• Journal of Smart Tourism
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.21-32
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• 2022

This paper shows light on the concept of smart tourism destination as a future of tourism development, especially in the context of problems associated with developing countries. This study substantiates the case of smart tourism development in mountain destinations as an affordable and needed future of the contemporary era. This conceptual study is based on secondary literature on Smart Cities, Smart Tourism Destinations, and Tourism in Himachal Pradesh. The Indian state of Himachal Pradesh has been considered as a study area to acknowledge major tourism-related challenges, especially in mountain locations. Consequently, the dots are connected between existing challenges and solutions that smart tourism holds. It turns out that for the development of mountain tourism destinations such as Himachal Pradesh in the Indian Himalayas, investments in smart infrastructure are required. By developing smart infrastructure, a new USP can be made, a supportive environment for new local businesses, new employment opportunities, enhanced tourist experience and an overall raised standard of living for locals. Considering all factors, it leads to a highly competitive tourism destination. All tourism destinations located in the Himalayan mountains show somewhat the same tourism challenges as Himachal Pradesh, India. Therefore, this paper brightens the path of destination planners towards the development agenda of smart tourism destinations and shows how smart tourism infrastructure can be deployed for better management of tourism destinations.

• Journal of Smart Tourism
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.9-17
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• 2021

Smart tourism research and development have mainly focused on the benefits of smart tourism technologies to certain stakeholders with transactional relationships in destinations. However, smart technologies in destinations could also cause several negative outcomes, leading to social, ethical, and moral issues. Such issues arise from the power imbalance between different stakeholders of smart tourism development. To mitigate the adverse effects of smart technologies, destinations need to enunciate the essential moral and ethical principles when developing smart tourism. Therefore, adopting descriptive and normative approaches to stakeholder theory, this paper proposes a framework to showcase several methods to address the issues.

• International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.255-262
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• 2020

Recently, medical tourism is recognized as a high value-added industry because of its longer period of stay and higher expenditure than general tourism. In particular, although the number of medical tourists visiting Korea is increasing, the perception of Korean medical services is low. The purpose of this paper is to develop the app which, based on medical tourism type, recommends tourism destinations. Additionally, this proposed app can expand general tourism as well. It can provide tourists with medical information easily by sorting types tourists. Besides, as medical tourists normally stay long, we can take the advantage of post-treatment time. This app collects medical information data and tourist destination data, and categorizes the types of medical tourists into four categories: disease medical tourism, traditional medical tourism, cosmetic medical tourism, and recreational medical tourism. It provides medical information according to each type and recommends customized tourist destinations. User-based collaborative filtering is applied for tourist destination recommendations.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.1043-1053
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• 2021

The purpose of this research is to investigate the impacts of gen-Z's perception of consumer-generated content on social media on their travel intention with the mediating role of travel motivation push and pull. An online questionnaire survey of a total of 369 samples was conducted with the participation of gen Z in the most important cities across Vietnam. The model was analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) using AMOS program 22 to investigate model relationships and all hypotheses are significant. The findings indicated that gen Z values the usefulness of social media and they use social media for knowledge-seeking (push factor), and this leads to their intention to visit a destination. SEM analysis also reveals that gen Z tends to use social media to find accessibility to any destinations and they are motivated highly with destinations that have clear and easy access, for example, no visa requirement or neighboring destinations. As the result, they have better intentions to visit these destinations. This research will help marketers, especially marketing specialists to gain a better understanding of gen Z, thus implement better marketing techniques to target gen Z.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.213-223
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• 2021

The objectives of this study are (1) to describe the changes in the tourism industry that have occurred due to COVID-19; (2) explain the adaptation strategies of tourism industry stakeholders to maintain the resilience of Tanjung Puting tourism destination during the COVID-19 pandemic, and (3) explain the government's strategy in supporting tourism industry stakeholders to maintain the sustainability of Tanjung Puting tourism destinations during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is qualitative research; data was collected through in-depth interviews and the collection of published documents or information related to the Tanjung Puting tourism destination. The data analysis technique used in this study was interactive analysis. The results of the study found that the COVID-19 pandemic caused the tourism industry to experience dormancy, tourism stakeholders who lost income, switched to other sectors and looked for other alternative jobs. Tourism workers are currently doing jobs outside the tourism sector to survive, but when tourism is running normally, will return to their main jobs. The strategy undertaken by the government is to build resilience at the meso level, focusing on tourism destinations. The findings of this study suggest that tourism industry players are required to be creative and innovative in facing this pandemic.

• 농촌계획
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.111-120
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• 2009

The purpose of this study was to analyze the lifestyles of tourists visiting rural experience tourist destinations and the influential relations of the attributes to affect rural experience tourism. The research findings show that the lifestyles of tourists had significant impacts on their preference for rural experience programs(0.2502/3.0l2). Second, their lifestyles had also significant impacts on the need for rural experience tourist destinations(5.039/3.363). Third, their preference for rural experience programs had significant influences on their intentions for revisits(0.386/3.l60). Fourth, their preference for rural experience programs had significant influences on their intentions for word of mouth(1.448/8.073). Fifth, their need for rural experience tourist destinations had significant impacts on their intentions for revisits(1.940/5.594). And finally, their need for rural experience tourist destinations had no significant influences on their intentions for word of mouth(-1.0611-1.421). According to the analysis results of the regression coefficient of the measuring model, enjoying leisure(1.130/6.775) and pursuing health(1.110/9.001) were large influential factors in lifestyle; pursuing learning(1.47317.946) was the biggest influential factor in preference for rural experience programs; and a natural environment(1.220/8.990) was the biggest influential factor in the need for rural experience tourist destinations.

• 한국조경학회지
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.53-61
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• 2010

본 연구는 이용객의 올바르지 못한 행위로 일어나는 관광지의 훼손을 방지하기 위해 공원녹지 분야의 이용자 관리 중 커뮤니케이션 기법의 이용 관리에 관한 정보 제공을 제시하고 이를 도입하기 전 관광지에서의 적용 가능성을 살펴보고자 하였다. 그와 더불어 관광지 관리 및 훼손행위 규제, 훼손행위 감소를 위한 이용자관리 수용 여부 등 이용자관리에 관한 관광객의 인식을 파악하였다. 본 연구결과에 따르면 이용객들은 관광지 훼손의 심각성을 인지하며, 훼손행위가 관광지 만족도에 영향을 미침에 따라 규제의 필요성에 대해 긍정적으로 대답하였다. 특히, 이용 관리 정보와 관련하여 이용 관리 정보 제공 유무에 따라 자원훼손에 대한 책임인식이 다른 것으로 나타났는데, 정보를 제공받은 집단이 제공받지 못한 집단에 비하여 환경 및 자원훼손에 대한 책임인식이 높게 나타나 앞으로 자원훼손 예방에 있어 이용 관리 정보가 중요한 요인으로 파악되었다. 또한, 그와 더불어 이용자 관리 중 법적 규제, 관리사무소의 계도 등도 적극적으로 수용할 것으로 나타나 앞으로 관광지 차원의 이용자 관리방안 정립이 필요한 것으로 나타났다.

• 토지주택연구
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.23-38
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• 2022

최근 도시관광이 도시경쟁력의 주요 지표로 평가됨에 따라 관광지로서의 도시기능 강화에 관심을 집중하고 있다. 오늘날 수많은 오래된 원도심은 산업화와 도시화 과정에서 인구감소, 전통산업의 소멸, 생활환경 악화 등의 사회현상으로 고통 받고 있으며, 이러한 현상은 도시기능을 저하시키고 도시경쟁력을 약화시키고 있다. 따라서 쇠퇴하는 도시는 도시기능 강화를 통한 도시경쟁력 회복방안 마련이 필연적이다. 이러한 추세를 반영하여, 본 연구는 쇠퇴한 도시의 물리적 공간과 역사적, 사회문화적 자산을 감성적 관광목적지 콘텐츠로 발굴하여 사회문화적 도시재생을 통한 구도심 경쟁력회복에 초점을 맞추었다. 감성적 도시재생 관광지는 일반 관광지와 달리 과거와 현재, 미래가 공존하는 시간적 관점을 갖고 있다. 본 연구는 관광자의 관광행동 분석을 통해 도시재생관광지의 개발전략을 위해, 감성적 도시재생관광지 관광자의 시간적 관점, 관광 만족도, 행동의도 간의 영향관계를 규명하고자 하였다. 이를 위해, 감성적 도시재생관광지를 방문한 관광객을 대상으로 획득한 자료로, 분석에 필요한 구성변인을 추출하여 구조방정식모형(SEM)을 이용한 변인간 구조관계를 실증분석을 실시하였다. 그 결과 도시재생관광지를 찾는 관광객들의 가장 중요한 관광행태 결정에 영향을 미치는 요인은 과거의 소중한 추억에서 비롯된 과거지향적 시간관으로 분석되었다. 본 연구 결과는 도시관광, 도시재생 관광, 도시재생관광목적지 관광이라는 학술적 연구분야 확장에 기여할 것이다. 이와 동시에 도시재생사업의 계획수립과 도시재생지역의 관광 콘텐츠 개발을 통한 쇠퇴도시의 지속가능한 발전전략을 수립에 실무적으로도 활용될 수 있을 것이다.

• 농촌계획
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.139-155
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• 2015

This study was conducted to effectively develop rural tourism in Korea. For the purpose, tourism that can develop with local industries and cultures together was designated as life-type tourism and development models of such tourism were reviewed based on an understanding that province-oriented tourism is necessary. An analysis of three actual cases of Japan led to following results. First, life-type tourist destinations can be developed in connection with making local areas based on their special themes, can be developed in relation to their life cultures based on their peculiar life cultures and can be developed in creative forms using characteristic environment and organizational culture of those areas. In pursuing life-type tourist attractions, it will be possible to make practical development using it with those three basic models. Second, it is important to form a flow covering the entire regions based on their own special themes, to build cyclical structure of regions and tourism and tourism and industries and to create overall conditions that can help local residents get benefits and join together, in order to develop such life-type tourist destinations. Development of life-type resort tourist destinations needs roles of practical organizations that can effectively manage them, but such organizations should be dynamic and should be distant from management of money as much as possible.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제7권8호
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• pp.361-369
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• 2020

This study investigates the influence of community involvement on the destination sustainability for community destinations and spiritual destinations in Vietnam. Community involvement is measured by two constructs, which are community attachment and residents' support. A structural questionnaire consisting of 41 observation variables measured on a 5-point Likert scale was used to survey households who live in a spiritual destination in An Giang province and three community destinations in Lang Son province with the help of local tour guides and Youth Union. 168 out of 200 responses collected were valid for multivariate data analysis. The results of confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and structural equation modeling (SEM) reveal three main findings. Firstly, community attachment has a direct effect on both perceived benefits and destination sustainability. Secondly, while residents' support has a direct effect on perceived benefits, it indirectly affects destination sustainability. Finally, community destinations have a higher level of sustainability than the spiritual destination. Based on those findings, this study proposed three suggestions for local authorities, policymakers, and residents to improve the sustainable development of their local tourism destinations, including (1) diversifying local tourism products, (2) encouraging the community participation in tourism development programs, and (3) increasing in the expected benefits in local tourism development policies.