Vol. 10 No. 1 (2011)

The purpose of this research was to analyze the present status of agritourism development in Sri Lanka including issues and challenges of the sector. The study was based on a survey of agritourism operators in the country. Results revealed that only fifteen agritourism places are functioning currently with general services and facilities. Many destinations are operated by private companies and outside investors. Number of visitors and length of stay are at lower in many destinations. Further, there are several issues and challenges of the sector. Small size of the farm lands, lack of…

A city can be a place for productive tourism places. Bandung, for example, has become a tourists

In this paper the author discusses hospitality in the form of farm tourism, and uses the basics of systems theory to identify the various stakeholders involved in farm tourism. The main factors that are identified that have relevance to farm tourism are those that can be grouped under the following headings: physical, competitive, demographic and socio-cultural, economic, technological and politico-legal influences; together with the inputs (supply) of farm tourism, composed mainly of farmers; and the output (demand) side of the model, which comprises the services provided to guests, and the…

Medical Tourism was coined when people started looking for cost-effective treatments internationally. The success of this industry depends on the collaboration between private medical care providers and the tourism industry that focused on patients seeking critical and complex surgeries and other forms of specialized treatment. The main objective of this paper is to examine the perspectives of different stakeholders to position India as a global healthcare and medical tourism destination.Grounded theory was chosen as the main research methodology. Grounded theory is a systematic, inductive…

Human civilization and non-renewability in the historic buildings determine the great value and the importance of protection. How to protect and remedy the historic buildings is the key of protecting the urban cultural context, especially keep the specific historic features. There are two principles of minimal intervention and maximum authenticity of their historical information. Based on the practice of the Qing-an and An-lan Hall Projection, the technologies and methods of protecting the historic buildings were discussed, including two aspects: carpentry engineering and masonry engineering.…