This document summarizes a study that used regression analysis to forecast tourist arrivals at Mesowalai Homestay in Sabah State, Malaysia. The study analyzed data on tourist arrivals from 2000 to 2010, using years 2000 to 2006 to build a regression model and years 2006 to 2010 to validate the forecasts. The regression model predicted that tourist arrivals would increase by 233.2 annually, with peak annual arrivals reaching 1123.55 tourists. This forecast can help the homestay community estimate future revenue and plan accordingly for sustainable tourism development and rural revitalization.
In this paper, tourism is being explored as a social and economic phenomenon affecting the entire economic and social life. Therefore, there is a need to approach the overall tourism development more accurately and with greater responsibility based on principles of sustainability. In this context, the aim of the research in this paper is to identify and evaluate indicators that support the sustainable development of tourism. Selected patterns of sustainable development indicators from various available systems were used in the research. The research will examine the hypothesis that links sustainable development, responsible and excellence-based tourism using Istria as an example. We also confirm that the link between sustainable development, responsible tourism and destination excellence is measurable and unbreakable.
Perception of Economic and Environmental Impact of Christmas Festival/Calabar...IOSR Journals
Abstract: This study investigates residents’ perception of economic and environmental impact of Christmas
Festival/Calabar Carnival in Calabar Metropolis of Cross River State, Nigeria. To achieve the objectives of
this study, two hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. Literature was reviewed according to the
hypotheses directing the study. The survey research design was adopted for the study. A total of two hundred
(200) respondents were randomly selected for the study. The selection was done through simple random
sampling technique. A questionnaire was designed by the researchers with the help of some measurement
experts that gave its face and content validity. To test this hypotheses and to ascertain whether to accept or
reject them, Pearson Product Moment Correlation Analysis was considered appropriate because of the nature
of variables involved. The 0.05 level of significance was used for the statistical testing of each hypothesis, with
critical value and degree of freedom. The results show that there is significant effect of economic and
environmental impact of the Christmas Festival/Calabar Carnival on the residents of Calabar Metropolis, in
Cross River State, Nigeria. Based on the findings of the study, some conclusions and recommendations were
made.
The festival is a celebration of a specific theme to which the public is invited for a given season. This event could be done every year or less than one year (Grappi and Montanari, 2011). In this article we will present the different variables to measure the attractiveness of festivals. The result of this investigation will be: summarizing the variables of the festival variable measure from different authors in one paper.
Definition, Dimensions, and Determinants of Tourism Impacts. Define impacts; enumerate and discuss the various dimensions of tourism impacts; enumerate and discuss the various determinants of tourism impacts.
In this paper, tourism is being explored as a social and economic phenomenon affecting the entire economic and social life. Therefore, there is a need to approach the overall tourism development more accurately and with greater responsibility based on principles of sustainability. In this context, the aim of the research in this paper is to identify and evaluate indicators that support the sustainable development of tourism. Selected patterns of sustainable development indicators from various available systems were used in the research. The research will examine the hypothesis that links sustainable development, responsible and excellence-based tourism using Istria as an example. We also confirm that the link between sustainable development, responsible tourism and destination excellence is measurable and unbreakable.
Perception of Economic and Environmental Impact of Christmas Festival/Calabar...IOSR Journals
Abstract: This study investigates residents’ perception of economic and environmental impact of Christmas
Festival/Calabar Carnival in Calabar Metropolis of Cross River State, Nigeria. To achieve the objectives of
this study, two hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. Literature was reviewed according to the
hypotheses directing the study. The survey research design was adopted for the study. A total of two hundred
(200) respondents were randomly selected for the study. The selection was done through simple random
sampling technique. A questionnaire was designed by the researchers with the help of some measurement
experts that gave its face and content validity. To test this hypotheses and to ascertain whether to accept or
reject them, Pearson Product Moment Correlation Analysis was considered appropriate because of the nature
of variables involved. The 0.05 level of significance was used for the statistical testing of each hypothesis, with
critical value and degree of freedom. The results show that there is significant effect of economic and
environmental impact of the Christmas Festival/Calabar Carnival on the residents of Calabar Metropolis, in
Cross River State, Nigeria. Based on the findings of the study, some conclusions and recommendations were
made.
The festival is a celebration of a specific theme to which the public is invited for a given season. This event could be done every year or less than one year (Grappi and Montanari, 2011). In this article we will present the different variables to measure the attractiveness of festivals. The result of this investigation will be: summarizing the variables of the festival variable measure from different authors in one paper.
Definition, Dimensions, and Determinants of Tourism Impacts. Define impacts; enumerate and discuss the various dimensions of tourism impacts; enumerate and discuss the various determinants of tourism impacts.
The Ethical Practices of Tourists in Callao CaveRoy Vincent Abad
Ethical tourism manages not to cause harm in the environment instead it serves as a gradual development in tourist destinations without compromising the needs of the future generation.
Using YouTube videos of anthropology of tourism pioneer Valene Smith to balan...momlinda
In light of the Venn diagram of sustainability, a meta-analysis of four popular undergraduate tourism textbooks revealed a content imbalance tipped in favor of economics, the business of tourism. In order to infuse the curriculum with more socio-cultural content, and due to their immediate accessibility, recently posted YouTube videos highlighting the four-decade long work of Valene Smith were added to the content of two undergraduate classes. The use of social media to address the imbalance was a well-received method and could be easily adopted.
A Study of the Factors Influencing Cultural Tourists’ Perception and Its Meas...laxmi2804
The major growth of the Indian tourism sector is contributed by domestic tourism
which tends to be more focused on cultural destinations. Travel and tourism for fun,
pleasure and recreation is still considered an elite ‘five star’ activity by a majority of
the Indians. At the same time, travel and tourism for cultural purposes forms an integral
part of the Indian population, where people from all ages, religions and income groups
often manage time and resources for cultural tourism. Tourism has a huge potential for
poverty alleviation by increasing job opportunities and spending by tourists. Most
important from India's point of view is the fact that these employment opportunities
are created in the small and medium segments of the economy and disperse throughout
the country. When people of a country visit such sites and experience their culture, they
understand ‘who they are and where they have come from’ (Palmer, 1999). Since viewing
of such sites by domestic tourists offers glimpses of a nation's past, their promotion
becomes vital in the construction of national identity (Johnson, 1995). The
measurement of perception of tourists and thereby identifying gaps in the current
service-good composition and customizing pro-tourist product mix, becomes crucially
important for all the stakeholders of the tourism industry. This paper primarily studies
those crucial factors which have a direct impact on the perception of tourists in the
heritage city of Agra.
Economic Fluctuation and Its Effects on Tourism in Kish Island, Iranhamed rouzrokh
When economic recession accompany by international sanctions, market will experience the worst scenario in
three layers: political environment, fiscal, and management issues that Iran experienced from the second quarter
of 2012, due to international sanction. A field survey was applied to evaluate two target groups; shop owners and
tourists’ reactions against the economic fluctuation effects in Kish Island. Principal component analysis was
considered to analyze the data that obtained from field survey. The result shows that although the tourist chose
economizing strategies, however shop owners faced Paradoxical sphere, imbalance economy, none transparency,
high risk and uncertainty space. Shop owners try to adjust themselves through the variety of strategies based on
their capacity.
The tourism industry is an important contributor to Haiti’s foreign exchange earnings and has always been on the agenda of the government’s plan to develop the country. The political unrest has however enabled the DMO to implement all the different strategies suggested. Entrepreneurship in the tourism sector is one of the latest suggestions to develop the tourism sector.
Not many academic papers have been written about Haiti as a destination (Séraphin 2010 and 2011; Dore 2010; Thernil 2004; Theodat 2004; Dupont 2003). ‘Bonjour blanc, a journey through Haiti’ (Thomson, 2004), is as far as we are concerned one of the very few novels or travel writings about this destination. This article contributes to the body of meta-literature by focusing on guest houses in the countryside as a way forward for the locals to fully benefit from the tourism industry.
Starting with a review of academic papers on entrepreneurship, this article adopts a progressive approach successively presenting the place of the tourism industry within the service sector in Haiti and then the opportunities and limit for the creation of guest houses in the countryside.
Methodologically, this article builds on academic critical literature on entrepreneurship and countryside tourism (primary sources). We are then going to carry out some field research to identify the opportunities available for MSTEs in the hospitality sector (guest houses) in the countryside.
The Ethical Practices of Tourists in Callao CaveRoy Vincent Abad
Ethical tourism manages not to cause harm in the environment instead it serves as a gradual development in tourist destinations without compromising the needs of the future generation.
Using YouTube videos of anthropology of tourism pioneer Valene Smith to balan...momlinda
In light of the Venn diagram of sustainability, a meta-analysis of four popular undergraduate tourism textbooks revealed a content imbalance tipped in favor of economics, the business of tourism. In order to infuse the curriculum with more socio-cultural content, and due to their immediate accessibility, recently posted YouTube videos highlighting the four-decade long work of Valene Smith were added to the content of two undergraduate classes. The use of social media to address the imbalance was a well-received method and could be easily adopted.
A Study of the Factors Influencing Cultural Tourists’ Perception and Its Meas...laxmi2804
The major growth of the Indian tourism sector is contributed by domestic tourism
which tends to be more focused on cultural destinations. Travel and tourism for fun,
pleasure and recreation is still considered an elite ‘five star’ activity by a majority of
the Indians. At the same time, travel and tourism for cultural purposes forms an integral
part of the Indian population, where people from all ages, religions and income groups
often manage time and resources for cultural tourism. Tourism has a huge potential for
poverty alleviation by increasing job opportunities and spending by tourists. Most
important from India's point of view is the fact that these employment opportunities
are created in the small and medium segments of the economy and disperse throughout
the country. When people of a country visit such sites and experience their culture, they
understand ‘who they are and where they have come from’ (Palmer, 1999). Since viewing
of such sites by domestic tourists offers glimpses of a nation's past, their promotion
becomes vital in the construction of national identity (Johnson, 1995). The
measurement of perception of tourists and thereby identifying gaps in the current
service-good composition and customizing pro-tourist product mix, becomes crucially
important for all the stakeholders of the tourism industry. This paper primarily studies
those crucial factors which have a direct impact on the perception of tourists in the
heritage city of Agra.
Economic Fluctuation and Its Effects on Tourism in Kish Island, Iranhamed rouzrokh
When economic recession accompany by international sanctions, market will experience the worst scenario in
three layers: political environment, fiscal, and management issues that Iran experienced from the second quarter
of 2012, due to international sanction. A field survey was applied to evaluate two target groups; shop owners and
tourists’ reactions against the economic fluctuation effects in Kish Island. Principal component analysis was
considered to analyze the data that obtained from field survey. The result shows that although the tourist chose
economizing strategies, however shop owners faced Paradoxical sphere, imbalance economy, none transparency,
high risk and uncertainty space. Shop owners try to adjust themselves through the variety of strategies based on
their capacity.
The tourism industry is an important contributor to Haiti’s foreign exchange earnings and has always been on the agenda of the government’s plan to develop the country. The political unrest has however enabled the DMO to implement all the different strategies suggested. Entrepreneurship in the tourism sector is one of the latest suggestions to develop the tourism sector.
Not many academic papers have been written about Haiti as a destination (Séraphin 2010 and 2011; Dore 2010; Thernil 2004; Theodat 2004; Dupont 2003). ‘Bonjour blanc, a journey through Haiti’ (Thomson, 2004), is as far as we are concerned one of the very few novels or travel writings about this destination. This article contributes to the body of meta-literature by focusing on guest houses in the countryside as a way forward for the locals to fully benefit from the tourism industry.
Starting with a review of academic papers on entrepreneurship, this article adopts a progressive approach successively presenting the place of the tourism industry within the service sector in Haiti and then the opportunities and limit for the creation of guest houses in the countryside.
Methodologically, this article builds on academic critical literature on entrepreneurship and countryside tourism (primary sources). We are then going to carry out some field research to identify the opportunities available for MSTEs in the hospitality sector (guest houses) in the countryside.
After almost 44 years of service, the U.S.S. RANKIN is celebrating its 20 anniversary as an artificial reef off the coast of Stuart, Florida.
Over 60 veterans who served aboard the U.S.S. RANKIN will be in Stuart the first week of November 2008 to pay tribute to the ship at its final resting place.
Some of the former crew members live here on the Treasure Coast.
For more about the U.S.S. RANKIN please visit:
www.ussrankin.org
When tourism getting momentum globally, a concern irks locally is – is tourism really benefitting the common people in destinations? When ordinary people are forced to jeopardize their convenience for the pleasures of travelers and tour operators, a lion part of the income generated from tourism goes to minority business players. Even though these natural attractions are to be equally enjoyed by all, this paradox remain prevails. Here the novel concept Responsible Tourism (RT) tries to answer many of our apprehensions. This paper reiterates that RT initiative – a strategy to accomplish economic, social and environmental objectives simultaneously shall be the approach for destination management. The Sustainable Tourism Products (STP) and Community Based Tourism (CBT) products emerge as a new strategy for destination marketing, and this Cause Related Marketing (CRM) totally in line with pro-poor, inclusive, and sustainable development concepts creates a win-win situation among community, tourists and industry.
Keywords: Responsible Tourism, Community Based Tourism (CBT) Product, Sustainable Tourism Product (STP), Destination Management, Destination Marketing, and Cause Related Marketing (CRM)
Exploring The Community Participation, Tourism Village, And Social-Economic T...inventionjournals
Pentingsari is one of tourist village destination areas because of the unique culture and beauty environment. This study aims to development the community participation in recent area of an effective tourism village that increases the economic growth, socio-cultural and environmental. The development of tourism in Indonesia is familiar with the trend of ecotourism as one approach to tourism development (Chang et al., 2012). This study uses a qualitative approach by adopting the interpretive paradigm. Result findings show empowerment of rural communities in Pentingsari village can maximize the utilization of potential of nature and environment, as well as to empower communities by maximizing the utilization of social culture, customs and historical heritage of rural communities by maximizing the potential of agriculture and plantation. Overall, government can improve the local economy, particularly encouraging for emergence of new entrepreneurs in this area, entrepreneur will boost the competitiveness of businesses in this village with an increase in entrepreneurial spirit by socio-economic and environmental impacts. Keywords: community participation, tourism village, socio-economic, and environment impact.
Tourism is one of the world’s fastest growing industries and is a major source of income for many countries. It can have both positive and negative impacts towards the image of the particular destinations tourism image. Sustainable tourism development attempts to find the balance between Environment, Economic and Culture to create an improved quality of life for the host community. The paper analyses about the concepts, practices, strategies, issues and trends of Sustainable Tourism Development
Understanding Tourists’ Motivations: The Case of Al Baha Montainous Region i...IEREK Press
Motivations are criticalfactors in understanding tourists’ behaviors in relation to destination choice; they relateto needs, goals, and preferences. Extensive research on this topic has been documented in the literature. However, there are few empirical studies on ecotourist cities in mountainous regionsthat are facing an increasing number of challenges due to the cost of infrastructure development. Attention to tourists’ motivational factors in ecotourist cities is criticalfor specifyingtheir needsand preferenceswhen drawing up future urban policies to develop ecotourist areas. In this study, the variables that influence tourists’ motivations, and their likelihood of revisiting those areas, were analyzed. The principal results show the significant role of accommodation locations and marketing in attracting visitors to ecotourist areas. These findings suggest that private and public sectors should invest in tourists’ residential development with a high level of accessibility and views. Moreover, tourist advertisements should be given more attention, especially on social media platforms.
Sustainable Development Strategies of Domestic and International Tourism in R...ijtsrd
Given the complexity of the issues surrounding the concept of sustainable tourism, the current paper tries to provide a unified methodology to assess tourism sustainability. This work paper also will help us to analyze the chapter of tourism’s sustainable development, which is a development strategy. Given the economic, social and political importance in tourism, and also the overall contribution to the development of a region, we considered that a distinct approach of the tourism development strategies was required in domestic and international terms.This is then followed by a more detailed account on the conditions for a successful sustainable tourism policy, focusing in particular on collaboration and coordination, participation, decentralisation and information as well as strategic planning. These policy instruments are seen as crucial to facilitate sustainable tourism development.On the local level, the development strategy of Rwanda considers that tourism can become one of the key factors in the process of renewed strengths of the economy, given the fact that Rwanda has huge tourism potential, which is appropriate to the different types of tourism, at national and regional level. It is considered that one of the main issues which need to be addressed is the use of the Rwanda tourism potential and its use in inappropriate conditions. Alphonse Habimana | Prof. Dr. Ricardo Saaverdra | Prof. Vince Sinining "Sustainable Development Strategies of Domestic and International Tourism in Rwanda" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-7 | Issue-2 , April 2023, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com.com/papers/ijtsrd53914.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com.com/management/other/53914/sustainable-development-strategies-of-domestic-and-international-tourism-in-rwanda/alphonse-habimana
Community based tourism.
A community based tourism project to understand the term and its benefits .Community-based tourism case studies in various regions & lessons from them
A Report On Eco Tourism Essay
Ecotourism Essay
Tourism Planning
What Is Ecotourism
The Causes And Positive Effects Of Ecotourism
Essay On Ecotourism
Socio-Cultural Impact of Eco-Tourism
Positive And Negative Effects Of Ecotourism
Criticism of Ecotourism
Essay about Tourism
Taking a Look at Ecotourism
Ecotourism Essay
Pros And Cons Of Ecotourism
The Pros and Cons of Ecotourism
Literature Review: Nature-Based Tourism
The impact of alternative tourism in mountainous regions, specifically in the...AJHSSR Journal
ABSTRACT: Tourism has been considered as a development tool that may, under certain conditions, serve to
grow the local economy, empower society and the community, and alleviate inequalities. A mixed technique
('triangulation') was utilized in this study, which included a review of secondary research material,
questionnaire-based empirical research, and semi-structured interviews. The Evrytania Regional Unit (Central
Greece) was chosen as a study region since it meets all of the mountain requirements. The research findings
include both the impacts documented in the tourist destination in major areas of development such as the
economy, society, culture, and the environment, as well as some critical elements that have influenced the
expansion of Evrytania's tourism development.
KEYWORDS : Tourism; mountain tourism; mountain area; Evrytania; impacts; soft-alternative tourism; local
development; inequalities
The Role of Education and Sustainable Tourism in Achieving Cost Effectiveness...YogeshIJTSRD
The article highlights the importance of sustainable development and sustainable tourism, their economic, social and environmental aspects, and analyzes their role in achieving economic efficiency. In addition, the level of study of sustainable tourism in terms of the area and their problems are illuminated. The most developed countries widely implement educational programs in the field of tourism. These programs cover virtually all levels from high school to university and virtually all prism sectors. The initial programs are focused on the hospitality sector, whose educational function is aimed at those who intend to work in the catering or leisure sector. In addition, the STEP and TEDQUAL training standards in the development of the Sustainable Tourism Program of the World Tourism Organization, which is being implemented within the framework of the UN program are extensively introduced. Its activities over the past decades and more have mainly been aimed at supporting the development of tourism education worldwide. This has been accomplished in a variety of ways. Sustainable tourism in Uzbekistan during the pandemic and its impact on economic efficiency and education and sustainable tourism has proven to be the best way out of this global epidemic without an economic crisis. Khayrullaeva Nilufarbeim Nematilloyevna | Kadirova Shafoat Khabibulloyevna | Aripova Makhliyo Salakhiddinovna | Latifova Mekhrigul Ergashovna "The Role of Education and Sustainable Tourism in Achieving Cost Effectiveness during a Pandemic" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Special Issue | Innovative Development of Modern Research , April 2021, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd39823.pdf Paper URL : https://www.ijtsrd.com/humanities-and-the-arts/tourism/39823/the-role-of-education-and-sustainable-tourism-in-achieving-cost-effectiveness-during-a-pandemic/khayrullaeva-nilufarbeim-nematilloyevna
7 Leveraging Tourism for Promoting Sustainable Development of Hill States.pdfJIT KUMAR GUPTA
Text tries to look at the entire context of tourism in terms of human living and rapid urbanisation; tries to explain the impact of tourism in the hill Areas, culture and fragile environment . It also suggests few options to overcome existing challenges in hill areas to make tourism supportive of environment, ecology, growth, bio-diversity and sustainability.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object CalisthenicsDorra BARTAGUIZ
After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
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Forecasting as a Pinnacle for Rural Revitalization: Case Study
of Mesowalai Homestay, Sabah State, Malaysia
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Ojo Kayode Ayobami, 2Hairul Nizam Bin Ismail and 3Stephen Enyinaya Eluwa
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Faculty of Built Environment, Universiti Teknologi, 81310 Skudai,
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Abstract
The rapid increase in the capacity of computers to store information has generated an abundance of data
across all types of industries in the world. Tourism forecast generates thousands of series of data nearly
every time when considering domestic travel, as well as numerous levels of disaggregation such as
geographical regions, purpose of travel and so on. Hence, accurate forecasting techniques have become a
necessity in Mesowalai Homestay due to the influx of tourists to the area & its impact on socio- economic
development so as to take advantage of such a plethora of information. Many studies have used different
forecasting techniques to forecast tourist arrival; therefore this study adopts the regression approach to
forecast tourist arrivals in Mesowalai homestay. The data comprises of tourist arrival from the year 2000 to
2010. For the modeling, year 2000 to 2006 was used for building up the tourist arrival model and year 2006
to 2010 was used to compare the forecast. The result shows that the peak tourist arrivals to Mesowalai
homestay is put at 1123.55 annually while tourist growth increases by 233.2 annually.
Keywords: Volunteer tourism, Forecast, Regression Approach, Tourist Arrival, Homestay
1. Introduction
Tourism has become the largest global industry (Goeldner & Ritchie, 2006, Choi & Sirakaya 2006) and the
growth of this industry in the 20th century has been credited to the “globalization of capitalism, movement
of populations, tourist’s arrival, advancement in transportation and modern communication technology. In
2010, the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) projected that the travel and tourism industry would
generate a total of $5,474 billion toward global gross domestic product and 219,810,000 jobs. Many
communities have experienced dwindling traditional industries as a result of rural urban drift and have
increasingly looked towards tourism to help fill the growing economic void (Latkova, 2008; Perdue, Long,
& Allen, 1987). The travel and tourism industry has the potential to offer many benefits to these
communities which include improvement in the quality of life in a host community by increasing
employment opportunities, tax revenues, economic diversity, festivals, restaurants, cultural activities, and
outdoor recreation opportunities (Andereck, et al., 2005). Andereck, et al., (2005) noted that tourism also
has some negative impacts to the host community, such as increased crowding, traffic, crime, cost of living,
parking problems, friction between residents and tourists, and changes in residents’ way of life. To arrest
these ugly situation , voluntourism can serve as an alternative form of tourism that aims at limiting these
negative impacts while obtaining the benefits the tourism industry has to offer (Wearing,2002; Stebbins &
Graham ,2004;Stoddart&Rogerson, 2004). The Residents support of tourism has also been identified as an
essential element for successful sustainable tourism development (Jurowski & Gursoy, 2004; Latkova,
2008, Awangku, 2009) and the establishment of home stay in Batu Puteh in Sabah State (Hamzah, 1986) is
a good yardstick to venture into forecasting of tourist’s arrival. Homestay is a place where travelers can stay
and live with a local host in their family home. Homestays in Sabah provide a unique opportunity to
experience the way of life of local people of an area along with their indigenous and traditional cultures.
They also provide an opportunity for visitors to experience a place in an authentic, comfortable and homely
setting. Homestays are not merely a place of accommodation for travelers such as a hotel, and should not be
confused with "Bed and Breakfast", "Inns" or "Lodging Houses" because it is a place that usually seek to
ameliorate the rural menace through the development of viable resilient sustainable diversified local
economy, improve the quality of life of the area by building the community capacity to adapt to and benefit
from global economic change. In a related vein, (rural revitalization) focuses on the stimulation of
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opportunities that will generate additional income and jobs, while preserving and enhancing the dynamics
and features that make rural life special and sustainable (Song & Li, 2008; McGehee & Santos, 2005).
Therefore, tourist’s arrival and its forecast are among the prerequisites of rural revitalization which is based
on their economic strength and aims at improving their quality of life, living standard and general
development of Batu Puteh at large.
2. Significance
The goal of voluntourism development is to increase the quality of life of the residents in a given host
community (Um & Crompton, 1987).. Results of this study act as a baseline to measure the benefits
accrueable to forecasting tourist arrival in BatuPuteh. The findings may aid in the creation of a marketing
campaign with a narrower focus and to increase residents’ awareness of tourism . There. If the central goal
of tourism development is to increase residents’ quality of life, a marketing campaign strategy is needed to
increase residents’ knowledge (Valentine, et-al, 2005, Andreasen, 1994; Hairul & Hafizul, 2011) and
awareness of trip forecast( Benson& Henderson 2011). Therefore, this study may also aid in the planning
of future voluntourism development and support Batu Puteh’s future tourism development plans by
establishing a better understanding of the tourist arrival synergy. Other significant of tourist’s arrival
forecast are too numerous that one wonders why the neglect, among the merit that are deducible from
adapting tourist’s arrival forecast vis a vis rural revitalization are:
It guarantees moderate population increment, and increased economy in the rural areas because of
enhanced increase in income through job opportunities and the re- branding of Batu Puteh
It guarantees the retention of youth back in the rural area because of the assurance that a good number
of tourists will visit their community at certain period in time, thereby, empowering the youths to improve
their skills in art, farming and other economic activities. It also enhances improvement in participatory
approach, preservation of culture and other special affluence of rural communities, like rural pride by
enhancing community capacity through established leadership strategies, asset mapping, and mobilization
which later manifests into exchange of ideas, learning to weigh the success and where improvement is
required. The motivations factors (Candy &Ada, 2011; Soderman& Snead, 2008) that accelerated increase
in number of individuals taking part in short term organized voluntourism programme and increasing
demand for volunteer tourism activity has been paralleled by increase in sending organization which
promotes, sell and organize for voluntourists with variety of options (Callanan & Thomas, 2005) and the
International Institute of Peace Through Tourism (2006), affirmed that travel often promotes international
understanding, tolerance, cultural awareness and creates cultural dialogue thus, leading to the reduction of
conflict in host community and the world at large, but this assertion depends on adequate information and
enlightenment arising from voluntourist arrival forecast.
3. Literature review
Volunteer tourism is a type of alternative in which tourists volunteer in an organized way to undertake
holiday that might involve aiding or alleviating the material needs of some groups in society, the restoration
of certain environment or research into aspect of society or environment (Wearing 2001). In a similar vein,
Volunteer tourism or voluntourism is defined by Broad & Jenkin, (2008), and McIntosh& Zahra (2008) as
a type of tourism experience where tour operators offer travelers an opportunity to participate in an
optional excursion that has a volunteer components as well as a cultural exchange with local people [host
community] while McGehee and Santos (2005) conceives Volunteer tourism or voluntourism as utilizing
discretionary time and income to travel out of the sphere of the regular activity to assist others in need. The
increasing demand for an alternative, friendlier, non- discriminating experience has occasioned a new array
of niche product amongst which voluntourism is the fastest growing and most prominent (Lyons & Wearing
2008, Mathew 2008, Coghlan 2006).
Voluntourism embraces trinity of approach in enhancing local economy, environment and the society
with special reference to cultural values of the host to be able to work, live or stay and to promote pro-poor
egalitarian society within a healthy natural environment. voluntourists will be aware of culture of the host,
respect it norms, tradition, value and lifestyles, empowered to follow diligently throughout their stay and
even learn from. The Voluntourists aims at utilizing this alternative tourism approach in a progressive and
educational form which will eventually contributes to global justice, sustainability, peaceful co-existence,
job creation, youth retention and above all rural revitalization as a main target. Communities should
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endeavour to cultivate the attitude of forecasting the expected number of tourists through regression
modeling technique as applied by the researcher. Fig 1shows voluntourism categorization.
The multiplier effect is a concept that explains why tourists spending have a greater local economic
impact than the original amount spent. Essentially the multiplier effect is the concept that every dollar spent
by a tourist while in the host community will turn over several times before leaving the community,
thereby, multiplying the impact of currency spent by tourists in a given host community (Goeldner &
Ritchie, 2006). The indirect or multiplier impact comes into play as visitor spending circulates and re-
circulates” They further break the multiplier into income multiplier and employment multiplier. More jobs
are created from the tourists spending circulating and re-circulating throughout a host community. As a
result, income in the host community will also grow exponentially with tourist spending. Tourist’s spending
circulates within a destination so that the economic benefits are widely distributed throughout a destination.
3.1 Tourism in Malaysia
The growth of tourism in Asia and the Pacific grew more than two-fold from 57.7m to 119.1m
international arrivals from 1990 to 2003. In 2003, the region achieved 17.2% of international market share,
second only to Europe (57.8%), surpassing the Americas in 2001. The (SARS) epidemic “Severe Acute
Respiratory Syndrome” saw a significant decline particularly in North East (-8.8%) and South East Asia (-
15.4%) contributing to the overall decrease (-1.2%) in world travel from 702.6m in 2002 in to 694m in
2003 (WTO 2004)
3.2 Tourism in Sabah
The island of Borneo is politically divided into Brunei, Malaysia, and Indonesian Kalimantan.
Separated from Peninsular Malaysia (PM) by the South China Sea, Sabah, one of Malaysia’s 13 States
occupies the north eastern region of the island and shares terrestrial borders with the Malaysian state of
Sarawak and Indonesian Kalimantan. In the eastern seas of Sulu and Sulawesi lie the international borders
with the Philippines and Indonesia. Kota Kinabalu (KK), the state capital and the main port of entry is
served with international and domestic linkages, which include Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Tokyo, Brunei,
Seoul, Taipei, Hong Kong, Manila, Manado (Sulawesi), Guangzhou (China), Balikpapan (Kalimantan) and
Sydney. Inter-state transportation is facilitated by an efficient network of flights and bus routes operating
between major towns. International sea access includes a ferry route from Southern Philippines to Sandakan
and Kalimantan to Tawau (Hamza, 1986; Awangku, 2009). The differences in tourism development
between Peninsular Malaysia (PM) and Sabah are based on geographical location, access, resource and
foundation and world image. Reinforced by the ‘wild’ Borneo image, the cornerstone of tourism in Sabah is
established on a contrasting combination of natural and wildlife attractions, set against a backdrop of
terrestrial and marine landscapes ranging from the mountains, lowland forests, floodplains and the tropical
islands. It is on this premises that KOPEL was set up in Batu Puteh Community to develop the poor and
isolated indigenous rural areas with ecological upset, to reverse the losses, to capitalize on ancient
indigenous traditional knowledge and culture. The creation of homestay in Batu Puteh fondly called
Mesowalai Homestay that volunteers stay with a local host family helps provide volunteers with a fun and
added cultural experience with KOPEL-MESCOT.
4. Forecast
The rapid increase in the capacity of computers to store information has generated an abundance of
data across all types of industries. For example, Athanasopoulos et al. (2009) generated forecasts for 117
tourism demand series (including Australian domestic tourism only), disaggregated only by elected
geographical areas. In total, Tourism Australia generates forecasts for thousands of series every quarter
when considering inbound, outbound and domestic travel, as well as numerous levels of disaggregation
such as geographical regions, purpose of travel and so on. The under listed techniques have been applied in
various field of study by various scholars and researchers:
Allen and Fildes (2001) found that models with exogenous variables forecast better than extrapolating
methods when ex post forecasts are used for the regressors. Athanasopoulos &Vahid (2008) also carried out
study in macroeconomic. A surprising result from their study is that the forecasting performances of causal
models seem to improve when using ex ante, rather than ex post, forecasts. In the tourism literature,
despite strong warnings about its limitations ( Hyndman and Koehler, 2006), the MAPE remains the most
commonly used forecast error measure among both academics and practitioners (see Fildes &Goodwin,
2007), and the tourism forecasting literature is no exception ( Li et al., 2005; Song & Li, 2008). The MASE
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(mean absolute scaled error), that was proposed by Hyndman and Koehler (2006 ).Hence, accurate
forecasting procedures have become a necessity in order to take advantage of such a plethora of
information and as forecasting is the ability to project into future which is uncertain. Many studies have
used different forecasting techniques to forecast tourist arrival Song, et-al, 2003; Kim et-al, 2008; Song &
Li, 2008, Athanasopoulos et-al, 2009; Fildes et al 2010). This study adopts the regression approach to
forecast tourist arrivals in Mesowalai Homestay. The data comprise of tourist arrival from the year 2000 to
2010, and this was equally used for building the tourist arrival model and year 2006 to 2010 was used to
compare the forecast. Figure 2 shows the number of non-volunteer and volunteer tourist arrivals in Bar
chart.
In forecasting the model, least squares approach was adopted with the parameters (a) and (b)
estimated as follows:
The required sums of squares are: N =11, , ,
and
From these parameter estimates are obtained as:
a=1123.55 and n b=233.2
and the fitted linear regression line is:
The table 1 illustrates the actual and forecast values of Tourist arrivals in Mesowalia Homestay
5. Discussion and Results
The homestay fitted linear regression, line Y =1123.55+233.2X. From this, we deduced that there is an
increase of tourist arrivals to the homestay of 233.2 annually while tourist peak to the homestay is put at
1123.55 annually. This means that if each tourist arrives the homestay with an income of RM1000 then
annually this will amount to RM11235.5 and for the forecasted 10years period the homestay community
will make expected or projected revenue of RM11, 235,500. The chart of actual and forecasted values of
tourist arrival is as shown in figure 3.
6. Recommendations and Conclusion
Based on the results of this study, it is recommended that a social marketing campaign be
implemented to increase residents’ awareness, tourism knowledge and expected number of tourist arrivals
to their community coupled with economic benefits, and such a campaign should focus on economic
advantages, knowledge gainable and general physical development . One way to offer additional
information to the residents’ awareness on volutourism would be to add to the existing website the positive
impacts of tourist’s arrival forecast. Others are to configure in to the website the impact of tourism
industry’s to the local economy, and community services that are partially funded by tourists spending,
The use of mass media, promo and exhibition is also recommended so as to motivate tourist to revisit
as well as updating the images in order to intensify positive feeling towards the homestay because the
whole world is now global village with various networks of communication and internet.
Conclusively, the prompt maintenance and the provision of necessary facilities in the Mesowalai
homestay coupled with tourism potential like wildlife conservation, sea turtles, flora, fauna, proboscis
monkey, outstanding stretch coral reef and the establishment of eco- nature destination. The combination of
all these parameters i.e. the culture, nature and adventures fascinate potential tourist to explore the
homestay. The forecast will be of greater assistance to authenticate the homestay developmental strategies
so as to strengthen the attractiveness of the Mesowalai homestay which will in turn boost the economic and
social activities of the residents and adjourning communities. The researcher buttressed Lankford and
Howard (1994) that, “Educational programs, public meetings, and workshops can be undertaken at the local
level to help residents understand the essence of tourist arrival forecast in tourism industry and its impacts.
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Table 1: The actual and forecast values of Tourist arrivals to MesowaliaHomestay
Year 2006 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Actual 918 1596 2149 2943 1786
Forecast 1356.76 1589.95 1823.15 2056.35 2289.55 2522.75 2755.95 2989.15 3222.35 3455.555 36888.75 3921.55 4155.15
Source: Planning Department, Johor Bahru, 2010
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Recreation/leisure Tourism Mass Tourism Eco-Tourism
Alternative Tourism
Commutourism Responsible Tourism
Culture Tourism Productive Tourism
Postmodern Tourism
Altruistic Tourism
Social Tourism Charity Tourism
Justice Tourism
Moral Tourism Pro-poor Tourism
Romantic Tourism
Ethical Tourism Mission LIte Tourism
Just Tourism
Religious Tourism Purposeful Tourism
Voluntourism
Fig.1 categorizing voluntourism (Wearing 2001) as modified by researcher
Fig. 2 the number of non-volunteer and volunteer tourist arrivals in Bar chart.
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Fig. 3,The chart of actual and forecasted values of tourist arrival.
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