Finding suitable locations for ecotourism development in Cox’s Bazar using Geographical Information System and Analytical Hierarchy Process

Ullah, Kazi Masel; Hafiz, Roxana

doi:10.1080/10106049.2012.760005

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“…Bunruamkaew and Murayam (2011) prioritised the potential ecotourism sites in Surat Thani Province, Thailand using the AHP derived weights. Similar to Bunruamkaew and Murayam (2011), Ullah and Hafiz (2013) identified suitable locations for ecotourism development in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Dhami et al (2014) on the other hand incorporated visitors' preferences for identifying and mapping forest-based ecotourism sites in West Virginia, USA.…”

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“…Multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) methods, particularly the analytic hierarchy process (AHP), with geographic information systems (GIS) have been one of the most frequently used approaches to addressing various criteria for decision-making on the NBT planning and management (Bukenya, 2012;Fung & Wong, 2007). AHP has been used to estimate weights of various sets of criteria, which are then integrated in GIS to display the location and size of those ranked NBT destinations (Bunruamkaew & Murayam, 2011;Dhami, Deng, Burns, & Pierskalla, 2014;Kumari, Behera, & Tewari, 2010;Ullah & Hafiz, 2013).…”

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Suitability-sensitivity analysis of nature-based tourism using geographic information systems and analytic hierarchy process

Gretzel

Reino

Kopera

et al. 2016

Journal of Ecotourism

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Evaluation and identification of nature-based tourism (NBT) destinations is not a new practice; however, evaluating the variability of various inputs in the identification of NBT destinations have only recently gained special attention. This study highlights the importance of conducting sensitivity analysis of criteria weights in mapping NBT areas in the state of West Virginia. As an extension to the study by Dhami, Deng, Burns, and Pierskalla (2014, Identifying and mapping forest-based ecotourism areas in West Virginia incorporating visitors' preferences. Tourism Management, 42, 165-176) who examined and mapped NBT areas in West Virginia by incorporating visitors' perceptions as criteria weights into a spatial suitability model, this study focuses on how sensitive NBT areas are to the variations of visitors' and ecotourism experts' perceptions of selected criteria (i.e. remoteness, slope, vegetation, wildlife, mining, and logging) using a simple one-at-a-time method. Results indicate that visitors and ecotourism experts perceived the criteria in a similar manner with the presence of vegetation and remoteness being ranked as the most important criteria for NBT areas. The results also show that about one-third of West Virginia is highly suitable and least sensitive to variations in criteria weights, and therefore suitable for a wide range of NBT tourists, irrespective of their preferences for the selected NBT criteria. Research implications and limitations are discussed. ARTICLE HISTORY

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Suitability-sensitivity analysis of nature-based tourism using geographic information systems and analytic hierarchy process

Gretzel

Reino

Kopera

et al. 2016

Journal of Ecotourism

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“…On the other hand, Saaty's ratio scale is easy to understand. (Saaty ; Saaty ; Ullah and Hafiz ). Using this ratio scale, these steps of AHP was followed to determine weights for each factor and criterion: …”

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Evaluation of Land Suitability for Urban Land‐Use Planning: Case Study Dhaka City

Ullah

Mansourian

2015

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The aim of this research is evaluation of land suitability for urban land-use planning. Four factors and fourteen criteria were selected for suitability analysis and land-use planning. Factors and criteria were defined based on literature survey, experts' opinions, local contexts and availability of data. GIS-based Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) was used as a Multi-criteria Decision Making model. The study was conducted on a selected area of Dhaka city, which is one of the fastest growing mega-cities of the world. The research result shows that highly suitable area (13%) should be used for urban residential zone; moderately suitable area (35%) should be designated as mixed use zone; low suitable area (42%) should be reserved for agricultural use and open spaces; and not suitable area (10%) should be protected from any types of activities except agriculture. The research approached an urban land-use planning at a regional scale.

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“…In the management of tourism resources and planning tourism development, approaches based on quantitative evaluation present reliable functional methods that can be applied to different case studies. In this field, GIS is often preferred because it is a rapid and low-cost tool (Mahdavi & Niknejad, 2014;Sahani, 2019;Ullah & Hafiz, 2014). This tool also makes it possible to process many spatial data related to inaccessible regions and utilizes remote sensing information.…”

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Gisimos McDa Land Suitability Model for Ecotourism Development

Aşilioğlu

2021

Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management

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Ecotourism development planning is a multi-criteria process that generally requires spatial analysis. GISimos MCDA model developed by this study, was presented for the first time and applied to the Kalecik sub-province of Ankara, Turkey to determine the suitable areas and their suitability levels for ecotourism development. The model is based on the evaluation of sub-factors representing the topography, land cover, climate and sociocultural characteristics of the region, with the combination of GIS and the revised Simos procedure, one of the MCDA techniques. It included a series of processes such as determining the suitability rates and weights of sub-factors, calculating the Ecotourism Suitability Index values, and overlapping them using the WLC method. The resulting values were categorized as highly suitable, moderately suitable, marginally suitable, and not suitable areas. The results of this study and the method developed will be helpful for decision-makers and planners in the study area and similar regions.

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Finding suitable locations for ecotourism development in Cox’s Bazar using Geographical Information System and Analytical Hierarchy Process

Cited by 34 publications

References 14 publications

Suitability-sensitivity analysis of nature-based tourism using geographic information systems and analytic hierarchy process

Suitability-sensitivity analysis of nature-based tourism using geographic information systems and analytic hierarchy process

Evaluation of Land Suitability for Urban Land‐Use Planning: Case Study Dhaka City

Gisimos McDa Land Suitability Model for Ecotourism Development

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