The Effectiveness of the Tourism Master Plan (TMP 2013-2020) – Perceptions of Myanmar’s Tourism Stakeholder

Abstract

This paper is a work-in-progress that aims to assess the evaluation of the 2013-2020 Myanmar Hotel and Tourism Ministry (MHT) Tourism Master Plan (TMP 2013-2020) from the perceptions of the country's tourism stakeholders. The TMP aims to improve tourism outcomes through sustainable practices such as more practical education and training of industry staff as opposed to traditional rote learning methods which was a major concern discussed during the Australia-Myanmar Institute (AMI) conferences in Yangon and Mandalay in January 2020. Currently, much of Myanmar’s tourism infrastructure, namely accommodation, is limited to the Mandalay-Naypyidaw-Yangon corridor. A further challenge to the TMP will be the Covid-19 epidemic which has inhibited tourism activity. The research assessed the perceptions of Myanmar tourism stakeholders, including peripheral communities and international tour operators, using the extracted data to suggest calls-to-action in order to improve professional practice and lead to more sustainable tourism outcomes for Myanmar including its various remote and indigenous ethnicities.

Sustainable tourism: analysis of methods and applications in the Indonesian tourism journals

“…In several cases, researchers from foreign institutions were found, such as Nobukazu Nagakoshi (L. Hakim & Nagakoshi, 2008), David Reeve (Valeriani et al, 2020), Guillaume Tiberghien (Ristiawan & Tiberghien, 2021), and Kumiko Shishido (Sadguna et al, 2020), or where the member researchers are from different international institutions from the first researcher, such as the Hess et al, (2021) article, both of which were ignored, because the data collection only refers to the identity of the first researcher. Twenty-five international researchers were recorded from 15 countries: United States (Acharya, 2021), Australia (Ayoub, 2020;Prideaux & Tao, 2005;Zeng, 2005), Bangladesh (Bhuiyan & Ismail, 2018), Netherlands (Rindrasih, 2015), Bulgaria (Slavov & Palupi, 2019), Ethiopia (Eshete et al, 2020), Philippines (Abansi, 2012;Arreza & Esguerra, 2021;Era & Rosario, 2020;Espiritu & Guevarra, 2015;Luna, 2021), India (De, 2012;Dey, 2013;Vinodan, 2010), United Kingdom (Hess et al, 2021), Italy (Brida, 2008), South Korea (Anele & Sam-Otuonye, 2021), Egypt (Abdou et al, 2020), France (Loustaunau, 2018), Romania (Voda et al, 2019), and Thailand (Chaichompoo, 2011;Songkhla & Somboonsuke, 2012;Southiseng & Walsh, 2010). The authors noticed that the tendency of international scholars to publish their studies in national tourism journals is indicated to have increased in recent years.…”

Pariwisata Berkelanjutan: Analisis terhadap Metode, Topik, dan Aplikasinya pada Jurnal Pariwisata Indonesia

“…25 peneliti internasional berasal dari 15 negara: Amerika Serikat (Acharya, 2021), Australia (Ayoub, 2020;Prideaux & Tao, 2005;Zeng, 2005), Bangladesh (Bhuiyan & Ismail, 2018), Belanda (Rindrasih, 2015), Bulgaria (Slavov & Palupi, 2019), Etiopia (Eshete et al, 2020), Filipina (Abansi, 2012;Arreza & Esguerra, 2021;Era & Rosario, 2020;Espiritu & Guevarra, 2015;Luna, 2021), India (De, 2012;Dey, 2013;Vinodan, 2010), Inggris (Hess et al, 2021), Italia (Brida, 2008), Korea Selatan (Anele & Sam-Otuonye, 2021), Mesir (Abdou et al, 2020), Prancis (Loustaunau, 2018), Rumania (Voda et al, 2019), dan Thailand (Chaichompoo, 2011;Songkhla & Somboonsuke, 2012;Southiseng & Walsh, 2010). Dari frekuensi artikel bisa dilihat bahwa kecenderungan akademisi internasional untuk mempublikasikan kajian mereka pada jurnal pariwisata nasional terindikasi meningkat pada beberapa tahun terakhir.…”