scholarly journals BACK-HOME TOURISM IN EXTREMADURA, SPAIN: SPENDING PATTERNS AND MOTIVATION

2020 ◽  
pp. 71-91
Author(s):  
Marcelo Sánchez-Oro Sánchez
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Personal Experience ◽  
Rural Tourism ◽  
Consumption Patterns ◽  
The South ◽  
Second Home ◽  
Spending Patterns ◽  
South Of Europe

El "turismo de vuelta a casa", el "turismo de retorno", es un tipo de "turismo rural" considerada por expertos, académicos y legisladores como importante en desarrollo rural, en especial, para las áreas rurales despobladas del sur de Europa. Se trata de un tipo de viajeros que vuelve a sus raíces, en muchos casos donde tienen una segunda vivienda o donde comparten casa con los familiares o amigos oriundos. Este turismo busca un hábitat imaginado, basado en experiencias personales donde la vida familiar es esencial para repetir la visita, y se caracteriza llevar a cabo prácticas que presenta matices diferenciales respecto al clásico turismo rural. En este artículo tratamos de identificar los patrones y motivaciones de este segmento del mercado turístico. “Back-home tourism”,  "Tourism of return" or also typified as "Countryman tourism" is a category little considered by experts, academics and legislators in rural development, however in the last decades it is gaining prominence and special benefits are attributed to the unpopulated rural areas of the south of Europe. This tourism returns to their roots, in many cases where they have a second home or where they can share the home of relatives or friends. This tourism seeks an imagined habitat based on personal experience where family life is essential to repeat the visit and it is characterized by a consumption practice with nuances different from generic rural tourism. In this paper we try to identify the consumption patterns and motivations of this segment of the tourism market.

scholarly journals Development possibilities of rural tourism activities in the Almaj Valley area, Caras-Severin County

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 118-124
Author(s):  
Tabita Cornelia Adamov ◽  
Tiberiu Iancu ◽  
Luminița Pîrvulescu ◽  
Ioan Brad ◽  
Gabriela Popescu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Rural Tourism ◽  
The South ◽  
Tourist Infrastructure ◽  
Tourism Potential ◽  
Favorable Conditions ◽  
Cultural Monuments ◽  
Valley Area

Rural tourism and agrotourism have an extremely important contribution in rural area’s development, not only in financial terms but also in terms of increasing and improving the quality of life of residents from these areas. So, the development of these forms of tourism is required in the rural area, both economically and socially. Known as an important ethnographic area of the country, with traditional elements specific, Almaj Valley through natural and cultural potential available, it stands more and more lately by intensifying rural tourist and ecotourist activity. However, tourist infrastructure is very underdeveloped, to rural communities returning the mission to get more involved in this purpose, having in view, the national and international recognition of the high tourism potential of this area Romanian area still retains, quite well, the traditional, cultural, ethnographic and folklore valences specific to rural areas, providing favorable conditions for development of rural tourism and agrotourism. Romanian villages have a rich tourist potential, having diversified tourist resources: traditions, customs and folk values, cultural monuments, historical and art and an unpolluted natural environment with a rich natural tourism potential. Almajului Depression known as well as the Almaj Country, Almajului Valley or Bozovici Depression is situated in the South-East side of Banat Mountains, in the south of Caras-Severin county, near the Parallel 45°, being an intramountainous depression, of ellipsoidal form of NE-SW orientation, belonging to Nera basin.

scholarly journals Fertile Links? Connections between tourism activities, socioeconomic contexts and local development in European rural areas

2013 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Rural Tourism ◽  
European Regions ◽  
Complex Interactions

In many European regions, rural areas are facing major challenges in economic and social terms, consequence of transformations in the role and meaning of agriculture. The loss of the productive character strongly contributed to the emergence of new roles and functions, particularly related to leisure and tourism. The book aims to discuss questions directly related to the connections between rural tourism and local socioeconomic contexts, presenting diverse theoretical and methodological perspectives and diff erent case studies from various European regions. The book addresses the relationships among rural tourism and the complex interactions, confl icts and innovative processes developing in rural territories as consequence of the implementation of tourism activities. The book responds to some relevant and not yet comprehensively researched aspects within this topic, especially in what extent tourism, in its various forms and processes, might give an important contribution to rural development.

scholarly journals Rural Tourism in the South of Spain: An Opportunity for Rural Development

2014 ◽  
Vol 05 (02) ◽  
pp. 152-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Genoveva Millán Vázquez de la Torre ◽  
Luis Amador Hidalgo ◽  
Juan Manuel Arjona Fuentes
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Rural Tourism ◽  
The South

scholarly journals Rural tourism and sustainable rural development opportunities in apulia region (southern italy)

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donatello Caruso ◽  
Albert-Pol Miró
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Rural Tourism ◽  
Sustainable Rural Development ◽  
The Public ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Public Aid

The purpose of this study is to investigate the public aid role in to multifunctional farms in developing the rural tourism, and the implementation in non-agricultural activities in the Puglia region. Concretely, by referring to the Rural Development Program 2007/2013, this paper offers an analysis to verify whether there is a solid support for public aid in agrotourism using a farm level data. After a policies and literature review on the role of the Local Action Groups (LAGs) for enhancing economic and sustainable competitiveness of rural areas, we present our case study. Statistical analysis and a tree classification method are carried out.

scholarly journals Possibilities for Sustainable Rural Tourism Development in Bosnia and Herzegovina

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 237
Author(s):  
Dunja Demirović ◽  
Adriana Radosavac
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Young People ◽  
Rural Development ◽  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Rural Tourism ◽  
Government Institutions ◽  
Current State

Rural areas in Bosnia and Herzegovina include more than 80% of the country's territory and are inhabited by more than half of the population. In order to preserve the natural environment, traditions and customs, rural tourism is developing and rural areas are getting active for tourism purposes. The authors analyze the current state of rural tourism in the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina and provide recommendations for its sustainable development. The analysis shows that the basic problems that could slow down the development of rural tourism are: lack of incentives for the development and improvement of the state and government institutions, lack of subsidies for young people who want to live and work in the countryside, inability to use quality land for non-agricultural purposes, lack of defined standards for rural development and underdevelopment of infrastructure.

The Relationship Between the Geographical Information Systems and Rural Development

2018 ◽  
pp. 167-188
Author(s):  
Hüseyin Çeken ◽  
Emine Yılmaz
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Geographical Information Systems ◽  
Rural Tourism ◽  
Geographical Information ◽  
Data Systems ◽  
Tourism Planning ◽  
Income Sources ◽  
Sea Sand ◽  
The Relationship

Geographical data systems (GIS), which enable the creation of entities that are the subject of tourism, tourism planning, the identification of impact areas of tourism values, and the sustainable utilization of tourism entities, are data-collection and decision-making systems that can contribute to tourism planning and the development of tourism Recently, tourists' interests have shifted from sea-, sand-, and sun-focused tourism to alternative tourism types; one of which is rural tourism. With rural tourism, it is expected that economical and socio-cultural opportunities for people who live in rural areas can be improved. The realization of this provides the concept of rural development. Today, in Turkey, 36.40% of the whole population still live in rural areas and agricultural activities are the most important income sources. Therefore, it is possible to investigate rural tourism and rural development in the Turkish context. This chapter deals with suggestions in terms of rural tourism and rural development by using GIS.

scholarly journals An Integrated Rural Development Mode Based on a Tourism-Oriented Approach: Exploring the Beautiful Village Project in China

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (14) ◽  
pp. 3890 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chunliu Gao ◽  
Li Cheng ◽  
Javed Iqbal ◽  
Deqiang Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Rural Development ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Rural Tourism ◽  
Development Mode ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Integrated Rural Development ◽  
Farming Village ◽  
Effective Development

To solve the decline of rural development, an effective development mode is indispensable. Rural tourism is a key approach in poverty alleviation and rural revitalization in China. The comparative analysis of the 50 most beautiful villages as awarded by the Ministry of Agriculture of China shows that the rural tourism development mode with the integration of production, village and scenery realizes the sustainable development of rural areas. To examine this further, this study takes Qinggangshu Village as a case study and constructs a systematic rural tourism-based sustainable development model called Aims, Measures, Demands (AMD). The results show that Qinggangshu Village has changed from a single farming village to a mature tourism village due to the Beautiful Village Project’s support. In this process, the production, village and scenery have made great change by promoting rural tourism development. Land consolidation and land asset activation is at the core of rural transformation and development, which can drive the reorganization and flow of labor and capital and can also make rebuilt villages more comfortable living spaces. Furthermore, a good landscape environment can stimulate development and competition. This study could be used as an example of attaining sustainable development for other rural areas.

scholarly journals The Role of Rural Tourism in Strengthening the Sustainability of Rural Areas: The Case of Zlakusa Village

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 6747
Author(s):  
Nevena Ćurčić ◽  
Andrijana Mirković Svitlica ◽  
Jovana Brankov ◽  
Željko Bjeljac ◽  
Sanja Pavlović ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Rural Development ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Rural Tourism ◽  
Organized Activities ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Sustainable Rural Development ◽  
The Village

The strategic planning of rural development is focused on both economic growth and sustainable development. Sustainable rural development is essential for conserving and improving resources, while economic growth contributes to a better standard of living. The aim of the research is to determine, using the participatory rural appraisal (PRA) methodology on the example of the village of Zlakusa, the economic activities developed in the village, the importance of rural tourism, and the scope of sustainable development taken into account in rural development. The results of the research show that the success of the rural community depends on: diversification of economic activities, which is accompanied by cohesion of the population through association and organization; organized activities aimed at local or republican authorities; activation of human and social capital; and initiating activities involving marginalized groups. Educating the population outside formal education improves the sustainable and economic development of the village and enables rural tourism to become an important part of economic activities and a channel for the commercialization of natural and cultural contents.

scholarly journals The importance of establishment and development of touristic cooperatives in the economy of rural areas of Serbia

2021 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
pp. 713-728
Author(s):  
Milena Laban ◽  
Milena Janković ◽  
Đorđe Stojanović
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Rural Tourism ◽  
Limiting Factors ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Cooperative Association

Rural tourism in Serbia and its development has positive effects on all aspects of rural development, both economic and social. The aim of this paperwork is to investigate the importance that touristic cooperatives in rural areas of Serbia, although relatively new in this area, have and can have on the overall development of rural areas. For the purpose of the research, an interview was conducted with the directors of the existing tourist cooperatives in Serbia. Based on the obtained data, it was determined that this form of cooperative association is necessary, not only because of the development of tourism in the countryside, but above all because of the survival of the Serbian village. The obtained data on the problems and limiting factors that cooperative members face in business can be a further basis for future research on the topic of rural development through the establishment and strengthening of tourist cooperatives.

DEMOGRAPHIC ASPECTS OF RURAL TOURISM: PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 134-143
Author(s):  
Ксения Сидельникова ◽  
Kseniya Sidelnikova ◽  
Анна Иволга ◽  
Anna Ivolga ◽  
Яна Карнаухова ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Systematic Approach ◽  
Rural Tourism ◽  
Sustainable Rural Development ◽  
Development Direction ◽  
Problems And Solutions ◽  
Stavropol Region ◽  
The One ◽  
Alternative Activities

The contemporary relevance of ensuring sustainable rural development stems from the growing economic and social backwardness of rural territories on the one hand, and their ultimate importance for the state in the context of food security, preservation of soil and environmental resources, and the use of agricultural, production and labour potentials on the other hand. One of the key conditions for sustainable rural development is population strength- ening in rural areas and its sufficient employment. The article analyzes the current demographic problems of rural development, based on the example of Stavropol region. The authors describe threats to sustainable rural development such as unemployment and depopulation, as well as substantiate the practicality of diversification of traditional rural sources of income by means of tourism and other alternative activities. The research is performed on the base of actual materials and the results of studies related to the rural tourism development, and also using the authors´ observations. The authors have used monographic, sociological, economicstatistical methods of research, the systematic approach and comprehensive analysis. Rural tourism today should be seen as an important development direction of entrepreneurship and diversification in rural areas, as one of the important areas of sustainable development, and as a form and the chance of economic, social and cultural revitalization of rural areas as a whole. This makes the study of essence and prospects of this business direction development of high priority.

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