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This study aims to provide an index model to strengthen SMEs based on the draft green industry and factors that influence the application of the green industry. Method study which conducted in the study Index green industry is formulated through several stages: (1) Collecting the definition of green industry in tourism activities from previous research. (2) Identify and analyze each element of the definition that corresponds to a green industry item. (3) Delete some items which similar. (4) Arrange index modification with add indicator ideal. (5) Testing the validity of indicators through Focus Group Discussion (FGD) with experienced academics and industry practitioners, especially related to activities SMEs. The results of the hypothesis test show that the variables of Size and Profitability of SMEs have a positive effect on the implementation of Green Industry in SMEs, while the variables of Management Ownership and Leverage do not affect the application of Green Industry in SMEs. The results of this study are expected to be a model for policies that are carried out to support the SDGs, especially SDG 12, namely ensuring that sustainable consumption and production that leads to the use of resources more efficiently and in better ways. This research is expected to support the G20 Presidency program held by Indonesia in 2022 with the theme "Recover Together, Recover "Stronger" and pillars consisting of: strengthening the partnership environment, encouraging productivity, increasing endurance and stability, ensuring sustainable growth and inclusive, and stronger global collective leadership. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study describes how to design a learning design that tests the instructional sequence for learning the corner concept. The research uses the Bukit Sulap tourism inclinator with Indonesian Realistic Mathematics Education (PMR) as an approach to learning. The research method uses a design research type of validation study, where in this study, there is a Hypothetical Learning Trajectory (HLT) as a reference to gain a better understanding of how students understand the concept of angles. This research is limited to the Pilot Experiment stage (Small group). The learning process is carried out for six students using activity sheets. The objectives of this study are to describe the learning activities carried out for six students based on the HLT that has been tested. In the process, students understand the concept of angles when students write sketches of inclinator drawings into angular shapes. Then students also understand how to measure angles using non-standard and standard sizes. The results of this study resulted in an analysis of students' thinking in understanding the concept of angles. Where the context of the inclinator on the Bukit Sulap can help students understand the concept of angles. The results of this study resulted in an analysis of students' thinking in understanding the concept of angles. Where the context of the inclinator on the Bukit Sulap can help students understand the concept of angles. The results of this study resulted in an analysis of students' thinking in understanding the concept of angles, where the context of the inclinator on the Bukit Sulap can help students understand the concept of angles. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The most used social media is YouTube for retrieving exciting videos. Users can like, share and comment on videos to express their opinions. Comments from users are constructive inputs for feedback that should be responded to by interested parties. Comments on YouTube are an essential source for analysis, including obtaining an appraisal of the potential for tourism objects in Riau Province. Based on a literature review, many exciting tourist destinations in Riau Province have succeeded in pulling the attention of local and foreign tourists. Riau is also trying to become the leading destination for Halal tourism in Indonesia. Nevertheless, the manual investigation of YouTube comments is complicated due to a large amount of comment data. Consequently, this study aims to evaluate YouTube video comments about Riau tourism. The Google Apps Script (GAS) obtained 1680 opinion data. The positive and negative opinions were categorized using unsupervised algorithms, i.e., Lexicon, Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA), and Non-Negative Matrix Factorization (NMF). The Lexicon algorithm obtained 46% neutral, 41% positive and 13% negative opinions. Furthermore, the experimental testing was accomplished by comparing the analysis results by the Lexicon algorithm with manually labelled data. The proposed algorithm has obtained an accuracy of 78%, precision of 94%, recall of 58% and F1 score of 73%. In addition, this study also attained veiled topics that can be used as knowledge for interested parties in tourism development in Riau. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study aimed to provide a comprehensive overview of heritage tourism research by analyzing related academic literature and bibliometric analysis. The study analyzed research articles with the term "heritage tourism" in the title published globally from 2013 to 2022, using data from the Web of Science - Core Collection database. The study found that China, the US, and the UK have been the most productive countries regarding the number of publications on heritage tourism. That collaboration between researchers in the field is relatively low to moderate. The study also found that the use of augmented reality in the context of urban heritage tourism is an area of growing interest and that keywords such as "community participation" and "satisfaction" are trending in the field. Finally, the study found that the concept of "authenticity" is a critical focus in research on heritage tourism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The problem of the Covid-19 pandemic is one of the most significant factors that has shaken the tourism sector in Indonesia. Just imagine that there has not been one year, and many sectors have been affected, one of which is tourism. The number of tourist visits in Indonesia has decreased drastically from previous years. Of course, this must be a severe consideration to the government and the tourism owner. In order to overcome this problem, the writers created a project using internet technology, an application, and a website to develop our business called 2Gather. 2Gather is an online social-travel application/platform that connects an individual user with another particular user, allowing them to be able to make friends while also having fun traveling across the continent. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of Adaptive Leadership Behaviors (BAL) in building strategic differentiation for tourism service (SSD) through mediation role of Marketing Insight (MIT) in travel and tourism companies in the Middle Euphrates provinces. The study seeks to enable leaders to build a sustainable competitive advantage based on strategic differentiation in the tourism service industry. A total of 170 questionnaires were distributed to employees working in a group of travel and tourism companies, and 160 questionnaires were returned. After statistical analysis, 154 questionnaires were considered valid for analysis. Various statistical tools, using SPSS V.24 and SMART PLS v.4.0.9.4 software were used for statistical analysis. The results revealed strong support for the mediating role of Marketing Insight on the relationship between Adaptive Leadership Behaviors and strategic differentiation for tourism service. This emphasizes the need for additional attention in adopting marketing insight by travel and tourism companies as the bridge between companies and their customers, which helps the leaders of organizations to understand the full market landscape (markets, industry, customer). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The karst landscape area is a natural resource with great potential. In it there is a diversity of biodiversity, hydrological systems that are important for the source of life and aesthetic value that is very charming. Currently, the potentials that exist in the karst landscape area are getting serious threats, one of which is due to mining activities. Mining activities in karst areas cause environmental degradation in the area both physically and non-physically. Therefore, this study was made to provide output in the form of a management strategy in the karst landscape area using the SWOT analysis method. From the results of the SWOT analysis, there are several strategies, namely the S-O Strategy, the S-T Strategy, the W-O Strategy and the W-T Strategy. The results of the SWOT analysis for the SO strategy include the development of special interest tours such as cruising tours and educational tours in karst landscape areas, increasing collaboration between local governments and village governments to make this area a tourist destination, Creating a special website for karst landscape tourism., making programs to maintain the sustainability and uniqueness of the karst landscape area. Then for the strategy (ST) the results of the analysis are optimizing the role of the community in protecting the karst landscape area so that environmental damage does not occur such as illegal mining activities, highlighting the uniqueness of this karst landscape area so that it can become a reliable tourist area, increasing public understanding of the importance of benefits. socio-cultural resilience. Furthermore, the strategy (WO) includes optimizing the quality of human resources by providing counseling to the public about the importance of preserving the karst landscape area, optimizing tourism promotion through print media, the internet and parties who take part in the development of tourism in landscape areas. karst, Conducting activities or events with the theme of awareness to preserve the environment in the karst landscape area. Finally, the W-T Strategy whose output is to coordinate and collaborate with related parties to overcome environmental problems that occur in the karst landscape area, improve the quality of human resources so that they are able to maintain their natural sustainability, increase the existence of the karst landscape area with more aggressive promotions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Kerambitan District is one of the pioneers of tourism that has contributed to raising the name of Bali in the international community. However, so far the planning and implementation of tourism activities have not accommodated the integrated tourism aspects and disaster-safe tourism services. In fact, most tourist destinations in Kerambitan are dominated by natural tourism with hilly contours, which are included in areas prone to extreme weather disasters and areas prone to flooding and landslides during high-intensity rainfall. This study aims to build an early warning system based on digital application, to help create a disaster-safe tourist village. The Waterfall Method is used in development process. This application is Android-based, and integrating the Google Firebase Cloud Messaging feature for sending messages and notifications to various Android devices. The results of this study are an SIGADis E-tourism application, which in addition to display and promote tourist location information in Kerambitan, also has safe and disaster-responsive features including the early warning system feature through messages and notifications, information list of disasters that have occurred, disaster's distribution map and the weather information each tourist location that combined with Balinese lunar calendar (Sasih). Based on the application testing results using BlackBox Testing and Beta Testing methods, the application has been running according to the desired function, able to provide information about tourism village in Kerambitam, also provide disaster messages and notifications to various android devices, and able to display disaster distribution maps and suggestions related to the disasters when bad weather or events occur. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Virtual Reality (VR) provides tourism with numerous helpful applications that tourism academics and experts should pay more attention to. The quantity and impact of these applications will undoubtedly rise as VR technology continues to advance. The tourist sectors in which VR may be especially beneficial are the planning and managing, marketing, entertainment, education, accessibility, and preservation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The main goal of this paper is to systematically evaluate the bibliographic production on modelling, with an emphasis on medical and wellness tourism, to identify possible convergence of interests among health and tourism fields, from 2012 to 2021. This paper was based on a bibliometric analysis to find a relationship between medical and wellness tourism with data modelling based on a network citation analysis. The main findings showed: (i) a growing evolution of scientific production in recent years that address the medical tourism topic; (ii) a combination of important features of management of health services related to medical tourism, supported by forecasting data models may be a trend of future topics to be researched and developed as decision-making support. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The current development of information and communication technology, especially with mobile phones, can be applied in various fields, one of which is the field of tourism, mobile phones have supporting facilities. The information system that presents information on natural tourism objects in North Sumatra and others, such as the Internet, has succeeded in influencing the world community. Now mobile phones with internet features are not just a technology for sharing data via e-mail, ftp, and others. However, the internet also offers various sites that provide various things such as social networks which are very popular in today's society. This social network allows every community to communicate with other people in other regions or in other countries. Using communication technology, such as mobile phones and the internet as a multifunctional tool, because of its multifunctionality, people can use this technology positively or negatively depending on each individual One form of presenting information about tourist attractions in North Sumatra is to increase visitors by building applications that are able to present information and provide directions about tourist locations to the general public geographically based on Android by utilizing the Google Maps application. In this case the development method used is waterfall. With 5 stages namely system analysis, design, implementation, testing and maintenance. In the planning process, data collection is carried out in the form of problem identification by means of observation to determine user needs. In the process of analysis carried out analyzing business processes. For design, it is used to design, data modeling using UML (Unified Modeling Language). The Geographic Information System makes it easy to present information about the location and natural tourist attractions by using the Android programming language by providing a list of tourist objects, a brief description of tourist objects, as well as tourist routes that are integrated with Google Maps. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In recent years, optimization in mathematic models have been developed by many researchers. One of them is a dynamic programming method. It is an optimization method that was firstly introduced by Bellman in 1953. This paper discusses about application of a vehicle routing problem on dynamic programming which was combined with fuzzy logic. In this case, we use two parameters of data to get optimal route, that are road length and average time travel. In work, we firstly fuzzify each parameter to fuzzy sets. Secondly, we determine rule of fuzzy sets and also determine fuzzy output. Thirdly, we do the calculation by using dynamic programming method based on fuzzy output data. Study case of this paper is on some tourist destinations route in Semarang. This paper aims to optimize travel route of some tourist destinations in Semarang. However, we can not only use one parameter for this case. Because if we only use one parameter, we cannot predict when we will come to each destination on time more accurately. We will not know whether during the trip we will encounter some traffic jams. So, by adding more parameters it will help us to get optimum destination route more accurately. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Aceh Province, known as the Veranda of Mecca, is one of the regions in Indonesia that has a variety of culinary delights and is a tourist attraction. The number of culinary places makes it difficult for foodies and tourists to choose a place that suits their tastes. The search focuses on keywords that take time to analyze one by one the information obtained from search engines and from websites that provide culinary tourism. This study aims to develop a decision support system (DSS) to help tourists and the public make decisions in choosing culinary places in Aceh. The method used in this research is the analysis using the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) method with the criteria of price, menu, distance, time, healthy food and facilities. The ranking is done by using the eigen factors to Eigenvalues to rank criteria by synthesizing paired matrices. The application is built on a web-based basis so that it is easily accessible by users. The results of this study are the application of a decision support system for the selection of culinary tourism spots to assist tourists and the public in choosing the right culinary place. In addition to facilitating decision making, this system can also be a means of introducing culinary tourism to the world so as to attract tourists to visit Aceh. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The development of augmented reality (AR) has contributed to a variety of fields, including history, tourism, and culture. However, those sectors have received less attention than others such as education and gamification. This study aims to design an AR-based application that could help tourists acquire information about a tourism destination they are about to visit. An online survey to random Indonesians and literature study were conducted to obtain the expected application needs and specification, that could fit in Indonesia. Following the processes, initial experiment was carried out to design the application system. A prototype then developed, presenting features such as description of destinations, 3D virtual objects, information videos, local language dictionaries with audio and gamification based on the visited destinations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

It is unavoidable that the industry is in need of more green factors; green technology, green energy, etc. To this relation, green tourism industry is also relevant for sustainable development. This includes green transportation, green (cash-less) and mobile-based applications, green and mobile-based based accommodation reservation applications, and so on. This paper seeks to identify green industry, particularly green tourism industry. Several phases of tourism such as marketing, implementation, and evaluation were thoroughly identified and analyzed. It has been revealed that in terms of marketing, social media platforms applicable in Android-based, iOS-based, and Windows-based devices are the most effective tool to promote sustainable development. However, it is also implied that the marketing and promotion should include local identity, authenticity, and uniqueness of the promoted tourism sites or destinations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper is about the rapid design and implementation technique of an application in the safety tourism management under the research work plan entitled Innovative Safe Tourism Management with Participation in Koh Yor Sub-district Muang District, Songkhla Province with the objective for alerting and preventing the occurrence of accidents as well as the management of emergencies. According to a functional principle, the application is designed to collect information related to initial assistance—troubleshooting in an emergency and forwarding work until the case is closed. The app is also linked to the alarm system through the mobile application using the same database to alert stakeholders. Both public and private sectors can monitor the occurrence of various incidents and display information in the event of an emergency to provide a safe tourism community area. The system design uses the Rapid Application Design (RAD), which reduces some processes for faster implementation. The satisfaction of the system users is assessed. The results will be displayed in the form of a report and visualization of the two systems to form and provide informational reports on the needs of public and private entities for future use. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Kranji River, located in Jatirejo Village, Gunung Pati, Semarang, has the potential for river tubing tourism. The purpose study was to determine the condition of river characteristics, water quality and the status of water quality used in river tubing tourism. The research on the Kranji River in September 2020 using survey method and river characteristics data using Digital Elevation Model data remote sensing method then processed ArcGIS software. The water quality method uses the Pollution Index (PI) stated in the Decree of State Minister Environment number 115 of 2003. The quality standard used is class 2 water quality as stated in PP number 82 of 2001. The results data of width, discharge and slope, respectively, obtained an overall of 8.75 m, 2.11 m3/second and 17.78. This value is close to the ideal value of the required characteristics. The water quality parameters measured temperature, TSS, pH, DO, BOD, COD and Escherichia coli bacteria with sequential results of 29.27°C; 0.12 mg/l; 7.34; 9.36 mg/l; 6.82 mg/l; 22 mg/l and 2.725 in/100ml. The results based on the measurement of IP value of 2.73 indicate the quality status of the river water is lightly polluted. The status of water quality has been and is still suitable as river tubing tourism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study aims to identify aspects of the sustainability of Covid-19 adaptive tourism in Padang City, West Sumatera. The results of the study indicate that the variables that affect this economic aspect are that tourist location information is easy to obtain, officers provide convenience in providing services, officers can interact with visitors, tourist destinations provided exceed those offered, additional destinations provided are attractive, and in accordance with the concept tourism in the region. Variables that affect environmental aspects are road signs that are easy to find, clear and provide information that is immediately understood. Variables that affect socio-cultural aspects are local people knowing the history of the destination, sellers do not disturb visitors when selling, where sellers are decent or neatly arranged, tourist officers coming from nearby locations, local people providing information on tourist destinations, easy access to local transportation, condition of people's homes, neat and proper local community, and local people who have used electronic communication tools. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Sales of products in this sophisticated era can not only be done through offline stores. Consumers who like shopping can now directly access the desired store using only their mobile phones. Footstep Footwear is a local shoe brand that sells on several e-commerce platforms as well as the official website. The company does not know much about how well the performance of the website has been provided according to customer perceptions. Complaints received from consumers are limited to frequent server downs. In this study, measurement of the service quality of the official Footstep Footwear website was carried out using the e-service quality method, the final result of which would provide suggestions for improvements related to website services. Data retrieval is done by distributing questionnaires to consumers and the company. Based on 33 attribute statements, 12 attributes have met expectations and 21 attributes that have not met consumer expectations. Of the attributes that have negative values in the fulfillment gap, 1 attribute occurs due to an information gap, while 20 attributes occur due to an information gap. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article tells about the formation of geographic information service new direction, which is a symbiosis in the field of the Earth sciences and society. The main definitions of geographic information service based on serviceology, geoinformatics, and spatial positioning are given. An overview of application spheres of geoinformation services in the spatial economy is given. Information technologies of geoservice are considered. The network and software components of geoservices are analyzed. The spheres of geoinformation services application in the tasks of three-dimensional visualization, geomarketing, cadastral works, in railway transport and in the field of tourism are described. In conclusion, it is concluded that geographic information service is firmly included in our life as a technology necessary in the daily practice of searching for spatially distributed information. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Covid-19 pandemic taking place in 2020, 2021 has been having a strong impact on the Vietnamese economy, in which the tourism industry has been severely affected. The flight bans, travel restrictions, and the fear of tourists due to the impact of the Covid-19 have caused many hotels, restaurants, and retail chains at tourist destinations to become empty of customers, and revenue of the tourism industry declined sharply. In this situation, the tourism of Hoi An Ancient City which is a famous World Cultural Heritage destination of Vietnam also faces many difficulties and challenges. In the more than 60-year history of the tourism industry has never had to witness difficulties piled up like today. Experiencing 4 outbreaks of Covid-19, the pandemic has caused the tourism industry to freeze, but we strongly believe that "After rain comes fair weather" and "adversity brings wisdom" – During this period, we need to see this as a good opportunity to prepare and get ready for the revival and development of Hoi An Ancient City. What strategies will be appropriate and necessary for Hoi An to become a green and ideal destination after Covid? The article selects Hoi An Ancient City – a World Cultural Heritage as a case study for similar cases globally. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purwodadi is one of the villages in Malang district that has great geotourism potential. The geological condition of Purwodadi village shows traces of tertiary and ancient quarter volcanic activity from southern Java. This study aims to analyze, classify and assess the geosite as a geotourism site. This research uses literature study method, field data collection and quantitative analysis using Kubalikova's method. Kubalikova's method provides an assessment of the geosite based on the aspects of intellectual and scientific value, education, economy, conservation and added value. The results of geosite analysis in the research area include andesite, basalt, dacite, diorite, conglomerate, tuff, claystone, quartzite, iron, limestone and plant fossils. Based on the results of the quantitative analysis of the geosite assessment method, it shows that the research area has 6 geological sites with the feasibility of each of them including the Lenggoksono beach (62,16%), Banyu Anjlok (64,86%), Bolu-bolu (56,76%), Wedi awu (59,46%), Banyu Ilang (36,49%) and Kletekan Bay (54,05%). Overall, there are 5 geosites that have the potential to be used as geological heritage sites for further review with the potential geotourism feasibility value> 50%. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Heritage tourism is important from both cultural and socioeconomic standpoints. Despite the ubiquity of the Internet, some heritage sites are, for some reason, yet to take full advantage of it. Kampung Wisata Kauman in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, is one of those sites lacking in exposure and recognition, partly due to semi-traditional management in the past. This paper discusses the digital transformation in heritage tourism management of Kampung Wisata Kauman in Yogyakarta. The study starts with the problem identification as part of requirements analysis conducted with surveys, observations, and interviews, before making use of a prototyping approach with some iterations in developing a web-based tourism information system to be run by Sakawisata, the site administrator of Kampung Wisata Kauman. The resulting digital transformation is reflected in the transition in their business process that is now integrated through the system instead of recorded manually in the past. The results from functionality test through black-box approach confirmed that this system works well to streamline the process of making and managing reservations for tour packages along with all relevant actions such as payment, reschedule, cancelation, and reviews. The usability test also revealed that this system is perceived as easy to use by its users regardless of their roles in the system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Visitors in traveling to a tourist attraction have several criteria in determining the features that increase the attractiveness of tourist attraction visitors. There are several types of tourist objects in the Bangkalan area, Madura, including natural, religious, and artificial attractions. And each tourist attraction has several features to attract visitors, including several public facilities at the tourist attraction, the trend of entrance ticket sales, management services, tourist attraction names, number of visitors, background, age of visitors, the time limit for visits, discounts: Admission ticket, gender of visitor. The complexity of the features involved, causes visitors to have difficulty making decisions to determine the destination tourist attraction. Therefore, in this study, the chi-square method was used to perform feature selection. The chi-square method is a data analysis method that performs comparative hypothesis testing based on an average of k independent samples, with each sample containing several classes or categories. The contribution of this study is to determine the destination of tourist objects with influencing features, using the chi-square method to produce dominant features and reduce features that do not have an effect. From the sample data of the Bangkalan Tourism Office, Madura shows that ten parts for 21 tourism and three types of tourism objects based on the learning process with 105 datasets with 11 features. From the test results, four features are very influential and meet the rejection criteria of =0.05, and the accuracy result is 76.19%. This proves that the chi-square method is able to provide better results in selecting features that are very influential in determining tourist attractions that have a lot of visitors. Keywords: Feature Selection, Improvement, Tourist Attraction Visitors, Method, Chi-Square. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Tourism plays an essential role in the world economy. Drastic progress in this field has reshaped an integral part of tourism information and technological communication supports. Mobile devices have consumed significant aspects of people's daily life. Understanding tourist behaviour is considered an essential element to the success of development in tourism. An international tourist no longer relies solely on a tourism agency to determine their travel plans. This paper concentrates on specific behaviours of international tourists related to their interaction with mobile devices. Methods used in this research are questionnaires and literature study. The questionnaire was conducted in 2019 before the pandemic. This research result is which media are being used in determining travel plans, mainly how long mobile devices are being used, the social media chosen, and the types of activities involved in using these devices. This research can be a significant base on embarking on a potent strategy in the tourism industry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Tourism is considered one of the hardest hit sectors during Covid-19 as it impacts both demand and tourism supply in various aspects. In the aftermath of the pandemic crisis, significant actions have been made to encourage people back to travel by shifting the advertising of tourist attractions via virtual tourism. It can be helpful in attracting and navigating travellers to the desired places. Some of the most exciting advancements in technology aim to maximizing the travel quality by providing valuable information to travellers before the places of interest are reached and businesses will have incredible marketing tool by promoting interactive marketing experience. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to analyse several virtual and interactive platforms in tourism which includes the virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), 360-degree video and hologram. The result of the research provides an insight for the tourism industry to revolve due to the aftermath of the pandemic Covid-19. Both advantages and disadvantages of these platforms in enhancing audience experience and engagement are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study aims to evaluate the level of application of chemistry learning oriented to Lombok local wisdom and tourism in teaching chemistry and student learning performance in the application of the learning. This research used a descriptive design. The sample of the study is 65 students that consist of 20 biology education students, 30 chemistry education students, and 15 physics education students at UNDIKMA in the academic year 2019-2020. Data were collected by questionnaire, portfolio, and observation. Furthermore, chemistry learning oriented to Lombok local wisdom and tourism was applied to 28 chemistry education students participating in natural chemistry courses. Student learning performance was evaluated by using a scientific paper portfolio and observation of discussion activities. The results showed that the level of application of science learning oriented to Lombok local wisdom and tourism for students of biology, chemistry, and physics education courses of UNDIKMA was in the poor category with a percentage of 33.75%. The students' learning performance in writing papers and group discussion processes were 78,63 and 83,39, respectively, which were in the very good category. The response to the idea of applying chemistry learning oriented to Lombok local wisdom and tourism in the UNDIKMA Chemistry education study program was in a very good category with a percentage of 84.44%. Respondents believed that the application of chemistry learning oriented to Lombok local wisdom and tourism would increase students' motivation and attitudes in learning, as well as potential to provide students the skills as problem solvers and agents of change within the society that has unique local wisdom and potential tourism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Tourism is one of the largest and fastest developing industries in the world. As most protected areas have the purpose of both nature conservation and providing recreational opportunities, national parks and a variety of protected areas have become popular destinations for tourists worldwide. This paper critiques the appropriateness of current tourism developments of iconic National Parks in Australia and South Africa. The methods applied to this study include (a) analyzing case studies on different national parks to understand the management situation, (b) criticize existing tourism developments in Australia and South Africa with evidence, using conceptual model for situation analysis and suggestions for more rational management plans, and (c) comparing and contrasting Australia with South Africa. The theoretical method of ecological micro-landscapes is also presented to the study of protection and management of national parks and protected areas. The study could become a useful guide for the improvements on present protected area governance practices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The emergence of global web has affected the ways companies and entrepreneurs conveying information and communicating with the public. The travel industry is no exception. Travel website as the object of this study is perceived as less fulfilling in relation with the needs of the web users on the structure of the menu and the delivery of information. It is supported by the results of questionnaires that have been distributed to the respondents of this study. Therefore, the design of Information Architecture (IA) of the travel website was done by involving organizations and users and the usability of the produced IA on the website was analyzed. IA design was done by using a top-down approach on card sorting method, while the process of card sorting was done by doing closed card sort. Tests on the prototype used a Heuristic Evaluation method with the assessment system used severity ratings. The tests involved three evaluators. Evaluators performed testing by using usability guidelines that only focus on IA. From the test results, there were seventeen usability guidelines with an average value of 0 out of the 20 usability guidelines used in this study. This value indicates the absence of problem found in the tested prototype. In overall, the website can work appropriately because it already meets the required usability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]