Authenticity in tourism in small island destinations: a local perspective

Croes, Robertico; Lee, Seung Hyun; Olson, Eric D.

doi:10.1080/14766825.2012.759584

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“…According to Goh (2012), the tourism demand literature has been analyzed following conventional economic theory (mostly Utility Theory and Consumer Behavioral Theory) and emphasized economic factors such as income, price, substitute price, advertising, and supply constraints as the primary determinants of tourism demand. These conventional economic indicators have overshadowed other factors (Crouch et al 2007), such as weather elements (e.g., Falk 2013;Ridderstaat et al 2014), culture (e.g., Croes, Lee, and Olson 2013;Cuccia and Rizzo 2011), and infectious diseases (Kuo et al 2008;Rossell o, Santana-Gallego, and Awan 2017).…”

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Households’ Net Financial Wealth as a Determinant of Tourism Demand Cycles: Evidence from US Travel to Selected Caribbean Destinations

Ridderstaat

2020

Journal of Travel Research

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Developments in households’ net financial wealth may be a better determinant of tourism demand flows than income. This study investigates the effect of cycles of US households’ net financial position on US tourism demand flows for three destinations (Aruba, Barbados, and Jamaica). The literature has conventionally considered income as a key driver of tourism demand, despite the imperfections of several applied proxies. However, there could be a disconnect in the relationship between income and tourism demand because of the net financial position of households. The study contributes to the literature by introducing net financial wealth as a determinant of tourism demand, by heterogenizing consumer decisions, and by providing theoretical propositions. The methodology includes data decomposition, unit root testing, and application of logistic regression. The results show that the relationship is household-, cyle-, and country-specific across time and probability dimensions, which could assist policy makers in better managing developments in destinations.

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Households’ Net Financial Wealth as a Determinant of Tourism Demand Cycles: Evidence from US Travel to Selected Caribbean Destinations

Ridderstaat

2020

Journal of Travel Research

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“…In agricultural regions, while production continues, the number of people farming has been declining for decades. In terms of remoteness, restructuring in island contexts of remoteness has also garnered attention (e.g., Buhalis ; Croes et al ; Montero ). In both geographies, isolation impacts the degree of restructuring and limits the responses to it.…”

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The importance of location and scale in rural and small town tourism product development: The case of the Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre, Manitoba, Canada

Ramsey

Malcolm

2017

Canadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes

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“…In term of culture, one of the characteristics of Indonesia in two last decades has been the rapid growth of cultural tourism which has made ethnic culture one of its components. Cultural tourism is a tourism activity that incorporates and accommodates ethnic culture, such as arts, traditional clothing, culinary, festivals, museums, rituals, crafts, including thematic parks and cultural heritage, which prioritizes the significance of authenticity in the midst of modernity (Salazar, 2012;Hsiao & Chuang, 2015;Croes & Semrad, 2015;Lacy & Douglass, 2002;Croes et al, 2013;Yang, 2011). In Indonesia, cultural tourism, which genealogically has been established since the colonial era with Balinese society its leading destination, has continued to be developed through various programs and destinations that can attract tourists, both domestic and foreign.…”

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Neo-Exoticism as Indonesian Regional Government’s Formula for Developing Ethnic Arts: Concept, Practice, and Criticism

Setiawan¹,

Subaharianto²

2020

Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Arts Language and Culture (ICALC 2019)

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This article aims to explore the concept and practice of neo-exoticism as an ideal-flexible formula for developing ethnic arts in the midst post-colonial society and neoliberal tourism industry. By analyzing our field data from various events of cultural tourism in Banyuwangi, East Java, Indonesia, we will elaborate some concepts and practices of neo-exoticism. We adopt and develop the idea of neo-exoticism from the concept of "post-colonial exotic" by Huggan (2001), which describes the contestation between the desire of intellectuals and activists to preserve traditional cultures continuously as a significant marker for national identity and the state's policy to incorporate the beauty of exotic cultures into commercial activities. The framework will help us to analyze primary data from participatory observation in cultural tourism activities in Banyuwangi and interview with some folk artists from 2012-2019 as well as secondary data from online news media. The result of this study shows that the neo-exoticism formula in the development of ethnic arts has several advantages. For the state regime, this formula makes local government easy for repackaging ethnic artistic richness in the form of tourism products such as carnival, festival, spectacular event, and collaborative performance. Indeed, the artists and residents will benefit through their cultural participation, but the investors in tourism with neoliberal flexible principles which incorporate exotic characteristics into their services will get greater profits. However, the neo-exoticism formula will not have a major impact on ethnic arts that still follow the traditional standard performances.

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Authenticity in tourism in small island destinations: a local perspective

Cited by 28 publications

References 43 publications

Households’ Net Financial Wealth as a Determinant of Tourism Demand Cycles: Evidence from US Travel to Selected Caribbean Destinations

Households’ Net Financial Wealth as a Determinant of Tourism Demand Cycles: Evidence from US Travel to Selected Caribbean Destinations

The importance of location and scale in rural and small town tourism product development: The case of the Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre, Manitoba, Canada

Neo-Exoticism as Indonesian Regional Government’s Formula for Developing Ethnic Arts: Concept, Practice, and Criticism

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