英国兰卡斯特大学旅游管理论文 (Lancaster University):简述京都文化旅游行业中的外部环境与可持续性发展
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SUMMARY
本章已经解决了了解文化旅游动机的问题,尤其是当他们刺激旅游,文化相关的动机和相关主题的行为。提高理论知识和市场在这些领域的研究无疑将有助于旅游组织,以更好地满足他们的目标受众的需求和喜好,并应提高旅游吸引力,文化和历史悠久的部门。有关此事的进一步讨论将探讨的章节中讨论和建议。
External Environment with Sustainable Development
This section will critically evaluate some of the external environmental factors that profoundly influence the cultural tourism and cultural destination in Kyoto, including globalization and international economics, social, culture, and environmental impacts.
In recent decades, environmental issues has been concern than ever, the status of tourism as essentially a resource-dependent industry is often highlighted, a new imperative for the tourism industry to achieve a sustainable position in terms of its interaction with the natural,http://ukthesis.org/lvgl/ cultural and human-made environments. The concept of sustainable tourism is now focused worldwide and its implementation and how to establish effective measures have become a global theme, an integrated approach to development is either in place or being put into place. Tourism industry has being the high valuable industry of Kyoto, realization of sustainable tourism is especially urgent, since ecological vulnerability is high in tourism city such as Kyoto. Natural environment, society, and culture are always easily affected by the impact of tourism related activities.
Sustainable tourism can be defined as tourism that meets the needs of the current generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs (Faulkner, 2000). Sustainable development is integrated by economic, environmental and social outcomes together. The tourism industry has been recognized as a resource industry, which mean its products and developments are utterly dependent on nature and society’s heritage. On the other hand, “tourism is an economic activity, which must be capable of making a profit in order to survive and benefit the community.” (Theobald, 2005, p.178) Not only is the hedonistic philosophy still apparent in large numbers of tourists but that the combined pressures of demand and scarce resources also act as significant barriers to the eventual implementation of sustainable tourism. Since sustainable tourism in particular is associated with the characteristics of tourism activities (e.g. adjust and conform with the sustainability of resources, or to place-specific natural and socio-cultural characteristics), the use of resources or tourism consumption patterns (e.g. those that take into consideration and promote the cultural-educational character of tourism experience) and the modes of tourism development (e.g. local participation and involvement in the tourism development process is encouraged). Destination development is largely dependent upon a systematic and structured analysis of the broad environmental factors affecting tourism demand as an essential part. A number of issues have been and will increasingly affect the development of cultural and heritage attractions.
Globalization and International Economics
On the other hand, globalization means a crisis which occurs in one nation will rapidly spread all around the world, as we experience, the financial crisis which is cause by the American credit crunch and has already badly effected the global economy, the stock market is in slump since 2007. Pressures of a global economic slowdown or even a recession in many nations, has severely damaged many of the world’s major industries, the tourism industry in particular, has to cope to survive at this crucial time, as Cooper et al. (2005, p.665) point out that “Tourism is vulnerable to natural and man-made crises, unexpected events that affect traveler confidence in a destination.”
Kyoto, as a historic destination, cultures are resources for tourism, it may not generate much tourist revenue directly, but they are packaged into products that draw people to a place. Culture tourism products benefit other sectors in the tourism industry. Ten percent of Kyoto's economy is based on tourism and it is one of the biggest employers in city. The cultural tourism in Kyoto has been badly affected by this economical turmoil. From August to October this year, the number of oversea visitors has continually decreased, it was –2.0% in August, -6.9% in September and –5.9% in October. (Japan National Tourist Organization, 2008) Such setbacks have seldom or never happened before in Kyoto tourism history. In recent years, the Japanese currency exchange rate has kept rising dramatically, in March 2008, it was 220 JPY: 1 GBP, now it is 130.36 JPY: 1 GBP (XE, Live rates at 31.8.2010) as well as with all other major currencies. In one hand, the tourist destination were “conserved and valued because they had avoided the depredations of modernist forms of development” (Meethan, 2001, p.36); on another hand, there is no evidence that the globalization will stop or slowdown; the international economy will continuously impact in the tourism market in many ways. The destination needs to take speedy action, and adjust management manners such as marketing strategies and destination branding to get over it, later, author will explore some discussion about this issues in the Chapter of DISSCUSSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. Buhalis and Costa (2006a, p.138) point out:
“Globalization in relation to tourism is pervasive in that it involves demand, supply and mediation aspects. Tourism in the twenty-first century needs organizations and managers who understand how to operate on a global stage. It implies managers who open their minds and coordinate processes to overcome local differences and forge a global operational management standard for sustainable, high quality results.”
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