Evaluating ecotourism sustainability from the integrated perspective of resource, community and tourism

Tsaur, Sheng‐Hshiung; Lin, Yu-Chieh; Lin, Jui Che

doi:10.1016/j.tourman.2005.02.006

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“…Resources and environment are the most important factors in ensuring sustainable tourism development. Tsaur et al, (2006), proposed three tourism management strategy as follows: The primary concern for the development of ecotourism is an urgency to pay attention to the negative impact on the environment, degradati-gratitude to the Ministry of Research, Technology, and Higher Education that has financed this research through the Interior Graduate Scholarship Program (BPPDN). A gratitude is also extended to the local government, manager of Biodiversity Parks of Pelawan Forests, and Namang Village community who have helped during the research activities in the field and to Syahputra for the data and the photo of the fauna.…”

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The Potential of Flora and Fauna as Tourist Attractions in Biodiversity Park of Pelawan Forest, Central Bangka

2017

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Indonesia has a high potential for the diversity of flora and fauna species together with their ecosystem. Preservation of natural resources can be done through conservation using the concept of ecotourism. The purpose of this research is to identify the potential of the flora and fauna in Biodiversity Park of Pelawan Forest for tourist attraction. The study was conducted from October 2016 to January 2017 through inventory and in-depth interview. The analysis on the results of this study indicate that there are 41 species of 27 families of plants and 135 species of animals consisting of amphibians (6 species), reptiles (16 species), birds (99 species) and mammals (14 species). This indicates that Biodiversity Park of Pelawan Forest is very competitive for tourism attractions, which is supported by the presence of key species (Tristaniopsis merguensis), flagship species (Cephalopachus bancanus), and abundance of birds for bird watching. Based on the IUCN red list, several species of flora, such as Gonystylus bancanus, and fauna, such as Setornis criniger, Chloropsis sonnerati, Macaca nemestrina, Nycticebus menagensis, and Cephalopachus bancanus, are vulnerable to extinction. This study on flora and fauna results in the initial data that can be used to support conservation efforts. Moreover, the result of this study can provide an opportunity for visitors to enjoy these tourist attractions, which can benefit the local community.

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The Potential of Flora and Fauna as Tourist Attractions in Biodiversity Park of Pelawan Forest, Central Bangka

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“…In addition, it has been proposed as one of the sustainable development solutions (Tsaur et al, 2006). Therefore, planning is urgently and basically needed for its progress and development.…”

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Site suitability evaluation for ecotourism using GIS and AHP: A case study of Isfahan Townships, Iran

Mobaraki¹,

Mahdi²,

Kamelifar³

2014

10.5267/j.msl

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“…Amongst major ecotourism destinations are primitive natural environments such as Costa Rica and Kenya and national parks such as the Rocky Mountain National Park. In terms of research content, there are studies including one on Costa Rica to suggest directions for the cooperation between policy makers based on the characteristics of ecotourists visiting Costa Rica (Campbell, 1999); a case study about policy process and organization activities relating to ecotourism of Costa Rica (Tepelus and Córdoba, 2005); a study to suggest directions of sustainable policy making for ecotourism via a comparison of magnitudes and situations of ecotourism between Costa Rica and Kenya (Weaver, 1999); a study on propose ecotourism market segmentation on the basis of tourism activities and motivations and characteristics of visitors to Gold Coast in Australia (Weaver and Lawton, 2002); a study that assesses sustainability of ecotourism by presenting achievements of Sabiki in Taiwan in terms of correlation amongst and between 'resource', 'community' and 'tourism' (Tsaur et al, 2006); a study that puts emphasis on the importance of policy-making organisation for sustainable ecotourism by analysing a case of ecotourism community of Hamanaka in Hokkaido, Japan (Shikida et al, 2010); and a study that suggests alternatives of sustainable ecotourism via ecotourism programmes operated by national parks in Korea in connection with forms and magnitudes of national and regional ecotourism (Lee et al, 2012).…”

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The structural relationships of destination image, awareness, uniqueness and destination loyalty in periurban ecotourism destination

Jun

2016

European Journal of Tourism, Hospitality and Recreation

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This study is designed to explore the conceptualization of ecotourism in order to expand the concept into ecotourism activities in our daily lives. To this end, the author proposes the 'periurban ecotourism' concept and conducts an empirical study with a focus on Nabari City, a small Japanese city with a well-preserved natural environment that has been attracting a number of visitors. In this study, destination image, awareness and uniqueness are presented as key independent variables to set directions for the development as a periurban ecotourism destination and to thereby develop a "theoretical periurban ecotourism model", and four hypotheses for this study are examined. Findings from the examination reveal that destination image and awareness have a positive impact on overall satisfaction while destination uniqueness generates statistically significant result. In a group of first visitors, however, destination uniqueness appears to have a significant impact of some degree, with less influence than expected. In order to help redefine ecotourism and suggest a variety of research questions for ecotourism markets, it is necessary to conduct an empirical study covering "periurban ecotourism" and its conceptualization, motivation of ecotourists, and lifestyles from a more concrete perspective.

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Evaluating ecotourism sustainability from the integrated perspective of resource, community and tourism

Cited by 336 publications

References 21 publications

The Potential of Flora and Fauna as Tourist Attractions in Biodiversity Park of Pelawan Forest, Central Bangka

The Potential of Flora and Fauna as Tourist Attractions in Biodiversity Park of Pelawan Forest, Central Bangka

Site suitability evaluation for ecotourism using GIS and AHP: A case study of Isfahan Townships, Iran

The structural relationships of destination image, awareness, uniqueness and destination loyalty in periurban ecotourism destination

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