ICMR 2017
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2024-03-29T07:53:22ZIntroduction and Content pages - 2nd ICMR
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Introduction and Content pages - 2nd ICMR
2019-10-19T00:00:00ZABSTRACT OF THE KEYNOTE SPEECH BY DR. STEPHEN W. BOYD
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ABSTRACT OF THE KEYNOTE SPEECH BY DR. STEPHEN W. BOYD
Boyd, Stephen W
Sustainability in a tourism context is hard to achieve in conflict-free environments; where regions are emerging from a prolonged period of turbulence and instability it is even more challenging. Unfortunately, not all places have enjoyed a conflict-free past. The focus of this keynote address is to examine the relationship between sustainability and post-conflict tourism development where the goal is for places to become destinations that have moved beyond an initial phoenix stage of tourism development as they move out of conflict. Casuevic and Lynch (2011) viewed ‘phoenix tourism’ as a distinct period in post-conflict tourism. Using Northern Ireland as an exemplar, discussion focuses on the following: addressing vulnerability, developing resilience strategies and establishing strong governance that facilitates stakeholder empowerment, with an outcome that sees the nature of tourism development move beyond a narrow and often dark-focused product offer and experience. Discussion also focuses on issues such as dissonance, place identity and cultural integrity as these can influence the type of tourism opportunity a region can promote. Is there, however, a conundrum in post-conflict destinations over whether to promote a more inclusive form of cultural heritage tourism as opposed to the development of a more niche opportunity of dark and political tourism? Debate is offered around the issues of dissonance and cultural sharing and the role that dark and political tourism development can play in the ‘normalization’ of a region’s tourism industry (Boyd, 2013). The challenge, as discussed in this keynote address, is being able and willing to move to that position beyond a post-conflict development stage.
2019-10-19T00:00:00ZABSTRACT OF THE KEYNOTE SPEECH BY DR. HAIDAR DZIYAUDDIN The Conundrum of Sustainable Tourism: Theorizing Human Rights Approach
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ABSTRACT OF THE KEYNOTE SPEECH BY DR. HAIDAR DZIYAUDDIN The Conundrum of Sustainable Tourism: Theorizing Human Rights Approach
Dziyauddin, Haidar
Tourism involves human activities propelled by the interest to travel and stay for various purposes. It is fast becoming a lucrative commercial product transacted like a commodity. People are willing to pay for an excitement, adventure, romance, memory lane, serenity, privacy and other condition in life. With the advancement of information technology, someone’s backyard can be turned into a tourist attraction through the viral effect of social media. The proliferation of tourist packages creates new commodities which encourages and supports socio economic development. Undoubtedly, from economic perspective, it creates revenue that helps to spur the progress of business activities at a larger scale. A vexed question that needs to be addressed is whether the commercialisation of tourism can be sustained for future generation particularly in the area of ecotourism, edutourism and cultural tourism. There exists a real dilemma between the catalyst for income generation and dilapidation of resources by way of a threat to ecosystem and biodiversity. A competing interest between resources and revenue requires a balance approach to guarantee the sustainability of tourism industry. Thus, regulation is required to ensure the longevity of tourism resources. Arguably, the approach of regulatory mechanism will put a constraint on the development of tourism and its commercial activities. On the other hand, concern of maximization of tourism resources based on laissez faire will jeopardize sustainable tourism. The writer will argue that a concrete approach by theorizing human rights approach to preserve and protect sustainable tourism is a legitimate recourse.
2019-10-19T00:00:00ZABSTRACT OF THE KEYNOTE SPEECH BY DR. HONGGANG XU Chinese Outbound Tourism: Context, Perspective and Prospects
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ABSTRACT OF THE KEYNOTE SPEECH BY DR. HONGGANG XU Chinese Outbound Tourism: Context, Perspective and Prospects
Xu, Honggang
The rising Chinese outbound tourism is one of the most important phenomena for the global tourism industries and tourism societies in recent years. However, the large scale of Chinese outbound tourists only started recently, after the Chinese opening policy and especially when Chinese government formerly permit the group package tour to foreign countries with the Approved Destination Status policy. While the Chinese outbound tourists have brought opportunities to destination counties, challenges and issues are also emerging both to the Chinese society and the destination societies. This study would like to present the historical development of Chinese outbound tourism, including the policies on Chinese outbound tourism, the patterns of Chinese outbound tourism and identified features of Chinese outbound tourism, based on the secondary data and literature. Yet the emphasis would be placed on the recent development and trend. This study argues that both more cooperation among the Chinese side and the destination countries are needed to enable a sustainable development through Chinese tourism activities. Finally, some of observations of Chinese tourists to Sri Lanka will also be discussed.
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