Tourism policy and residents' well-being in Cyprus: Opportunities and challenges for developing an inside-out destination management approach

Boukas, Nikolaos; Ziakas, Vassilios

doi:10.1016/j.jdmm.2015.12.004

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“…Italy (Laing & Frost, 2017;Volo, 2016), Germany (Tokarchuk et al, 2017) and Cyprus (Boukas & Ziakas, 2016). It is interesting to note that the Nordic countries are in the lead.…”

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“…2016 16 (Boukas & Ziakas, 2016); (Filep, 2016); (Gholipour, Tajaddini, & Nguyen, 2016); (Hartwell, Willis, Page, Ladkin, Fyall, & Hemingway, 2016); (Hjalager, Tervo-Kankare, & Tuohino, 2016); (Kim, Chua, Boo, Lee, & Han, 2016); (Krishnamoorthy & Ramachandran, 2016); (Mäkelä & Kinnunen, 2016); (Naidoo & Sharpley, 2016); (Nawijn, 2016); (Pratt, McCabe, & Movono, 2016); (Pyke et al, 2016); (Rivera, Croes, & Lee, 2016); (Uysal, Sirgy, Woo, & Kim, 2016); (Vogt, Jordan, Grewe, & Kruger, 2016); (Volo, 2016 (Laing & Frost, 2017); (Li & Chan, 2017); (Park, Lee, & Lee, 2017); (Tokarchuk, Maurer, & Gabriele, 2017); (Wu, Ai & Cheng, 2017).…”

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“…According to Zhang (2013), when our basic needs are satisfied we tend to search for the next step and improve our quality of life, and tourism is a form to better our life (Filep & Pearce, 2014). (Boukas & Ziakas, 2016) Cyprus "The paper explores how Cyprus can increase its competitiveness, sustaining its magnitude and attractive attributes, and ensuring residents' well-being" (p. 44). (Burkholder et al, 2010) US "The objective of this study was to determine if the frequency and duration of international business travel is liked to travelers' health and wellbeing" (p. 329).…”

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“…Boukas and Ziakas (2016) concluded that in Cyprus there is a need to rethink policies so that they acknowledge community wellbeing directly. Nawijn and Peeters (2010) concluded that the freedom to choose a destination is the biggest factor for tourist happiness.…”

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Positive psychology & tourism: a systematic literature review

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This study aims to outline the relationship between Positive Psychology and tourism through a systematic literature review. Tourism seeks to increase the wellbeing of people, and wellbeing is a crucial variable in Positive Psychology which in turn aims to understand and promote people's potential. This research used as search terms 'Positive Psychology', 'wellbeing', 'happiness', 'tourism', 'visitor' and 'travel', terms which were applied through the Online Knowledge Library. The inclusion/exclusion criteria led to a sample of 49 references which were then individually analyzed. Results showed a recent increase in studies focused on the relationship between the variables, Europe being in the lead. Overall, policies are important for tourism development; tourism promotes wellbeing for residents and tourists; entrepreneurs have an innovative opportunity in wellbeing; and nature is linked to wellbeing. Implications and suggestions for future studies are presented. Keywords:Positive psychology, tourism, wellbeing, nature, innovation. ResumoEste estudo objetiva desenvolver uma visão geral sobre a aplicação da Psicologia Positiva no Turismo. O Turismo procura contribuir para aumentar o bem-estar das pessoas e o bem-estar é uma variável fundamental da Psicologia Positiva que procura compreender e promover o potencial dos indivíduos. Utilizou-se como termos de pesquisa as palavras 'Psicologia Positiva', 'bem-estar', 'felicidade', 'turismo', 'visitante' e 'viagem'. A pesquisa foi realizada por meio da Biblioteca do Conhecimento Online. A aplicação de critérios de inclusão/exclusão levou a uma amostra final de 49 referências, analisadas individualmente. Os resultados mostram um interesse recente no estudo da relação em análise, sendo a Europa líder. Globalmente, a política é importante para o desenvolvimento do turismo; o turismo promove o bem-estar dos residentes e turistas; os empresários têm no bem-estar uma oportunidade de inovação; e a natureza relaciona-se com o bem-estar. Implicações e sugestões de estudos futuros são apresentadas.Palavras-chave: Psicologia positiva, turismo, bem-estar, natureza, inovação.

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“…Italy (Laing & Frost, 2017;Volo, 2016), Germany (Tokarchuk et al, 2017) and Cyprus (Boukas & Ziakas, 2016). It is interesting to note that the Nordic countries are in the lead.…”

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“…Both IFAS and EFAS illustrate that Watulimo marine tourism still has great potential to continue to grow. IFAS and EFAS form the basis of subsequent development actions to minimize weaknesses (IFAS) and threats (EFAS), and enlarge future (IFAS) and opportunities (EFAS) strengths [16,17]. Strengths such as attractiveness, access and friendliness of the population can be utilized to seize the greatest opportunity so that the appropriate strategy is to increase promotion.…”

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Exploration of Marine Tourism in Watulimo, Trenggalek Regency: Challenges, Potentials, and Development Strategies

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Yanuwiadi

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Watulimo District, Trenggalek Regency is one of the area in East Java Province that has an abundant marine potential. However, this huge potential has not been optimally developed in a form of marine tourism. This study aims to determine internal and external factors that influence the development of marine tourism in Watulimo Subdistrict, Trenggalek, and develop a strategy of marine tourism development in a sustainable manner. This study was conducted on 4 beaches in Watulimo Subdistrict, Trenggalek Regency: Prigi, Karanggongso, Cengkrong, and Damas. Interviews were conducted by using semi-structured technique. Secondary data is obtained from government policy documents relating to tourism; tourism infrastructure facilities in the research location; data of tourist visits; geography and demographics; socio-cultural and economic data. Most respondents believe that promotion (0.083) and tourist information center (0.075) indicator are considered very important. Advances in information technology have the highest weight (0.097), where respondents can know about the state of the marine tourism area based on information and reviews. The results show the number of scores obtained from the weighting and external factor rating of 2.656 (good value range), which illustrates that the marine tourism area in Watulimo has an opportunity in its development. Cooperation with travel agents, hotels, restaurants, and tourist information centers for Trenggalek District can be incorporated into their brochures to increase traffic.

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Importance of environmental indicators of sustainable development in the transitional selective tourism destination

Vučetić

2018

Journal of Tourism Research

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The article seeks to explain the importance of environmental indicators of sustainable development in the transitional selective tourism destination, that is, in different types of selective tourism. The survey results reveal that there are statistically significant differences of environmental indicator importance among different types of selective tourism. This new research approach in the field of sustainable tourism development and its results can be a beneficial input for tourism policymakers in the process of identification and creation of an optimal set of measures and activities of protection and preservation of the quality of the environment in selective tourism destination.

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Tourism policy and residents' well-being in Cyprus: Opportunities and challenges for developing an inside-out destination management approach

Cited by 31 publications

References 56 publications

Positive psychology & tourism: a systematic literature review

Positive psychology & tourism: a systematic literature review

Exploration of Marine Tourism in Watulimo, Trenggalek Regency: Challenges, Potentials, and Development Strategies

Importance of environmental indicators of sustainable development in the transitional selective tourism destination

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