The antecedents of tourists’ gaming spend: does the brand prestige matter?

This study endeavors to empirically analyse the influential effect among brand prestige, service quality, casino visitor satisfaction and spend. Data from 304 tourists who had travelled to Macau and had participated in gambling activities were used and structural equation modelling and multi-group analysis were employed in hypotheses testing. The findings demonstrated that both brand prestige and perceived service quality are determinants of satisfaction and gaming spend, and that brand prestige also affects service quality positively. Furthermore, past experience moderates the service quality and visitors’ satisfaction relationship, also service quality and visitors’ gaming spend relationship.     

桂北地区乡土文化资源与乡村旅游经济互动发展研究

由于国内社会经济的飞速发展,人民群众的生活水平越来越高,使得近年来出行旅游的人越来越多,这在很大程度上促进了旅游业的发展。特别是国内各地乡村旅游业的快速发展,大大推动了乡村经济的繁荣,促进了乡村现代化发展。论文以桂北地区乡土文化资源为研究对象,认为在发展乡村旅游经济的同时,更要重视乡土文化资源的保护与传承,从而有效实现乡村旅游经济的可持续发展,促进乡村旅游业以及社会经济的健康发展。     

Entrepreneurial Characteristics,Motives, and Business Challenges: Exploratory Study of Small- and Medium-Sized Hotel Businesses

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study is to gather information about the determinants and characteristics of the owners/managers of small- and medium-sized hotels (SMSHs) and identify various issues in starting up and operating businesses in the United Arab Emirates. The results of this study reveal that the majority of the owners/managers of SMSHs in the United Arab Emirates are male, young and middle age, and relatively new to the tourism industry. The motivations for the business ventures of the entrepreneurs include wanting to be financially independent, become one’s own boss, involvement in family business and the opportunities of the hotel business. Among the key business challenges highlighted by the owners/managers of SMSHs are stiff competition in the hotel industry, increased operating costs, reduced demand, and lack of skilled employees. Several key strategies have been employed to face these challenges. These include offering competitive pricing, improving the marketing and channels of promotion, enhancing the quality of service and providing superior customer service.     

中国B2C旅游电子商务盈利模式比较研究--以携程旅行网和春秋旅游网为例

本文以携程旅行网和春秋旅游网为例，对两种具有普遍性的B2c旅游电子商务盈利模式建立模型并进行市场调查，比较分析这两种模式的共同点、核心差异、相对优劣和市场对他们的选择倾向，探讨我国B2C旅游电子商务与传统旅游企业结合的合理途径以及未来盈利模式的调整与发展方向，指出市场是判断盈利模式合理性的唯一标准。     

国内旅游生态环境研究进展及趋势

环境问题已成为当今旅游景区可持续发展面临的严峻挑战,旅游环境影响研究亦成为当今旅游研究的热点之一.本文在分析近年来国内旅游生态环境影响研究文献的基础上,对旅游生态环境影响研究的主要内容、方法、存在问适题进行了综述,并对今后一段时间国内旅游生态环境影响的研究趋势进行了探讨.     

城市旅游竞争力评价与提升策略研究——以洛阳市为例

城市旅游竞争力评价研究有助于准确反映城市旅游的发展现状与未来潜力,从而实现资源优化配置与旅游可持续发展。文章构建包含三层七类43项指标的城市旅游竞争力评价体系,综合运用因子分析法与主成分分析法确定指标权重。在此基础上,对洛阳城市旅游竞争力进行实证分析,最后针对洛阳城市旅游竞争力现状提出了文化因素、产业集群与多元投资的三项竞争力提升策略。     

Host-site institutions,regional production linkages and technological upgrading: a study of automotive firms in vietnam

Using technological capabilities as embodied in machinery, organization, processes and products, this study examines the links with host-site institutions and regional production linkages. The statistical results show no relationship between these variables. In-depth interviews complement the quantitative findings. Overall, the result shows that the government’s localization efforts failed because too many joint-venture assemblers were approved in the 1990s when the domestic market was small. The lack of economies of scale also affected the growth of national suppliers. Hence, national producers are confined to low value added segments and lack the quality to compete in export markets.     

我国区域创新能力的评价及空间分布特征分析

区域创新能力的综合评价及其空间分布均衡性是实现区域经济协调可持续发展的关键。本文在区域创新能力评价指标体系的构建基础上,运用因子分析模型,对我国2001～2012年31个省市的创新能力进行了测度。通过区域创新能力的聚类分析、空间分布图和全局Moran指数,直观地发现我国区域创新能力空间分布呈现不均衡和空间正相关特征,即我国区域创新能力存在明显的阶梯层次分布,东部沿海地区创新水平普遍较高,而中部六省创新能力普遍一般,西部地区创新水平则较为低下,并且这一空间相关程度整体呈现持续扩大的趋势。     

夏威夷对海南国际旅游岛可持续发展的启示

海南素有“东方夏威夷”之美誉,值此国际旅游岛建设之际,借鉴夏威夷旅游业开发的成功经验将有事半功倍之效。文章将夏威夷可持续发展的经验系统地归纳为六大要素构成的“飞机式模型”：“政府与市场的中间道路”为机头,是旅游目的地发展的动力源;“可持续发展原则”是尾翼,起平衡作用;“保护本土文化”和“让当地人受益”为飞机主体,是旅游发展的根基;“创新”以及“基于数据的科学决策”是飞机的两翼,为旅游目的地长期发展提供上升的力量。文章重点归纳夏威夷在六大领域的主要工作,并分析了海南的差距以及对其今后发展的启示。     

国外野生动物旅游研究综述

非资源消费型野生动物旅游活动已经吸引了越来越多的人们关注和参与其中,而且这种形式的旅游活动从长远来看,有利于解决经济发展和野生动物保护这一矛盾.国外关于野生动物旅游的研究比较系统而深入.文章通过对国外有关野生动物旅游的文献进行梳理,认为从野生动物旅游产品的角度,文献主要集中在非资源消费型、半资源消费型和费源消费型野生动物旅游的研究;基于利益相关者的角度来看,文献主要集中在动物旅游的影响研究、游客满意度的控制、社区居民的态度这三个方面.最后,文章还对国外该领域现有文献的研究局限作了简要分析,并展望其未来可能的发展走向,以期能为国内相关研究提供参考和启示.