Vol. 11 No. 2 (2012)

The trade-off between economic development and the environmental quality is a wellknown phenomenon. Till a nation become very highly developed and learn how to manage environment or critical natural resources while undertaking various developmental socio-economic activities the growth process becomes unsustainable. Hence a debate has always been there in regard to the sustainability of the growth process and the preservation of natural resources and maintaining inter-generational as well as intra-generational equity. It is found that the poorer especially the indigenous people, whose…

For years, Bandung city has been known and popular as a tourist destination.Various tourist attraction and activities have been developed so that it has attracted visitors from various community groups. One of the attractives and potentials tourism activities which could be developed is a scientific tourism. Although this type of tourism was formally introduced recently, but actually this type of tourism has been known in Indonesia for a long time, especially by students. As an educational city, Bandung is very potential to be a scientific tourist destination, not only for domestic tourists…

Souvenirs provide a tangible evidence of the travel experience. Souvenir purchase has been considered as an important component of tourism shopping. This has implications for tourism marketers and local artisans of regions that have a significant repertoire of traditional handicrafts/handloom products and may be regarded as craft-rich regions. The primary purpose of this study is to examine the souvenir purchase intentions of tourist segments to one such region - Northeast India. It aims to assess whether the intention to purchase souvenirs differs according to the type of tourist. The…

The study attempts to analyze the potential of developing a user fee system for the sustainable development of tourism in Sagada, Mountain Province, Philippines. Estimates of willingness to pay of tourists for nature

Agro-tourism has been a priority as a means for improving the livelihood of agriculturist developing countries. Pragmatically, this promotion is associated with multiple functional agriculture in the context of local agricultural occupation. The purpose of this paper is to present the feature of agro-tourism activities and its impacts on local agricultural occupation. A case study of Chang Klang district, a well known community-based agro-tourism in Thailand shown that tourist farms operated agrotourism as the activities of demonstration, giving knowledge, selling local productions, and…