The nexus between tourism and urban risk: Towards inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable outdoor tourism in African cities

Musavengane, Regis; Siakwah, Pius; Leonard, Llewellyn

doi:10.1016/j.jort.2019.100254

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“…In terms of the Social (S) dimension, maintaining the quality of urban public order (S8) is the most important criterion in the evaluation system, with a weight of 0.223. This result echoes the findings of Gkoumas [22] and Musavengane et al [23], where they mentioned that public order in the region affects the safety of the tourists. Some famous tourist attractions have had negative incidents, including theft, robbery, scams, traffic accidents, viral infections and racial discrimination.…”

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“…Gkoumas [22] proposes a comprehensive assessment index for sustainable tourism for the Mediterranean tourism industry; local governance is the most critical factor for the development of sports tourism. Musavengane et al [23] explored the security of tourism in African countries, holding that cultural tolerance, local security, medical and rescue flexibility and the integrity of environmental awareness are all key items for evaluation. Yang et al [24] first proposed a complete MCDM model of sustainable sports tourism, which established an effective evaluation system for tourist attractions in central Taiwan.…”

Section: Literature Review For Sustainable Sports Tourism Evaluation mentioning

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A Two-Stage MCDM Model for Exploring the Influential Relationships of Sustainable Sports Tourism Criteria in Taichung City

Yang

Chuang

et al. 2020

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Many countries advocate sports for all to cultivate people’s interest in sports. In cities, cross-industry alliances between sports and tourism are one of the common practices. The following two important issues need to be discussed, namely, what factors should be paid attention to in the development of sports tourism, and what are the mutual influential relationships among these factors. This study proposes a novel two-stage multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) model to incorporate the concept of sustainable development into sports tourism. First, the Bayesian best–worst method (Bayesian BWM) is used to screen out important criteria. Bayesian BWM solves the problem of expert opinion integration of conventional BWM. It is based on the statistical probability to estimate the optimal group criteria weights. Secondly, the rough decision making trial and evaluation laboratory (rough DEMATEL) technique is used to map out complex influential relationships. The introduction of DEMATEL from the rough set theory has better practicality. In the calculation program, interval types are used to replace crisp values in order to retain more expert information. A city in central Taiwan was used to demonstrate the effectiveness of the model. The results show that the quality of urban security, government marketing, business sponsorship and mass transit planning are the most important criteria. In addition, in conjunction with local festivals is the most influential factor for the overall evaluation system.

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Section: Literature Review For Sustainable Sports Tourism Evaluation mentioning

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A Two-Stage MCDM Model for Exploring the Influential Relationships of Sustainable Sports Tourism Criteria in Taichung City

Yang

Chuang

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“…The enrichment of local features (C 35 ) refers to keeping local culture and combining external, themed activities or commodities to enhance the richness of sports tourism. Emergency response and rescue (C 36 ) is an indispensable assessment item, and is a basic element of the safety of sports tourism [6,8,[10][11][12]33,36,[39][40][41].…”

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“…In recent years, various countries have realized that mass tourism will bring environmental pollution, garbage accumulation, and disruption of social order. Therefore, sustainable development has been introduced into the tourism industry in order to devise more environmentally friendly tourism planning [4][5][6][7][8]. The concept of sustainable development is "the process by which people maintain environmental balance and harmony in resource development, investment direction, technological development, and institutional change while meeting human needs and future development, and the benefits they bring are in line with social expectations."…”

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“…The authors believe that maintaining the stability of the ecosystem and the support of residents can develop tourism in the long run. Musavengane et al [8] considered the risks of tourism areas in African countries, and listed their inclusion, safety, resilience, and environmental protection as important tourism assessment items. A review of these publications indicates that the current sustainable tourism assessments consider not only economic, social, and environmental dimensions, but also government regulations and relevant local management policies, which are also on the list of the necessary elements [11].…”

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Establishing a Sustainable Sports Tourism Evaluation Framework with a Hybrid Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Model to Explore Potential Sports Tourism Attractions in Taiwan

Yang

Chao

et al. 2020

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In recent years, the awareness of sustainable tourism has risen around the world. Many tourism industries combine sports to attract more customers to facilitate the development of the economy and the promotion of local culture. However, it is an important task to establish a comprehensive tourism evaluation framework for sustainable sports tourism. This study proposes a Multi-Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM) model to discuss the above issues, using the Bayesian Best Worst Method (Bayesian BWM) to integrate multiple experts’ judgments to generate the group optimal criteria weights. Next, the modified Visekriterijumska Optimizacija i Kompromisno Resenje (VIKOR) technique is combined with the concept of aspiration level to determine the performance of sports attractions and their priority ranks. In addition, this study adds a perspective of institutional sustainability to emphasize the importance of government support and local marketing. The effectiveness and robustness of the proposed model is demonstrated through potential sports tourism attractions in Taiwan. A sensitivity analysis and models comparison were also performed in this study. The results show that the proposed model is feasible for practical applications and that it effectively provides some management implications to support decision-makers in formulating improvement strategies.

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Improving the urban heritage based on a tourism risk assessment using a hybrid fuzzy MADM method: The case study of Tehran's central district

Hosseini

Ahmad

Ayashi

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A primary reason for the failure of renewal plans for the heritage of urban areas is ignorance of the risk factors of tourism. Urban heritage sites are valuable tourism resources and focus on tourism activities. These sites are affected by risks and negative events. Assessing tourism risks requires an in-depth knowledge of the current situation. Thus, in order to reduce the risk of tourism on urban heritage, it is necessary to assess the risk of tourist destinations. This study assesses the urban heritage of central districts in Tehran with an emphasis on tourism risk as a real case study.This study provides an in-depth review of the dimensions and criteria for evaluating tourism risks from the perspectives of social culture, environment, finance, safety and security. Fourteen criteria developed on the basis of the fuzzy decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (FDEMATEL) method are adopted for this assessment to construct the fuzzy influential network relation map and find the fuzzy influential weights; this is known as the DEMATEL-based analysis network process (called DANP). The hybrid modified fuzzy VIKOR method is adopted to evaluate and reduce the tourism risk towards for closing the gap zero. Finally, an empirical case of Tehran city illustrates the availability and effectiveness of the proposed methods. The results revealed that safety and security risks have the greatest influence. The remaining dimensions are sociocultural, financial, and environmental risks. According to the model and the results of the risk assessment in tourism, this method is a reasonable solution for the assessment and risk analysis in real-world problems. The proposed method can be a useful tool for managers in tourism and urban planning.fuzzy DEMATEL-based ANP (fuzzy DANP), fuzzy influence network relationship map (FINRM), fuzzy modified VIKOR, fuzzy multiple-attribute decision-making (FMADM), tourism risk assessment, urban heritage | INTRODUCTIONIn the early 1990s, due to the introduction of globalisation, widespread communications and travel, and the rise of tourism, had an impact on urban areas. Since the potential for tourism points to a means for economic development, especially in the local economy, national governments, local governments, and city-planners emphasize tourism as a critical factor in the regeneration of urban areas, which leads to urban development and, consequently, regional and national development. One feature found in urban tourism area is

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The nexus between tourism and urban risk: Towards inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable outdoor tourism in African cities

Cited by 44 publications

References 61 publications

A Two-Stage MCDM Model for Exploring the Influential Relationships of Sustainable Sports Tourism Criteria in Taichung City

A Two-Stage MCDM Model for Exploring the Influential Relationships of Sustainable Sports Tourism Criteria in Taichung City

Establishing a Sustainable Sports Tourism Evaluation Framework with a Hybrid Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Model to Explore Potential Sports Tourism Attractions in Taiwan

Improving the urban heritage based on a tourism risk assessment using a hybrid fuzzy MADM method: The case study of Tehran's central district

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