scholarly journals An Exploratory Analysis of Museum Attributes from the Perspective of Tourists and Residents: The Case of Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum, Madrid, Spain

Societies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 64
Author(s):  
Alicia Orea-Giner ◽  
Jorge Calero-Sanz ◽  
Carmen De-Pablos-Heredero ◽  
Trinidad Vacas-Guerrero

Attribute evaluation provides an understanding of the perceived quality and subjective value of the museum visitor experience. The principal contribution of this paper is to analyze the attributes perceived by tourists and the local community (Madrid residents) of the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum (Madrid, Spain), utilizing the results from choice experiment and willingness-to-pay questionnaires. To analyze in depth the assessment regarding the museum attributes and the visitor perceptions of them, the relevance-determination model was applied. Data collection was achieved with a questionnaire using a convenience sample of international tourists and the local community, providing a total of 775 valid surveys. The results of the application of the relevance-determination analysis (RDA) show that there are two types of attributes: higher-impact core and lower-importance attributes. The attributes with the highest subjective value perceived by interviewed tourists and interviewed residents are the location, the building, and the permanent collection. These results show that there are substantial differences between the perception and appreciation of these attributes by interviewed residents and interviewed tourists. The results provide valuable information that can be applied in practice to devise strategies for economic and socio-cultural sustainability aimed at improving decision-making in museum management.

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 198-217
Author(s):  
T. Venugopalan

This research paper explores the economic, environmental, and socio-cultural sustainability of Delhi tourism from the perspective of tourists. Primary research was conducted among tourists based on a structured questionnaire at various tourist places across Delhi. This research paper used exploratory factor analysis (EFA), confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), and structural equation modelling (SEM) for examining and analysing the sustainability of tourism. The research findings on environmental pressure (EP) validate that tourism has been exerting huge pressure on the environment. The environment management (EM) system adopted by the tourism industry has failed in mitigating the adverse impacts of tourism and achieving environmental sustainability. The findings about economic empowerment (EP) prove that tourism has failed to achieve economic sustainability by empowering the local community. The destination governance (DG) mechanisms are directly contributing to the sustainability of tourist places. However, the findings on socio-cultural pressure (SP) fail to substantiate the argument that tourism is putting huge pressure on socio-cultural sustainability. Thus, tourism development in Delhi is not conducive to achieving environmental, economic, and social sustainability. Hence, the government should adopt proactive measures to mitigate the adverse impacts of tourism on the environment and economy integrating local communities while formulating and implementing tourism plans and programmes.


2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos J.L. Balsas

Purpose Societal problems have impacted the northeast of the USA for various generations. This paper aims to analyse various sustainability aspects in the Hudson River watershed of New York by highlighting a temporal progression from environmental sustainability at the watershed level in the 1970s to growing concerns with more localized cross-border social and cultural sustainability in recent decades. We discuss an engagement with the Rapp Road Historic District and a documentary screening series as potential ways to eliminate racism and embrace diversity. Design/methodology/approach The research was based on fieldwork and classroom teaching conducted mostly since summer 2014. It included mixed methods combining document analysis and reviews with the examination of case studies, and the assessment of public policy priorities. Findings Formal training has to be combined with a substantial dose of realism, humility and motivation to recognize that what the authors teach and research in the community matters. Future learning experiences within a place-based education paradigm could include: Having students help devise urban rehabilitation strategies whilst suggesting integrative measures with the surrounding built and natural environments; students could also help improve public spaces in the neighbourhood; and finally, they could also help to strengthen the cultural identity of the district by augmenting urban design features endogenous to the African American community. Practical implications Opportunities could be further augmented with service-learning projects and programmes, internships and even full-time jobs for recent graduates in local community development organizations. Social implications The study served to raise the community’s awareness of its own natural, ecological and human assets, and to create place-based real-world opportunities for students and faculty in environmental and cultural sustainability studies. Originality/value Environmental sustainability is discussed with the creation of the Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area, whilst the public engagement with the Rapp Road Historic Association in the Capital Region of upstate New York, the identification of an emerging creative cluster in the Berkshires-Hudson region, and a documentary and discussion series on striving for diverse cities serve to demonstrate current concerns with social and cultural sustainability.


2009 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hilary du Cros

Recent research on achieving sustainable heritage tourism in Macau advocates a greater collaboration between tourism and heritage management authorities and the local community on reaching sustainable tourism goals. A key theme for Macau in the last ten years has been how the tension between the proponents for greater casino development versus those for cultural heritage product development has played out in government policies for heritage management, private sector tourism development and host community concerns about heritage protection and achieving quality tourism. The indirect influence of the central government on Macau Special Administrative Region's (SAR's) policy development in relation to these topics in the last ten years will be discussed in this context using findings from three recent studies by the Institute For Tourism Studies (IFT) and background information collected on government policy and community views. This paper will outline emerging issues regarding demand, supply, and impacts of cultural tourism with reference to findings from four recent research projects. Special reference will be made to over-use and under-use issues, authenticity, and the management of tourism impacts while enhancing visitor experience. Strategic planning and management of cultural tourism products will also be touched upon.


2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-138
Author(s):  
Siniša Hajdaš Dončić ◽  
Nikola Đurek

AbstractIn order for a local community to set up mechanisms for shaping and enforcing public politics which strengthen local communities, historical research that would lead to the identity of a local community must be conducted thus enabling the identification of the community as a tourist destination. Analytical-synthetic method will be used to define the concept of a local community, that is the sustainability of a local community as one element of sustainability in general, as well as the concept of a tourist destination. The identity of a local community may be presented using basic means of visual communication (graphic design, typography, photography, illustration), which if defined and applied appropriately, will improve the distinguished identity of a local community.


Author(s):  
Leandro Baptista ◽  
Elieti Fátima de Goveia

O processo de modernização da agricultura ao mesmo tempo em que proporcionou um aumento na produção, garantindo o alimento necessário para as populações, provocou uma queda na necessidade de mão de obra no campo, desarticulando assim formas tradicionais de produção. Enquanto parte desta população migrou para as cidades, outros necessitaram buscar novas fontes de renda, ampliando sua produção de matéria prima para outros setores com características não-agrícolas. Paralelamente a este processo, o meio rural deixou de ser visto apenas como um espaço para a produção agrícola e passou a ser considerado também como um local de lazer, moradia, descanso, dentre outras funções. Entre este amálgama de novas atividades desenvolvidas no meio rural, surgiu o turismo, como uma atividade capaz de gerar renda e a estimular as pessoas a continuarem na zona rural. Diante deste contexto, a localidade do Pinho de Baixo, interior de Irati (PR), reconhecida por suas vinícolas, seu museu que retrata a colonização do município por italianos (Casa Dei Nonni) e a tradicional festa da polenta, iniciou atividades correlatas ao turismo a partir de abril de 2016, objetivando diversificar a oferta de produtos fundamentado pela base comunitária. Além destas características, encontra-se no Pinho de Baixo recursos turísticos naturais como cachoeira, paisagens preservadas e o local também recebe uma das etapas do evento “Cicloturismo Irati”, consolidado no calendário municipal. Assim, com o intuito de verificar a potencialidade do produto turístico, objetiva-se nesta investigação caracterizar os elementos que compõem este novo atrativo, por meio da análise da sinalização turística do local, inventariação das atividades realizadas e análise qualitativa da atual oferta disponível. A metodologia adotada apoiou-se em levantamento de dados primários, obtidos a partir da observação participativa e não-participativa in loco, durante o mês de julho de 2016 e posterior submissão destas informações na matriz de avaliação SWOT.Os resultados sugerem a necessidade de um engajamento maior da comunidade local, a ampliação da oferta, bem como de sua melhora qualitativa, instalação de placas de orientação, restrição e educação, além da promoção da imagem do produto. Como prática de planejamento, são avaliadas estratégias para o alcance dos resultados encontrados, caracterizando deste estudo como uma pesquisa aplicada com viés sobre a sustentabilidade ambiental, econômica, social e cultural. Formatting a tourist product: the rural attractive characterization at Terra dos Pinheirais (PR, Brazil) ABSTRACT The modernization process of agriculture at the same time provided an increase to production rates, ensuring the necessary food for the population and caused a decrease in the need for labor in the field, thus disrupting traditional forms of production. As consequence, part of this population migrated to the cities, others needed to seek new sources of income, increasing its production of raw materials for activities with non-agricultural characteristics. Parallel to this process, the countryside become no longer seen only as a space for agricultural production and it has to be considered also as a place of recreation, housing, rest, and other new functions. Among this amalgam of new activities in rural areas, the tourism has emerged as an activity capable of generating income and encourage people to remain in the countryside. Once given this context, the place Pinho de Baixo, inside Irati (PR, Brazil), that has wineries, museum that depicts the colonization of the italians at the city (called Casa Dei Nonni) and the traditional feast of cooked corn meal, had started activities related to tourism from april 2016, aiming to diversify the supply of products based by community-based. Besides these features, is in the Pinho de Baixo some natural tourism resources as waterfall, preserved landscapes and the site also receives one of the stages of the event "CicloturismoIrati", also consolidated in the municipal events calendar. Thus, in order to verify the potential of the tourism product, the paper objective is to characterize this investigation the elements of this new attractive, through the analysis of the tourist site signage, inventory of activities and qualitative analysis of the current offer available. The methodology was relied on primary data collection, obtained from semi-structured by participant observation and non-participatory observation in loco during the month of July 2016 and by application of SWOT method for measuring the data. The results suggest the need a greater involvement of the local community, the expansion of supply, as well as its qualitative improvement, installation of signposts with orientation, restriction and education messages, and the addition to the product image promotion. As a practical planning, strategies are evaluated for the achievement of the results, characterizing this study as an applied research with bias on environmental, economic, social and cultural sustainability. KEYWORDS: Rural Tourism; Comunity Based; Planning; Pinho de Baixo; Irati – PR.


Author(s):  
Cait M. Henry ◽  
Jeffrey C. Hallo ◽  
Michael Blacketer ◽  
Matthew T.J. Brownlee ◽  
William C. Norman ◽  
...  

Nighttime activities and events specifically related to natural phenomena are becoming increasingly popular. As nighttime recreation in parks and protected areas increases, managers must implement policies and frameworks that maintain both the visitor experience and natural darkness and soundscapes. The Congaree National Park Fireflies Festival celebrates the annual fireflies mating season, and after national renown for this event the park has witnessed increased visitation. Over the past year, visitation rates have forced management to implement a designated trail to enhance the visitor experience while reducing crowding on the boardwalk and manage the natural phenomena more like a festival event than an outdoor recreation opportunity. Visitor perceptions of these actions are currently unknown. Therefore, this study examined visitor motivations for attending the event and their perceptions of crowding to distinguish whether festival attendees had higher tolerances of crowding at a nature-based event within a national park. This study implemented an online survey and phone interviews to distinguish what factors at the Fireflies Festival bolster or degrade visitor experiences and to gauge perceptions of current and future management actions. Moreover, this study sought to understand visitor motivations to attend BBNEs and employed the novelty-seeking and event (festival) motivations scales. This study expands on night recreation research and fills in some of the literature gap on nighttime event management in a national park setting.


2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (18) ◽  
pp. 7337
Author(s):  
Angel Geovanni Ambrosio Arias ◽  
Jesús Jaime Moreno Escobar ◽  
Ricardo Tejeida Padilla ◽  
Oswaldo Morales Matamoros

The use of virtual and immersion technologies has expanded considerably due to their impact on user experience, economy, knowledge, and sustainable conservation of cultural heritage according to studies conducted in various parts of the world in different disciplines (architecture, economy, entertainment, health, tourism, etc.), including on tourism in Mexico. These technologies are used in some archaeological sites, but development and implementation are scarce due to the lack of economic strategies, infrastructure, and human capital, which are preventing the sustainable exploitation of those sites, although some of these sites have met the basic requirements for providing a better experience to visitors. However, these sites should be studied to propose integral solutions not only to improve the tourist experience, but also to assist in their protection, conservation, and sustainable development. Here, we used knowledge from the soft systems methodology and the hologram generation system to generate proposals to solve the problem described. The result is a sustainable historical-cultural model based on the systemic approach, whose objective is to positively impact the visitor experience while maintaining harmony with the environment.


2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roxanne Khan ◽  
Shamam Saleem ◽  
Michelle Lowe

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore attitudes towards, and victimisation experiences of, “honour”-based violence (HBV) in a reportedly vulnerable population in the UK. Design/methodology/approach A convenience sample of 216 participants were recruited from a local community in England; the majority were young (mean age=21.93), Indian or Pakistani (85 per cent), Muslim (96 per cent), females (67 per cent). Findings Although gender differences were found for attitudes towards one aspect of HBV (namely, forced marriage), these were not significant. While HBV victimisation affected only a small proportion of this sample, when it was reported, the effects were serious and included anxiety, attempted suicides and running away from home. This highlights the need to identify and safeguard vulnerable groups without stigmatising whole communities. Originality/value These findings contribute to the scarce literature available on HBV in British communities, and highlight a need for culturally aware emergency and health service provision.


2010 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 405-433 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emmanouil Mentzakis ◽  
Patricia Stefanowska ◽  
Jeremiah Hurley

AbstractPolicy debate about funding criteria for drugs used to treat rare, orphan diseases is gaining prominence. This study presents evidence from a discrete choice experiment using a convenience sample of university students to investigate individual preferences regarding public funding for drugs used to treat rare diseases and common diseases. This pilot study finds that: other things equal, the respondents do not prefer to have the government spend more for drugs used to treat rare diseases; that respondents are not willing to pay more per life year gained for a rare disease than a common disease; and that respondents weigh relevant attributes of the coverage decisions (e.g. costs, disease severity and treatment effectiveness) similarly for both rare and common diseases. The results confirm the importance of severity and treatment effectiveness in preferences for public funding. Although this is the first study of its kind, the results send a cautionary message regarding the special treatment of orphan drugs in coverage decision-making.


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