SPORTS TOURISM AND MOUNTAIN ACTIVITIES: TRAVELERS’ PERCEPTION AND SATISFACTION IN CAMBODIA: TURISMO ESPORTIVO E ATIVIDADES DE MONTANHA: PERCEPÇÃO E SATISFAÇÃO DE VIAJANTES NO CAMBOJA

ABSTRACT: This paper examines tourists’ satisfaction level visiting the Cardamom mountains in Cambodia based on their feedback published on tourism providers' websites. Visitors’ input reflects the quality of the attractions and services at the destination. Our analysis paralleled tourism products that the destination offers with the visitors’ opinions. Cambodia’s 1980’s political changes have allowed the Cardamom mountains region to develop significant tourism super- and infra-structures, enabling this tropical region to host thousands of tourists every year. In the present study, we investigated the supply side of the tourism system as well as the opinions of the visitors published on tourism websites. Based on the reviews, we estimated travelers’ satisfaction with their experience during their visit to Cardamom. The most frequently mentioned characteristics of the destinations were the natural environment, accessibility, hospitality, and the provided attractions. To get to know the level of each feature, we set up four categories: poor, basic, satisfactory, and high-quality. Based on the environmental analysis and the tour packages offered by the regional travel agencies, the Cardamom mountains is a tropical destination with jungles, unique water surfaces, and rich wildlife. The area is a bit cooler than the capital city, but in the rainy season, there is more rainfall, which makes it difficult to reach the sites. Tour operators advertise their packages by highlighting the jungle atmosphere, homemade food experience, and adventure activities. The travelers’ opinions confirmed the importance of the tourism attractions. Most reviews rated the Natural environnent (47.5%), sport and adventure activities (47.2%), hospitality (37.9%), and homemade food (36.6%) as good or excellent. Some of the travelers were less satisfied with the accessibility of the destination and hygiene level. Keywords: Sports tourism, adventure activities, tourist satisfaction, Southeast Asia, Cambodia.    RESUMO: Este artigo examina o nível de satisfação dos turistas que visitam as montanhas Cardamom no Camboja, com base no feedback publicado em sites de fornecedores de turismo. A opinião dos visitantes reflete a qualidade das atrações e serviços no destino. Nossa análise comparou os produtos turísticos que o destino oferece com as opiniões dos visitantes. As mudanças políticas dos anos 1980 no Camboja permitiram que a região das montanhas Cardamom desenvolvesse infraestruturas turísticas significativas, permitindo que essa região tropical recebesse milhares de turistas todos os anos. No presente estudo, investigamos o lado da oferta do sistema turístico, bem como as opiniões dos visitantes publicadas em sites de turismo. Com base nas análises, estimamos a satisfação dos viajantes com sua experiência durante a visita ao Cardamom. As características mais mencionadas do destino foram o ambiente natural, acessibilidade, hospitalidade e as atrações fornecidas. Para conhecer o nível de cada característica, estabelecemos quatro categorias: fraco, básico, satisfatório e de alta qualidade. Com base na análise ambiental e nos pacotes turísticos oferecidos pelas agências de viagens regionais, as montanhas Cardamom são um destino tropical com florestas, superfícies de água únicas e uma rica vida selvagem. A área é um pouco mais fresca do que a capital, mas na estação chuvosa, há mais chuva, o que torna difícil chegar aos locais. Os operadores turísticos promovem seus pacotes destacando a atmosfera da floresta, a experiência de comida caseira e as atividades de aventura. As opiniões dos viajantes confirmaram a importância das atrações turísticas. A maioria das avaliações classificou o ambiente natural (47,5%), atividades esportivas e de aventura (47,2%), hospitalidade (37,9%) e comida caseira (36,6%) como boas ou excelentes. Alguns dos viajantes estavam menos satisfeitos com a acessibilidade e o nível de higiene do destino. Palavras-chave: Turismo esportivo, atividades de aventura, satisfação do turista, Sudeste Asiático, Camboja

Spectral Mapping of Rotational Lines of H2 in the Serpens Star-forming Core with Spitzer-IRS

LPI Contribution No. 128

Three is the magic number -- distance measurement of NGC 3147 using SN 2021hpr and its siblings

The nearby spiral galaxy NGC 3147 hosted three Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) in the past decades, which have been subjects of intense follow-up observations. Simultaneous analysis of their data provides a unique opportunity for testing the different light curve fitting methods and distance estimations. The detailed optical follow-up of SN 2021hpr allows us to revise the previous distance estimations to NGC 3147, and compare the widely used light curve fitting algorithms to each other. After the combination of the available and newly published data of SN 2021hpr, its physical properties can be also estimated with higher accuracy. We present and analyse new BVgriz and Swift photometry of SN 2021hpr to constrain its general physical properties. Together with its siblings, SNe 1997bq and 2008fv, we cross-compare the individual distance estimates of these three SNe given by the SALT code, and also check their consistency with the results from the MLCS2k2 method. The early spectral series of SN 2021hpr are also fit with the radiative spectral code TARDIS in order to verify the explosion properties and constrain the chemical distribution of the outer ejecta. After combining the distance estimates for the three SNe, the mean distance to their host galaxy, NGC 3127, is 42.5 $\pm$ 1.0 Mpc, which matches with the distance inferred by the most up-to-date LC fitters, SALT3 and BayeSN. We confirm that SN~2021hpr is a Branch-normal Type Ia SN that ejected $\sim 1.12 \pm 0.28$ M$_\odot$ from its progenitor white dwarf, and synthesized $\sim 0.44 \pm 0.14$ M$_\odot$ of radioactive $^{56}$Ni.Comment: 16 pages, 17 figures, 11 tables; accepted for publication in A&

Scientific opinion on dietary reference values for thiamin

Following a request from the European Commission, the EFSA Panel on Dietetic Products, Nutrition and Allergies (NDA) derived dietary reference values (DRVs) for thiamin (vitamin B1). The Panel considers that data from depletion\u2013repletion studies in adults on the amount of dietary thiamin intake associated with the erythrocyte transketolase activity coefficient (\u3b1ETK) < 1.15, generally considered to reflect an adequate thiamin status, or with the restoration of normal (baseline) erythrocyte transketolase activity, without a sharp increase in urinary thiamin excretion, can be used to estimate thiamin requirement. In the absence of new scientific evidence, the Panel endorses the average requirement (AR) of 0.072 mg/MJ (0.3 mg/1,000 kcal) for all adults proposed by the Scientific Committee for Food (SCF) in 1993 on the basis of one depletion\u2013repletion study, in which both \u3b1ETK and urinary thiamin excretion were measured. Results from other depletion\u2013repletion studies are in agreement with this value. The Panel agrees on the coefficient of variation of 20% used by the SCF to cover uncertainties related to distribution of thiamin requirements in the general population, and endorses the population reference intake (PRI) of 0.1 mg/MJ (0.4 mg/1,000 kcal) set by the SCF for all adults. The same AR and PRI as for adults, expressed in mg/MJ, are proposed for infants aged 7\u201311 months, children aged 1 to < 18 years, and during pregnancy and lactation, under the assumption that the relationship between thiamin requirement and energy requirement is the same in all population groups

1.2 mm emission from Cen A

Centaurus A is the closest active radio galaxy at a distance of around 3.5 Mpc. New 1.2 mm imaging performed with SIMBA at the Swedish ESO Submillimetre Telescope (SEST) in Chile gives an insight into the distribution of thermal and non-thermal emission. Apart from extended synchrotron emission in the radio lobes we have detected the unresolved AGN core and the characteristic dust lane.</jats:p