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Volume XX |
Tourism

Sustainable tourism and community-based tourism in small islands: a policy analysis

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Abstract: The importance of the tourism sector to Small Island Developing States (SIDS) relies on their “islandness”. Tourism contributes to its socio-economic development in many ways. However, their heavy dependence on foreign entities and expertise has encumbered processes that ensure greater local control, ownership, participation, and avoidance of leakages. Unshackling these dependencies is one of the biggest challenges faced by SIDS in their quest to self-determination and emancipatory futures. The article argues that new pathways and trajectories have to be found to induce the required change where sustainability and inclusivity become fundamental for self-determination, social justice, and a just tourism. The article suggests the establishment of specific island policies that support sustainability and Community-based Tourism (CBT). The suggestions also include the establishment of a regional CBT hub for Islands within a region. This article is a conceptual paper based on secondary data, journal articles, books and government documents.

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Full article 10.5775/fg.2021.057.iDates:
Received: 22-08-2020 Accepted: 05-01-2021 Printed: 30-06-2021 Online: 13-09-2021
Affiliations:
  • 1 Ritson Campus, Department of Hospitality and Tourism, Durban University of Technology, PO Box 1334, Durban, 4000, South Africa
  • 2 School of Built Environment and Development Studies, College of Humanities, Howard College, University of KwaZulu Natal, Private Bag X54001, Durban 4000, South Africa
  • 3 Department of Earth Sciences and Spatial Management, Maria Curie Sklodowska University, Al. Kraśnicka 2cd, 20-718 Lublin, Poland
Corresponding author:
  • dluzewska.a@gmail.com
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Volume XX |
Tourism

Heuristic Approach in Determining the Best Tourist Tours to Medieval Fruška Gora Monasteries in Serbia

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Abstract: This study brings the results of comprehensive analysis aimed at finding the best tourist routes between twenty important tourism sites in Serbia: sixteen medieval monasteries at Fruška Gora Mountain, two other important monasteries in the area, and cities of Novi Sad and Belgrade as starting points of tours. Several travelling salesman problems are formulated and the shortest tours are found with the application of heuristic approach and genetic algorithm developed specially for this purpose. The best tour connecting all twenty sites of great tourist interest is firstly identified in strictly geographical terms by using GPS coordinates and orthodromic distances. This result, considered as the optimal in mathematical sense is not achievable in real circumstances, but can serve as target and be compared with any other solution obtained as if the touring all sites is made by car. In this study the distances between sites are based on node-to-node ground transportation infrastructure data downloaded from the Google Maps Service at Internet. Shortest tours respect topography of the area and can be used for planning tourist and other visits to monasteries and cities of national and international importance. The results of this study are considered as input to improvement of existing government policies affecting Serbian travel and tourism marketing. An approach is applicable elsewhere with open agenda for extensions and further improvements.

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Full article 10.5775/fg.2021.084.iDates:
Received: 24-11-2020 Accepted: 14-04-2021 Printed: 30-06-2021 Online: 13-09-2021
Affiliations:
  • 1 Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Water Management, University of Novi Sad, Trg D. Obradovica 8, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
Corresponding author:
  • bojans@polj.uns.ac.rs
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Acknowledgements: This research was supported by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of Republic of Serbia (grant 451-03-68/2020-14/ 200117).
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Volume XX |
Tourism

Certification and promotion of sustainable tourism: consumers attitude towards EU Ecolabel

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Abstract: The potential of ecotourism certification system has a promising development, considering increasing demands for environmentally friendly accommodation facilities for tourists on their vacations. The importance of the certification system and its impact or influence on the economic, social environment but also on the natural environment is a very big one. The opportunities offered by the certification activity are very wide, offering a number of advantages to the local communities, but also to the tour operators in the areas where such a system is implemented. That is why the standards regarding the ecological labeling have been developed and have been introduced in the national and regional systems of life cycle analysis of the products.The goal of the paper is to highlight the current situation, possibilities and approaches to ecological certification in tourism in Romania and to bring to the fore some fundamental elements regarding the ecological label. To determine the current attitude of the Romanian consumers towards the ecological labeling of the products, an questionnaire was carried out. It focused on identifying the perception of Romanian consumers towards the ecological label and how it influences their buying behavior.Based on the results of this research, we could observe the high level of notoriety of eco-labels among Romanian consumers, but also a nebulosity regarding the notion of eco-label, the uncertainty making its presence among our respondents.

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Full article 10.5775/fg.2021.143.iDates:
Received: 12-05-2020 Accepted: 15-12-2020 Printed: 30-06-2021 Online: 13-09-2021
Affiliations:
  • 1 Faculty of Sciences, Department of Geography, University of Craiova, Craiova, Romania
Corresponding author:
  • loredana.dragomir25@yahoo.com
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Volume XIX |
Geomorphology, GIS and Remote Sensing

Landslide-susceptibility Analysis, Mapping and Validation in the Bălăcița Piedmont (South-West Romania)

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Abstract: This work presents the results of applying the GIS matrix method (GMM) to the mapping and validation of landslide-susceptibility analysis in different sectors of the Bălăciţa Piedmont. The main objective of the paper concerns the achievement of landslide-susceptibility maps based on the inventory, classification and description of the landslides within the study area. The starting point was represented by the DEM and, subsequently, based on the lithological data, other determinant factors were analyzed and reclassified in a vectorial format: slope angle, slope elevation and slope aspect. After the factors that determine instability were identified for each type of mechanism, susceptibility maps were drawn. In the resulting landslide-susceptibility map a model for the validation is presented (based on the determination and calculation of a set of landslides not included in the susceptibility analysis). The landslide-susceptibility maps of the Bălăciţa Piedmont are preventive tools intended to minimize risks in the threatened areas, especially near the settlements that are located on the left slope of the Jiu river and witness the reactivation of old landslides.

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Full article 10.5775/fg.2020.127.dDates:
Received: 05-03-2020 Accepted: 03-08-2020 Printed: 30-12-2020 Online: 01-03-2021
Affiliations:
  • 1 Geography Department, Faculty of Sciences, University of Craiova, Romania
  • 2 National Agency for Natural Protected Areas, Dolj Territorial Service, Craiova, Romania
Corresponding author:
  • mihaela.licurici@edu.ucv.ro
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Acknowledgements: The authors would like to thank the University of Craiova that facilitated this research and provided technical support. Special gratitude goes towards Bilașco Ș. for the useful suggestions offered during statistical processing in the GIS environment and to the anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments.
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Volume XIX |
Geomorphology, GIS and Remote Sensing

Assessment of Soil Erosion by RUSLE Model using Remote Sensing and GIS – A case study of Ziz Upper Basin Southeast Morocco

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Abstract: cause many environmental and socio-economic problems on -and off-site: loss of biodiversity, reduced productivity of agricultural land, siltation of dams, increased risk of flooding. The quantification of soil erosion is essential in the management and conservation of the soil and water resources. Modeling soil erosion can provide a lot of information to estimate soil loss and sediment yields at large-scale. In this study, the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) integrated into a GIS was used to quantify soil losses in the large upper watershed of Ziz (4435 km2) in southeastern of Morocco. The RUSLE parameters were estimated based on data from satellite imagery, DEM-SRTM and national watershed management plan studies. The results show that annual average of the potential soil erosion is 489.5 t. ha-1. yr-1 and the specific sediment yield is 36.4 t. ha-1. yr-1. The main sources of sediment are in the watershed upstream parts and some deposition zones are located before the catchment outlet. These soil losses contribute to the annual siltation of the Hassan Eddakhil dam by a rate of 3.5%. The application of principal components analysis to soil erosion factors shows an important influence of the soil erodibility factor (K) followed by the topographic factor (LS) then crop management factor (C). These modeling results will provide data within the Moroccan southeastern High Atlas that can constitute a road map for future soil erosion projects and it can be a useful tool for proposing soil conservation strategies.

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Full article 10.5775/fg.2020.013.dDates:
Received: 22-05-2020 Accepted: 30-10-2020 Printed: 30-12-2020 Online: 01-03-2021
Affiliations:
  • 1 Faculty of LSH, Department of GEOGRAPHY, University of IBN TOFAIL, Kenitra, Morocco
  • 2 Center of CNESTEN, Research Unit of SOIL WATER CONSERVATION, Maamoura, Rabat, Morocco
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  • mmanaouch@gmail.com
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Acknowledgements: We would like to thank the ABH-GZR agency of the Ziz watershed for the ancillary data used in this study and the CNESTEN center in Maamoura, Rabat. We would also like to thank the anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments and suggestions that greatly improved the final version of the original manuscript.
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