THE ROLE OF RESORT PLANNING IN SUSTAINING TOURIST DESTINATION IMAGE

The environmental quality is recognized to be an important factor while making decisions upon the destination to visit. The image of the resort will likely to be more realistic but also complex after the tourists’ visit. The complex image of the resort, where the tourist has about after visiting it, is crucial for creating loyalty and also word of mouth advertising. Therefore, if the tourists visiting the resort are to complain then the intermediaries will likely to reduce the tourism activities through that resort or the tourism activities will turn into a more hotel facility based activity. Resort planning is a continous process and defines the systemized and controlled development of the resort. Resort planning can be implemented in an actual resort or a new developing resort. The increasing importance of sustain-ability in the tourism industry emerged the need for resort planning. It’s important to emphasize that planning needs to be upgraded through the environmental and market changes. As it is a continous process the factors included in must be strict in the short run and flexible in the long run due to the changes. Resorts, generally subject to seasonal tourism activities, should have a positive image through many aspects in order to attract tourists and try to sustain it by the time. Resort planning is essential in order to shape the future and the image of the resort destination. In addition the satisfaction of the tourist will be retained if the tourist believes that they are getting high value from the destination considering their travel expenses. It is the destination image that will determine the future of the destination. Because the resort experience is intangible the competition among the resort destinations is determined by the image of each resort.tourism, planning, destination, resort, image, Agribusiness, Community/Rural/Urban Development,

Interior Architectural Facades: A Study into the Visual Impact on Emotional Experience

Emotion is a vital process in which the body interprets environmental stimuli and generates a corresponding bodily response. The interpretation of stimuli determines the emotional reactions experienced by individuals, making it crucial for designers to influence these interpretations and subsequent reactions. Architectural facades, both interior and exterior, have a significant impact on the user\u27s perception and overall experience of a building. However, limited research exists on the integration of emotion research in architecture, particularly regarding the study of facades and emotions. To address this critical research gap, this thesis aims to investigate the emotional impact of interior facade conditions on users. The study will focus on four parameters: pattern predictability, scale of pattern, degree of detail, and visibility of an image. An experimental process will be developed, incorporating virtual reality (VR) testing spaces and EEG brainwave scans, which have been widely used in the sciences but are relatively unexplored in the design field until recent years. The project will yield a methodology and workflow for designing, testing, and studying the emotional impact of interior facade conditions. Additionally, a data analysis strategy will be established for future research. The results obtained from the parameter testing will contribute to a collection of rule-of-thumb guidelines that can supplement existing findings from previous studies on color, geometry, and lighting. Ultimately, this research will enhance the knowledge base surrounding facade and emotion research in the design field, providing valuable insights for architects and designers to create emotionally impactful interior spaces

Operation and performance of the Ciba-Corning 512 coagulation monitor during parabolic flight

The goal was to assess the functionality and evaluate the procedures and operations required to operate the Ciba-Corning 512 Coagulation Monitor during parabolic flight. This monitor determines the clotting characteristics of blood. The analyzer operates by laser detection of the cessation of blood flow in a capillary channel within a test cartridge. Test simulator results were excellent for both pre-and post-flight. In-flight results were not obtained due to the warm-up time required for the simulator. Since this is an electronic function only, the expected results on the simulator would be the same in zero-g