The tourism spectacle of fire making at Coranderrk Aboriginal Station, Victoria, Australia – a case study

Clark, Ian D.; McMaster, Sarah; Roberts, Phillip M.; Cahir, Fred; Wright, Wendy

doi:10.1080/1743873x.2019.1572160

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“…More studies were carried out on festival ethics, authenticity and relationship commodification (Nurhadi, Sumarti, Dharmawan, & Damanhuri, 2022;Cos kun, 2021). Therefore, festivals are carefully selected based on their originality, for instance, the Sami winter festival in sweeten (Mu ¨ller & Pettersson, 2005), Aboriginal Corroborees in Australia (Clark, McMaster, Roberts, Cahir, & Wright, 2020). Another line of discussion is protecting and preserving traditions and establishing a sense of place while trying to generate social and cultural capital.…”

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Determinants of tourism participation of Yoruba traditional and festival of class (Eyo and Ojude-Oba) in southwestern Nigeria

Agbabiaka

Omisore

Olugbamila

2023

IJTC

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Purpose Every community with the potential to organize a festival aims to actualize increased participation to transform the community image and socio-cultural cohesion. Hence, this study aims to investigate the motivational factors influencing festival participation of Eyo and Ojude Oba in southwestern Nigeria, using the push and pull and activity theories as theoretical footing. Design/methodology/approach Primary data was collected through questionnaire administration on members of the host communities. Geospatial data was collected on the number of buildings through high-resolution satellite imagery and maps sourced from the Cooperative Information Network (COPINE) of the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA). Systematic sampling procedure was adopted to select 3% of the estimated 5231 and 4,934 buildings within the designated zones in Lagos Island and Ijebu Ode, respectively. In this case, 314 and 148 respondents were sampled in Lagos Island and Ijebu-Ode, respectively. Data collected were analyzed using mean index and factor analysis (principal component analysis). Findings This study revealed that the factors influencing participation of Eyo and Ojude Oba festivals comprise six and three factors, respectively, with varying contributions. Eyo festival explained 75.34% variance with varying factors extracted which are psychosocial (22.9%), proximity/mobility (9.93%), facility (13.41%), environmental/cultural (12.2%), demographic (10.65%) and health/safety factors (6.25%). While factors influencing Ojude-Oba festival comprises of sociocultural/psychological (35.44%), facilities/mobility (28.00%) and demographic factor (8.51%), thereby explaining 71.95% variation of factors influencing its participation. The study therefore, prove policy response in enhancing the destination receptors based on the influencing factors to promote positive words of mouth and encourage visitors’ intention to revisit. Originality/value This study focused on two distinguished festivals with internal homogenous and external heterogeneous features (Eyo and Ojude-Oba festivals). Ojude-Oba is an annual festival of class, whereas Eyo is non-annual traditional festival. Both festivals are mega, with similarities in the activities engaged in by the visitors and members of the communities, inform of colorful display of costumes, dances, chanting of songs and group parades among other activities.

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Determinants of tourism participation of Yoruba traditional and festival of class (Eyo and Ojude-Oba) in southwestern Nigeria

Agbabiaka

Omisore

Olugbamila

2023

IJTC

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“…An increase in temperature has also been blamed for the increased frequency of fires and fire-related damages and costs [9][10][11]. Fire risk has been of particular concern to tourism stakeholders as it threatens tourism properties, employees, and tourists [12]. Dube [13] noted temperature increases as one of the drivers of many destructive fires threatening many nature destinations in the southern African region, calling for proactive measures to address this growing concern.…”

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Global Warming and Its Implications on Nature Tourism at Phinda Private Game Reserve, South Africa

Sibitane

Dube

Lekaota

2022

IJERPH

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The past decade recorded the highest number of high impact extreme weather events such as flooding, rainfall events, fires, droughts, and heatwaves amongst others. One of the key features and drivers of extreme weather events has been global warming, with record temperatures recorded globally. The World Meteorological Organization indicated that the 2010–2020 decade was one of the warmest on record. Continued global warming triggers a chain of positive feedback with far-reaching adverse implications on the environment and socio-economic activities. The tourism industry fears that increased global warming would result in severe challenges for the sector. The challenges include species extinction, disruption of tourism aviation, and several tourism activities. Given the extent of climate variability and change, this study examines the impacts of rising temperatures on tourism operations at Phinda Private Game Reserve in South Africa. The study adopts a mixed-method approach that uses secondary, archival, and primary data collected through interviews and field observations to investigate the impacts. Data analysis was done using XLSTAT and Mann–Kendall Trend Analysis to analyse climate trends, while content and thematic analyses were used to analyse primary data findings. The study found that increasing temperature is challenging for tourists and tourism employees as it affects productivity, sleeping patterns, tourism operations, and infrastructure. High temperatures are a considerable threat to water availability and animal sightings, adversely affecting the game drive experience. Increased heatwaves resulted in bird mortality and hatching mortality for turtles; this is a significant conservation challenge. The study recommends that heat stress be treated as a health and safety issue to protect tourists and employees.

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In the company of a guide: guidebooks to Indigenous Australia

Clarke

2021

Studies in Travel Writing

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This paper is examines travel guides to Indigenous Australia, focussing on predominantly Aboriginal-authored texts. Acknowledging the body of work that has critiqued travel guides as mediators of oppressive cultural discourses, I am as much concerned with the risks inherent in these texts, as I am interested in their potential as sites of authorship and reading that enable anti-colonial ambitions. Two questions animate my discussion. First: to what extent are Aboriginal guidebooks consistent with conventional understandings of reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians? And second, how do these texts influence tourist activity in ways that respect Aboriginal sovereignty?

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The tourism spectacle of fire making at Coranderrk Aboriginal Station, Victoria, Australia – a case study

Cited by 4 publications

References 19 publications

Determinants of tourism participation of Yoruba traditional and festival of class (Eyo and Ojude-Oba) in southwestern Nigeria

Determinants of tourism participation of Yoruba traditional and festival of class (Eyo and Ojude-Oba) in southwestern Nigeria

Global Warming and Its Implications on Nature Tourism at Phinda Private Game Reserve, South Africa

In the company of a guide: guidebooks to Indigenous Australia

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