does not receive the respect it deserves from policymakers. The fragmented nature of tourism poses a challenge for advocates desiring to develop a collective voice and legislative agenda for the industry. Such initiatives would appear to demand strong leaders from within the tourism industry itself who can organize a unified approach to gaining political influence. However, few scholars have explored these individuals, who serve as a conduit between the tourism industry and policymakers. Even less attention has been given to their relationship with members of the tourism industry.
Therefore, this study utilized a partnership with the Virginia Hospitality and Travel Association to examine how political leaders within the tourism industry, or tourism advocates, establish relationships with members of the tourism industry in order to facilitate political influence. A political model of leadership was employed to conceptualize the contextual elements, antecedents, and behaviors that result in outcomes that influence the relationship between the advocates and tourism industry members. Data was collected through interviews with 26 tourism advocates which were conducted to gain an understanding of the contextual elements and antecedents that influence tourism advocates' political behavior, in regards to building a relationship with members of the tourism industry. Their followers, members of VHTA who represent the lodging, restaurant, and attractions segments of the Virginia tourism industry, were surveyed to evaluate their perceived outcomes of tourism advocates' leadership efforts.
This study determined that contextual elements such as organizational culture and advocates' prior episodes play an important role in determining advocates' participation in political leadership. In turn, advocates' antecedents, particularly their sector-specific knowledge, social capital, and interpersonal style influence the behaviors they use to create relationships with tourism industry members. It was determined that overall, advocates' are far more critical of the outcomes of their behaviors than tourism industry members. The findings of this study can help prepare future tourism advocates to pursue political influence for the tourism industry by suggesting strategies that result in a productive relationship between political leaders and members of the tourism industry.Ph. D.
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Mancini, Francesca. "Managing the wildlife tourism commons." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2019. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=240416.
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Tourism is the fastest growing sector in the world. It represents 10% of the global GDP and generates one in 11 jobs. Nature tourism has become increasingly popular in the last few decades and it is predicted to keep increasing. Wildlife watching has initially been welcomed by conservation and environmental organisations as a conservation tool. However, we now know that these activities can have severe consequences for the environment and for the local communities. In this thesis, I have provided advice on the governance approaches and management tools that can be used to facilitate sustainable outcomes of nature tourism socioecological systems. First, I used semi-quantitative models to investigate nature tourism systems' dynamics under perturbations and the properties that confer resilience to the system, as well as leading to sustainable outcomes. Then, after validating the use of social media data to quantify nature tourism activities in Scotland, I used it to identify the major drivers of intensity of nature tourism on a national scale. I then obtained a global picture of nature tourism and its role in helping countries to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals. In the end, I designed an individual-based model to test how different tourists' phenotypes influence the sustainability of a nature tourism destination and whether any governance regime could be effective in maintaining sustainable socioeconomic and ecological dynamics. This work will be useful to inform management of local, national and global scale governance of nature tourism. Caution is needed when promoting the expansion of a country's tourism sector before determining how to manage it sustainably. Scotland has already developed some of the governance institutions that could contribute to sustainable governance of nature tourism. What is needed now is designing flexible rules and institutions that will be able to adapt to future changes.
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Öhman, Rebecca, and Karin Sandlund. "Tourism in Norrbotten, Sweden : A better understanding of tourism and its future – from the organizations perspective." Thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik och samhälle, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-79859.
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The tourism industry is one of the fastest growing industries in the world and the growth of tourism in the northernmost county of Sweden, Norrbotten, has been evident in recent years. With this rapid growth within tourism in Norrbotten, a reflection arises of why tourism is increasing to this extent. Therefore, this study’s purpose was to get a better understanding of what the core of exclusiveness is for tourism in Norrbotten and how tourism can flourish and grow while keeping the place unique and exclusive. In order to fulfill this purpose, two research questions were stated as follows: “What features make tourism in Norrbotten exclusive?” and “How can tourism in Norrbotten grow without risking overcrowding?”. To answer these questions, a frame of reference was established based on the previous literature within the subject. The study conducted a qualitative approach which allowed the authors to collect data through semi-structured interviews. The two interviews were conducted with two organizations located in Norrbotten County. Swedish Lapland and Pine Bay Lodge. By interviewing one person from each company, the authors received relevant information that gave a better understanding regarding the study. Thereafter, a comparison between frame of reference and the collected data could be done. The results suggested that it is of utmost importance to have a strategy regarding overcrowding. Furthermore, it could be stated that the nature and natural assets Norrbotten possess, is a key for success. Nevertheless, the importance of providing the tourist with excellent hospitality cannot be forgotten, as this creates an even higher feeling of exclusiveness.Turism industrin är en av de snabbast växande industrierna i världen och tillväxten av turism i Sveriges nordligaste län, Norrbotten, har varit tydlig under de senaste åren. Detta skapar en nyfikenhet kring varför turismen i just Norrbotten har ökat i denna utsträckning. Därför var syftet med denna studie att få en djupare förståelse för vad kärnan inom turismen i Norrbotten är, samt hur turismen kan blomstra och växa samtidigt som platsen fortsätter vara unik och exklusiv. För att kunna besvara detta syfte tillämpades två forskningsfrågor; “Vilka faktorer gör turismen i Norrbotten exklusiv? samt “Hur kan turismen i Norrbotten växa utan att riskera att bli överbefolkat?” För att kunna besvara dessa frågor framtogs en referensram som är baserad på tidigare vetenskaplig litteratur inom ämnet. Denna studie var av kvalitativ sort vilket bidrog till att författarna kunde samla in data genom semistrukturerade intervjuer av två företag. Intervjuerna hölls med en organisation och ett företag som är belägna i Norrbotten, nämligen Swedish Lapland och Brändökonferens & Fritidsby. Genom att intervjua dessa två företag kunde författarna samla in relevant information som var till stor hjälp för studien. Den insamlande data från intervjuerna jämfördes med teorierna i referensramen. Detta utgjorde grunden för resultatet och de slutsatser som kunde dras. Jämförelsen visade att det är ytterst viktigt att ha en strategisk plan för hur man ska hantera att platser kan bli överbefolkade i framtiden. En annan slutsats som också kunde dras var att naturen och de naturtillgångar som Norrbotten innehar är en viktig och avgörande faktor för turismen. Slutligen är det avgörande att förstå hur viktigt det är att erbjuda ett värdskap utöver det vanliga, eftersom detta skapar en ännu starkare känsla av exklusivitet.
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Tsang, Kee Fu Nelson. "Measuring service and service culture in the tourism industry." online access from Digital Dissertation Consortium, 2007. http://libweb.cityu.edu.hk/cgi-bin/er/db/ddcdiss.pl?3299876.
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Dev, Kamanand. "Impact of tourism industry on the economy of Nepal." Thesis, University of North Bengal, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1367.
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Kerr, W. R. "A study of the attitudes of tourism industry professionals towards the future of Scottish tourism." Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 2001. http://oleg.lib.strath.ac.uk:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=20359.
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Lau, Woon-chung Arthur. "Economic effects of international tourism industry on Hong Kong economy /." [Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong], 1987. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B12335733.
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Elfers, Jannik. "Review of the Kano model - practical example tourism industry." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-33472.
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Liao, Che I., and 廖哲沂. "Analyses of Medical and Tourist Industry Perspectives Towards International Medical Tourism." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/82164947956220541516.
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碩士長庚大學
醫務管理學系
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Facing health service globalized and additionally under the pressure of payment system of National Health Insurance, Taiwan government and medical industry have been involved in promoting international medical tourism to build on a developing trend. Taiwan with high quality, affordable cost and high tech medical sevice is potential to launch international medical tourism. It’s almost ten years that Taiwan has been dedicated to international medical tourism, but, compared with other countries promoting international medical tourism in Asian, Taiwan international medical tourism is comparatively less well-developed. As the above, this study explores to why Taiwan promoting international medical tourism unsuccessfully, and to how to resolve the status. In this study, document analyses was implemented to explore the tracks and current status of Taiwan promoting medical tourism, and expert interviews were completed with cross-industry samples of 3 medical industry experts and 3 tourist industry. Results illustrate that (1)Taiwan government’s promoting policy fails to integrate medical and tourist industry well；(2) government and industry marketing isn’t creative and impressive；(3) horizontal alliance between medical and tourist industry fails. Further, the study find that so far, neither did medical nor tourist industry invest massive resources to develop and promote international industry. The study find that beside of resolving every single deficiency, Taiwan also lacks attractive investment enviroment to lure investors to develop international medical tourism.
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Huang, Sheng-Fei, and 黃聖斐. "An Bilevel Price/Purchase Decision Model in Tourism Supply Chain-the Avation Industry and Tourism Industry." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/79364817826095154230.
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碩士中華大學
科技管理學系碩士班
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According to the dramatic change in the global economy, the energy crisis and global warning, the Taiwan government suggests six new critical developing strategies to integrate various industries with tourism.Taiwan is an island country, therefore, all the outbound traffics are relied on and maritime transport, especially the leisure tourism industries. The aviation industries have the highest capital sunk natures and outputs can not be saved properties. How to reach the optimal allocation of resources and design the reasonable price/purchase cooperation decision model is an important issue. In this study, we will applying an bilevel programming model to build a model for the aviation industry and tourism industry, and have a case study of the aviation industry and tourism industry, testing the function of response mode and features. For the aviation industry operators, service design process must understand that the consumers of their forms of service may reflect, in order to select the best service plans in the performance of operators. Choose to do in the current aviation industry services for the tourism industry, does not consider the impact of their behavior on the aviation industry. However, an bilevel programming model reflects the different perspectives and the relationship of the aviation industry and tourism, the choice of tourism demand for air travel mode for the next order of the aviation industry, aviation service design pattern on the order of the problem. Using Multinomial logit model to select mode under the order of the customer demand forecast, then the Extended Karush-Kuhu-Tucker conditions on the order of the best of solving an bilevel pricing / purchase decision model.
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"The Fitness Tourist: Goal Content of Exercisers in the Wellness Tourism Industry." Master's thesis, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.44078.
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abstract: The fitness and wellness industry is expanding at a rapid pace, and part of this expansion includes wellness tourism. Within wellness tourism, fitness related activities and programs are sought by wellness tourists or more specifically, fitness tourists. Wellness tourism is defined as a journey by people whose motive, in whole or in part, is to maintain or promote their well-being, and who stay at least one night at a facility that is designed to enable and enhance physical, psychological, spiritual and/or social well-being. Inevitably, fitness related activities are offered within wellness tourism, and seem to attract these fitness tourists.
The purpose of this study is two-fold. It is first to examine the goal content fitness tourists possess in this non-traditional exercise context. Second, this study aims to examine the goal pursuits within the promotional content produced by the wellness tourism industry. This study is informed by goal content theory (GCT) which is a mini-theory within self-determination theory (SDT). Developed by Kasser and Ryan (1996), GCT examines how goals pursued by individuals, in this case fitness tourists, whether related to extrinsic or intrinsic content, account for variations in wellness. Extrinsic goals include elements like wealth and appearance, while intrinsic goals include dimensions like community contribution and health management.
Participants were targeted through their consumption of fitness services at wellness tourism resorts in the southwestern United States. The goal content for exercise questionnaire (GCEQ) was distributed to these targeted participants to determine the types of exercisers, intrinsically or extrinsically motivated, who are consuming these services. Additionally, a content analysis was conducted to examine the elements portrayed by the industry within a fitness context. Understanding goal content can allow organizations to create programs supportive of participants’ autonomous motivations which research suggests lead to higher levels of well-being. Using a sample of 100 GCEQs, the study implies fitness tourists are more likely to be white, high income females with stronger intrinsic goal content. Health management, image, and skill development were among the highest ranked goals. A total of 182 images were examined in addition to extensive narrative content on the webpages of these sites suggesting this industry promotes holistic wellness rather than appearance. The results of this study should be used to program physical activity interventions made accessible to low and middle class individuals.Dissertation/Thesis
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Huang, Wen-Chou, and 黃文洲. "The Tourist Policy Adjustment Effect on the Performance of Taiwan Tourism Industry." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/71165367801578199812.
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博士元智大學
管理學院博士班
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Past research on tourism policy adjustment to guide tourism development mostly did not concern about time characteristics (temporal trend and seasons) of tourism development and the impact of significant events. There could be errors in research inference. In addition, as to effect of tourism policy adjustment on corporate performance of tourism industry, it lacks the literature to analyze the actual figures disclosed by the companies, instead of questionnaires. Therefore, this study probes into temporal trend and seasonal factors by Fourier model and examines the effect of tourism policy adjustment on tourism development in Taiwan. It also explores the impact of tourism policy adjustment on corporate performance of tourism industry. The purpose of this study is to probe into effect of travel liberation adjustment policy of the Chinese tourists’ direct travel in Taiwan liberated in July 2008 on tourism development of Taiwan and corporate performance of tourism industry. This study conducts analysis from macro and micro perspectives. First, regarding the effect of tourism policy adjustment on tourism development, besides ANOVA test, this study mainly explores temporal trend and seasonal cycle of tourism development by temporal trend item and Fourier model. According to analytical result from macro perspective, effect of tourism policy adjustment only existed in the major areas which were affected by the policy adjustment, such as China, Hong Kong and Macao. However, there was no significant policy adjustment effect in the whole tourism market. Thus, this study argues that long-term effect of tourism policy adjustment on tourism development is limited or it is ineffective. Secondly, from micro perspective, this study analyzes effect of tourism policy implementation and adjustment on corporate performance of tourism industry in Taiwan. With the concerns of impact of R&D expenditure, innovation opportunity, operational pattern, development direction, corporate characteristics and total economic factor of the companies of Tourism Sector on corporate performance, this study demonstrates that by corporate performance indexes such as ROA, ROE or RPE, the test result all revealed that adjustment effect of tourism policy was insignificant. In other words, tourism policy implementation and adjustment in Taiwan did not influence corporate performance of tourism industry in Taiwan. In addition, this study sets growth rate of Asian tourists person-time in Taiwan as control variable of threshold regression model and proves that in certain condition, growth rate of number of Asian tourists in Taiwan significantly influences corporate performance of tourism industry in Taiwan. The finding not only illustrates the importance of tourism development in tourism industry, but also indirectly argues the significance to develop Asian tourism market. Finally, this study realizes that the companies of listed Tourism Sector in Taiwan can not be internationalized, in terms of products or labor service operated, corporate shareholding structure and even structure of directors. It should be continuously concerned by different circles in the future. In addition, the figures of R&D expenditure and innovation opportunities illustrate that in tourism industry of Taiwan, research development and innovation engagement have not be valued by the companies for long term. According to the result of validation, this study argues that in the future, tourism development of Taiwan should be based on regional development model of Asia as the priority in order to avoid the uncertainty risk of one country (region), including political risk.
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HSU, SHIH-WEI, and 徐詩韋. "How can create a niche in senior tourism’s cruise tourism industry?" Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/49s4z3.
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The aging of population speed day by day was in recent years serious. The Taiwan old age population surpasses the childhood population for the first time in 2017, mean the Taiwan advanced age population are more and more. Senior tourism’s economic capacity compares surpasses the general strong social stratum.And senior tourism is the important expense group in the traveling market. Asia's cruise tourism has the suitable potential in the few years. Therefore this research conducts the research to the senior tourism and the cruise tourism. The results of the study have revealed that the senior tourism safety is the most important factor for the senior tourism’s traveling wish.So the government and the tourism operators promote the senior tourism’s cruise tourism should be a priority to create safe tourist environment and to strengthen the medical aspects of software and hardware equipment. Cruise tour operators should be appropriate to barrier-free environment and facilities for the safety planning. This study suggested that people should strengthen understanding of cruise tourism, to enhance the seniors tourist motives, and promote tourism. Finally, summarized the conclusion of this research, and for the government and the tourism industry in the future promotion cruise tour Suggestions are put forward.
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Tsai, Shu-Mei, and 蔡淑媚. "Taiwan Medical Tourism Industry Development Strategy." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/16969916361487889013.
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International tourism continues to develop specialist, medical tourism due to the unique source, is the current national industry actively seek market. In recent years, due to the advanced countries of medical resources and inadequate supply of expensive, while developing countries are more advanced countries of low prices, and provide high-quality health care services, so to attract travelers to Europe, but also the unmistakable trend of medical tourism services. Asia, Europe and the relatively low price of medical services, medical tourism market potential is strong,quite eligible passengers praised Europe. Medical tourism is a new development of Taiwan''s niche point, with the gradual thawing of cross-strait relations and political sentiments, open charter flights and mainland tourists to Taiwan and other measures, the frequency of cross-strait exchanges peoples will be more closely, is inevitable trend. So how to make good use of the current situation of medical resources to attract mainland tourists to Taiwan consumption, and promote industrial development in Taiwan Medical Tourism and find the best strategy for a competitive advantage for today''s industry and government must work together to think about an important issue. In this study, semi-structured interviews of five interviews with industry, government experts, and then put forward the development strategy of the medical tourism industry. The study found that: (1) Health, Welfare and Transportation Local Tourism Bureau should not cooperate together to share resources, the development of medical tourism will play a synergistic effect of stable growth; (2) the relevant industry should avoid competing with each other to grab the source of the model, unity and cooperation of the pie bigger, after the formation of agglomeration economies can naturally enhance the competitiveness and competition from other countries; (3) the law to be able to relax medical marketing media product placement may be appropriate medical tourism and medical tourism attraction combines quality we must promote in order to create a destination marketing effectiveness to attract international tourists. 4. Medical industry and tourism industry can play a positive, cooperative and creative, such as: planning your travel itinerary with high quality medical tourism, medical and narrow the gap between the quality of tourism, improve the overall competitiveness of the initiative to invite travel agencies or marketing staff, said the hospital conducted education and training expertise to mention, medical marketing liter capacity, in order to increase mutual customer base and create a win-win. 5. Tourism is the most vulnerable to the impact of the economic boom industry market changes very fast only have to constantly correct the shortcomings, creating quality in order to enhance the competitiveness of the government towards creating sustainable development, industry and consumers win situation.
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Chen, Fu-I., and 陳富益. "A Study on Medical Tourism Industry." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/88084724322087722581.
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碩士國立高雄第一科技大學
應用日語研究所
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A Study on Medical Tourism Industry Abstract In late years, becaue of factors of remarkable rise in the medical expenses, being on the waiting list for surgery, non-existence of the high quality medical care or not being able to get a certain medical care due to legal constraints in one’s own country, and individuals seeking an overseas health care service increasingly, a medical industry is booming. In addition, countries providing an international health care service link the international health care service to the local sightseeing to develop so-called "Medical Tourism". Worldwide economy has globalized since the late 1980s. Movement of "capitals", "matirials" and "people" beyond the border has become more active by development of the international trade and it is the reason why there is an impact on "Service Industry". Following the trend, as a result, an international health care service considered to be a special service industry is prospering. Production of "Medical Tourism" reaches 100 billion dollars accordoring to an estimate of McKinsey & Company in 2012. For big business, approximately 50 countries in four continents are involved in medical tourism throughout the world. Owing to globalization, Japanese companies have increased direct investment overseas and enhanced the competitiveness of industrial goods in order to decrease production cost, and it resulted in deindustrialization in the country. The Naoto Kan government adopted "New Growth Strategy" at a Cabinet meeting on June 18th, 2010. To boost regional economy and increase employment, the government raised "Medical Tourism" as one of the strategies of the national economic policies. This paper is to study five aspects of Japanese medical tourism. The first is to understand the relationship between medical tourism and globalization. The second is to understand the general situation of the medical tourism in foreign countries. The third is to identify the factors of the success and the medical problems behind in the main countries that are developing medical tourism in Asia. The fourth is to confirm the development of the medical tourism strategy in Japan. The Fifth is to discover competitiveness and problems of the medical tourism in Japan. Finally, the result of the study is used to examine enforcement of the medical tourism in Taiwan and provide the government with some advice.
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Sun, Yan Yan. "Outbound tourist demand from Northeast Asia and implications for the Australian tourist industry." Thesis, 1992. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/15703/.
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This study investigate the perceptions of the tourist industry in Northeast Asia regarding outbound tourist demand. The purpose of doing so is to provide insights into, and analysis of, the main characteristics of
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De, Beer Andries. "Employment conditions in the South African tourism industry: an analysis of tourist guides." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/10828.
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M.A. Faculty of Humanities, University of the Witwatersrand, 2011.In the existing South African literature on tourism issues little, exploration have been done on the question of employment conditions in the tourism industry. This neglect is remarkable in light of the current emphasis given by national government to the promotion of “decent work” in tourism. This study seeks to contribute to the limited local and international scholarship on employment conditions in the tourism industry. The specific focus of attention is on the working conditions of tourist guides in South Africa. The main findings of the study are that the majority of tourist guides work as independent contractors (if contracts are used at all), and that they work very long hours with low remuneration and very little legal protection because they do not have permanent positions. The research findings of this investigation point to a number of policy recommendations which, if accepted and implemented, might assist in improving the work conditions of tourist guides and thereby contribute towards creating decent work in this section of the South African tourism industry.
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CHING-PING, KUO, and 郭慶萍. "The study of the influence of Mainland tourists on Taiwan tourism industry." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/59226784514558349831.
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碩士銘傳大學
社會科學院兩岸關係與安全管理碩士在職專班
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Abstract Tourism, often called “the industry without chimneys”, is a part of economic development, with the function of promoting the international friendship and culture exchange, and strengthening the knowledge and health of the people. Since KMT won the ruling party again in May, 2008, the cross-strait political atmosphere has changed. The policy of opening the Mainlanders to visit Taiwan for tourism has risen to the main issue of Taiwan tourism market. What impact did it bring? How did the Authorities and the tourism entrepreneur deal with it? The purpose of the study was to explore the influences of the Mainland tourists on Taiwan tourism market. It reflected the difficulties that encountered, and try to find the solutions of improving Taiwan tourism market and protecting the benefit of the cross-strait people. The study found that, in addition to tourist attractions, the health care inspection, the plastic surgery, wedding photography, and biking around the island were the key points to attract Mainland tourists. However, recalling the development of Taiwan tourism, it seemed to remain at the cursory tour of the first generation. Taiwan should make most of the rich, diverse cultural and natural resources to promote the quality of the tourism innovatively. In order to let the Mainland tourists gain the optimal benefit and desire to come again, as the former president of Taiwan Tourism Association, Mr. Yen, said “culture is absolute a added-value critical in Taiwan Tourism industry”, Taiwan tourist industry should move forward to the second and the third generation.
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Hsu, Huei Min, and 許惠旻. "The econcomy,tourism growth and corporate performance in the Chinese tourism industry." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/18193054695752571639.
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碩士國立中正大學
財務金融研究所
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The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of economy and tourism growth on the corporate performance of tourism industry in China. The indicators of corporate performance under consideration are the growth rate of sales,return on assets (ROA),and return on equity (ROE), stock return. The effects of changes in the condition of economy (real GDP growth rate,) and tourism growth (growth rate of total foreign tourist arrivals, ) on the corporate performance of tourism are then examined via panel regression tests. Test results show that both real GDP growth rate and growth rate of total foreign tourist arrivals are significant explanatory factors of growth rate of sales , but only real GDP growth rate can strongly explain ROA and ROE. And real GDP growth rate have a significant influence on tourism stock performance. Further, the economic factor(real GDP growth rate) is slightly more crucial than the industry factor(growth rate of total foreign tourist arrivals) in describing the financial performance in the China tourism industries. Empirical findings offer valuable information for government tourism policymakers and tourism owners and managers.
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Chang, I.-Hsuan, and 張宜萱. "Sport Tourism: a Subtype to Promote the Tourism Industry in Dominican Republic." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/g4gc5u.
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碩士淡江大學
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Dominican Republic is a country with great potential in the industry of tourism in the Caribbean. The traditional way of tourism, like sun and beach tourism and resorts are the main models that are developing in the country. Since the promotions and efforts by both their official and private authorities, the tourist industry of the country gradually increase every year. However, these kinds of types are no longer enough to satisfy the diversified demand of the current tourist. Therefore, this research aims at analyze and prove the possibilities of diversify the tourism supply by developing “Sport Tourism”, and also through the research to understand the action of the government in order to boost the tourist competitiveness.
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Nankervis, Alan R., of Western Sydney Nepean University, and Faculty of Business. "Vulnerability and sustainability in the tourism industry." 2000. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/31054.
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As the focus of this research- ie. an examination of the internal and external vulnerabilities of the international tourism industry - is both exploratory and multi-disciplinary, a broad range of generic and industry-specific sources have been consulted. Accordingly, depending on their direct or peripheral relevance to the research topic, some areas have been researched more comprehensively than others. In addition, some issues have richer research bases than others. As examples, the literature on strategic management theory is quite comprehensive, but it is not the central focus of the topic, whereas the structure of the tourism industry is crucial to an analysis of its vulnerability but literature on this issue is sparse and fragmented. Notwithstanding these limitations this literature review attempts to encompass all relevant research areas in a logical manner, proceeding from a cursory examination of the economic and social significance of the tourism industry, its research and definitional issues; through a considerably more comprehensive analysis of its complex inter- and intra- sectoral structures and relationships with its multiple business environments; towards an exploration of the application of vulnerability/sustainability and strategic/crisis management theories. Specifically, the review is divided into the following sections: the nature of the tourism industry; the business environments for tourism; vulnerability and sustainability, strategic and crisis management. The structure parallels the framework used in the accompanying rationale. All sections analyse the major issues of the relevant literature and discuss them in relation to the vulnerability and sustainability of the international tourism industry. The review concludes with an overall summary of the significant themes and dilemmas.Doctor of Business Administration
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Pan, Jhih-Ying, and 潘芷瑩. "Factors Affecting Stock Returns of Tourism Industry." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/qy96ex.
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Abstract Along with the rapid development of economics, people’s demand for the best quality of tour and sightseeing greatly increase. Moreover, as the environmental awareness improves, various countries emphasize the development of tourism industry. Consequently, the development of tourism industry in Taiwan has also steadily grown during the past decade. For example, Taiwan’s foreign tourists grew rapid from 2.95 million in 2004 to 8.01 million in 2013. (i.e, the growth rate is 172%). Additionally, the number of people for tour and sightseeing purposes also grew from 1.03 million in 2004 to 5.48 million in 2013. (i.e, the growth rate is 432%), partly because the rapid development of the relationship between Mainland China and Taiwan and the openess of free and independent travel for Chinese tourists (i.e, the tourists from mainland China grew from 200,000 in 2004 to 2.87 million in 2013). The tourist industry created NT$374.8 billion foreign exchange revenues in 2013, accounting for about 2.5% of Taiwan’s GDP. This fact indicates that the growth rate of tourism industry plays an important role in the economic development of Taiwan. This study employs panel data model to examine the impact of the growth rate of total tourists and that of tour and sightseeing on the stock returns of tourism industry during the period of Aug. 2008 to Dec. 2013. For the past six years, we found that 87.4% of the tourists came from China, Japan, South East Asia and Hong Kong and Macao, so that the tourists came from these four areas have great impacts on the foreign exchange revenues and economic growth of Taiwan. This investigation thus examines the impact of the growth rate of tourists from the above four areas on the stock return of tourism industry. Empirical results are summarized below: 1.The growth rate of total tourists does not have significant influence on stock returns, but that of tour and sightseeing has significantly positive impact on stock returns of tourism industry. 2.The growth rate of tourists from China does not have significant effect on stock return of tourism industry, but that of tour and sightseeing has significantly positive influence on stock returns of tourism industry. 3.Neither the growth rate of tourists from Japan nor that of tour and sightseeing have significant impact on stock returns of tourism industry. 4.Neither the growth rate of tourists from South East Asia nor that of tour and sightseeing have significant effect on stock returns of tourism industry. 5.Both the growth rate of tourists from Hong Kong and Macao and that of tour and sightseeing have significantly positive influence on stock returns of tourism industry.