The development of nature based-tourism in Tembarak District, Temanggung Regency

Darmawan, Edy; Arfa, Mecca; Purbawati, Dina Lestari

doi:10.1080/10941665.2018.1510423

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“…Recent studies have shown that ecotourism development on small central Mediterranean islands has great potential, particularly in the more peripheral islands and archipelagos which have the most pristine environments, even if the development of such experiences is still lacking (Agius et al, 2019;Agius et al, 2021a). Darmawan et al (2018) argue that there is a significant lack of policy direction and guidance to help destination stakeholders, to design effective ecotourism experiences and to optimize their nature-based tourism potential. The development, or consolidation, of nature-based tourism is challenging in terms of being able to continue to offer a sustainable and high-quality visitor experience which meets, or ideally exceeds, visitors' expectations.…”

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The Routledge Handbook of Nature Based Tourism Development

Mandić¹,

Walia²

2023

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Small islands in the central Mediterranean region are mostly considered sun, sea, and sand destinations, but many also have untapped ecotourism potential. To explore this, ecotour itineraries were designed with local ecotourism operators and community businesses on a group of islands. Ecotourists were then asked to participate in pre-and post-tour surveys to test the tours and provide key information on the package. Their motivations and expectations, their experiences, and levels of satisfaction with the itineraries developed were examined. Focus groups were held with return ecotourists or those who purchased more than one ecotour to further examine these elements, and to explore their reasons for loyalty. This research demonstrates that developing ecotours using a bottom-up approach, which embraces the specific natural attributes of the islands, can lead to high levels of satisfaction. This approach generated loyalty to the island destinations and to ecotourism in the region. Furthermore, co-creation together with ecotourists provided key information to small operators on how to increase satisfaction and identified improvements that need to be made, such as in the field of interpretation, group size, programme planning, and in terms of sustainability of sites and activities outside of the scope of the ecotours that have an impact on the experience.

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The Routledge Handbook of Nature Based Tourism Development

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Walia²

2023

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“…The significance of mountain tourism studies is also obvious in WoS and Scopus paper reviews conducted by Río-Rama et al (2019). For example, Darmawan et al (2018) contributed to naturebased tourism development through the feasibility study in Tembarak District (Central Java, Indonesia) by landscape image design creation.…”

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Potentials for tourism development based on protected natural resources in Moravica administrative district territory: Opinion of the city of Čačak residents

Garabinović¹,

Kostić

Lakićević

2020

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The purpose of this paper is to indicate the potentials for tourism development based on the protected natural resources of the Republic of Serbia situated in the Moravica administrative district territory, the degree of their current utilization for the purposes of tourism and local population information on the above mentioned. Closed-ended survey was conducted (five-point scale) on the random sample of the residents in the urban part of the city of Čačak as the administrative center of the Moravica administrative district. The results are: 1) low degree of information among the local population, 2) medium (good) potential for tourism development, and 3) very low level of its utilization for tourism purposes. The results are also considered according to the natural resources protection type. The contribution of this paper is in the indication of potentially successful elements in future tourism offer for the entities in the field of tourism and hospitality.

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