Location-Based Services for Tourism Industry: An Empirical Study

2006 ◽  
pp. 1144-1153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuchih Ernest Chang ◽  
Ying-Jiun Hsieh ◽  
Chien-Wei Chen ◽  
Chun-Kuei Liao ◽  
Shiau-Ting Wang
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Location Based Services

scholarly journals Sustainable Development of Central Coast Tourism Based on Value Chain Approach

2013 ◽  
Vol 218 ◽  
pp. 133-146
Author(s):  
NGUYÊN NGUYỄN PHÚC ◽  
GIỚI LÊ THẾ
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Coastal Region ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Value Chain Analysis ◽  
Sustainable Tourism Development ◽  
The Past ◽  
Chain Analysis ◽  
Central Vietnam

Over the past decade, the tourism industry in Vietnam in general and in Central Vietnam in particular has grown significantly and played a major role in the economy, contributing not only to the national GDP but also to development of other sectors such as transportation, construction and banking, etc. However, this growth has not reached full potentials of the region. Empirical study in ?? N?ng has revealed limitations in the development of tourism in this province and in Central Coastal region as well. By analyzing minutely main causes of limitations based on the value chain analysis, this paper proposes some solutions to sustainable tourism development in the Central Coastal region by developing a single destination and making the best use of creative and supporting resources besides local natural ones.

scholarly journals TOURISTS AND LOCAL COMMUNITY OF THE CASE STUDY AQABA SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE AUTHORITY (ASEZA)

2021 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 490-498
Author(s):  
Omar A.A. JAWABREH ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Standard Deviation ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Arithmetic Mean ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Host Culture ◽  
Cultural Effects ◽  
The Social ◽  
One Year

The research aims to examine the shared effect of tourism in Aqaba and the Jordanian host culture. Despite the presence of preferences and developments in tourism opportunities and problems, despite the fact that these circumstances are marked by, uncertainty, and personal shifts, the local community's behaviour and attitudes towards the tourism industry are highly dependent on them. A questionnaire was circulated to a group of (1200) people living in Aqaba to accomplish this goal. From 1/1/2019 until 30/12/2019, the allocation and restitution took one year, taking into account the low and high tourism seasons. In order to assess the most important facets of the socio-cultural and economic impacts of tourism in these regions, the questionnaire was circulated to the survey participants in order to measure attitudes towards tourism. This analysis is an exploratory, empirical study that follows the process of obtaining and reviewing knowledge to draw conclusions. To assess the degree of significance for the study questions, the researchers used the arithmetic mean, standard deviation, T-test and ANOVA test. The findings revealed that the economic sub-scale was the highest degree of attitudes towards tourism, while the lowest was the social sub-scale. This research provides a better understanding of the social and cultural effects of tourism and the host culture in Jordan, in order to establish a holistic growth of sustainable tourism in Aqaba. It is possible to submit and further test the new model at another destination in Jordan.

Analysis on the reading guidance to classics in the teaching of specialized courses in tourism undergraduate education in China

2020 ◽  
pp. 002072092093107
Author(s):  
Hong Wang ◽  
De-Hua Liu ◽  
Lili Yu ◽  
Guang-Ju Chen ◽  
Hong-Ping Yan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Undergraduate Education ◽  
Influential Factors ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Teaching Resources ◽  
Is Research ◽  
Education In China

When the literature of tourism higher education is concerned, Scholars from China and abroad have had a relatively deep and broad research in the field of the characteristics of tourism theory, according to which the curriculum system and teaching methods are designed, while at the same time, there is research vacancy when we look into the field of the practical ways of successful cultivating of tourism bachelor’s theory system. Thus, the article first proves the necessity of reading guidance to classics in professional curriculum of tourism higher education through theoretical analyzing of the interdisciplinary characteristics of tourism major and the human resource demands of tourism industry in China; then the empirical study and quantitative analysis of the effects and influential factors of classics reading guidance in tourism academic classes are made, according to these analysis, the article draws an conclusion that during the teaching of professional courses, the initiatives of the under-graduates to take part in the reading of classics should be attached full importance to in the syllabus; the effects of classics reading should try to be improved through the organization of specialized courses teaching; the input of students’ classics reading should be strengthened by the design of the cultivating methods; and the teaching resources should be optimized to provide better environment for classics reading. Besides these suggestions, four implementation methods are also provided as the conclusion.

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