scholarly journals Satisfaction of Indigenous Tourism from Residents’ Perspective: A Case Study in Nantou County, Taiwan

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chu Chu Liao ◽  
Ying-Xing Lin ◽  
Huey-Hong Hsieh
Keyword(s):  
Path Analysis ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Explanatory Power ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Duration Of Residence ◽  
Local Residents ◽  
Indigenous Tourism

This study focused on indigenous residents’ satisfaction of tourism development. We used sociocultural preservation (SP), economic benefits (EB), environmental protection (EP) and environmental devastation (ED) as indicators to examine residents’ satisfaction following tourism development in an indigenous area. The present study interviewed 391 indigenous residents located in two indigenous villages located in Nantou County, Taiwan, aged 20–70 (174 men and 217 women). The findings showed that most of the participants were satisfied with SP, EB and EP and revealed differences among birthplace, duration of residence, occupation groups regarding SP, EB and EP. Two types of groups (people born locally and residing for more than 15 years) reported higher satisfaction of SP, EB and EP. In addition, path analysis found SP, BE, EP and ED had explanatory power of tourism development satisfaction with R2 = 0.692. Since tourism development in indigenous areas has significant impact on local residents, this development should consider not only the economic benefits but also sociocultural preservation and environmental protection to meet the expectations of local indigenous residents.

Can Environmental Protection in Ecological Functional Zones Break Free from the Constraints of Focusing Just on Economic Benefits? — A Case Study of the Plateau Ecological Zone’s Tiamitcheen

2018 ◽  
Vol 06 (03) ◽  
pp. 1850018
Author(s):  
Wei JIANG
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Assessment System ◽  
Tibet Plateau ◽  
Ecological Protection ◽  
Functional Zones

Following the 2015 publication and revision of the 2008 National Ecological Functional Division, China, in 2017, added 240 counties (cities, districts, and banners) to its national key ecological functional zone system. Ecological functional zones, in practice, are often caught in a dilemma between environmental protection and economic development, with actions aimed at the promotion of locally-based economic advances frequently conflicting with the goals of ecological functional divisions. To investigate this dilemma, the paper selected Tiamitcheen County in the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau, a key ecological function zone, as the site for a field investigation, case study. The primary methodologies applied in this study included a questionnaire survey and in-depth interviews. Based on the observation of three main reasons for the dilemma between environmental protection and economic development, the author proposed that ecological functional zones should be further subdivided based on the National Ecological Functional Division according to the zones’ respective characteristics at the local level. More efforts should also go into better specifying the scope of ecological “red lines”, and to the demarcation of the boundaries of ecological functional core zones, buffer zones, and experimental zones. This would help in the formulation of local development planning, while at the same time increasing the support directed to ecological protection zones. In addition, “differentiated” and “greening” zoning assessment mechanisms should also be fully implemented, whereby different assessment factors and weights are established according to the characteristics of the different functional zones. An expanded array of economic indicators should also be delineated, which more specifically indicates the differences between ecological functional zones and other functional zones. This would, via a “differentiated” and “green” assessment system, help to ease the conflicts arising between local governments’ efforts at both economic promotion and ecological protection. Within ecological functional zones, it would also encourage local governments to break through the need to adhere strictly to efforts at economic promotion so as to ensure ecological security.

scholarly journals Challenges and Prospects of Solid Waste Management in Rural Tourism Areas in China

2021 ◽  
Vol 251 ◽  
pp. 02082
Author(s):  
Ying Guo ◽  
Ping Wang ◽  
Dongliang Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Living Standards ◽  
Rural Tourism ◽  
Domestic Waste

Rapidly developing rural tourism in the vast rural areas brings economic benefits and also produces waste increment; at the same time, with the improvement of living standards, the increase of waste in rural areas is not low, which has become an essential issue of ecological, environmental protection. This paper discusses China’s rural tourism development, the difficulties of domestic waste management in rural tourism areas and puts forward suggestions for improvement based on analysis.

scholarly journals Adapted Reuse of Cultural Heritage & Atmosphere-Making in Lingnan Impression Park

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yifeng Wen
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Energy Saving ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Heritage Conservation ◽  
Integrated Strategies ◽  
Cultural Heritage Conservation ◽  
Combined Strategy

In this article Lingnan Impression Park is taken as case study to research on integrated strategies of cultural heritage conservation with the purpose of its adapted reuse. In process exploitation, a combined strategy reusing architecture heritage is adopted, to produce an atmosphere of traditional Lingnan (Cantonese) culture for tourism development. This strategy has advantages for material recycle, construction energy saving and environmental protection, but arising an issue concerning heritage’s authenticity. It is regarded that it must be adopted a cultural ecology’s views to deal with the concept of authenticity especially in circumstance of heritage reuse with tourism exploitation.

scholarly journals Residents' Perceptions of Economic Impacts of Tourism Development in Vrnjačka Banja, Serbia

2021 ◽  
Vol 95 ◽  
pp. 01006
Author(s):  
Nataša Đorđević ◽  
Snežana Milićević
Keyword(s):  
Economic Impacts ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Know How ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Local Residents

Research background: Tourism has become a favorable industry for many countries, considering the benefits it generates. The important part in reaching sustainability in tourism is to know how the local population perceives the effects of tourism. Tourism brings economic benefits, and on the other side it involves some economic costs, including government costs for infrastructure to better serve tourists, costs for local residents such as increased prices of goods and services, real estate, it generates seasonal unemployment, etc. Purpose of the article: The aim of this study is to investigate how residents perceive the economic impacts of tourism development in Vrnjačka Banja. Methods: Methods: The survey method was used to collect primary data. Data were processed by SPSS Statistics 23. The 14 defined statements of the economic impacts of tourism were subjected to Factor analysis. The internal consistency of the sample was carried out the Cronbach alpha coefficient. Findings & Value added: Results indicate that respondents perceive those impacts as more positive. Giving the fact that no research can be found in the scientific literature about how residents perceive the economic benefits and cost of tourism development in spa destinations, this study contributes to this field of study.

scholarly journals Do locals benefit from being in the ‘tourist capital’? Views from Livingstone, Zambia

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 333-345
Author(s):  
Bridget Bwalya-Umar ◽  
Kabwe H Mubanga
Keyword(s):  
Tourism Development ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
The State ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Household Level ◽  
Key Informant ◽  
General Improvement ◽  
Local Residents ◽  
Sociocultural Effects ◽  
The City

This study used 268 household and 13 key informant interviews to get the views of Livingstone city residents on economic, environmental and sociocultural effects of tourism on local households and the city. Results show very few economic benefits at household level with residents perceiving big tourism-related businesses, the state and its officials to be the main beneficiaries. Although tourists were commended for helping vulnerable residents, they were blamed for contributing to prostitution and diseases by local residents; and were targeted for petty thefts by unemployed youths. Sociocultural effects of tourism are significant for residents but are routinely ignored or glossed over by tourism development practitioners. Tourism had resulted in a general improvement in the city environs. It is concluded that tourism development projects must target increased benefits for residents to increase benevolent attitudes from them towards tourism in their city, and to ensure a more sustainable variant of tourism is achieved in the tourist capital.

scholarly journals RESIDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF SUSTAINABLE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BRDA, SLOVENIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
pp. 21-36
Keyword(s):  
Economic Activity ◽  
Sustainable Tourism ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Sustainable Tourism Development ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Local Residents ◽  
Ongoing Monitoring

The concept of sustainable tourism development presupposes constant endeavour, ongoing monitoring, and improvement of all stakeholders involved in order to minimize the negative and maximize the positive effects of tourism. The authors of the paper examine a case study of the area of Goriška Brda (municipality of Brda), located in the western part of Slovenia along the border with Italy, where the predominant (traditional) economic activity is agriculture, and more recently tourism as well. The question is whether the development of tourism in Brda has been sustainable, and how it has affected the life of the local population. What are the perceptions of the local residents of the various effects of tourism in their municipality? Analysis of the state of tourism and a survey research on a representative sample of the local population highlighted predominantly positive influences and consequently positive perceptions. Many inhabitants of the Brda municipality are directly or indirectly dependent on tourism, so they are willing to overlook or minimize the existing negative effects.

Perceived sociocultural impacts of tourism and community participation: A case study of Langkawi Island

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mastura Jaafar ◽  
S Mostafa Rasoolimanesh ◽  
Safura Ismail
Keyword(s):  
Community Participation ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Gender And Age ◽  
Negative Perceptions ◽  
Local Residents ◽  
The Relationship

Using partial least squares-structural equation modeling, we investigated the relationship between residents’ perceptions of the sociocultural impacts of tourism development and community participation in Pantai Cenang, Langkawi Island. We also investigated the moderating role of gender, age and education level on these relationships. The results revealed significant positive relationships between the positive and negative perceptions of residents and community participation; moreover, residents’ gender and age had a moderating effect on these relationships. These findings have implications for tourism development planners and government authorities seeking to expand the involvement of local residents in tourism developments.

scholarly journals Residents’ Perceptions of the Socio-cultural Impacts of Tourism: A Case Study of the Tokyo Sexwale Community in Jeffrey’s Bay, South Africa

2020 ◽  
pp. 232-245
Author(s):  
Hugh Bartis ◽  
Zolani Madlwabinga
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Quantitative Study ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Cultural Impacts ◽  
Policy Frameworks ◽  
Local Residents ◽  
Good Policy

The main aim of this study was to examine the residents’ perceptions of socio-cultural impacts in the Tokyo Sexwale community in Jeffrey’s Bay, South Africa. A quantitative study (n=400) was conducted to determine the Tokyo Sexwale residents’ perceptions of the socio-cultural impacts of tourism in Jeffrey’s Bay. The findings indicated that local residents have noted positive and negative socio-cultural impacts in their community and Jeffrey’s Bay at large, as a result of the growth in tourism. In addition, the findings also revealed that the majority of the respondents were knowledgeable in terms of what tourism was all about and its impact on the community. The implications of this study are that local government and specifically the local tourism authority, despite all the good policy frameworks in South Africa, fail to consider the community as a key stakeholder in tourism development. So even though a community may be knowledgeable about tourism and its potential to bring about change, they may not necessarily be engaged as a stakeholder and included in tourism initiatives.

Environment and atmosphere of night tourism based on the local wisdom: A case study of Berastagi

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Selly Veronica ◽  
Nurlisa Ginting ◽  
AmyMarisa
Keyword(s):  
Field Observation ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Tourist Destination ◽  
Innovative Strategy ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Social Environmental ◽  
Descriptive Method

Night tourism development comes up as an innovative strategy for tourism development in this current intense competition. There are four main elements in night tourism, namely economic, social, environmental, and night atmosphere. Berastagi is the most popular tourist destination in Karo Regency, Sumatera Utara, Indonesia, which already have night tourism destination but unfortunately undeveloped yet. Night tourism development in Berastagi must be with the local wisdom approach to maximize its benefit. Karonese as the majority ethnic of the local community in this area potential to be developed on its night tourism. This paper only analyzes the environmental and night atmosphere aspects in Berastagi’s night tourism, which based on local wisdom. Qualitative primary data from field observation and depth interview results have been analyzed by using the descriptive method. The study shows that involving local wisdom in developing the environment and night atmosphere can give the typical identity for the night tourism in Berastagi.Night Tourism

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