The rise of new business tourism destinations in many developingeconomies of the world is researched in the article. Destination's internal qualitiesare the key aspects in tourism development. There are the attractiveness,infrastructure, accessibility and services of the destination. In a competitive marketenvironment every company (not only tourist one) can meet the demand of themarket and achieve profitability by using marketing tools. It is very important to thetourist companies to cooperate with the government and work in the tourism industryon the higher level. It can help to improve not only financial indicators of the country,but also influence greatly on the image of the country in the world. At the same time,tourist companies should be oriented on the following marketing functions: theanalyses of the market opportunities; the choice of perspective target market; thedesignation of tourist product; the retail of tourist product; the promotion of touristproduct; the participation of realization of national, regional, local concepts oftourism marketing development. Also incentive tours were classified on suchcategories: by the number of participants; by the place of the event; by the objective;by the purpose; the elements of destination attractiveness were defined.
The rise of new business tourism destinations in many developingeconomies of the world is researched in the article. Destination's internal qualitiesare the key aspects in tourism development. There are the attractiveness,infrastructure, accessibility and services of the destination. In a competitive marketenvironment every company (not only tourist one) can meet the demand of themarket and achieve profitability by using marketing tools. It is very important to thetourist companies to cooperate with the government and work in the tourism industryon the higher level. It can help to improve not only financial indicators of the country,but also influence greatly on the image of the country in the world. At the same time,tourist companies should be oriented on the following marketing functions: theanalyses of the market opportunities; the choice of perspective target market; thedesignation of tourist product; the retail of tourist product; the promotion of touristproduct; the participation of realization of national, regional, local concepts oftourism marketing development. Also incentive tours were classified on suchcategories: by the number of participants; by the place of the event; by the objective;by the purpose; the elements of destination attractiveness were defined.
The mission of Terengganu Tourism Department is to attract and increase tourists so that they will spend on the increased attractiveness and delivery of high-quality services, create an unforgettable experience, and make Terengganu a great destination. However, the last statistics proved that Terengganu is among the states that received a small number of domestic tourists, including tourism receipts, as compared to other states. Terengganu was ranked in the ninth place of visited domestic tourists and receipts in 2018. Therefore, this study aims to identify the underlying factors of destination attractiveness of Kuala Terengganu: assuring that the advertising strategies will use the best strategy which has been formulated to attract the groups of domestics' tourists to visit Kuala Terengganu. Data collection has been carried out using a Google Forms online questionnaire. A total of 90 respondents who had experience visiting Kuala Terengganu were involved in this study. The method of Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) divided destination attractiveness construct into three factors namely 1) recreation, leisure and amenities; 2) accessible and; 3) attractions. The findings of this study are very useful to marketing practitioners in designing promotional campaigns of destination attractiveness towards Kuala Terengganu.
Purpose – In gaining competitive advantage in the tourism context, Bandung City needs a good marketing strategy. This study aims to determine the influence of destination attractiveness on destination attachment and its impact on tourist sustainable behavior in Bandung, West Java. Design/methodology/approach – This study used a descriptive verification approach. The number of samples is 151 tourists who were randomly selected using incidental techniques. The data analysis is carried out using SEM with Amos 22 software. The data were collected through questionnaire, notes and publication, and literature study. Findings – The results of this study indicate that the attraction given by a destination directly influences tourists to make return visits. Destination attractiveness has an influence on destination attachment. This study also found that the mediating effect of the tourist destination attachment on the relationship between destination attractiveness and sustainable behavior is very small. Research limitations/implications – Future research is suggested to consider other variables that are able to mediate the influence of tourist attraction on return visits or sustainable behavior. Practical implications – As destination attractiveness positively affects sustainable behavior of tourist, this study provides insight for the government of Bandung city to make a good marketing strategy in order to create a competitive advantage in their destination. Originality/value – This study answers to the suggestion from previous studies to identify and examine the mediators relevant to the attitude-behavior relationship in the context of tourism research.
NOTE: Pages 133-134 are missing and there are 2 copies of page 31. see document This is an exploratory study that empirically examines the relationships between United States' tourism channel firms' power, African country destination's political risk events and touristic attributes and their effects on firm performance. Tourism channel firm performance is conceptualized as having five dimensions: the number of trips generated, repeat business, package tour sales, profits and new destinations. The link between these dependent variables and their relationship to channel power, destination attractiveness and political risk is the principal focus of this study. Data for the study were collected using a structured questionnaire mailed to the population of tour operator, travel agents and other destination marketing organizations, airline and hotel companies who are members of the Africa Travel Association (N=450) between December 1995 and February, 1996. One hundred and twenty nine respondents completed the survey, yielding a response rate of 28.6%. Nonrespondents were also profiled to ensure respondent representativeness. Data were analyzed using Factor Analysis and Multiple Regression. The results from factor analysis delineated tourism channel power into two main factor groupings - internalization power factors and technological power factors. The internalization power factors include the use of staffing, management, proprietary research and acquisition of supply firms as techniques used by U.S. tourism channel firms to dominate; while the technological factors used include expert systems, computerized communications and reservation systems. These factors explain 68.5% of the total variance. Three main factor groupings emerged from the factor analysis of touristic attributes in African destinations: (1) Natural resource factors, which constituted climatic, geographic, beach, floral and faunal stock, scenery, landscape, vegetation and wildlife activities; (2) Cultural/Ethnic factors, constituting tribal life, ethnic customs and historic monuments; (3) Activity factors - hunting safaris, local tribal life participation and local shopping .Overall, the total variance explained by these factors amount to 51.5%. Regarding the factor groupings for political nsk, two main factors emerged: (1) Regionalized Political Risk Events, constituting civil wars, revolution, coups detat, factional conflicts, border conflicts and the like; (2) Globalized Political Risk Events- high inflation rates, high external debt ratio, profit repatriation restriction, and negative world public opinion among others. These factors account for 70.8% of the total variance. Overall, five models emerged from the multiple regression procedure, constituting each of the individual dependent variables of performance: trip generation, repeat business, package tours, profits new destinations. The overall model for the dependent variable of percentage of trips generated was found to be statistically significant. Furthermore, this model explains 34.7% of the total variance for trips generated by United Statess tourism channel firms to Africa. The model of the dependent variable of repeat business reveals that only 29.5% of the variance is explained by the dependent variable. Furthermore, the model is not statistically significant. The model depicting the dependent variable of package tours and the individual independent variables explains 47.2% of the variance, and is statistically significant. The multiple regression model for the dependent variable of number of new destinations entered in Africa constitutes the fifth model. The overall model explains 45.85% of the total variance, and is highly significant. However, of all the factors included in the model regionalized political risk factors appears to affect new destinations negatively. ; Ph. D.
Purpose This study aims to explore the impact of tourists' perceptions of two rural destination attractiveness dimensions on tourists' environmentally responsible behavioral intentions (ERBI). Further, the mediating effects of tourists' green self-identity on the relationship between the perception of rural destination attractiveness and ERBI are investigated.
Design/methodology/approach This study collected survey data from 188 tourists who had visiting experiences in rural attractions located in the Guangdong Province of China. Partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) was used to test the proposed hypotheses.
Findings The results found that rural destination specialty fresh food attractiveness perceived by tourists was positively associated with their ERBI. Moreover, tourists' green self-identity positively mediated the perception of rural destination attractiveness and ERBI.
Originality/value This study explains how the tourists' perceptions of two rural destination attractiveness dimensions influence their ERBI. By exploring the mediating role of tourists' green self-identity, this study also emphasizes the transforming mechanism from tourists' perceived experience to their ERBI. The study provides insights into nature-based tourism destination management and sustainability practices.
Business location criteria and destination attractiveness have been widely studied a) in international business research and b) in tourism research. By contrast, studies about the attractiveness of tourism destinations as possible business locations for sport manufacturing companies have barely been examined. In order to contribute to closing this research gap, the present quantitative study provides insights based on destination attractiveness by analysing sport, tourism, and specific economic attractiveness variables (conducted in the German-speaking Alps; N=119 sport manufacturing companies; based on the Competitiveness Theory of Porter). These variables are represented by nine factors measured by 36 items considered pertinent for alpine tourism destinations. This quantitative study offers an approach to the analysis of attractiveness factors specifically in the context of location decisions by sport manufacturing companies. Results show that 1) sport-specific factors like "Sport Events" and "Sport & Infrastructure" influence a sport manufacturing business's choice of location, 2) cross-cultural differences were identified relating to the importance of specific factors. Furthermore, implications for governments and destination managers were derived, allowing conclusions about competitive advantages. Based on the results, benchmarking destinations and benchmarking initiatives can be identified for the future.
Business location criteria and destination attractiveness have been widely studied a) in international business research and b) in tourism research. By contrast, studies about the attractiveness of tourism destinations as possible business locations for sport manufacturing companies have barely been examined. In order to contribute to closing this research gap, the present quantitative study provides insights based on destination attractiveness by analysing sport, tourism, and specific economic attractiveness variables (conducted in the German-speaking Alps; N=119 sport manufacturing companies; based on the Competitiveness Theory of Porter). These variables are represented by nine factors measured by 36 items considered pertinent for alpine tourism destinations. This quantitative study offers an approach to the analysis of attractiveness factors specifically in the context of location decisions by sport manufacturing companies. Results show that 1) sport-specific factors like "Sport Events" and "Sport & Infrastructure" influence a sport manufacturing businesss choice of location, 2) cross-cultural differences were identified relating to the importance of specific factors. Furthermore, implications for governments and destination managers were derived, allowing conclusions about competitive advantages. Based on the results, benchmarking destinations and benchmarking initiatives can be identified for the future. ; (VLID)5627250 ; Version of record
The study of large urban centers as tourist destinations is done from different perspectives. Their analysis is important since they are carriers of important features for selecting the destination and its attractiveness. These arguments form the basis for defining the concept of "urban tourist destination" and define approaches that are relevant to the formation of conceptual and practical models to measure its attractiveness. The paper examines the different methods of measuring the attractiveness of the urban tourist destination. An emphasis is placed on research methodology based on the Global Power Index. An overview of the results of the application of this method is made and the ranking of the ten most attractive urban tourist destinations in the world for the period 2014-2016 is analyzed.
The destination attractiveness is an expression of territory attractiveness in relation to the decision- making process of its visitors. It plays a key role in determination of destination's competitive advantage; subsequently it influences the economic effects resulting from goods and services consumption in its territory. In scientific literature a significant attention has been paid to this concept for several decades. The aim of this paper was to examine destination attractiveness of Slovakia in terms of the most important tourism source markets demand – Visegrad countries' inhabitants, representing 80% share of the overall visitation of Slovakia. The attractiveness analysis results in terms of satisfied demand suggest that Slovakia is attractive to 4% of the V4 countries' population who visit it on average once a year, that is, to 14% of the V4 countries' population, who undertake one over-night stay per year on average. Slovakia is extremely attractive to the Czechs thanks to its proximity, common political history and non- existing language barrier; however, it remains unattractive to other V4 countries inhabitants. In terms of potential demand, Slovakia meets the ideal destination expectations of 70–71% of V4 countries population, which means it is strongly attractive to them. The Poles find it the most attractive while Hungarian and Czech residents find it less attractive. Slovakia's own inhabitants appreciate this tourism destination the least. They particularly criticize lack of quality services, negative attitude toward customers and high prices which do not correspond with the quality of services. Slovak respondents find the natural beauties of their own country most attractive. Such an evaluation is common for the Czech and Hungarian respondents too. According to the Polish respondents, the most attractive in Slovakia is the positive attitude of local population. They evaluate sports and recreational facilities and activities extremely positively. The inhabitants of Slovakia, Hungary and Poland find Slovakia much more attractive from the point of view of perceived destination attractiveness than in terms of satisfied demand attractiveness. Thus, there is a large gap for visitation increase, but also for perception improvement of Slovakia as a tourism destination. In the case of the Czech market, the attractiveness of Slovakia in terms of satisfied demand is very strong, and it is necessary to maintain this positive fact. In this connection the innovations and their promotion on relevant markets may be decisive. And thus the position of tourism as a tool for economic, social and cultural development of the country can be enhanced.
Iconic destinations are benchmarks for tourism development, but their effects on the environment are debatable. To highlight the tourism attractiveness factors of sustainability in the world's most visited destinations, we applied clustering and multiple regression to specific indicators for the period 2000–2020. We observed a relatively high heterogeneity in terms of sustainability, with destinations split into four clusters: C1 (France, Spain, Italy, Germany and UK), C2 (Mexico and Thailand), C3 (USA, China) and C4 (Turkey). Unsustainable factors in all destinations include the industry and construction sector, social insecurity, inflation and transport services development. Renewable energy consumption is sustainable, while economic growth, education and tourism indicators have antagonistic effects. The effects of tourism attractiveness factors on the environment have decision-making implications at all levels. The novelty of this analysis lies in the tourism attractiveness factors examined, and the results can help shape tourism development policies in balance with structural policies such as energy and environment.
