TourismPub Date : 2021-12-22DOI: 10.37741/t.70.1.3
N. Erjavec, Kristina Devčić
{"title":"Accommodation Capacity, Trade Openness and International Tourism Demand in Croatia","authors":"N. Erjavec, Kristina Devčić","doi":"10.37741/t.70.1.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37741/t.70.1.3","url":null,"abstract":"This paper investigates the determinants of international tourism demand in Croatia, a country whose economy is heavily dependent on tourism. A particular focus is placed on the role of accommodation capacity and trade openness, two demand drivers that have\u0000been rarely examined in combination. Using the difference GMM estimator, a\u0000dynamic panel model of international tourism demand in Croatia is estimated,\u0000employing annual data for 16 tourism generating countries from 2007 to 2019.\u0000The results show that the lagged dependent variable, income, accommodation\u0000capacity, and exchange rate have a positive effect on international tourism\u0000demand, while the impact of relative prices and trade openness prove to be\u0000irrelevant in the Croatian context.","PeriodicalId":46641,"journal":{"name":"Tourism","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2021-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41862180","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}
TourismPub Date : 2021-12-22DOI: 10.37741/t.70.1.7
H. Polat, T. Çakmak, Aytuğ Arslan
{"title":"A Historical Review of Illegal Tour Guiding in Turkey","authors":"H. Polat, T. Çakmak, Aytuğ Arslan","doi":"10.37741/t.70.1.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37741/t.70.1.7","url":null,"abstract":"The tour guiding profession\u0000was much abused in the past\u0000while illegal guiding took place, and\u0000remains much the same nowadays. With the use of official documents, this\u0000paper outlines issues concerning illegal tour guiding from the past to the\u0000present. Document analysis as a qualitative research method was applied in this\u0000study. Archival research was carried out, and unpublished documents were analysed\u0000to contribute to the literature and shed light on the roots of illegal tour\u0000guiding. Archival data was combined with travel guidebooks, official reports,\u0000and court files. Despite regulations, problems concerning tour guiding continue\u0000to exist to the present day. More than ever before, illegal tour guides\u0000employed by travel agencies have become a threat to the employment of licenced\u0000guides. The number of illegal tour guides proves that current measures remain\u0000incapable of prohibiting illegal guiding activities. Touting seems to be the\u0000longstanding main motivation for illegal guides. Unethical guiding practices\u0000affect the established image of the destination country. From a historical\u0000perspective and underlining issues such as touting through unpublished archived\u0000documents and official reports, this paper contributes a detailed understanding\u0000of the defective points concerning the travel industry.","PeriodicalId":46641,"journal":{"name":"Tourism","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2021-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43971096","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}
TourismPub Date : 2021-12-22DOI: 10.37741/t.70.1.2
Mustafa Göktuğ Kaya, Stephen Taiwo Onifade, Ayhan Akpınar
{"title":"Terrorism and Tourism","authors":"Mustafa Göktuğ Kaya, Stephen Taiwo Onifade, Ayhan Akpınar","doi":"10.37741/t.70.1.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37741/t.70.1.2","url":null,"abstract":"The booming tourism sector in Turkey has resulted in major economic gains in terms\u0000of direct revenues to both government and private sectors alike. Turkey had more than 45 million visits in 2018, and top inbound arrivals were from Russia and European Union (EU) members, such as Germany, the United Kingdom, and Bulgaria, among others (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development [OECD], 2020). However, terrorism is becoming a challenge to tourism development. This study explores terrorism–tourism dynamics in Turkey. The short- and long-run impacts of terror attacks on tourism revenues were examined within the framework of an autoregressive lag (ARDL) model using monthly data for the period between 2012 and 2018. The empirical findings did not support terrorism's effects on tourism revenues. However, in the long run, terror-related casualties and fatalities on\u0000tourism revenues had different effects. The findings affirm that the casualty rate has a stronger impact on terrorism–tourism dynamics in Turkey because a 1% increase in reported injuries from terror attacks hampers revenues by approximately 0.1%. Hence, adequate and continuous support for general security establishments is imperative while strengthening commitments to the international cooperation on the war against\u0000terrorism to proactively contain the undesirable impacts of terrorism in the\u0000Turkish tourism industry,","PeriodicalId":46641,"journal":{"name":"Tourism","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2021-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46283313","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}
TourismPub Date : 2021-12-22DOI: 10.37741/t.70.1.4
Gökçe Özdemir, Vesile Aslı Arzık
{"title":"Segmentation of Social Media Users for Destinations","authors":"Gökçe Özdemir, Vesile Aslı Arzık","doi":"10.37741/t.70.1.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37741/t.70.1.4","url":null,"abstract":"This is a study into the segmentation of social media users interested in traveling into groups and aims to ascertain if differences exist in benefits among segments. It is based on a survey that examines the benefits they see social media as having before, during, and after a trip to a destination, using their responses to generate a data-driven segmentation. Data from a total of 218 questionnaires were analyzed using factor and cluster analysis in sequence, specifically applying a hierarchical cluster analysis using the Ward method and a K-means algorithm. The analysis led to the identification of four useful types of social media user: info-seeker, communication-seeker, interaction-seeker, and hybrid segments, each of which seeks different things from social media and use it in different ways (e.g., to seek information, to\u0000see what other people have said about a destination, or to post their own\u0000experiences). As such, the implications of our findings offer useful insights\u0000for both scholars and destination marketers, highlighting the significance of\u0000offering appropriate marketing strategies for each type of segment.","PeriodicalId":46641,"journal":{"name":"Tourism","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2021-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47251917","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}
TourismPub Date : 2021-12-22DOI: 10.37741/t.70.1.10
Ralf Vogler
{"title":"Vaccination Requirements","authors":"Ralf Vogler","doi":"10.37741/t.70.1.10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37741/t.70.1.10","url":null,"abstract":"With the start of vaccination efforts in various countries, hopes spark that social gatherings are coming closer within reach. From a leisure and tourism business perspective, vaccination is a possible road to restart. Such a restart depends on the number of people receiving vaccinations and the sense of safety for customers. Therefore, businesses relying on social gatherings might be highly motivated to further boost vaccination acceptance by requiring their customers to get vaccinated. The following shall provide a basis of debate about the possibilities of enforcing vaccination initiatives from a political perspective considering legal restrictions.","PeriodicalId":46641,"journal":{"name":"Tourism","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2021-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41804660","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}
TourismPub Date : 2021-12-22DOI: 10.37741/t.70.1.9
V. G. Girish
{"title":"Identifying the Perspectives of Domestic Tourists Visiting Puducherry of India During the\u0000COVID-19 Pandemic","authors":"V. G. Girish","doi":"10.37741/t.70.1.9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37741/t.70.1.9","url":null,"abstract":"A fishbone diagram was used in this study to identify\u0000the perspectives of Indian tourists who visited Puducherry during the COVID-19\u0000pandemic. The main problems encountered by the tourists who visited Puducherry\u0000were personal problems and issues related to food and accommodations,\u0000transportation, lockdown after effects, government regulations and territorial\u0000restrictions. Tourism authorities and local governments should consider and\u0000solve the problems identified by the tourists to boost the local economy to attract\u0000domestic tourists during the ongoing pandemic.","PeriodicalId":46641,"journal":{"name":"Tourism","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2021-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47798293","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}