A Slice of Tourism: The Nature, Dimensions and Geographies of International Golf Tourism in New Zealand

<p>Tourism is one of the largest and fastest growing industries in the world and for New Zealand it is the most important industry along with dairy. Of the 2.5 million tourists who visit New Zealand each year, it is estimated that around 65,000 (3%) of visitors will play at least one game of golf while in the country. New Zealand’s profile as a golfing destination has increased in recent years and now boasts a number of the worlds top ranked courses. This, along with the low cost of playing golf in New Zealand has made it an attractive golfing destination. This thesis aims to gain a greater insight into the nature and dimensions of the golf tourism industry in New Zealand and of those who visit. This research was conducted through a range of interviews with 19 stakeholders in the golf tourism industry, as well as a golfer’s questionnaire to which 44 international visitors responded. This research has found that international golf tourism plays an important role for many golf courses throughout New Zealand and the number of visitors is on the rise. These visitors tend to be wealthier and spend more money than the average tourist during their stay and so the benefits of increasing this market go beyond what is spent on the golf course alone. However, New Zealand must first overcome a number of barriers if international golf tourism is to reach its full potential. The key barriers to growth are New Zealand’s geographic isolation, the large distances between New Zealand’s top courses, competition from other golfing destinations and a lack of marketing to increase the awareness of New Zealand as a golfing destination.</p>

A Slice of Tourism: The Nature, Dimensions and Geographies of International Golf Tourism in New Zealand

<p>Tourism is one of the largest and fastest growing industries in the world and for New Zealand it is the most important industry along with dairy. Of the 2.5 million tourists who visit New Zealand each year, it is estimated that around 65,000 (3%) of visitors will play at least one game of golf while in the country. New Zealand’s profile as a golfing destination has increased in recent years and now boasts a number of the worlds top ranked courses. This, along with the low cost of playing golf in New Zealand has made it an attractive golfing destination. This thesis aims to gain a greater insight into the nature and dimensions of the golf tourism industry in New Zealand and of those who visit. This research was conducted through a range of interviews with 19 stakeholders in the golf tourism industry, as well as a golfer’s questionnaire to which 44 international visitors responded. This research has found that international golf tourism plays an important role for many golf courses throughout New Zealand and the number of visitors is on the rise. These visitors tend to be wealthier and spend more money than the average tourist during their stay and so the benefits of increasing this market go beyond what is spent on the golf course alone. However, New Zealand must first overcome a number of barriers if international golf tourism is to reach its full potential. The key barriers to growth are New Zealand’s geographic isolation, the large distances between New Zealand’s top courses, competition from other golfing destinations and a lack of marketing to increase the awareness of New Zealand as a golfing destination.</p>

Overview of the Characteristics of the Modular Industry and Barriers to its Increased Market Share

Modular and offsite construction approaches reduce project duration and cost by synchronizing offsite and onsite work. Project activities are undertaken in a controlled offsite facility to minimize the effects of inclement weather and site disruptions, while meeting safety and quality requirements. To study the characteristics of modular and offsite construction, questionnaires have been conducted during the last decade by many organizations, including the Modular Building Institute (MBI), the Buildoffsite campaigning organization in the United Kingdom, the Canadian Manufactured Housing Institute, the National Institute of Building Sciences, McGraw-Hill Construction, and the Fails Management Institute. This paper introduces comprehensive analysis of the results of a questionnaire survey carried out in collaboration between members of the Department of Building, Civil & Environmental Engineering at Concordia University, the Modular Building Institute, NRB Inc., and the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of Alberta. The questionnaire focuses on two issues: (1) the characteristics of the modular and offsite construction industry, and (2) the barriers against increased market share in this industry. For the latter, an effort was made to address a set of five factors identified in a workshop on the topic of challenges and opportunities for modular construction in Canada held in Montréal in 2015 to analyze barriers to growth of modular construction in the Canadian context. Key findings of this survey include requests for use of a separate building code for modular construction design, innovative financing and insurance solutions, standards that consider procurement regulations, and for financial institutions to create lending programs suited for modular construction.

Barriers and Mitigating Strategies of Entrepreneurial Business Growth: The Role of Entrepreneur Race and Gender

In this study, we investigate the obstacles to growth and the mitigating strategies of high-performing (over $1 million in revenues) entrepreneurial businesses, and how these differ between businesses owned by Black and White entrepreneurs and between female and male entrepreneurs. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and qualitatively analyzed using grounded theory and thematic analysis methods. Findings reveal that the lack of access to capital is faced by all groups of entrepreneurs, but that Black and female entrepreneurs additionally faced racial discrimination and gender bias obstacles to their business growth. While all entrepreneurs used social capital strategies to mitigate the barriers to growth that their businesses faced, Black and female entrepreneurs additionally employed faith and prayer as well as business engagement in governmental and corporate diversity initiatives as strategies to overcome the obstacles. Implications of the findings for the entrepreneurial business growth of racial/ethnic minority and female-owned firms are discussed.

Ted Cruz Crashes the Party

Mitt Romney’s defeat in 2012 stunned the GOP establishment. Their shock showed how out of touch the party was with its own base. The Republican National Committee commissioned a study to identify the party’s barriers to growth, which found that single women and young voters were turned off by Republican positions on abortion, gay rights, and climate change, while Hispanics were repelled by opposition to immigration reform. At the same time, the report gently raised the threat to the party from the power of the (unnamed) Koch network, stating that “centralized authority in the hands of a few people is dangerous.” The GOP donor class of billionaires and multimillionaires favored ideological purity over incremental progress, and could outspend and outorganize the party when they found the right, uncompromising candidates. House and Senate GOP leaders were steadily losing control of their caucuses, and no one understood how much damage could be inflicted on the party by someone willing to savage colleagues to further themselves. Thanks to newly elected Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, a political firebrand out for himself no matter the cost, they were about to find out. Senator Marco Rubio, a darling of the party’s establishment, saw his attempts to craft an immigration reform bill destroyed by Cruz—who described undocumented immigrants as “undocumented Democrats.” Cruz then engineered a disastrous government shutdown and became one of the most reviled members of the Senate, even as he gained the admiration of social conservatives and became a role model for their children.

GAMBARAN PENGETAHUAN IBU TENTANG PEMBERIAN ASI DAN MP-ASI PADA BALITA STUNTING USIA 24-59 BULAN

ABSTRACT DESCRIPTION OF MOTHER'S KNOWLEDGE SUPPLYING ASI AND MP-ASI FOR STUNTING CHILDREN AGE 24-59 MONTHS. Background: Stunting is the impaired growth and development that children experience from poor nutrition, repeated infection, and inadequate psychosocial stimulation. Stunting cause barriers to growth and development in children. One of the factors associated with stunting is food intake. National prevalence data shows that of 34 provinces in Indonesia there are 20 provinces with 100 districts with stunting prevalence above the average national prevalence. Sumedang has a stunting prevalence of 41.08% and is included in the 100 districts that have the highest stunting rate in Indonesia which is the focus of the government of 10 villages in Sumedang, including Cijeruk Village.Purpose: This research aim to determine the description of maternal knowledge about the history of breastfeeding and breastfeeding in stunting toddlers aged 24-59 months, in the village of Cijeruk, Pamovery District, Sumedang Regency.Methods: This research used to descriptive method with cross sectional approach. Sampling in this study using total sampling. The sample size in this study were 56 toddlers aged 24-59 months of Stunting in Cijeruk Village. Knowledge data was divided into 2 groups, namely knowledge about breastfeeding and supplementary feeding. Data was obtained through a questionnaire filled in by the mother. Results: The results of this research is showed that the mother's knowledge about breastfeeding in stunting toddlers had good knowledge (16,0%),sufficient knowledge (75%), lack of knowledge (8,94%) the mother's knowledge about giving MPASI to stunting toddlers had good knowledge (30,35%) sufficient knowledge (60.71%) lack knowledge (8,94%). Conclusion: The mother's knowledge of breastfeeding and complementary foods in stunting toddlers has sufficient knowledge.Suggestion It is hoped that more strengthening counseling in complementary feeding of breastfeeding should emphasize more on adequate nutrition and protein intake by utilizing existing natural resources and strengthening the importance of growth and development checks and nutritional counseling for pregnant women so that postpartum provide exclusive breastfeeding for up to 6 months. Keywords: Knowledge,mother, Breastfeeding, Complementary Foods, Toddler, Stunting. Latar Belakang: Data prevalensi nasional menunjukan bahwa dari 34 provinsi di Indonesia terdapat 20 Provinsi 100 Kabupaten dengan prevalensi stunting di atas rata-rata prevalensi nasional. Sumedang memiliki prevalensi stunting sebesar 41,08% dan termasuk dalam 100 kabupaten yang memiliki angka stunting tertinggi di Indonesia yang menjadi fokus pemerintah 10 Desa di Sumedang, Termasuk Desa Cijeruk sebanyak 22,2%. Stunting adalah gangguan pertumbuhan dan perkembangan yang dialami anak-anak dari gizi buruk, infeksi berulang, dan stimulasi psikososial yang tidak memadai. Stunting dapat menyebabkan hambatan pertumbuhan dan perkembangan pada balita. Salah satu faktor yang berkaitan dengan stunting adalah asupan makanan berupa pemberian ASI dan pemberian MP-ASI mulai dari menentukan,memilih,mengolah sampai dengan menyajikan menu gizi sehari-hari sesuai dengan kebutuhan dan usianya. Tujuan: Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui gambaran pengetahuan ibu tentang pemberian ASI dan MPASI pada balita stunting usia 24-59 bulan, di Desa Cijeruk Kecamatan Pamulihan Kabupaten Sumedang.Metode: Penelitian ini menggunakan metode Deskriptif dengan pendekatan Cross sectional. Teknik Pengambilan sampel pada penelitian ini menggunakan total sampling. Besar sampel dalam penelitian ini sebanyak 56 orang balita usia 24-59 bulan Stunting di Desa Cijeruk Yang telah memenuhi kriteria inklusi.Instrumen Pengumpulan data menggunakan kuesioner, data dianalisis menggunakan univariat dan disajikan dalam bentuk tabel distribusi frekuensi. Data pengetahuan dibedakan menjadi 2, yaitu pengetahuan pemberian ASI dan pengetahuan pemberian MP-ASI. Data diperoleh melalui kuesioner yang diisi sendiri oleh ibu.Hasil: bahwa pengetahuan ibu tentang pemberian ASI pada balita stunting memiliki pengetahuan yang baik (16,06%) cukup (75%) kurang (8,94%) dan pengetahuan ibu tentang pemberian MPASI pada balita stunting memiliki pengetahuan yang baik (30,35%) cukup (60,71%) kurang (8,94%).Kesimpulan: Pada penelitian ini pengetahuan ibu tentang pemberian ASI dan pengetahuan MP-ASI pada balita stunting mayoritas memiliki kategori pengetahuan cukup.Saran Diharapkan lebih menguatkan konseling dalam pemberian makanan pendamping ASI harus lebih ditekankan lagi dalam asupan nutrisi dan protein yang cukup dengan mamanfaatkan sumber daya alam yang ada dan penguatan pentingnya pemeriksaan tumbuh kembang dan konseling gizi ibu hamil agar pascapersalinan memberikan ASI Ekslusif hingga 6 bulan. Kata Kunci: Pengetahuan, Ibu, ASI, MPASI, Balita, Stunting.