Does the experience make a difference? Comparing tourist attitudes pre- and post-visit towards the elephant tourism industry

Flower, Emily; Burns, Georgette Leah; Jones, Darryl; McBroom, James

doi:10.1016/j.annale.2021.100025

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“…Dependent variables (i.e., emotional connection, awareness, and behavioral intent) were adapted from expected tourist-based outcomes derived from an ecotourism experience (Hausmann et al, 2017;Storie and Vining, 2018;Flower et al, 2021). An emotional connection to brown bears was operationalized using the conservation caring scale.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…CMF are popular within an ecotourism framework as they can assist in meeting systems-level expected conservation outcomes (Santarém et al, 2019;Flower et al, 2021). For example, Akhshik et al (2022) found tourists' memorable encounters with bison was a strong predictor of support for conservation related to reintroduction.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…However, results for this application are mixed. For example, Flower et al (2021) investigated experiential impacts on tourists' concern for elephant welfare. Findings revealed increased tourist concern for elephant conservation and welfare following the experience.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Is one the loneliest number? Impact of tourists' ability to identify individual bears on conservation outcomes

Skibins¹,

Richardson²,

Lewis³

et al. 2023

Front. Sustain. Tour.

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IntroductionA fundamental component of ecotourism is resource conservation. Oftentimes, that resource is wildlife. Within the wildlife-centric ecotourism experience, tourists' encounters are most often with individual animals, or a small subset of the population (i.e., not the species as a whole). However, most conservation efforts are focused at the species level. This article explores the relationship between tourists' ability to identify individual animals and conservation outcomes.MethodsData were obtained from 3,853 online surveys from viewers of the Katmai National Park and Preserve webcams (bearcams).ResultsThe majority of respondents (70%) indicated they could identify individual bears. Respondents who could identify individual bears had significantly higher scores for conservation outcomes (i.e., awareness, behavioral intention, and emotional connection). Furthermore, identifying an individual bear as a favorite yielded significantly higher scores for emotional connectivity and support for conservation programs.DiscussionThus, the ability to identify individual animals, when viewing wildlife, can improve conservation outcomes. Practitioners could consider incorporating strategies to improve tourists' identification skills as a method to cultivating conservation outcomes.

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Is one the loneliest number? Impact of tourists' ability to identify individual bears on conservation outcomes

Skibins¹,

Richardson²,

Lewis³

et al. 2023

Front. Sustain. Tour.

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“…We discovered several topics related to this parameter including developing interpretations at wildlife tourist destinations such as zoos, aquariums, and other to increase visitors' understanding and appreciation for natural resources, as well as make them aware of the effects that human activity has on animal populations [100], investigating the potential impacts of post-visit action tools, such as printed handouts and email updates, on the development of sustainable behavior following a wildlife tourism experience at a zoo [101], examining animal cloning and how it can help future tourist efforts [102], visiting and playing with animals in their natural environment such as watching whale and shark cage diving [103], and enhancing tourists' Wildlife Tourism experiences to achieve environmental sustainability by analyzing online reviews of wildlife tourism [104]. For instance, Flower et al [105] looked at the types of tourists most likely visit various elephant tourism locations and examined visitors' sentiments before and after their visits, and try to raise public knowledge of the problems within elephant tourism sites in order to encourage positive attitude and behavior change.…”

Section: Wildlife Tourismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Smarter Sustainable Tourism: Data-Driven Multi-Perspective Parameter Discovery for Autonomous Design and Operations

Alsahafi¹,

Alzahrani²,

Mehmood³

2023

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The Global natural and manmade events are exposing the fragility of the tourism industry and its impact on the global economy. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, tourism contributed 10.3% to the global GDP and employed 333 million people but saw a significant decline due to the pandemic. Sustainable and smart tourism requires collaboration from all stakeholders and a comprehensive understanding of global and local issues to drive responsible and innovative growth in the sector. This paper presents an approach for leveraging big data and deep learning to dis-cover holistic, multi-perspective (e.g., local, cultural, national, and international) and objective information on a subject. Specifically, we develop a machine learning pipeline to extract parameters from academic literature and public opinions on Twitter, providing a unique and comprehensive view of the industry from both academic and public perspectives. The academic-view dataset was created from the Scopus database and contains 156,759 research articles from 2000 to 2022, which were modelled to identify 33 distinct parameters in 4 categories: Tourism Types, Planning, Challenges, and Media &amp; Technologies. A Twitter dataset of 485,813 tweets was collected over 18 months starting March 2021 to August 2022 to showcase public perception of tourism in Saudi Arabia, which was modelled to reveal 13 parameters categorized into two broader sets: Tourist Attractions and Tourism Services. Discovering system parameters are re-quired to embed autonomous capabilities in systems and for decision-making and problem-solving during system design and operations. The proposed approach improves AI-based information discovery by extending the use of scientific literature, Twitter, and other sources for autonomous, dynamic optimizations of systems, promoting novel research in the tourism sector and contributing to the development of smart and sustainable societies. The paper also presents a comprehensive knowledge structure and literature review of the tourism sector based on over 250 research articles.

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“…Wildlife tourism provides an opportunity for tourists to interact with animals which will strengthen an emotional connection closely. It will provide the tourist with new experiences which will develop a pro-environmental behavior (Flower et al 2021). In the research area, the elephants are periodically passed over the same path.…”

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confidence: 99%

An assessment of Sumatran elephant presences (Elephas maximus sumatranus) in Kotaagung Utara (Lampung, Indonesia) as a potential tourism attraction

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Abstract. Setiawan A, Monik DT, Charles Y, Lestari ER, Ruciyansah Y, Anwar Z. 2021. An assessment of Sumatran elephant presences (Elephas maximus sumatranus) in Kotaagung Utara (Lampung, Indonesia) as a potential tourism attraction. Biodiversitas 22: 5397-5407. Kesatuan Pengelolaan Hutan (KPH) Kotaagung Utara is a region of approximately 56.02 ha, consisting of 8.82% forest cover and 91.18% non-forest cover. This region has a high diversity of flora and fauna and has potential as a tourist destination with various and unique biophysical attractions. One of the special features of this location is the presence of Sumatran elephants [Elephas maximus sumatranus (Temminck, 1847)]. Wild elephants in KPH are a tourism potential that can be developed to become a tourism attraction. The objectives of this research were to find out the elephant home ranges and the right window of time to observe the Sumatran elephants and assess safety, security, and convenience considerations for visitors to observe wild elephants. The method used in the research was an observation, and the results were qualitative data. The data collection’s elephants movement through the use of GPS Collar from 2017-2020. The study identified that there are 16 wild elephants known as the Bunga group. The elephants can be observed from 7:30 to 12:00 am or 3:00 to 6:00 pm, with a duration of 3 hours per day. Steps can be taken to increase visitor’s safety, security and convenience with the building of a treehouse, evacuation route, use of binoculars, and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).

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Does the experience make a difference? Comparing tourist attitudes pre- and post-visit towards the elephant tourism industry

Cited by 17 publications

References 49 publications

Is one the loneliest number? Impact of tourists' ability to identify individual bears on conservation outcomes

Is one the loneliest number? Impact of tourists' ability to identify individual bears on conservation outcomes

Smarter Sustainable Tourism: Data-Driven Multi-Perspective Parameter Discovery for Autonomous Design and Operations

An assessment of Sumatran elephant presences (Elephas maximus sumatranus) in Kotaagung Utara (Lampung, Indonesia) as a potential tourism attraction

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