{"title":"Tourism businesses management practices in the Plateau State, Nigeria, during the ‘new normal’: A chaos theory approach","authors":"Tina Odinakachi Iirmdu, R. Donaldson","doi":"10.58683/sp.500","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58683/sp.500","url":null,"abstract":"Due to the COVID-19 pandemic businesses in the travel and tourism industry were pushed to the edge of chaos and bifurcation and restrictions resulted in unprecedented and far-reaching impacts. Using a qualitative method, chaos theory is applied to investigate 24 tourism business managers in Plateau State in Nigeria on the business management practices employed for their businesses to promote tourism activities following the post-pandemic reopening of tourism businesses. Results reveal that most of the tourism businesses survived the pandemic with businesses gradually ‘bouncing back’ due to human resources and the overhauling of business operations. Bifurcation caused tourism businesses to be on paths that led to their closure (destruction), while some gained new market segments thanks to reorganization to reach self-organization facilitated by strange attractors. The incorporation of chaos theory in business management practices during the pandemic further confirms that crises are complex and unpredictable.","PeriodicalId":33810,"journal":{"name":"Studia Periegetica","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46989771","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Selected Aspects of Tourist Activity Among People Suffering from Celiac Disease","authors":"Karolina Korbiel","doi":"10.58683/sp.562","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58683/sp.562","url":null,"abstract":"The article aims to analyse the tourism activity of people suffering from celiac disease and to distinguish the behaviour patterns of such consumers while identifying barriers that make it difficult or even impossible to participate in some tourist services, and indicating practical solutions for hotels and catering facilities that could help build a competitive advantage. The research was carried out using the survey and netnography. The results showed that people with celiac disease or their legal guardians need to adapt their trips to special nutritional needs, associate travelling with an increased risk of disease symptom exacerbation and almost always experience discomfort related to special food needs during travelling. Based on the research results, as well as the analysed literature, it can be concluded that the basic factors facilitating travelling for people with celiac disease are the awareness and sensitivity of the staff and access to reliable information on the composition and method of preparing meals.","PeriodicalId":33810,"journal":{"name":"Studia Periegetica","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46732908","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Planning and Establishment Challenges of an Urban Ecotourism Destination in South Africa","authors":"Cal Burton, J. Rogerson","doi":"10.58683/sp.367","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58683/sp.367","url":null,"abstract":"Ecotourism is a major driver of tourism in rural, usually remote peripheral regions in several African countries including South Africa. The aim in this paper is to examine the planning and establishment challenges which surround the development of an urban ecotourism project in South Africa. The research focuses on the Dinokeng Game Reserve which is geographically located on the boundary of one of South Africa’s major metropolitan areas and situated in the country’s economic heartland. This ecotourism project offers a new niche product for urban tourism development. Using documentary sources as well as original interview material the paper analyses the key steps in the planning of this innovative urban tourism product. The study contributes to the growing tourism geography scholarship of South Africa and to the broader international literature on the role of distinctive niche products in urban tourism development in the Global South","PeriodicalId":33810,"journal":{"name":"Studia Periegetica","volume":"48 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71144563","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cele i formy aktywności polskich miast w mediach społecznościowych","authors":"P. Zawadzki, Piotr Gryszel","doi":"10.58683/sp.342","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58683/sp.342","url":null,"abstract":"Celem niniejszego opracowania jest określenie celów i form aktywności największych polskich miast w mediach społecznościowych oraz identyfikacja poziomu ich istotności w procesie komunikacji marketingowej. Dotychczas badania aktywności w mediach społecznościowych dotyczyły głównie przedsiębiorstw. Zmiany technologiczne i komunikacyjne oraz wynikająca z nich łatwość dostępu do informacji spowodowały, że polskie miasta stanęły przed wyzwaniem związanym ze zmianą ich aktywności informacyjnej, która w ostatnich latach przenoszona jest do mediów społecznościowych. W artykule podano definicję mediów społecznościowych, dokonano ich klasyfikacji oraz opisano aktywność w nich największych polskich miast. Metodą wywiadu bezpośredniego przeprowadzono badania z pracownikami Urzędów Miast w czterech największych polskich miast (Warszawa, Wrocław, Gdańsk oraz Kraków) odpowiedzialnymi za zarządzanie i prowadzenie oficjalnych serwisów społecznościowych. Źródłem informacji były dane wtórne uzyskane z największych serwisów społecznościowych, tj. Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, LinkedIn oraz TikTok, a także dane z raportu „Digital 2022” opracowanego przez firmę Hootsuite w 2022 roku.. W miastach badano głównie liczby obserwujących oficjalne profile społecznościowe, profile kierowane do turystów, a także profile prezydentów największych polskich miast. Znaczenie mediów społecznościowych w procesie komunikacji z mieszkańcami i turystami dostrzegana jest głównie przez duże miasta. Powoduje to, że miasta te zmieniają swoją aktywność, szczególnie w zakresie form komunikacji, które można umożliwiają bezpośredni kontakt z odbiorcami przekaz w mediach społecznościowych.","PeriodicalId":33810,"journal":{"name":"Studia Periegetica","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43213564","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"COVID-19, Domestic tourism and Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Zimbabwe","authors":"N. C. Shereni, Regis Musavengane, Erisher Woyo","doi":"10.58683/sp.501","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58683/sp.501","url":null,"abstract":"This study aims to determine the role of indigenous knowledge systems (IKS) in rejuvenating domestic tourism in the context of suppressed international tourism demand. The current study is premised on the thinking that COVID-19 has changed the way countries do tourism and domestic tourism is now recognised for its ability to help the recovery of the tourism industry post-COVID-19. The infusion of IKS in tourism strategies is seen as important in encouraging locals to visit destinations within their countries. The study is based on a review of the literature on the nexus between indigenous knowledge systems, domestic tourism and COVID-19. The study contributes to the existing literature on domestic tourism by suggesting possible solutions to the industry based on IKS. In light of recent COVID-19 events in the tourism industry at large, it is becoming extremely difficult to ignore the importance of domestic markets.","PeriodicalId":33810,"journal":{"name":"Studia Periegetica","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41506598","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Jodłowski, Z. Kruczek, Adam R. Szromek, K. Gmyrek
{"title":"Tourists’ Attitudes towards Visitor Management and Restrictions in the National Parks in the Carpathian Mountains","authors":"M. Jodłowski, Z. Kruczek, Adam R. Szromek, K. Gmyrek","doi":"10.58683/sp.385","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58683/sp.385","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of the survey was to determine visitors’ knowledge of the regulations, their attitudes towards them as well as the declared degree of compliance. The article offers a comparative analysis of visitor management regulations in four national parks in the Carpathian Mountains (Tatra, Pieniny, Babia Góra, Bieszczady) and reports results of a survey involving 403 tourists who visited the parks in July and August 2021. Restrictions on tourist traffic in the four national parks vary significantly. Tourists’ attitudes towards these restrictions were found to be generally positive, and most respondents said they followed all or most of them. However, these results are inconsistent with the reported knowledge of the restrictions: a considerable percentage of the respondents were not familiar with them.","PeriodicalId":33810,"journal":{"name":"Studia Periegetica","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41889022","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Protected Areas and Rural Livelihood: An overview of the Mediating role of Wildlife Tourism","authors":"J. Mgonja","doi":"10.58683/sp.345","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58683/sp.345","url":null,"abstract":"The present study contributes to the body of knowledge in protected areas conservation by exploring the role of nature based tourism in strengthening the relationship between protected areas and rural community. The paper draws largely from Sustainable Livelihood Framework. The study was carried out by analyzing peer-reviewed literature from published sources such as books, journal articles, conference proceedings and published documents from major international and national organisations. The analysis shows that majority of the scholars agree that benefits arising from protected areas tend to accrue largely to the international community, national governments and the private sector in the form of revenues from nature based tourism, while a large amount of conservation costs are borne by local communities living adjacent to protected areas. Without receiving significant benefits from tourism, local communities will continue to view wildlife as a threat to their livelihoods and develop resentments against conservation of protected areas","PeriodicalId":33810,"journal":{"name":"Studia Periegetica","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49421590","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Rural Tourism Under Apartheid South Africa: The Case of Transkei","authors":"Zinzisa Sixaba, C. Rogerson","doi":"10.58683/sp.379","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58683/sp.379","url":null,"abstract":"Rural tourism scholarship has greatly expanded over the past two decades. One aspect of rural tourism that is undeveloped in literature is the historical evolution of rural tourism destinations. This paper uses an historical approach and archival documentary sources to examine the evolution of rural tourism under apartheid in one of the former Bantustans of South Africa, namely Transkei. It is shown tourism became a sector of policy interest because of disappointments associated with national government programmes for industrial decentralization. Early tourism promotion centred on leisure tourism around the natural beauty and attractions of Transkei’s coastal areas. With the grant of ‘independence’, however, a new institutional environment emerged which resulted in the Transkei becoming a focus for casino tourism at a time when casino gambling was prohibited in South Africa. The growth of casino tourism was, however, linked to corruption which occurred between South African tourism capital and the leadership of this Bantustan.","PeriodicalId":33810,"journal":{"name":"Studia Periegetica","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45440297","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Elhaam Abrahams, Hilary Kennedy Nji Bama, Pavla Mokoena
{"title":"Motives for Participating in Study-Abroad Programmes and the Impact of the Pandemic on Selected Universities in South Africa","authors":"Elhaam Abrahams, Hilary Kennedy Nji Bama, Pavla Mokoena","doi":"10.58683/sp.554","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58683/sp.554","url":null,"abstract":"The article explores the motivations of students participating in study-abroad programmes and the effects of pandemic-related travel restrictions and associated regulations at three universities in South Africa. The author analyses the policies of universities in the Western Cape province regarding study-abroad programmes when pandemic restrictions were in place and once they were lifted. The discussion is based on quantitative data collected during a survey involving 75 foreign students and qualitative data obtained during interviews with 5 programme coordinators at the international offices of the selected universities. The majority of foreign students surveyed were from Europe. While anxieties and uncertainties exist, university representatives were found to be hopeful about the future of study-abroad programmes.","PeriodicalId":33810,"journal":{"name":"Studia Periegetica","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48208810","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"‘Transformation’ and Tourism Small Firm Development in South Africa: Evidence from Eastern Cape Province","authors":"Zinzisa Sixaba, C. Rogerson","doi":"10.58683/sp.378","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58683/sp.378","url":null,"abstract":"Since democratic change South Africa has pursued a series of programmes which are targeted at empowering groups and individuals who had been disadvantaged under apartheid. In the tourism sector government initiatives for ‘transformation’ include a commitment to promote new entrepreneurship opportunities for Black-owned small medium or micro-enterprises. This article examines the challenges facing transformation through a study of the constraints operating on Black-owned tourism enterprises in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province. The research is situated within the international literature on small firms in tourism and specifically the challenges of small tourism business development in the Global South. The analysis draws from a survey of 79 Black-owned accommodation establishments as well as semi-structured interviews with tourism entrepreneurs. The results reveal a range of constraints. In this resource-constrained environment several challenges around transformation relate to finance, human resources and knowledge which have been identified as limiting tourism small firm development both in the Global North and South. Other constraints speak to the specificities of the South African experience. Tourism entrepreneurs must confront certain historical legacies of the apartheid past as well as corruption practices which are widespread in the local tourism economy and must be acknowledged as obstacles for the advancement of transformation.","PeriodicalId":33810,"journal":{"name":"Studia Periegetica","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46019029","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}