Impacts of COVID-19 on tourism and management response from Banff National Park,Canada

The COVID-19 pandemic posed challenges to the tourism sector globally.We investigated changes in visitor demographics,satisfaction level,and its determinants pre-and peri-COVID-19.Data were collected using questionnaire surveys in 2019 and 2021 within Banff National Park(BNP).The data analyses were based on a sample size of 1183 respondents by conducting factor analysis,correlation analysis and stepwise regression analysis.Results highlight that there were fewer international visitors and more local and domestic visitors during the pandemic.Park attributes were evaluated at a higher satisfaction level peri-COVID-19.The quality of the Park facilities and services were the most important satisfaction determinants pre-and peri-COVID-19,and all the Park COVID-19 measures and actions received positive experience from visitors.This research fills this knowledge gap by developing a better understanding in the change of visitor demographics and satisfaction level in BNP under the context of the pandemic.It also provides implication for both scholars and practitioners to understand the impacts of the pandemic on Park visitation.The study can provide insights for utilizing the pandemic as a transformative strength and for mitigating its negative impact on tourism industry.

国外旅游目的地研究综述——基于Tourism Management近10年文章

为了对国外旅游目的地研究的成果和最新动态有一个清晰的了解,笔者检索了TourismManagement(《旅游管理》)近10年来的相关文献(不包括会议记录和书评)共32篇,对不同年份发表的论文数量及作者的国别作了统计,并分析了这些文献研究的主要内容,包括旅游目的地的概念、旅游目的地形象、旅游目的地的管理与发展、旅游目的地与居民的关系及旅游者与旅游目的地的关系等,最后展望旅游目的地研究的趋势。

Tourism management in national parks:Sumava and Bayerischer Wald(Bavarian Forest)in the Czech-German borderland

Along the Czech-German border there are four national parks,two Czech and two German,arranged in cross-border‘pairs’.This article focuses on the southern‘pair’formed by the parks of?umava and Bayerischer Wald(Bavarian Forest).The aim is to evaluate and compare tourism organization in their areas,taking into account selected aspects of management:the network of hiking trails with its related infrastructure,transport accessibility,a typology of tourist centers,as well as directions and destinations of tourist movements.Based on the results,it can be concluded that the availability of geographical space for tourists is much greater in the German than in the Czech national park,and the tourism infrastructure is clearly more extensive there,including the network of tourist trails.This is mainly due to the longer and fairly uninterrupted development of tourism in this area.?umava National Park can be identified as a model in terms of how to adjust the directions of tourist movements and the layout of the tourist trail network to the needs of natural environment.On the basis of observations in both national parks,it is possible to indicate various solutions that,after appropriate adaptation,may bring benefits to other protected areas.

Adaptation Management of Mountain Tourism Service: The Case of the Source Regions of the Yangtze and Yellow River

Mountain areas are often rich in ecological diversity and recreational opportunities. Mountain tourism is thought to be an effective and important means for maintaining and expanding rural economies and, thus, improving the living conditions of rural societies. As mountain tourism service research is a professional field with several disciplines involved, a multi-disciplinary management platform is needed and it facilitates participation in sustainable mountain development by diverse stakeholders. With the source regions of the Yangtze and the Yellow River as a case study, this paper presents a conceptual framework for an adaptation management of mountain tourism services according to technical, policy, social and economic dimensions. The framework is based on a vulnerability assessment of mountain ecosystems, and can serve as a reference for the development of tourism service in other mountain areas.

Management Innovation of Tourism Complex Development and Operation Enterprises

With the vigorous development and construction of tourism complex, tourism enterprises under the new business situation and new situation are faced with different problems and development opportunities. This study focuses on the development characteristics and current problems of the tourism complex, and combines the analysis of the consumption characteristics of the target consumers of the complex to discuss the management innovation of the tourism complex development and operation enterprises and find a reasonable management innovation path.

A Training Mode for Innovative and Entrepreneurial Talents in Tourism Management in the Era of Internet Plus

The development of innovation and entrepreneurship education is gaining momentum.With the arrival of the Internet era,innovation and entrepreneurship have a better development platform.The tourist industry,as a “sunrise industry”,has great potential for development and has become a new economic growth point.In many areas,tourism has been identified as a pillar industry,a leading industry,and an industry receiving priority in developing.In the face of increasingly fierce competitive markets,it is particularly important to cultivate high-quality innovative and entrepreneurial talents in tourism management.For this purpose,this study analyzes the current situation of talent demand in China’s tourist industry and the problems existing in innovation and entrepreneurship education,draws on the successful experience of foreign colleges and universities in talent cultivation,and proposes and constructs a training mode for innovative and entrepreneurial talents in tourism management in the era of Internet Plus.

A Critical Approach to the Tourism Management

Tourist destination and, generally, tourist activities not only represent an extraordinarily important economic factor, but also an instrument of knowledge and personal empowerment. Therefore, we can state that it is essential to ensure access to the tourism experience to all citizens, regardless of personal, social, economic conditions and any other nature which may limit the fruition of this asset. The role of tourism management is to develop effective strategic plan in order to guarantee a possible growth of a destination, without having a negative impact on the resources, either natural or civilian of the destination itself. Tourist destinations follow a life-cycle (evolution cycle) based on a price factor (a greater attractiveness of an area means a greater willingness to pay of the tourists) and a trend factor (related to the fame of the area and to the evolution of tourists’ tastes and habits). These factors mark the tourism in the contents and in the methods of production and consumption, related to the concepts of supply and demand, two dimensions that must be always connected with the principles of growth, accessibility and sustainability. This research paper aims to deepen the life-cycle approach of a tourist destination, underlining the option that the tourism management could offer to relaunch an area, however considering the principle of supportable growing.

Enhanced Heritage Tourism Management through a Themed Landscape Approach: The Case of Brussels’ Art Nouveau

Besides being known as the birthplace of fries and waffles,Brussels is also referred to as a superlative Art Nouveau Capital.However,it appears that many of its visitors are unfamiliar with this city’s architectural style which is spread throughout the Capital Region.Due to both the specific opportunities and barriers of the Brussels context,an improved valorisation was explored through a themed landscape approach.This innovative tourism approach can enhance both the management and experience of the Art Nouveau patrimony as an entity.Applying a survey and interviews,this research examined the views of two relevant stakeholder groups:policymakers and tourism managers,and visitors.Two main research questions were addressed:whether these groups could identify the Brussels Art Nouveau as a themed landscape;and,in which way a themed landscape approach can overcome fragmented management and weak experience.Confronting both groups revealed interesting discrepancies as hidden hurdles for tourism destination management.

Reform and Construction of Tourism Management Major in Higher Vocational Colleges under the Background of Global Tourism

Based on a lot of research on the tourism employers, the employment demands in the current tourism industry have been clear. By communicating and exchanging with the relevant units such as the scenic areas and travel agencies, the tourism posts in the actual work have been combined with the classroom teaching tasks to carry out the school-enterprise cooperation mode, highlight the combination of learning with working with the market as orientation as well as conduct the teaching reform and explore the new mode for the teaching reform of tourism management major combined with the suggestions raised by the tourism units and the current situation of tourism management major so as to contribute to improving the students' employability.

Innovation Research of International Talent Training Mode of Tourism Management Major in“The Belt and Road”Regions

The structural scarcity of international talents in tourism industry has become the bottleneck restricting tourism cooperation community of“the Belt and Road”countries and regions,and“the Belt and Road”regional tourism cooperation community has forced the cultivation and promotion of tourism management professionals.Therefore,the research on cultivation and promotion path of international tourism management professionals in“the Belt and Road”regions has become a hot topic in theoretical and practical circles.“The Belt and Road”initiative is put forward to force the innovation of international talent training mode of tourism management major.After investigation,the existing problems in the development of tourism management undergraduate major in colleges and universities are accurately grasped.Eventually,the international talent training mode of tourism management major in“the Belt and Road”regions is innovated from the following aspects:reforming mutual recognition credit system and international enrollment system,innovating the concept of personnel training,reforming practical talents system,innovating curriculum system,and establishing cultivation and promotion path platform for international talents.

Application and Practice of the Teaching Model of “Promoting Teaching by Competition” in Tourism Management Specialty

The fundamental task of applied universities is to cultivate high-level applied talents facing the needs of economic and social development, and "promoting teaching by competition" is the booster for the construction of applied universities and the reform of talent training mode in colleges and universities.Taking tourism management specialty as an example, the needs of subject skill competition for students’personality ability are analyzed, and the teaching mode of "promoting teaching by competition" is constructed, and the implementation of teaching process and classroom teaching design are analyzed.Moreover, the supporting conditions of the teaching mode of "promoting teaching by competition" are put forward, such as building and perfecting the practice and training base, deepening the integration of industry and education and the cooperation of work and study, and strengthening the construction of teachers.

British Tourism Higher Education Curriculum and Education System—Taking the University of Surrey as an Example

A reasonable curriculum system and teaching content can make the talent training of tourism higher education institutions more in line with the needs of the tourism industry.As the birthplace of the world's modern tourism industry,the UK has always been at the forefront of tourism development and has become the pillar of the UK.The industry and the tourism industry have a large number of talents.It can be seen that the tourism higher education in the UK must have certain characteristics and advantages to support the development of its tourism industry.Therefore,this paper takes the comparatively mature university of the University of Surrey in the United Kingdom as an example.Through the analysis of the education system and curriculum of the tourism-related departments,it is found that the curriculum of tourism higher education in British universities and the characteristics of the education system.And through this analysis,it provides a reference for China's tourism higher education.

Issues of Conflict Management in a Context of Increasing Surf Tourism

Surf tourism is an increasingly popular niche in tourism that sparks economic development in many coastal regions around the world.Surfers make use of surf breaks which can be considered natural resources that thus experience issues of carrying capacity.Although no formal management system is in place(and desired),surfers utilize informal management systems such as localism and surf etiquette in an attempt to tune behaviors.A multi-method approach is used to explore surf tourism and its effect on the local population of Nouvelle-Aquitaine,an area in which surf tourism is highly popular but little researched.Results indicate that crowding issues are widespread.Local surfers see their surfing experience and enjoyment affected,especially during high season,although the importance of surf tourism for the local economy is also understood.Education with regards to surf etiquette,but also regarding communication and mutual respect,can improve the situation,which is necessary as surfing is only expected to grow further in the future.

A Creative Wedding Event Management for Sustaining Community-Based Eco-Tourism: A Case Study in Thailand

The research aims to propose a proper model for organizing a creative wedding event to boost Community-Based Eco-Tourism(CBET)in rural areas.It is participatory research.Site observation and in-depth interviews are 10 stakeholders from various organization;local people,the district sheriff,the provincial culture,the national park,the district municipality,the community-based tourism group,the wedding organizers and the educators from a wedding event in themed“Carry Love Covering the Forest”organized in Wiang Sa,Suratthani,the southern part of Thailand were applied.Thematic analysis was applied to analyze the data.The results found that the managing model for organizing an event tourism in Community-Based Eco-Tourism composes of three stages being pre-event,during-event,and after-event.The research provides a comprehensive understanding management model of CBET.The research makes contribution to develop and manage a new creative event to enhance positive impacts of community-based tourism to sustain,especially in eco-tourism destination.

Systematic Framework of the All-for-One Tourism Digital Ecosystem

All-for-one tourism is a new mode of regional development, which can promote the coordinated development of economy and society. Due to diverse tourism information sources and scattered data services, the real-time and effectiveness of tourism information service is insufficient, and the “information island” is numerous. In order to integrate and share information resources effectively, and achieve the intelligentialized and real-time all-for-one tourism information services, this paper proposes a systematic framework of allfor- one tourism information system, where tourists and tourist destinations are considered as all-for-one tourism digital ecosystem. The whole mode of this framework was combined with four levels and two parts. Some advanced information technologies such as big data, cloud computing and mobile internet application development were utilized to construct tourism digital ecosystem. How to implement all-for-one tourism information collection, integration, processing and sharing was discussed and the corresponding solution was provided.