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The Role of Social Sustainability Initiatives in Driving GHG-Free Operations: Empirical Evidence from Game Lodges and Tented Camps Within Kenya’s Southern Tourism Circuit
Get PDFThis study examined the influence of social sustainability practices and the adoption of zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emission practices among lodges and tented camps in Kenya’s Southern Tourism Circuit. A quantitative explanatory research design and multiple linear regression were employed to assess the impact of seven social sustainability initiatives: Community Collaboration and Guest Awareness, NGO Collaboration and Guest Participation, Local Sourcing and Economic Support, Local Hiring and Workplace Safety, Staff Development and Training, Community Contributions, and Employee Welfare. Findings revealed that the regression model was statistically significant (R² = 0.682, F (7,65) = 19.957, p < 0.001), indicating that social sustainability practices collectively explain 68.2% of the variance in the adoption of zero GHG emission practices. Three components were found to significantly influence adoption: NGO Collaboration and Guest Participation (β = 0.406), Local Sourcing and Economic Support (β = 0.642), and Local Hiring and Workplace Safety (β = 0.247). However, Community Collaboration and Guest Awareness (β = 0.081, p = 0.400), Staff Development and Training (β = 0.107, p = 0.191), Community Contributions (β = 0.031, p = 0.728), and Employee Welfare (β = 0.146, p = 0.083) were not significant predictors in the regression model. These results suggest that three important factors comprising NGO collaboration and guest participation, local sourcing and economic support, and local hiring and work safety significantly and positively influence the adoption of zero GHG emission practices. Other social factors, such as staff training and employee welfare, though present, may not directly influence the adoption of zero GHG emission practices among lodges and tented camps. For eco-lodge operators in this study, the study recommends that they should deepen collaborations with NGOs and local communities to co-create sustainability programs involving guests. They also need to formalise local sourcing policies and maintain transparent tracking of purchases to encourage local economies and reduce emissions
Artificial Intelligence and Cultural Tourism in Kenya: A Systematic Review of Development Opportunities and Challenges
Get PDFThis paper presents a systematic review of the intersection between artificial intelligence (AI) and cultural tourism in Kenya, with a particular focus on the Mount Kenya region. It examines the potential of AI to enhance sustainable cultural tourism through digital heritage preservation, targeted marketing, and enriched visitor experiences. The study employs a qualitative systematic review methodology, analyzing peer-reviewed journal articles, policy documents, case studies, and global best practices relevant to AI applications in cultural tourism. Thematic analysis was used to identify recurring patterns, opportunities, and challenges. The findings reveal that AI holds considerable promise in addressing infrastructure gaps, enhancing inclusivity, and increasing the global visibility of Kenya’s cultural heritage. Nonetheless, inadequate policy frameworks, inadequate financial investment, and widespread digital illiteracy are among the substantial challenges that have persisted. This study has made recommendations on the formulation of a vigorous policy context, investing in digital capacity building, and promoting public-private partnerships (PPTS) to realize an enabling environment for AI-integrated cultural tourism in Keny
Cultural Tourism in Kenya: A Systematic Review of Opportunities, Challenges, and Sustainable Development Pathways
Get PDFThe landscape of cultural tourism in Kenya is explored by this systematic review with a keen focus on opportunities, challenges, and sustainable development pathways. With the application of Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines, empirical and theoretical literature from the past five years have been analysed by the review to identify key themes and evidence-based insights. Peer-reviewed journals, government reports, and institutional publications are some of the sources from which Studies were derived. Findings show a growing recognition of cultural tourism as a promoter of socio-economic development, particularly in regions like Mount Kenya. Nonetheless, Key Issues such as policy gaps, scarce infrastructure, and restricted community participation hinder its potential. The review concludes by highlighting critical areas for intervention and recommends multi-stakeholder collaboration, strategic policy frameworks, and sustainable practices to advance cultural tourism in Keny
Greening the Savannah: Environmental Pathways to Zero GHG Emissions in Kenya’s Game Lodges and Tented Camps
Get PDFThis study examined the relationship between environmental sustainability practices and the adoption of zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emission practices among lodges and tented camps in Kenya’s Southern Tourism Circuit. Grounded in the Triple Bottom Line Framework (People, Planet, and Profit) and Stakeholder Theory, the study employed a quantitative research design and used multiple linear regression to assess the impact of six environmental sustainability components: Community and Stakeholder Engagement, Operational Resource Efficiency, Environmental Policies and Purchasing Practices, Sustainable Infrastructure, Renewable Energy and Composting, And External Institutional Partnerships. Findings revealed that the regression model was statistically significant (R² = 0.465, F (6,66) = 9.545, p < 0.001), indicating that environmental sustainability practices collectively explain 46.5% of the variance in the adoption of zero GHG emission practices. Five components were found to significantly influence adoption: Renewable Energy and Composting (β = 0.522), Operational Resource Efficiency (β = 0.506), Community and Stakeholder Engagement (β = 0.312), Environmental Policies and Purchasing (β = 0.265), and External Institutional Partnerships (β = 0.242). However, Sustainable Infrastructure (β = 0.009, p = 0.424) did not show a significant impact. These results suggest that strategic operational, policy, and community-driven initiatives are more impactful than infrastructure development alone in promoting zero GHG emissions. The study underscores the need for integrated sustainability efforts, particularly those emphasising renewable energy use, efficient resource management, stakeholder involvement, and institutional collaboration. The findings provide valuable insights for tourism operators, policymakers, and sustainability advocates targeting an advancement of climate-resilient practices within the hotel secto
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
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