Meeting Challenges for Rural Tourism through Co-Creation of Sustainable Tourist Experiences.

By:

Kastenholz, Elisabeth

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Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781443898317

Subject(s):

Rural tourism

Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Meeting Challenges for Rural Tourism through Co-Creation of Sustainable Tourist ExperiencesDDC classification:

338.47910917339999

LOC classification:

G155.A1.M448 2016eb

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Contents:

Intro -- Table of Contents -- Introductory Chapter -- Part I. The Visitor's View -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Part II. Local Actors and Communities, Local Resources and Conditions -- Chapter Seven -- Chapter Eight -- Chapter Nine -- Chapter Ten -- Chapter Eleven -- Chapter Twelve -- Chapter Thirteen -- Chapter Fourteen -- Part III. Rural Tourism and Sustainable Destination Development -- Chapter Fifteen -- Chapter Sixteen -- Chapter Seventeen -- Chapter Eighteen -- Chapter Nineteen -- Chapter Twenty -- Contributors.

Summary: Rural tourism is not a new phenomenon in many parts of the world, but it has only recently received increased attention from researchers, politicians and managers as a result of new market trends, the recognition of the "rural crisis" and the urge to solve it. However, there is also evidence that rural tourism is not a miraculous antidote for this crisis, certainly not in all places and under all conditions. Despite some recent studies examining the critical factors of success for rural tourism, there is still a need for a deeper understanding of the rural tourism phenomenon, the nature of the tourism experience and how it could be optimized to the benefit of all, while making the best use of endogenous resources and competences, yielding sustainable destination development. This book contributes to the debate, focusing on the tourist experience, here conceptualized as "co-created" between hosts and guests, based on destination-specific elements of "countryside capital" and aiming at sustainability. It contains both conceptual and empirical chapters, with diverse and new perspectives, methodological approaches and cases from several countries.

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Rural tourism is not a new phenomenon in many parts of the world, but it has only recently received increased attention from researchers, politicians and managers as a result of new market trends, the recognition of the "rural crisis" and the urge to solve it. However, there is also evidence that rural tourism is not a miraculous antidote for this crisis, certainly not in all places and under all conditions. Despite some recent studies examining the critical factors of success for rural tourism, there is still a need for a deeper understanding of the rural tourism phenomenon, the nature of the tourism experience and how it could be optimized to the benefit of all, while making the best use of endogenous resources and competences, yielding sustainable destination development. This book contributes to the debate, focusing on the tourist experience, here conceptualized as "co-created" between hosts and guests, based on destination-specific elements of "countryside capital" and aiming at sustainability. It contains both conceptual and empirical chapters, with diverse and new perspectives, methodological approaches and cases from several countries.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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