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The scarring effect of the labor in Bali is a very basic problem, but there has been no previous research that has analyzed scenarios for handling the scarring effects of Covid-19 in Bali with different analysis techniques. This study uses a mixed method research method that examines various problem-solving scenarios using questionnaires, interviews and Focus Group Discussions (FGD) with SMIC-Prob expert method. The results show that the scenario/strategy side jobs outside the tourism sector, non-eturning tourism labor, and side jobs in the tourism sector are the prime movers. Empirically this shows that returning to work in the tourism sector is the last option compared to the other three scenarios/strategies. This research is to provide an overview of the strategies/scenarios used by tourism sector workers in Bali in overcoming scarring-effect. It is hoped that this research can be used as a reference in making appropriate policies to overcome the adverse effects of the tourism sector workforce in order to achieve a sustainable economy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article examines the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the travel???tourism stock markets. Specifically, it considers the five most visited countries: France, Spain, the US, China, and Italy. Unlike previous studies, it estimates time-varying VAR (TVP-VAR) models, including daily observations of confirmed COVID-19 cases, economic activity, CDS spreads, and the returns of travel???tourism sectors. In brief, our findings indicate that the effects of COVID-19 vary across countries, as well as over time. Specifically, increasing numbers of cases initially had a negative and significant impact on the travel???tourism stock returns of all countries. However, this effect had become insignificant by early April 2020. The travel???tourism markets of the European countries were seen to be more heavily affected by COVID-19 when compared to China and the US, with China seeming to have been the least affected country of all. Overall, our results are essential in understanding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the travel???tourism stock markets, and are of particular importance to policymakers, portfolio managers, and investors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The COVID-19 virus has spread throughout the world and is now a threat to all countries, including the economic crisis in Indonesia. The Indonesian government directly oversees measures for all businesses or business units to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the workplace. Small and medium enterprises have also been affected by COVID-19 (SMEs). The Surabaya City Government has taken alternative steps to improve economic conditions amid the Covid-19 pandemic or new normal. These policy alternatives include implementing a rehabilitation program for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) affected by COVID-19, boosting the economy through the tourism sector, and reviving other industries whose economic contribution has fallen. Following policy making, the next step is to build a plan using the previous SWOT analysis. The empirical research findings explain that the SWOT analysis produces a number of useful strategies for ensuring that the economy, which includes trade, SMEs, the creative sector, and tourism, continues to grow rather than contract. The originality of the research insofar as the results of the researchers' observations to date, found research with the Strategy for Compiling Post-Covid-19 SME Economic Recovery Planning carried out in developing countries using SWOT analysis, with the hope that the results of this research can be used as a guide in several developing countries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: The civic participatory system is a means of involving citizens in decisionmaking processes and monitoring public policies, aimed at increasing the transparency, accountability and efficiency of public administration. The civic participatory system implies the existence of formal and informal mechanisms for consultation, dialogue, collaboration and cocreation between public authorities and civil society in order to identify, formulate, implement and evaluate solutions to problems of public interest. In the field of culture and tourism, the civic participatory system plays an important role in promoting the enhancement of cultural heritage, cultural diversity, access to culture and sustainable tourism development. This article aims to analyse the civic participatory system in order to outline a current situation at national and regional level for the development and valorisation of cultural heritage through tourism in the Danube region, which is characterised by great ethnic, linguistic and religious diversity. Method: This paper will use the systematic literature review method to investigate multicultural communities in the Danube area and how to improve institutional capacities, social inclusion and sustainable urban development. Results: Considering the decreasing capacities of public administrators to integrate the participatory approach into decision-making processes, this article will report on the conceptual delimitations of the civic participatory system related to the tourism and culture sector in multicultural communities in the Danube region and identify the relevant actors corresponding to this process. Originality: The article makes a significant contribution to the knowledge of the current situation of the civic participatory system in the Danube region and to the formulation of concrete proposals for its improvement. The theme is relevant and current, given the importance of cultural heritage and tourism for the sustainable development of the Danube region, as well as the need to involve citizens in decision-making processes and to promote intercultural dialogue. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this contribution is to provide some answers to the following issue: how to explain the intention to adopt blockchain technology in the tourist accommodation sector? This study focusses on the applications of this technology for the following uses: loyalty programs, online booking, reliability and traceability of customer testimonials on review sites. Blockchain also helps to secure metaverse data, an innovative and immersive technology in a virtual universe, which is gaining ground in the tourism sector. This paper mobilizes the Technology Acceptance Model theory to explain the adoption of new technologies. This model is based on three closely related concepts: perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use influence the attitude toward using the technology. By following the literature, trust in technology and promotional efforts of change agents, two other determinants that can have a positive impact on the adoption of blockchain applications, have also been introduced to extend the theory. A quantitative survey is conducted to obtain the data. Thus, a questionnaire is administered to a hundred respondents, graduated in tourism management and future professionals in this sector of activity. The fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis is implemented to consider the complexity of the phenomenon studied by identifying paths composed of several conditions. The objective is to explain the intention to use blockchain applications by future managers of tourist accommodation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This study intends to investigate the influence of social media on tourist revisit intention at Orchid Forest Cikole by utilizing the dependent variables, namely Social Media Quality, Social Media Quantity, Social Media Credibility, and E-WOM, which are linked to the intervening factors, including Destination Brand Awareness and Destination Satisfaction on Revisit Intention. The approach employed is a quantitative method that makes use of SEM-PLS as a data analysis tool. A questionnaire that was given to respondents was used to gather the data. According to the statistical findings, social media quality through destination satisfaction has no positive and significant influence on revisit intention but social media quality has a positive and significant influence on revisit intention through destination brand awareness. However social media quantity, social media credibility, and E-WOM all have a positive and significant effect on revisit intention. If the information circulating about Orchid Forest Cikole through Instagram is more credible and has a large amount of information, it can increase the level of revisit intention. The amount of intention to return can also be influenced by the more favorable reviews left by visitors. Additionally, destination satisfaction and destination brand recognition have an impact on visitors' intentions to return. The most important factor influencing the intention to return is destination satisfaction; if visitors are satisfied with their initial trip, they are far more likely to return. The stronger the impression created by Orchid Forest Cikole, the more likely it is that tourists will remember it and plan a return visit, demonstrating destination brand awareness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The aim of this research note is to discuss issues related to the negative implications of the Covid-19 pandemic on the tourism sector in Poland. Especially, variables such as expenses of foreign tourists, percentage of accommodation base used as well as passenger air traffic in the first quarter of 2020 were analysed. In order to depict the impact of Covid-19 on the tourism sector in Poland, prognosis of time series in environment R (forecasting time series ARIMA) was used. On the basis of research conducted, it may be conclude that Covid-19 pandemic largely affected the central part of Poland, which is often treated as a transit zone for foreign tourism. Conducted prognoses indicate that both the percentage of accommodation base used and passenger air traffic in Poland will significantly drop in comparison to previous years [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The current article takes a tourism-focused perspective to evaluate the impact of COVID-19 on the attitude of the tourist to travel. For this, the present article conceptualizes, develops, and validates the multidimensional scale on preventive measures of COVID-19. Further, we have developed a new model named Financial Crisis from Contagious Disease (FCCD) stimulator to assess the impact of the virus on the short-term performance of the global tourism industry. The study was exploratory, where initial items were generated through the qualitative method. The purification of the scale items and extraction of the distinct factors were performed through a quantitative approach (exploratory factor analysis). Further, confirmatory factor analysis was used to validate the scale. The findings of the study manifested a multidimensional scale measuring the preventive measures of COVID-19 in the tourism context. The research renders a 25-item scale with four distinct factors named Isolation (7 items), Quarantine (7 items), Social Distancing (6 items), and Community Containment (5 items). The present scale will add to the literature of COVID-19 in the context of the tourism industry. The authors assume that this will be the first comprehensive scale, prepared on the guidelines of the World Health Organization (WHO), that will measure the effect of preventive measures of COVID-19 on the attitude of the tourist to travel during a pandemic situation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Tourism is an extremely important economic sector for the Republic of Croatia and an important component of certain economic and social activities, such as transport and business of travel agencies, trade, catering, agriculture, and numerous service activities. Many Croatian citizens are directly, indirectly, or partially employed in the said sectors. Many depend on it - from individuals, through various business entities and tourist destinations, to the state itself which generates almost 20 percent of the annual state budget revenue from tourism. Given the multilevel and multifunctional importance of tourism, it is important to research how it is organized for emergencies that can cause significant disruptions in the operation and revenue generation. The goal of this paper is to analyze how and how successfully the tourism sector coped with the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting crisis, what crisis management mechanisms were developed and how they were used during 2020. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

E-learning has been suggested to help higher education organizations in tourism to achieve sustainable development. Thus, this study aims to identify factors determining the learners' needs for e-learning programs, particularly in a tourism curriculum. Based on relevant research and the Technology Acceptance Model, the study conducted a survey with 1,109 learners in the Central Coastal region of Vietnam. The results show that the e-learning environment, perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, playfulness, and information technology skills have a positive impact on the learner's needs. These findings provide useful managerial implications for e-learning of tourism programs which contributes to the sustainable development of higher education as well as tourism industry through its workforce. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose – A flourishing tourism sector can produce the same increase in income as that from natural resource exports. Unlike the oil, gas, and mineral extraction industries, which cause depletion of natural resources, the tourism industry has the potential to become a renewable industry, if well managed. In this context, the aim of this study is to investigate the existence of the Dutch disease effect in Mediterranean countries with high tourism dependence. Design – The data set used in this study was from 1996-2015, and it was obtained from the 2017 World Development Indicator [WDI] database. The logarithms of all variables were added to the model. In the study, 17 selected Mediterranean countries (Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus, Croatia, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Israel, Lebanon, Malta, Morocco, Slovenia, Spain, Tunisia, and Turkey) were used. Methodology – In the study, the methods used by Figini and Vici (2009), Holzner (2011), Ghalia and Fidrmuc (2015) are followed. In addition, Panel AMG, CCE co-integration estimators were used. Findings –The panel data analysis results for the country group imply that the Dutch disease does not exist overall but, on the other hand, the country based results reveal existence of the Dutch disease in some of the Mediterranean countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Egypt, Greece, Italy, Morocco, and Turkey). Originality of the Research – The originality of this study is twofold. First of all, to our knowledge, this is the first study investigating the Dutch disease in the Mediterranean countries. Moreover, the study employs recently developed panel data econometric methods and allows us to get results for each economy separately, unlike conventional panel data analysis methods. Therefore, we predict that this study will make an important contribution to the literature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the corporations working with logistics, many management issues involving optimization require fractional quadratic programming. Further, crisp parameters are unable to model the real life problems, where impreciseness is involved. In the present study, fuzzy fractional quadratic programming problem is studied using a hybrid method that combines analytic and numerical approaches. The original problem is converted to a crisp multiobjective problem, wherein the constraint coefficients are handled by variation of parameter technique through an interactive manner. The proposed method attempts to alleviate existing problems of straightforward conversion to a deterministic model by making constraint parameters vary as per α r ∈ (0 , 1 ]. The flexibility of choices in constraint parameters with α r = 0 leading to best solution and α r = 1 resulting in worst solution, indicates the robust nature of proposed algorithm. The theorems have been constructed and proved to show the equivalence between the original and transformed problem. A numerical example and a transportation problem in tourism sector switching between both balanced and unbalanced cases is modelled and later solved using the proposed methodology. • A fuzzy fractional quadratic programming problem (FFQPP) is formulated. • A hybrid method to retain fuzzy aspect is proposed to solve the problem. • A numerical example is illustrated to show the steps involved in the algorithm. • An application in the tourism sector is demonstrated for relevance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract This paper investigates tourism efficiency and its determinants using a two-stage double bootstrap approach for a global panel of 31 Chinese provinces over the period 2008–2013. Bias-corrected data envelopment analysis (DEA) efficiency scores were first calculated by employing the smoothed homogeneous bootstrapped procedure (Simar & Wilson, 2000). They were then regressed on a set of explanatory variables using the double-truncated regression approach. The results show that the tourism efficiency in China was low over the sample period. At the regional level, the average tourism efficiency in the east China was higher than central and west. The results also indicate that trade openness, climate change and intensity of market competition increase tourism efficiency. The study reveals several interesting and useful managerial insights and implications for tourism sector. Highlights • China's tourism efficiency is evaluated by two-stage double bootstrap DEA approach • China's tourism efficiency was relatively low during 2008–2013 • Tourism efficiency improvement in china was mainly driven by technological improvement [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper discusses the tourism sector in Greece from a sociological perspective. More specifically, it attempts to paint an elaborate picture of the socioeconomic and sociocultural factors that influence the tourism sector in Greece. It does so, by focusing on the distribution of tourism activity and hotel accommodation in the country, the tourist overnight stays and the contribution of the tourism sector to the country’s economy. The impact of tourism in the labour market as well as the ills and potentials that characterise it, are also examined. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Although the performance of the tourism sector has been investigated extensively, the effects of institutional governance have largely been unexplored. This study uses a quasi-natural experiment setting owing to differences in tourism policy devolution between special and ordinary statute Italian regions. Using panel data for the period 1995–2010, we first assess the efficiency of each region by a smoothed bootstrapped Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and an order- m frontier estimator. Next, we adopt a difference-in-difference strategy and a fully non-parametric approach to assess whether decentralization affects the performance of regions as tourism destinations. We find that regions affected by decentralization worsened their performance, compared to unaffected regions. The results are robust to different estimators and empirical specifications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The main purpose of this paper is to show the importance of tourism development strategies in increasing the touristic demand and supply in Saranda. The final research results show that as a result of a sustainable planning and developing tourism strategies by the responsible institutions of the Republic of Albania, the number of international tourists of a large nationality as well has considerably increased. The range of the countries that have chosen and added Saranda as an attractive and interesting tourism (historical, cultural and environmental destination has increased significantly. This increase in tourist demand is accompanied by an increase in the supply, in which included host, accommodation and entertainment structures. The study will contain a theoretical part and also a part of the Albanian development tourism strategy. The results of the study are of practical value because they yield knowledge for the importance of the tourism development strategy in the demand and tourism supply of a destination. The data include the years 2010-2016 and are been collected from the Ministry of the Tourism of Albania, from the Albanian Statistical Institute INSTAT, and from the Saranda municipality [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) dimensions on firm performance in the tourism sector. The goal is twofold: on the one hand, the paper aims to test whether EO dimensions are still significant determinants of performance after controlling for possible confounding factors; on the other hand, it aims to address the question of which EO dimension exerts the strongest effect on performance. Design/methodology/approach - A survey was carried out in the Sardinian accommodation sector in 2012 and 224 questionnaires were collected. The multidimensional EO constructs were adopted. Findings - The results show that innovativeness, proactiveness and autonomy were significantly associated with tourism firm performance, whereas risk-taking and competitiveness were not. Research limitations/implications - The results are limited to the Sardinian accommodation context. Self-reported data were used to measure firm performance. Further research works could replicate the analyses using objective firm performance not only in similar touristic destinations but also in other countries and incorporating other industries. Practical implications - The study suggests educational and managerial implications. Entrepreneurs in the tourism sector should be encouraged to adopt an innovative, autonomous and proactive approach in managing their firms. Originality/value - The study advances entrepreneurial knowledge in the tourism sector and in particular in the accommodation industry. The multidimensional EO approach has never been adopted among touristic firms. Furthermore, considering that EO research has been overlooked in the country of Italy, this study's contribution is also providing evidence from an area that has received minimal attention to date. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reusing of treated wastewater may contribute to solving water-related problems in touristic regions while contributing to sustainable tourism. Water saving potential of reuse will be mainly dependent on the size of hotel, size of irrigated landscaped area, length of irrigation season and servicing time of hotel. As the most appropriate solution is generally case specific and a long-term flow measurement for set of water consumption activities is needed, a model for common hotel configurations can contribute to use of treated wastewater at hotels. In this study, long-term monitoring data of two pilot hotels were assessed for water balance between the potential wastewater sources and demand for various individual reuse purposes. As a result, a decision tree for an optimized wastewater reuse is developed for the hotels in Mediterranean region. Our study suggests that to acquire the highest water saving, mixed domestic wastewater reuse may be the best suitable alternative for hotels which have more than 250 rooms, large irrigated landscaped area of bigger than 100 m 2 per room, and operated seasonally. However, for hotels which are operated throughout the whole year, having limited irrigated landscaped area and under design or construction, grey water reuse may be the best suitable alternative for the highest water saving. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The fact that the employees constituting the basic staff of tourism businesses walk up the steps one by one will increase their opportunities of building a career in tourism sector. Therefore, successful working terms have been increasing the students' desire to stay in the sector and plans to build a career accordingly. In career planning, the knowledge and experience of the students obtained within internship during school life have seemed to be considerably effective on getting a start in business. Working is important in terms of measuring the attitudes and perceptions aimed at setting career objectives of the students having tourism education. From the research methods, questionnaire technique has been used in the study. As a result of the study, it has become evident that while planning their career, the students consider the appropriateness of tourism to their abilities and personal characteristics and they are conscious of the necessity of having the knowledge level and capacity that tourism as an occupation requires. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper seeks to identify the perceptions of Al Rustaq College of Applied Sciences (RCAS) students towards Omani women's empowerment in the tourism sector and the challenges women may face. The main data collection method involved the distribution of a self-completion questionnaire ( n = 290) to both male and female students. The study concluded that students' perceptions towards Omani women's empowerment in the tourism sector were quite positive. The study revealed that female students' perceptions regarding the ability of Omani women to work in the tourism sector without prejudice to the traditions and customs of the Omani conservative society were more positive than their male counterparts. The study also detected that “the negative perceptions of the tourism sector jobs” as well as the need to work “night shifts” were the most important challenges preventing female students from choosing work in the tourism sector after their graduation from the college. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this study, our research goal is to identify the organizational and operational approaches that a tour operator could adopt with the purpose of offering clients a comprehensive tourist product, increasing its competitive advantage. The research was conducted using the qualitative case study method. We selected AlpitourWorld, a leader in generalist holidays in the Italian market. AlpitourWorld may be considered as a best practice in its sector: It is based on an integrated management of the various company processes, through a divisional organizational structure. Each stage of the product creation and commercialization is controlled internally: This improves the control of the product quality as well as the level of efficiency and effectiveness of the activity carried out. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Tourism sector plays an important role in economic development and therefore many countries try to develop various policies on this sector to maximize its impacts on the economy. Empirical researches on this topic provide highly valuable information for the policy makers both in public and private sectors. The aim of this study is, therefore, to empirically investigate the determinants of tourism demand for the most attractive top ten countries (France, United States, China, Spain, Italy, Turkey, Germany, United Kingdom, Russia, Malaysia) for tourists by employing the recently developed tools of panel econometrics for the period of 1995-2011. Empirical findings show that macroeconomic factors as such income, price level, supply capacity, exchange rate and political stability have statistically significant effects on the demand for tourism in the top ten countries in the world tourism sector. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this work is to identify the key success factors of a Spanish investment in a country with such profound cultural differences, as it is China, through the experience of Meliá Hotels International Group, one of the biggest hotel chains in the Spanish and international tourism sector. Two interviews were held with the group's Vice-president of Development. The first was after the opening of the group's first hotel in China in 2012, and the second two years later, because of the changes that the group had experienced in China. As a result, nine success factors and three entry barriers were identified. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Two concepts that have just made their way into research on management of tourism enterprises are perceived organizational trust (POT) and organizational citizenship behaviour (OCB). Trust and citizenship behaviours of employees have become a central variable in regard to the well-being of organizations. Although the studies of these subjects have increased markedly in the past decade little effort has spotlighted on the relationship between POT and OCB from the point of tourism sector. Therefore in this study the relationship between POT and OCB is examined in Turkey with 412 participants. The analyses found support for 7 hypotheses, including support for a strong relationship between POT and OCB. Contrary to expectations, there were no significant differences between some dimensions of OCB and POT. By the help of findings it is expected to contribute to the theoretical studies in the field of tourism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Innovation is a key issue for business competitiveness. The most popular kinds of innovation are product innovation and process innovation. The effect of both types of innovation within a company is seen in the specialist literature from two opposing views: the distinctive view, which considers that both kinds of innovation are independent, and the integrative view, which assumes the existence of complementarities between the two kinds of innovation. The aim of this paper is to explore which of the two approaches dominates the context of both the tourism sector and the Spanish manufacturing sector. With samples taken from the database of the Technological Innovation Panel (PITEC 2008), two binary logistic regressions were conducted in two stages and a correlation test was performed with their residuals. The results show that each of the two types of innovation is independent. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Innovation is discussed as a critical element in the success of an organization but if an organization's culture does not support innovation it is unlikely to occur. So, it is very important for business to make the culture compatible with innovation. In this context, the study aims to examine the relationship between culture types (Adhocracy, Market, Clan, Hierarchy) and innovation performance in hotels, and basically argues that hotels demonstrate different innovation performances according to the their cultural features. To accomplish this aim, 1562 three, four and five-star hotels in Turkey were determined as research population and the sample is comprised of 310 of them. The questionnaire method was used to collect the data from hotel senior manager. The data were analyzed through LISREL program. Firstly, confirmatory factor analysis, relating to culture types and innovation performance, was conducted. Then, the relationships among these two constructs were examined. The findings show that there is a significant relationship between organizational culture features and innovation performance. The innovation performance of hotels, which have the characteristics of adhocracy culture and market culture, is more positive than the hotels with the clan culture and the hierarchy culture. So, it is suggested that hotels transform the existing culture into adhocracy culture and market culture to increase their innovation performance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a study which examines the behaviour of tourist companies in association with the adoption of electronic (e)-business in the European countries of Norway, Portugal and Greece. The study used two-step cluster analysis that showed 14 clusters of common behaviour based on data from a European survey. The late adopters group in Norway also included companies that characterised as beginners in the other two countries.

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As a state policy the tourism sector in Northern Cyprus was identified as the locomotive sector for economic development. However, the tourism sector could not meet expectations due to internal and external factors. Even though its success is questionable, noteworthy improvements in gross output, net tourism revenues, and structure of the sector such as bed capacity have been observed. Despite the existing structural and managerial problems in addition to lack of direct flights from Europe, Northern Cyprus is an exceptional tourist destination providing a diverse range of tourism opportunities. This characteristic of the country, forming the basis of its competitive edge provides both domestic and foreign investors with a potential advantage to undertake feasible projects while making use of investment incentives designed to foster the economic development of Northern Cyprus. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The main object of this study is to explain the importance of strategic stakeholder management in tourism sector. In today's turbulent and chaotic business environment all businesses have to operate under the pressure of different interests and influences which management has to assess and evaluate to adjust them with corporate objectives. Therefore strategic stakeholder management practices could be considered as useful tools in dealing with the stakeholder interests in order to achieve corporate objectives. In making important corporate decisions, it is necessary to know about expectations and impacts of different stakeholders. In this study by examining former studies, the importance of the concept of stakeholder for organizations, the reasons why organizations should respond to their stakeholders and the need for managing stakeholders strategically, its importance and practices in tourism sector are demonstrated. In addition, the tourism sector managers' opinions and attitudes towards strategic stakeholder management are examined by interviews with managers of some tourism enterprises in Izmir. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]