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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Research on the Teaching Reform of Tourism Reception Under the Background of National First-Class Undergraduate Specialty Construction

The launch of the“Double Thousand Plan”has greatly stimulated the enthusiasm of major construction in colleges and universities.In order to meet the requirements of the first-class undergraduate major in tourism management,there is a need for an active reform and innovation in its teaching,an improvement in the quality of running this undergraduate major,and an accelerated growth of this undergraduate major.The tourism reception industry is a basic course of the tourism management specialty,and its teaching effect has a vital influence on the construction of this specialty.Taking the hospitality and tourism industry as an example,this paper analyzes the existing problems in curriculum construction,redefines the ideas and objectives of curriculum teaching reform,and expounds the contents and measures of curriculum teaching reform.