Tourist Destination Recommendations Using Deep Learning

Contents * Preface * Acknowledgments * Chapter 1. Introduction * Defining Cultural Tourism * Conceptualizing Cultural Tourism--A Thematic Approach * The Key Issue: Linking Cultural Heritage Management and Tourism Management * Chapter 2. Challenges in Achieving Sustainable Cultural Tourism * Introduction * Culture and Tourism--Collaborators or Competitors? * The Independent Evolution of Tourism and Cultural Heritage * Seven Possible Relationships Between Tourism and Cultural Heritage Management * The Consequences * The Solution? * Chapter 3. How Tourism Works * Introduction * The Nature of Tourism * Attractions Drive Tourism * Factors Influencing Visitation Levels * Tourist Behavior * Cultural Tourism * Conclusion * Chapter 4. Cultural Heritage Management * Introduction * Core Concepts * Cultural Heritage Management and Tourism * Negative and Positive Impacts of Tourism * Conclusion * Chapter 5. Tangible Heritage * Introduction * Process-Driven Conservation of Tangible Cultural Heritage * The Scope of Tangible Heritage Assets * Cultural Significance of Heritage Assets * Authenticity * Tourism, Authenticity, and Commodification * Visitor Accessibility to Tangible Heritage Assets * Consultation As an Important Element of the Management Process * Chapter 6. Intangible Heritage and Its Management * Introduction * Recognition of Intangible Cultural Heritage Management * Intangible Heritage Assets--Management and Tourism Issues * Authenticity and Cultural Space * Tourism and Changes to Intangible Heritage * Culturally Appropriate and Sustainable Use of Assets * Stakeholder Consultation in Setting Management Priorities * Chapter 7. Cultural Tourism Products--A Regional Perspective * Introduction * Products * Benefits of Adopting a Marketing Approach to Product Development * Hierarchy of Attractions * Developing Cultural Tourism Attractions * Conclusions * Chapter 8. Commodification, Environmental Bubbles, and Cultural Tourism Products * Introduction * Consumption--Strangeness versus Familiarity and the Environmental Bubble * Creating Cultural Tourism Products or Attractions * Tactics * Conclusions * Chapter 9. The Cultural Tourism Market: A Cultural Tourism Typology * Introduction * Who Are Cultural Tourists? * A Typology of Cultural Tourists: Recognizing Different Shades of Cultural Tourists * Five Types of Cultural Tourists * Testing the Model: Hong Kong As a Case Study * Implications for Cultural Tourism * Chapter 10. Gatekeepers * Introduction * Using Cultural and Heritage Assets to Brand a Destination * The Role of Gatekeepers in Conveying Messages * Effect of Many Gatekeepers on the Message Passed to the Tourist * Chapter 11. Assessment * Introduction * Assessing the Tourism Potential of Assets * Considering the Wider Context * Understanding the Asset in Its Setting * Asset Specific Issues: Place and Cultural Spaces * Stakeholder and Consultation Issues * People, Skills, and Financial Resources * Conclusions * Chapter 12. Asset Auditing and Planning * Introduction * An Audit Model * An Audit Procedure * Testing the Procedure--Hong Kong * Planning * Chapter 13. Marketing * Introduction * Marketing As a Management Tool * Unique Features of Marketing in Cultural Tourism * Thinking Strategically * Sustainable Competitive Advantages * Role of Research * Putting It Together--The Marketing Plan * The Four Ps--The Marketing Mix * Conclusions * Chapter 14. Presentation and Management of Heritage Assets * Introduction * Reinvestment of Revenue in Conservation As One Benefit of Tourism * Fees and Levies Raised at the Source * Epilogue * References * Index

Sungai Pagu District has rich natural and cultural tourism potential, but its management has not been optimal due to a lack of community involvement, limited budget, and insufficient human resources in the tourism sector. With the development of Geographic Information System (GIS) technology, it can be utilized in various survey, mapping, and spatial analysis projects. This study aims to analyze the tourism potential and determine the priority for developing tourist attractions in Sungai Pagu District using the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) approach. The criteria used include Tourist Attractions, Facilities, Accessibility, Infrastructure, and Management, with alternatives being natural and cultural tourism. Data were collected through documentation, interviews, questionnaires, and observations, and then analyzed using Microsoft Excel software. The research findings show that there are 3 natural tourist attractions and 5 cultural tourist attractions. Based on the evaluation of 5 criteria, Management received the highest score (58.23%). Among natural tourism, Embung Batu Anyuik is the top priority (67.15%), while among cultural tourism, Menara Songket ranked the highest (40.67%).

Cultural and non-cultural tourism: Evidence from Italian experience

South Barito Regency is located in Central Kalimantan Province which has potential in the tourism sector. One of the districts as a tourist attraction in South Barito Regency is Dusun Selatan District. Tourist attractions include natural attractions, sports attractions, man-made attractions and special interest attractions. There are twenty one tourist objects in Dusun Selatan District, with developing tourist areas namely natural tourism, man-made tourism and cultural tourism. The aim of the research is to identify the tourism development potential of Dusun Selatan District, South Barito Regency from various natural resources, cultural tourism and artificial tourism. The tourism potential in several villages in Dusun Selatan District is an opportunity for the development of a tourist area in South Barito Regency. The research method uses qualitative methods based on data from literature studies and observations, to process the analysis and synthesis of tourism potential with reference to regional analysis through the SWOT analysis tool. The results of the research include: location analysis, existing potential analysis, and tourism development analysis

Morotai Island Regency as one of the tourist destinations that has the potential for natural and cultural tourism that has the potential to be developed into an attraction for tourist visits, both domestic and foreign tourists. The charm of Morotai Island is able to divert the eyes of tourists so that more tourists come to Morotai Island and enjoy the beautiful charm of amazing tourist objects, with the charm of natural tourism and strong historical tourism able to make Morotai Island one of the 4 favorite tourist attractions in North Maluku by foreign tourists and domestic tourists. The purpose of this study was conducted to describe the strategy of the concept of developing the promotion of Marine Tourism and Historical Tourism as a strengthening of Identity as a tropical paradise region to attract tourist visits to Morotai Regency, North Maluku Province. The concept of marine ecotourism as the right model for the development base of tourist objects and attractions owned by Morotai Island Regency. The development of historical tourism in Morotai Island Regency can be in line with strengthening the identity of Morotai Island Regency as an area that became part of the history of World War II, by providing direction for the design of elements forming the image of the region, namely paths, nodes, landmarks, districts, and edges, based on the historical value of Morotai Island Regency. From the results of this study, recommendations can be given to the Regional Government of Morotai Island Regency to be able to develop and promote marine and historical tourism destinations in Morotai Island Regency as the main tourist attraction, and the natural beauty of Morotai Island Regency is an additional attraction that supports tourism potential in Morotai Island Regency as a whole.

This research analyses cross-border cooperation programmes as a sustainable tourism development tool used in Russian and EU border regions. Special attention is paid to the Kaliningrad region and its role in the development of cross-border tourist routes. The natural and cultural heritage of the region contributes to its tourism potential. In recent years, Kaliningrad has established itself as a popular destination for domestic and international tourists. Tourism has become a decisive factor in achieving regional sustainability and in increasing the attractiveness of the territory. This paper analyses three types of tourism that are central to cross-border cooperation programmes: nature tourism, health tourism, and cultural tourism. The emphasis is placed on the recent advancement in these areas and their effect on regional social and economic development and the well-being of Kaliningraders. Nature tourism projects launched within cross-border cooperation programmes have increased the number of natural sites open to visitors and contributed to their better protection. Health tourism projects have built on healthcare technologies and stimulated the purchasing of new equipment, which is now used by healthcare organisations. Cultural tourism projects have been important for the revitalisation of cultural and historical sites, the introduction of new technologies, the development of new tourist routes and the organisation of new events for tourists.

Explanation of the Culture-Oriented Tourism Strategy in Fashaphouieh-Kolain Dehestan

The Central Himalaya provides a unique opportunity to pilgrims and tourists, as it holds various types of tourist destinations and are known as a tourism hotspot. Practicing cultural, natural, adventure, village, and health tourism has high potential for tourist satisfaction and socioeconomic development. This paper examines various types of tourism, their potential, and implications in the Central Himalaya. It relies on the review of existing literature and the author’s observations on tourism development in this region. Various types of tourism and their potential are described, and the tourism impact on the economy, environment, and culture is discussed. Some tourism practices, primarily cultural, natural, and adventure tourism, are well-developed and developing. However, village and health tourism are underdeveloped and have yet to be initiated. Tourism has high potential for the socio-economic development of the region. Meanwhile, tourism has adverse environmental impacts, such as the depletion of faunal and floral resources, land degradation, pollution, and solid waste dumping. Furthermore, this region lacks tourism infrastructure facilities. Providing suitable facilities – a range of accommodations, proper and smooth transportation, and institutional facilities including trained tour guides, publicity of tourist destinations, and promoting local culture, food, and beverages – will support tourism development.

This study aims to explore the tourism potential in Negeri Amahusu. Even though it has abundant potential, there is one natural tourist attraction in the form of beach tourism, which has not yet been used as a destination. Several historical/cultural tourist attractions are also currently it has not been used as tourist destinations. Even the local government lack of role sees these tourist attractions and related to the community has minimal awareness of the development of these tourist destinations. Based on the explanations that have been presented, the authors conducted research with the formulation of the problem, namely; 1) What are the potentials in Negeri Amahusu in terms of natural tourism potential in the form of beach tourism, cultural tourism, culinary tourism, historical tourism or religious tourism, to develop community-based tourism destinations, 2) What are the efforts or strategies made by the government and community in the development of community-based tourism destinations. This research was conducted using qualitative research methods, using data collection techniques in the form of interviews with several informants from both the Negeri Amahusu and the Ambon City, in this case, the Ambon City Tourism and Culture Office and the local community. The study results show that there are natural tourist attractions in the form of beach tourism and historical tourist attractions which until now have not been used as tourist destinations until now. There is a lack of attention from the local government regarding this matter and the lack of public understanding related to the existing tourism potential in developing this tourism.

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to explore cultural tourism investment and resident quality of life in the Midwestern city of Indianapolis, Indiana. It is important to understand from a cultural tourism perspective how further attempts to grow and invest in tourism will affect resident perception of quality of life and future cultural tourism investment.Design/methodology/approach– To achieve this goal, data from the 2012 Indianapolis Quality of Life survey was statistically analyzed to specifically examine how residents’ perceived quality of life affects cultural tourism investment. This allows for the study of what city-service attributes (i.e. safety, attractions, transportation, etc.) identify as potential indicators of whether residents’ perception of quality of life affects cultural tourism investment and if there were any correlations between demographic factors of age, gender, ethnicity, and household income with the perception that investing in cultural events and attractions for tourists is good for residents.Findings– Results indicated that several key city-service attributes identify as potential indicators of whether residents’ perception of quality of life in Indianapolis affects residents’ perceptions that investing in cultural tourism for tourists is good for residents. Furthermore, excluding perceptions of cultural tourism investment, several key city-service attributes identified as potential indicators of residents’ perception of quality of life in Indianapolis. Finally, results indicated that demographic factors of gender, age, ethnicity, and income were not significant when it came to affecting the perception that investing in cultural events and attractions for tourists is good for residents.Research limitations/implications– The findings of this study have unique academic and applied implications in the continued study of tourism in Indianapolis, Indiana. This study provided research related to the study of quality of life in Indianapolis and reported statistics for the 2012 Indianapolis Quality of Life survey. The data and statistical analysis reported in this study will serve as valuable information for future endeavors concerning cultural tourism and quality of life in Indianapolis. The identification of city-service attributes that significantly impact resident perception of quality of life and city-service attributes that, in conjunction with resident perception of quality of life, affect how residents perceive cultural tourism investments is important information that can be utilized by future researchers, tourism planners, and policymakers in Indianapolis. The analysis revealed what city-service attributes are important to residents of Indianapolis and demographic factors that affect resident perception of quality of life. The continued examination of these city-service attributes may help to identify areas of public service that need to be improved.Practical implications– This study demonstrates that resident level of awareness pertaining to the benefits of cultural tourism investment are relatively low. Tourism planners, officials, and researchers can utilize this knowledge to better facilitate methods to gain resident support for cultural tourism investment and development. In addition, this research can be utilized to better understand the needs of residents and how tourism and various city-services impact their quality of life. If cultural tourism planners and other tourism officials better understand methods to gain resident support for cultural tourism investment then they can maximize economic and cultural tourism gains for the city.Originality/value– This case study specifically focussed on cultural tourism to better present data regarding this issue; however, the authors believe future studies that examine both cultural and sports tourism could be beneficial. Aspects such as city-services and resident perception of quality of life could be examined from both cultural and sports tourism perspectives. This approach could produce beneficial results regarding cultural and sports tourism investment and potentially highlight demographic characteristics unique to cultural tourism and sports tourism supporters in the city of Indianapolis.

With the global spread of the COVID-19 epidemic, the traditional tourism industry has suffered an unprecedented impact, pushing the tourism industry towards digital transformation. As an important direction of this transformation, digital cultural tourism (digital Literature & Tourism) utilizes the latest digital technologies such as 3D simulation, Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), etc., to provide a brand-new form of cultural and tourism experience. Taking the concentric lock platform as an example, this study explores the development and application under the innovation of digital cultural and tourism products, analyzes its contribution to the recovery of tourism, cultural inheritance and innovation, and puts forward the outlook for future development. Designed with the concepts of emotional interaction, cultural inheritance and technological innovation, the concentric lock platform provides a space where users can padlock their locks in a virtual environment to express their emotions and share their stories. The platform not only redefines the emotional connection between couples, but also provides a new profit model and cultural inheritance for tourist attractions. In terms of technical realization, the platform adopts cloud computing to support high concurrent access, and utilizes technologies such as WebGL and Three.js to render complex 3D graphics in web browsers to create realistic virtual attraction models for users, while focusing on data security and privacy protection. The platform's functional modules include the padlocking and viewing of virtual concentric locks, the withdrawal process of breaking up locks, as well as a rich cloud tourism experience and cultural heritage content, which meets the diversified needs of users. By cooperating with tourist attractions, the concentric lock platform developed the virtual concentric lock function with attractions as the background, promoting cultural heritage and tourism recovery. Especially during the epidemic, the platform provided global users with the possibility of cloud tourism and virtual emotional interaction, effectively mitigating the impact of the tourism industry affected by the epidemic. In the Discussion and Outlook section, this study points out that the concentric lock platform and similar digital cultural and tourism products face challenges and opportunities in terms of technological development, market demand, cultural heritage and social impact. In the future, with the application of new technologies such as 5G and artificial intelligence, more personalized and interactive cultural tourism experiences are expected to be developed. At the same time, how to effectively integrate online experiences with on-the-ground tourism activities, protect user privacy and ensure data security will be the key issues to be solved for digital cultural tourism products such as the concentric lock platform. To summarize, the concentric lock platform, as a typical case of digital cultural tourism, not only shows the potential of digital technology application in the field of cultural tourism, but also provides an effective strategy and practice case for the digital transformation of the tourism industry. With the continuous progress of technology and increasing consumer demand, the future development of the digital cultural tourism field will be broader, providing people with richer and deeper cultural tourism experience.

purpose of the research is to describe and assess the potential tourist attraction, mapping the potential of attractions, and obstacles in developing tourist objects in the City Semarang. The method in this study is a qualitative descriptive triangulation of data collection techniques in the form of observation, interviews and documentation. Analysis is done by data reduction, data presentation, drawing conclusions, and scoring method to determine the potential of attractions.The result of the research shows that the tourism object based on artificial tourism has an advantage compared to nature tourism and cultural tourism. Constraints of synergy between the government, stake holders and Public. The tourism potential that currently exists has not been evenly distributed by the government's role in places tourist attractions as a whole and the community lacks a sense of tourism awareness.The conclusion of the research is the potential of Semarang Regency tourism object natural tourism base, cultural tourism, and artificial tourism. Where artificial base tourist attractions have higher potential, which will later become the leading tourist base in Semarang Regency. High potential tourism objects in Semarang Regency include Bandungan Subdistrict (Candi Gedong Songo), Bawen District (Hortimart Agro Center).Constraints have not been completely involve or not involved the role of the government as a whole and the community lack of awareness of travel. Suggestions should attractions in the city of Semarang be develop, tourism awareness education needs to be held in the community.

Cross-cultural exchanges among the locals and the tourists have been beneficial in terms of social value creation and sustainability. The present study has examined the role of cultural tourism and social entrepreneurship on social value creation and environmental sustainability. The study has drawn a sample through a non-probabilistic convenience sampling method for desired data collection, as investigators approached tourists visiting the tourism destinations. The study reports data received with the help of tourists visiting cultural heritage in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan. The study has employed the PLS_SEM approach for analysis purposes to draw the results. The findings showed a significant relationship between cultural tourism, environmental sustainability, and social value creation that significantly predicts environmental sustainability. The results revealed a significant positive association between social entrepreneurship, social value creation, and environmental sustainability. Besides, results showed that social value creation mediates the relationship between cultural tourism and environmental sustainability and social entrepreneurship and environmental sustainability. The study’s findings climax the importance of cross-cultural interactions that enriches the cultural understanding and gives new perspectives to the existing cultural traditions. Pursuing environmental sustainability through social value creation requires an excellent combination of the administrative and political collaborative strategy that integrates cultural tourism and social entrepreneurship in tourist destination development and aims to attain improved tourist attractions. Besides, this research identifies a significant effect of cultural tourism on environmental sustainability. However, the relationship between tourism and environmental sustainability is bidirectional. It might provide direction for further study. The findings deliver valuable insight into global cultural tourism and social entrepreneurship activities that provide tourism destinations for community development. This investigation produces a systematic and holistic research framework to help explore the influence of cultural tourism and social value creation on the environmental sustainability at tourism destinations. The generalizability of the findings supplies helpful directions for future research on environmental sustainability related to social entrepreneurship and cultural tourism that leads to social value creation.

Cultural and spiritual tourism activities are the development trend of Vietnam tourism. It not only brings socio-economic benefits to the locality but also contributes to improving the spiritual life of tourists. An Giang province, Vietnam, has many humanistic tourism resources, which is a condition for developing spiritual and cultural tourism. Exploiting spiritual and cultural tourism in An Giang has been going on for a long time, but many issues still need attention. The article uses surveying 120 tourists on the conditions for developing spiritual and cultural tourism and assessing the factors affecting the development of spiritual and cultural tourism in An Giang province. Research results analyzed by SPSS 20.0 show five factors influencing the growth of spiritual and cultural tourism in An Giang province: service prices, human resources and amenities; security, order and safety; goods and environmental protection; transportation; and facilities. The analysis results show that the conditions for developing spiritual and cultural tourism in An Giang province are only quite average. The article has proposed some development solutions for this type of tourism.

<p>Authenticity and commodification of culture still being a major issue in cultural tourism development. Some people consider that the changing of culture become tourist attractions will cause the loss of culture’s authenticity through modification. Many scholars say that cultures that are performed as tourist attraction will lost its originality to adjust the tourist demand. Puri Anyar Kerambitan as a cultural tourism destination is viewed one of the cultural tourism destination which is considered by many experts and scholars that are modify their culture to fulfill the tourist’s desire. In fact, The Puri is never change the originality and authenticity of its cultures they have. They may be modify their cultures to performed as a tourist attraction but in the other side they still preserve the original one. They created the other version of the cultures or created a new one to showed to the tourists. What Puri Anyar Kerambitan can be a model to other puri/palace how to maintain their culture authenticity without sacrifice their original cultures.</p><p>This research used a qualitative data analysis where interview was conducted to find out the perception of the respondent related to the authenticity and commodification of culture at Puri Anyar Kerambitan as a royal tourism destination in Bali, Indonesia.</p><p>The aim of this research are to find out how Puri Anyar Kerambitan as a royal tourism destination stay keep their culture authenticity and what kind of modification that a palace can do without sacrifice their culture authenticity.</p>