The Tourism Destination Determinant Quality Factor from Stakeholders Perspective

Abstract

High-quality tourism destinations nowadays become the expectations of tourism stakeholders. However, these quality tourism destinations do not have a definition and key performance indicator that can be used as a measurement indicator, so this research is necessary. This study tries to measure the quality of tourism destinations based on the perspective of Bali tourism respondents. In this survey, the attitude of the respondents was measured using a choice of 5 Likert scales that directly asked their attitude towards various indicators on two elements, namely the tourist quality variable and the destination quality measurement variable. The results of a survey of 200 informants illustrate that the respondents' views on all indicators that are considered as indicators of measuring the quality of tourists and indicators of tourism destinations. They can be used as indicators to measure other destinations with adjustments according to their conditions. The novelty in this studies is three factors that have been formed key factors of tourism destination quality. The first is named the quality beautiful destination and unique attraction. The second factor is named quality tourist spending and respect local culture minded. The third factor is named the quality climate and weather condition and infrastructure.

The Bali Ecotourism Destination Management to Create Local Small Business

“…The motivation of the community involved in the ecotourism program e.g., (1) motivation to earn money, (2) motivation to gain knowledge about conservation, (3) motivation of optimism that the ecotourism program is beneficial to the community, (4) idealism about the importance of conservation, (5) independent local community interest, (6) local communities are motivated by the government and community leaders, (7) promising income for the community, (8) the existence of local community commitment, and (9) local community concerns about outside interference.…”

“…The results of closed interviews that have been conducted by community groups involved in ecotourism management seen from the Mobilizing Local Community Involvement factor can be explained in the following Table 1 below. Table 1 above explains the motivation of the community involved in the ecotourism program (1) Motivation to make money, (2) Motivation to gain knowledge about nature conservation, (3) Motivation for optimism that ecotourism programs are useful for the community, (4) Idealism about the importance of nature conservation, (5) Interest from local communities independently, (6) Local communities are motivated by the government and community leaders, (7) Promising income for the community, (8) The existence of local community commitment, and (9) Concerns of local communities from outside interference with an average of very good motivation, except Interest from local communities independently an average good motivation.…”

“…Ecotourism is about bringing together biodiversity, culture, and sustainable travel. It ensures that communities are embraced and take part in ecotourism activities [7]. The values of good ecotourism are minimizing impacts; building awareness and appreciation of ecosystems and cultures; providing positive opportunities for visitors and hosts; providing direct financial benefits for conservation; providing monetary gains and empowerment for locals and increasing exposure to the hospitality of rural communities [7,8].…”

“…Based on the above principles of ecotourism, the term ecotourism includes the following activities, but is not limited to nature walks, diving, wildlife watching, and cultural tourism, with a focus on the conservation and sustainability of the most important aspects of ecotourism in rural areas where biodiversity, climate, protected areas, and cultural heritage are of paramount importance [7,[9][10][11].…”

Determinants of community participation in ecotourism programs in Bali, Indonesia

“…The choice of factor analysis as an analytical tool in this study is because this study tries to find the interrelationship of several variables that are independent of each other so that a smaller set of variables can be made from the initial number of variables. For this study, because twenty variables are independent of each other, factor analysis may be able to summarize them into only three new sets of variables so that users of the results of this study can focus their attention on variables that are considered important or even the most important [26], [27].…”